Candy stores, chocolate, candy made on premises not for immediate consumption · Pennsylvania
Ashers Chocolates
Lewistown, PA · ~48 workers · 2 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.
- C
- Average Safety Record
- 3.4
- Avg TCR
- 4.2
- Industry avg
- 0
- Fatalities
The verdict
Ashers Chocolates runs at 81% of its industry's injury rate - about level with the typical Candy stores, chocolate, candy made on premises not for immediate consumption workplace, earning a grade C.
Ashers Chocolates: 3.4 TCR = 81% of Candy stores, chocolate, candy made on premises not for immediate consumption BLS 4.2 · 2y Form 300A (see methodology below)
Ashers Chocolates safety composite
Ashers Chocolates scores strongest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 52% of same-industry peers) and weakest on dart rate (safer than 35%), 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).
46/100
Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures
- Total Case Rate (TCR)
- D 3.39 per 100 workers
Safer than 52% of industry peers
- DART rate
- D 3.76 per 100 workers
Safer than 35% 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
Ashers Chocolates: 3.0 → 3.8 TCR
Peak year 2017 @ 3.8 TCR · DART/TCR 1.11× in 2017
Ashers Chocolates's TCR rose 0.7 from 3.0 in 2016 to 3.8 in 2017. In 2017, DART was 1.11× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).
OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard
Establishment book 311352 · Lewistown, PA AT/BELOW-IND · SMALL
Grade C · TCR 3.4 · 81% of ind
- DART 3.8 DART
- RANK #10/20
- PHOTO Gardners Candies
- BOOK 2y book
- INJ 4 inj
- SIZE ~48 FTE
Nearest TCR peer: Gardners Candies (0.0 TCR gap)
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Ashers Chocolates in the TCR neighbourhood
Average Total Case Rate among this establishment and nearest same-industry peers
- This site
Ashers Chocolates
3.4 TCR
- Gardners Candi
Gardners Candies
3.4 TCR
- Anthony Thomas
Anthony Thomas Candy Co.
3.4 TCR
- Union City, CA
Union City, CA
3.4 TCR
- Laymon Candy C
Laymon Candy Company, Inc.
3.4 TCR
What this shows Ashers Chocolates averages 3.4 TCR (81% of the Candy stores, chocolate, candy made on premises not for immediate consumption BLS benchmark).
Ashers Chocolates TCR series: 2016=3 · 2017=3.8 · BLS 4.2
Where Ashers Chocolates falls in its industry
86 Candy stores, chocolate, candy establishmentsSafer than 52% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 3.7.
Narrower to Pennsylvania alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #10 safest of 20 Candy stores, chocolate, candy employers in Pennsylvania.
Ashers Chocolates has fewer employees than the Candy stores, chocolate, candy made on p median and a lower injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 3.7. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2017 | 3.8 | 3.8 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| 2016 | 3.0 | 3.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
OSHA ITA peer cross-reference
Establishment peer ledger
311352 · PA · Lewistown
86 Candy stores, chocolate, candy made on premises not for immediate consumption employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 22,692 rated employers in Pennsylvania with headcount on file · 47 employers in Lewistown, 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 | Gardners Candies | 3.4 TCR |
| NAICS-TCR | Anthony Thomas Candy Co. | 3.4 TCR |
| NAICS-TCR | Union City, CA | 3.4 TCR |
| NAICS-TCR | Laymon Candy Company, Inc. | 3.4 TCR |
| STATE-SIZE | Sylvan America, Inc. | 48 FTE |
| STATE-SIZE | Esbenshade North | 48 FTE |
| STATE-SIZE | Rolling Rock Building Stone, Inc. | 48 FTE |
| STATE-SIZE | Central Stores Building | 48 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | GEISINGER LEWISTOWN HOSPITAL | 1,014 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | LEWISTOWN HOSPITAL | 975 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | First Quality Retail Services, LLC | 699 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | First Quality Baby Products NE | 423 FTE |
| NAT-TCR | 1855-ALMOB2 | 3.4 TCR |
| NAT-TCR | Pleasantville (Njple) | 3.4 TCR |
| NAT-TCR | Medical Transport Company of Tucson | 3.4 TCR |
| NAT-TCR | Millers Party Rental Center | 3.4 TCR |
| NAT-SIZE | Truman Valley Healthcare Inc | 48 FTE |
| NAT-SIZE | N and R of Malden LLC | 48 FTE |
| NAT-SIZE | Southeast Connections LLc ( Savannah, Georgia) | 48 FTE |
| NAT-SIZE | Athlon Solutions- Bayport | 48 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.