Discount Department Stores · Pennsylvania

2608 - Lower Macungie Twp

Allentown, PA · ~235 workers · 5 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

F
Failing Safety Record
7.3
Avg TCR
3.4
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

2608 - Lower Macungie Twp runs at 215% of its industry's injury rate - far more dangerous than the typical Discount Department Stores workplace, earning a grade F.

2608 - Lower Macungie Twp: 7.3 TCR = 215% of Discount Department Stores BLS 3.4 · 5y Form 300A (see methodology below)

2608 - Lower Macungie Twp safety composite

2608 - Lower Macungie Twp scores strongest on fatalities (safer than 50% of same-industry peers) and weakest on dart rate (safer than 15%), 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).

F

27/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
F 7.31 per 100 workers

Safer than 22% of industry peers

DART rate
F 5.55 per 100 workers

Safer than 15% 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

−2.0

2019→2024

2608 - Lower Macungie Twp injury rate improved

2608 - Lower Macungie Twp's TCR fell 2.0 from 7.5 in 2019 to 5.5 in 2024. Peak filing year was 2022 at 14.3 TCR. In 2024, DART was 0.76× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2019=7.5 · 2021=6.4 · 2022=14.3 · 2023=2.7 · 2024=5.5

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 452112 · Allentown, PA ABOVE-IND · MID

Grade F · TCR 7.3 · 215% of ind

  • DART 5.5 DART
  • RANK #128/175
  • PHOTO 0682 - Germantown
  • BOOK 5y book
  • INJ 26 inj
  • SIZE ~235 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: 0682 - Germantown (0.0 TCR gap)

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2608 - Lower Macungie Twp in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows 2608 - Lower Macungie Twp averages 7.3 TCR (215% of the Discount Department Stores BLS benchmark).

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

2608 - Lower Macungie Twp TCR series: 2019=7.5 · 2021=6.4 · 2022=14.3 · 2023=2.7 · 2024=5.5 · BLS 3.4

Where 2608 - Lower Macungie Twp falls in its industry

4,991 Discount Department Stores establishments

Safer than 22% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 4.4.

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to Pennsylvania alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #128 safest of 175 Discount Department Stores employers in Pennsylvania.

2608 - Lower Macungie Twp (235 employees, TCR 7.3) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 99 employees and a TCR of 4.4 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 0100200300400 051015 Average employees Total Case Rate 2608 - Lower Macungie Twp
2608 - Lower Macungie Twp (235 employees, TCR 7.3) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 99 employees and a TCR of 4.4

2608 - Lower Macungie Twp has more employees than the Discount Department Stores median and a higher injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 4.4. 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 5.5 5.5 6 0 0
2023 2.7 2.7 3 0 0
2022 14.3 13.5 4 13 0
2021 6.4 4.8 5 3 0
2019 7.5 4.7 8 0 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

452112 · PA · Allentown

4,991 Discount Department Stores employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 22,692 rated employers in Pennsylvania with headcount on file · 447 employers in Allentown, PA · 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 0682 - Germantown 7.3 TCR
NAICS-TCR 1024 - Lombard 7.3 TCR
NAICS-TCR 1325 - Avon OH 7.3 TCR
NAICS-TCR 1808 - Spring Valley 7.3 TCR
STATE-SIZE Remco, Inc. - Mechanicsburg 235 FTE
STATE-SIZE Ellwood City Forge 235 FTE
STATE-SIZE Morgan Truck Body LLC - Corporate 235 FTE
STATE-SIZE GIANT FOOD STORES 6014 235 FTE
CITY-NEAR Lehigh Valley Hospital 9,463 FTE
CITY-NEAR 1200SCC 6,531 FTE
CITY-NEAR Air Products and Chemicals Inc.- Main Campus 2,118 FTE
CITY-NEAR LOCATION 48042 1,728 FTE
NAT-TCR 2436 - Richmond East 7.3 TCR
NAT-TCR 1808 - Spring Valley 7.3 TCR
NAT-TCR 1325 - Avon OH 7.3 TCR
NAT-TCR 1024 - Lombard 7.3 TCR
NAT-SIZE 2261 - Sheridan 235 FTE
NAT-SIZE 2167 - North Dartmouth 235 FTE
NAT-SIZE 2121 - Marietta East 235 FTE
NAT-SIZE 2022 - Davie 235 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: 2024, 2023, 2022, 2021, 2019. This is publicly available government data - not a legal determination of workplace conditions.

Read our methodology - how this data is sourced, computed, and verified.

Data sourced from official public datasets. See our methodology for details.