Chili pepper or powder manufacturing · Kansas
Williams Foods
Lenexa, KS · ~115 workers · 9 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.
- B
- Good Safety Record
- 2.5
- Avg TCR
- 4.1
- Industry avg
- 0
- Fatalities
The verdict
Williams Foods runs at 60% of its industry's injury rate - safer than the typical Chili pepper or powder manufacturing workplace, earning a grade B.
Williams Foods: 2.5 TCR = 60% of Chili pepper or powder manufacturing BLS 4.1 · 9y Form 300A (see methodology below)
Williams Foods safety composite
Williams Foods scores strongest on dart rate (safer than 75% of same-industry peers) and weakest on fatalities (safer than 51%), 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).
67/100
Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures
- Total Case Rate (TCR)
- C 2.46 per 100 workers
Safer than 70% of industry peers
- DART rate
- B 0.74 per 100 workers
Safer than 75% 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
Williams Foods: 1.1 → 1.5 TCR
Peak year 2018 @ 5.1 TCR · DART/TCR 0.3× in 2024
Williams Foods's TCR rose 0.4 from 1.1 in 2016 to 1.5 in 2024. Peak filing year was 2018 at 5.1 TCR. In 2024, DART was 0.3× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).
OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard
Establishment book 311942 · Lenexa, KS AT/BELOW-IND · MID
Grade B · TCR 2.5 · 60% of ind
- DART 0.7 DART
- RANK #3/7
- PHOTO Cargill Salt
- BOOK 9y book
- INJ 29 inj
- SIZE ~115 FTE
Nearest TCR peer: Cargill Salt (0.0 TCR gap)
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Williams Foods in the TCR neighbourhood
Average Total Case Rate among this establishment and nearest same-industry peers
- This site
Williams Foods
2.5 TCR
- Cargill Salt
Cargill Salt
2.5 TCR
- Morton Salt
Morton Salt
2.5 TCR
- Morton Salt, I
Morton Salt, Inc. Manistee Michigan
2.4 TCR
- Tastepoint Sou
Tastepoint South
2.4 TCR
What this shows Williams Foods averages 2.5 TCR (60% of the Chili pepper or powder manufacturing BLS benchmark).
Williams Foods TCR series: 2016=1.1 · 2017=2 · 2018=5.1 · 2019=3.7 · 2020=1.7 · 2021=2.3 · 2022=3.9 · 2023=0.7 · 2024=1.5 · BLS 4.1
Where Williams Foods falls in its industry
200 Chili pepper or powder manufac establishmentsSafer than 70% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 3.5.
Narrower to Kansas alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #3 safest of 7 Chili pepper or powder manufac employers in Kansas.
Williams Foods has more employees than the Chili pepper or powder manufacturing median and a lower injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 3.5. 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 | 1.5 | 0.7 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| 2023 | 0.7 | 0.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 2022 | 3.9 | 3.9 | 8 | 0 | 0 |
| 2021 | 2.3 | 1.7 | 4 | 0 | 0 |
| 2020 | 1.7 | 0.0 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| 2019 | 3.7 | 2.8 | 4 | 0 | 0 |
| 2018 | 5.1 | 4.1 | 5 | 0 | 0 |
| 2017 | 2.0 | 2.0 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| 2016 | 1.1 | 1.1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
OSHA ITA peer cross-reference
Establishment peer ledger
311942 · KS · Lenexa
200 Chili pepper or powder manufacturing employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 5,228 rated employers in Kansas with headcount on file · 319 employers in Lenexa, 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 | Cargill Salt | 2.5 TCR |
| NAICS-TCR | Morton Salt, Inc. Manistee Michigan | 2.4 TCR |
| NAICS-TCR | Morton Salt | 2.5 TCR |
| NAICS-TCR | Tastepoint South | 2.4 TCR |
| STATE-SIZE | Nowak Construction Co., Inc. | 115 FTE |
| STATE-SIZE | Global Engineering & Technology, Inc. | 115 FTE |
| STATE-SIZE | Star Lumber Truss Wichita | 115 FTE |
| STATE-SIZE | Evonik jayhawk fine chemicals corp. | 115 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | RailCrew Xpress | 3,169 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | LENEXA (KSLEN) | 2,266 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | KSLEN - LENEXA | 2,183 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | Kiewit Corporation_9401 Renner Boulevard | 1,653 FTE |
| NAT-TCR | Sharpcor Inc | 2.5 TCR |
| NAT-TCR | Oldenburg Metal Tech | 2.5 TCR |
| NAT-TCR | Magnolia Place Assisted Living | 2.5 TCR |
| NAT-TCR | MPP - Campbellsburg | 2.5 TCR |
| NAT-SIZE | Valley Oaks Health | 115 FTE |
| NAT-SIZE | Security Health Care, LLC dba Grace Skilled Nursing and Therapy, Norman | 115 FTE |
| NAT-SIZE | S11004 - Orange MRF | 115 FTE |
| NAT-SIZE | 02 - New Philadelphia | 115 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.