Children's hospitals, general · Pennsylvania

A046 - Penn State Health Children's Hospital

Hershey, PA · ~1,134 workers · 2 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

A
Excellent Safety Record
2.4
Avg TCR
7.5
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

A046 - Penn State Health Children's Hospital runs at 32% of its industry's injury rate - far safer than the typical Children's hospitals, general workplace, earning a grade A.

A046 - Penn State Health Children's Hospital: 2.4 TCR = 32% of Children's hospitals, general BLS 7.5 · 2y Form 300A (see methodology below)

A046 - Penn State Health Children's Hospital safety composite

A046 - Penn State Health Children's Hospital scores strongest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 85% of same-industry peers) and weakest on fatalities (safer than 52%), 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).

B

76/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
B 2.42 per 100 workers

Safer than 85% of industry peers

DART rate
B 0.12 per 100 workers

Safer than 82% of industry peers

Fatalities
D 0

Safer than 52% 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%).

A046 - Penn State Health Children's Hospital held a steady TCR band

A046 - Penn State Health Children's Hospital's TCR held near 0.3 from 2.3 in 2022 to 2.6 in 2023. In 2023, DART was 0.05× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2022=2.3 · 2023=2.6

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 622110 · Hershey, PA AT/BELOW-IND · LARGE

Grade A · TCR 2.4 · 32% of ind

  • DART 0.1 DART
  • RANK #40/262
  • PHOTO Council Oak Comprehe…
  • BOOK 2y book
  • INJ 40 inj
  • SIZE ~1,134 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: Council Oak Comprehensive Healthcare (0.0 TCR gap)

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A046 - Penn State Health Children's Hospital in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows A046 - Penn State Health Children's Hospital averages 2.4 TCR (32% of the Children's hospitals, general BLS benchmark).

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

A046 - Penn State Health Children's Hospital TCR series: 2022=2.3 · 2023=2.6 · BLS 7.5

Where A046 - Penn State Health Children's Hospital falls in its industry

6,862 Children's hospitals, general establishments

Safer than 85% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 5.2.

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to Pennsylvania alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #40 safest of 262 Children's hospitals, general employers in Pennsylvania.

A046 - Penn State Health Children's Hospital (1,134 employees, TCR 2.4) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 492 employees and a TCR of 5.2 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 02,0004,0006,000 05101520 Average employees Total Case Rate A046 - Penn State Health Children's Hospital
A046 - Penn State Health Children's Hospital (1,134 employees, TCR 2.4) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 492 employees and a TCR of 5.2

A046 - Penn State Health Children's Hospital has more employees than the Children's hospitals, general median and a lower injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 5.2. 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
2023 2.6 0.1 21 0 0
2022 2.3 0.5 19 0 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

622110 · PA · Hershey

6,862 Children's hospitals, general employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 22,692 rated employers in Pennsylvania with headcount on file · 47 employers in Hershey, 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 Council Oak Comprehensive Healthcare 2.4 TCR
NAICS-TCR Schleicher County Medical Center 2.4 TCR
NAICS-TCR Lehigh Valley Hospital - 17 2.4 TCR
NAICS-TCR STUART FHC 2.4 TCR
STATE-SIZE QVC, Inc. (Lancaster) 1,135 FTE
STATE-SIZE PAWES - WEST CHESTER 1,131 FTE
STATE-SIZE Roberts Center for Pediatric Research 1,131 FTE
STATE-SIZE Primary Beef - Wyalusing PA 1,138 FTE
CITY-NEAR A045 - Penn State Health Milton S. Hershey Medical Center 7,659 FTE
CITY-NEAR Hersheypark Entertainment Complex 2,961 FTE
CITY-NEAR Hershey Entertainment Complex 2,682 FTE
CITY-NEAR A021 - Penn State Health Administrative Offices 1,813 FTE
NAT-TCR Lincoln Terminal 2.4 TCR
NAT-TCR Punderson Manor Lodge 2.4 TCR
NAT-TCR Cleaner's Supply, Inc. - Conklin, NY 2.4 TCR
NAT-TCR Big Lots Store #4735 Fond Du Lac, WI 2.4 TCR
NAT-SIZE 989 - Meijer Office 1,134 FTE
NAT-SIZE Steamboat Ski & Resort Corporation 1,134 FTE
NAT-SIZE OKTNVAEA - AT&T Services, Inc. 1,134 FTE
NAT-SIZE Rockleigh Campus 1,134 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: 2023, 2022. This is publicly available government data - not a legal determination of workplace conditions.

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