Motor vehicle seats manufacturing · Indiana
Wieland Designs Topeka
Topeka, IN · ~42 workers · 3 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.
- B
- Good Safety Record
- 4.3
- Avg TCR
- 5.4
- Industry avg
- 0
- Fatalities
The verdict
Wieland Designs Topeka runs at 80% of its industry's injury rate - safer than the typical Motor vehicle seats manufacturing workplace, earning a grade B.
Wieland Designs Topeka: 4.3 TCR = 80% of Motor vehicle seats manufacturing BLS 5.4 · 3y Form 300A (see methodology below)
Wieland Designs Topeka safety composite
Wieland Designs Topeka scores strongest on fatalities (safer than 51% of same-industry peers) and weakest on dart rate (safer than 23%), 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).
34/100
Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures
- Total Case Rate (TCR)
- F 4.3 per 100 workers
Safer than 32% of industry peers
- DART rate
- F 3.3 per 100 workers
Safer than 23% of industry peers
- Fatalities
- D 0
Safer than 51% 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%).
Rising injury rate
Wieland Designs Topeka: 1.9 → 3.3 TCR
Peak year 2023 @ 7.7 TCR · DART/TCR 0.77× in 2024
Wieland Designs Topeka's TCR rose 1.4 from 1.9 in 2022 to 3.3 in 2024. Peak filing year was 2023 at 7.7 TCR. In 2024, DART was 0.77× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).
OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard
Establishment book 336360 · Topeka, IN AT/BELOW-IND · SMALL
Grade B · TCR 4.3 · 80% of ind
- DART 3.3 DART
- RANK #9/24
- PHOTO G&G Industries, Inc.
- BOOK 3y book
- INJ 5 inj
- SIZE ~42 FTE
Nearest TCR peer: G&G Industries, Inc. (0.0 TCR gap)
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Wieland Designs Topeka in the TCR neighbourhood
Average Total Case Rate among this establishment and nearest same-industry peers
- This site
Wieland Designs Topeka
4.3 TCR
- G&G Industries
G&G Industries, Inc.
4.3 TCR
- Seats Incorpor
Seats Incorporated Spring Hill Kansas
4.3 TCR
- Inteva Product
Inteva Products Cottondale Operations
4.3 TCR
- IAC, Iowa City
IAC, Iowa City LLC
4.3 TCR
What this shows Wieland Designs Topeka averages 4.3 TCR (80% of the Motor vehicle seats manufacturing BLS benchmark).
Wieland Designs Topeka TCR series: 2022=1.9 · 2023=7.7 · 2024=3.3 · BLS 5.4
Where Wieland Designs Topeka falls in its industry
384 Motor vehicle seats manufactur establishmentsSafer than 32% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 3.3.
Narrower to Indiana alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #9 safest of 24 Motor vehicle seats manufactur employers in Indiana.
Wieland Designs Topeka has fewer employees than the Motor vehicle seats manufacturing median and a higher injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 3.3. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 3.3 | 3.3 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 2023 | 7.7 | 7.7 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| 2022 | 1.9 | 0.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
OSHA ITA peer cross-reference
Establishment peer ledger
336360 · IN · Topeka
384 Motor vehicle seats manufacturing employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 12,750 rated employers in Indiana with headcount on file · 25 employers in Topeka, IN · 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 | G&G Industries, Inc. | 4.3 TCR |
| NAICS-TCR | Seats Incorporated Spring Hill Kansas | 4.3 TCR |
| NAICS-TCR | Inteva Products Cottondale Operations | 4.3 TCR |
| NAICS-TCR | IAC, Iowa City LLC | 4.3 TCR |
| STATE-SIZE | Benton Dairy LLC | 42 FTE |
| STATE-SIZE | Feather Crest Farm | 42 FTE |
| STATE-SIZE | Orange County REMC | 42 FTE |
| STATE-SIZE | Mid-States Construction Inc. | 42 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | NISCO-Topeka | 564 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | Champion Topeka | 538 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | Champion Home Builders, Inc. | 467 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | Starcraft | 378 FTE |
| NAT-TCR | Nal Mattoon Service Plant | 4.3 TCR |
| NAT-TCR | Amsted Rail -Kansas City | 4.3 TCR |
| NAT-TCR | The Grove of La Grange Park | 4.3 TCR |
| NAT-TCR | EH 45th Street Clinic | 4.3 TCR |
| NAT-SIZE | ICF Goldfield | 42 FTE |
| NAT-SIZE | Centrum Valley West | 42 FTE |
| NAT-SIZE | Cplace MC Botetourt, LLC | 42 FTE |
| NAT-SIZE | Baptist Neighborhood Hospital Thousand Oaks | 42 FTE |
Rel codes: NAICS-TCR · STATE-SIZE · CITY-NEAR · NAT-TCR/NAT-SIZE cross-state. Read with this employer →
Read our methodology - how this data is sourced, computed, and verified.