Food choppers, grinders, mixers, and slicers (i.e., food manufacturing-type) manufacturing · Kansas

Wenger Manufacturing

Sabetha, KS · ~249 workers · 2 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

F
Failing Safety Record
7.3
Avg TCR
3.3
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

Wenger Manufacturing runs at 220% of its industry's injury rate - far more dangerous than the typical Food choppers, grinders, mixers, and slicers (i.e., food manufacturing-type) manufacturing workplace, earning a grade F.

Wenger Manufacturing: 7.3 TCR = 220% of Food choppers, grinders, mixers, and slicers (i.e., food manufacturing-type) manufacturing BLS 3.3 · 2y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Wenger Manufacturing safety composite

Wenger Manufacturing scores strongest on fatalities (safer than 50% of same-industry peers) and weakest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 14%), blended into one 0-100 breakdown against same-industry peers. A missing measure drops out and redistributes its weight rather than deflating the score. This is a per-dimension breakdown, distinct from the single letter grade above it (which weights TCR alone against the BLS industry benchmark).

D

35/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
F 7.26 per 100 workers

Safer than 14% of industry peers

DART rate
D 1.15 per 100 workers

Safer than 47% of industry peers

Fatalities
D 0

Safer than 50% of industry peers

Benchmarked live against every credibly-rated employer in the same NAICS industry code in the current OSHA extract (a segment must have at least 8 rated peers to benchmark). Not a legal or compliance determination; PlainSafetyScore's own weighting (TCR 40%, DART 35%, fatalities 25%).

TCR Δ

−2.2

2016→2017

Wenger Manufacturing injury rate improved

Wenger Manufacturing's TCR fell 2.2 from 8.4 in 2016 to 6.1 in 2017. Peak filing year was 2016 at 8.4 TCR. In 2017, DART was 0.16× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2016=8.4 · 2017=6.1

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 333241 · Sabetha, KS ABOVE-IND · MID

Grade F · TCR 7.3 · 220% of ind

  • DART 1.1 DART
  • RANK #13/13
  • PHOTO OLM Food Systems Mil…
  • BOOK 2y book
  • INJ 33 inj
  • SIZE ~249 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: OLM Food Systems Milford IA - 4042 (0.0 TCR gap)

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Wenger Manufacturing in the TCR neighbourhood

Average Total Case Rate among this establishment and nearest same-industry peers

TCR

What this shows Wenger Manufacturing averages 7.3 TCR (220% of the Food choppers, grinders, mixers, and slicers (i.e., food manufacturing-type) manufacturing BLS benchmark).

Source U.S. Department of Labor, OSHA Injury Tracking Application (Form 300A) As of 2026-08-25

Wenger Manufacturing TCR series: 2016=8.4 · 2017=6.1 · BLS 3.3

Where Wenger Manufacturing falls in its industry

215 Food choppers, grinders, mixer establishments

Safer than 14% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 3.0.

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to Kansas alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #13 safest of 13 Food choppers, grinders, mixer employers in Kansas.

Wenger Manufacturing (249 employees, TCR 7.3) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 85 employees and a TCR of 3.0 2×2 strategic matrix plotting 30 entities by Average employees (X) and Total Case Rate (Y), with a crosshair dividing the plot into four quadrants. Larger & higher-riskSmaller & higher-riskLarger & saferSmaller & safer than peers 0100200300400500 051015 Average employees Total Case Rate Wenger Manufacturing
Wenger Manufacturing (249 employees, TCR 7.3) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 85 employees and a TCR of 3.0

Wenger Manufacturing has more employees than the Food choppers, grinders, mixers, and sli median and a higher injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 3.0. Workforce size and injury rate do not always move together within the same industry -- some of its smaller peers run higher rates than its larger ones, and vice versa.

Year-by-Year Safety Data

Year TCR DART Injuries Illnesses Fatalities
2017 6.1 1.1 16 0 0
2016 8.4 1.7 17 3 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

333241 · KS · Sabetha

215 Food choppers, grinders, mixers, and slicers (i.e., food manufacturing-type) manufacturing employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 5,228 rated employers in Kansas with headcount on file · 21 employers in Sabetha, KS · 4 cross-state NAT-TCR peers · 4 cross-state NAT-SIZE peers. Closest matches by relationship code are listed below.

Rel Establishment Metric
NAICS-TCR OLM Food Systems Milford IA - 4042 7.3 TCR
NAICS-TCR Dixie Grinders, Inc 7.3 TCR
NAICS-TCR ProForm Fabrication, LLC 7.3 TCR
NAICS-TCR Nemco Food Equipment 7.0 TCR
STATE-SIZE 0349 - LENEXA KS WHSE 249 FTE
STATE-SIZE Scott County Hospital 249 FTE
STATE-SIZE SALINA PLANT - WEST 248 FTE
STATE-SIZE Sauer Brands Inc. 250 FTE
CITY-NEAR Schenck Process LLC - Sabetha 284 FTE
CITY-NEAR Keim TS Inc 236 FTE
CITY-NEAR Apostolic Christian Home 160 FTE
CITY-NEAR Wenger Manufacturing, Inc. - 714 Main St. 142 FTE
NAT-TCR 0652 - Florence, Al 7.3 TCR
NAT-TCR 0001 - Lexington, Ky 7.3 TCR
NAT-TCR Port Huron (Mipor) 7.3 TCR
NAT-TCR Conner Hogansville GA Plant 7.3 TCR
NAT-SIZE 2990-Physician Services Group 249 FTE
NAT-SIZE Tifton (Gatif) 249 FTE
NAT-SIZE Foss - Seattle Shipyard 249 FTE
NAT-SIZE Albany NY Cake (Manning Blvd) Plant 249 FTE

Rel codes: NAICS-TCR · STATE-SIZE · CITY-NEAR · NAT-TCR/NAT-SIZE cross-state. Read with this employer →

Data Source: OSHA Injury Tracking Application (ITA), mandatory establishment-level injury/illness reports. Grades compare employer Total Case Rate (TCR) to BLS IIF industry benchmarks. Data covers years reported by this establishment: 2017, 2016. This is publicly available government data - not a legal determination of workplace conditions.
Data sourced from official public datasets. See our methodology for details.