Mushroom spawn farming · Pennsylvania

Amycel - Pa

Name: Amycel - Pa Workplace Safety Data
Creator: PlainSafetyScore
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Lincoln University, PA · ~15 workers · 4 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

Compiled by PlainSafetyScore · August 25, 2026

B
Good Safety Record: 3.2
Avg TCR: 4.5
Industry avg: 0
Fatalities

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The verdict

Amycel - Pa runs at 72% of its industry's injury rate - safer than the typical Mushroom spawn farming workplace, earning a grade B.

Amycel - Pa: 3.2 TCR = 72% of Mushroom spawn farming BLS 4.5 · 4y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Amycel - Pa safety composite

Amycel - Pa scores strongest on dart rate (safer than 87% 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).

68/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR): C 3.23 per 100 workers

Safer than 62% of industry peers
DART rate: B 0 per 100 workers

Safer than 87% 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%).

Amycel - Pa held a steady TCR band

Amycel - Pa's TCR held near 0.0 from 0.0 in 2016 to 0.0 in 2024. Peak filing year was 2018 at 8.9 TCR. In 2024, DART was 0× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2016=0.0 · 2018=8.9 · 2019=4.0 · 2024=0.0

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 111411 · Lincoln University, PA AT/BELOW-IND · SMALL

Grade B · TCR 3.2 · 72% of ind

DART 0.0 DART
RANK #23/63
PHOTO To-Jo Mushrooms Inc.
BOOK 4y book
INJ 2 inj
SIZE ~15 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: To-Jo Mushrooms Inc. (0.0 TCR gap)

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GMI - MI

3.3
This site

3.2
To-Jo Mushroom

3.2
Monterey Mushr

3.2
Spawn Plant

3.1

What this shows Amycel - Pa averages 3.2 TCR (72% of the Mushroom spawn farming BLS benchmark).

Amycel - Pa TCR series: 2016=0 · 2018=8.9 · 2019=4 · 2024=0 · BLS 4.5

Where Amycel - Pa falls in its industry

107 Mushroom spawn farming establishments

Safer than 62% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 4.0.

Grade B

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to Pennsylvania alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #23 safest of 63 Mushroom spawn farming employers in Pennsylvania.

Amycel - Pa (15 employees, TCR 3.2) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 84 employees and a TCR of 4.0

Amycel - Pa has fewer employees than the Mushroom spawn farming median and a lower injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 4.0. 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
2024	0.0	0.0	0	0
2019	4.0	4.0	1	0
2018	8.9	8.9	1	1
2016	0.0	0.0	0	0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

111411 · PA · Lincoln University

107 Mushroom spawn farming employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 22,692 rated employers in Pennsylvania with headcount on file · 6 employers in Lincoln University, PA · 4 cross-state NAT-TCR peers. Closest matches by relationship code are listed below.

Rel	Establishment	Place	Metric
NAICS-TCR	To-Jo Mushrooms Inc.	AVONDALE, PA	3.2 TCR
NAICS-TCR	Monterey Mushroom Inc	TEMPLE, PA	3.2 TCR
NAICS-TCR	GMI - MI	SCOTTVILLE, MI	3.3 TCR
NAICS-TCR	Spawn Plant	LINCOLN UNIVERSITY, PA	3.1 TCR
STATE-SIZE	JB Gibbons Construction	WILLIAMSPORT	15 FTE
STATE-SIZE	Emmaus,Pa	EMMAUS	15 FTE
STATE-SIZE	Carrara Steel Erectors	ERIE	15 FTE
STATE-SIZE	Ned Stevens Gutters of PA	BROOMALL	15 FTE
CITY-NEAR	Lincoln University	Lincoln University	219 FTE
CITY-NEAR	Sher-Rockee Mushroom Farms,LLC	Lincoln University	91 FTE
CITY-NEAR	GEORGE KRAPF JR & SONS, INC. - AVON GROVE	Lincoln University	65 FTE
CITY-NEAR	STgenetics-PA Dairy	Lincoln University	21 FTE
NAT-TCR	Houlton	Houlton, ME	3.2 TCR
NAT-TCR	Sodexo at Woodhaven Brownstown School Di	Woodhaven, MI	3.2 TCR
NAT-TCR	Lawson Companies	Norfolk, VA	3.2 TCR
NAT-TCR	Insta-Pro International	Grimes, IA	3.2 TCR

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, 2019, 2018, 2016. 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.