Bakery products (except frozen) merchant wholesalers · Pennsylvania

Benzel's Bretzel Bakery, Inc.

Altoona, PA · ~78 workers · 9 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

D
Poor Safety Record
3.6
Avg TCR
2.2
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

Benzel's Bretzel Bakery, Inc. runs at 164% of its industry's injury rate - more dangerous than the typical Bakery products (except frozen) merchant wholesalers workplace, earning a grade D.

Benzel's Bretzel Bakery, Inc.: 3.6 TCR = 164% of Bakery products (except frozen) merchant wholesalers BLS 2.2 · 9y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Benzel's Bretzel Bakery, Inc. safety composite

Benzel's Bretzel Bakery, Inc. scores strongest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 78% 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).

C

71/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
B 3.61 per 100 workers

Safer than 78% of industry peers

DART rate
B 1.33 per 100 workers

Safer than 78% 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%).

TCR Δ

−1.1

2016→2024

Benzel's Bretzel Bakery, Inc. injury rate improved

Benzel's Bretzel Bakery, Inc.'s TCR fell 1.1 from 2.5 in 2016 to 1.3 in 2024. Peak filing year was 2017 at 8.5 TCR. In 2024, DART was 0.37× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2016=2.5 · 2017=8.5 · 2018=3.5 · 2019=5.9 · 2020=4.6 · 2021=1.2 · 2022=1.2 · 2023=3.8 · 2024=1.3

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 424490 · Altoona, PA ABOVE-IND · SMALL

Grade D · TCR 3.6 · 164% of ind

  • DART 1.3 DART
  • RANK #13/68
  • PHOTO WI - Oshkosh - 2900 …
  • BOOK 9y book
  • INJ 26 inj
  • SIZE ~78 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: WI - Oshkosh - 2900 Jackson St - The American Bottling Company (0.0 TCR gap)

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Benzel's Bretzel Bakery, Inc. in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows Benzel's Bretzel Bakery, Inc. averages 3.6 TCR (164% of the Bakery products (except frozen) merchant wholesalers BLS benchmark).

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

Benzel's Bretzel Bakery, Inc. TCR series: 2016=2.5 · 2017=8.5 · 2018=3.5 · 2019=5.9 · 2020=4.6 · 2021=1.2 · 2022=1.2 · 2023=3.8 · 2024=1.3 · BLS 2.2

Where Benzel's Bretzel Bakery, Inc. falls in its industry

1,278 Bakery products (except frozen establishments

Safer than 78% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 6.0.

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to Pennsylvania alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #13 safest of 68 Bakery products (except frozen employers in Pennsylvania.

Benzel's Bretzel Bakery, Inc. (78 employees, TCR 3.6) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 73 employees and a TCR of 6.0 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 0100200300400500 051015 Average employees Total Case Rate Benzel's Bretzel Bakery, Inc.
Benzel's Bretzel Bakery, Inc. (78 employees, TCR 3.6) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 73 employees and a TCR of 6.0

Benzel's Bretzel Bakery, Inc. has more employees than the Bakery products (except frozen) merchant median and a lower injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 6.0. 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 Fatalities
2024 1.3 1.3 1 0 0
2023 3.8 2.5 2 1 0
2022 1.2 0.0 1 0 0
2021 1.2 1.2 1 0 0
2020 4.6 2.3 4 0 0
2019 5.9 2.4 5 0 0
2018 3.5 0.0 3 0 0
2017 8.5 0.0 7 0 0
2016 2.5 1.2 2 0 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

424490 · PA · Altoona

1,278 Bakery products (except frozen) merchant wholesalers employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 22,692 rated employers in Pennsylvania with headcount on file · 120 employers in Altoona, 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 WI - Oshkosh - 2900 Jackson St - The American Bottling Company 3.6 TCR
NAICS-TCR WISCONSIN RAPIDS WI 3.6 TCR
NAICS-TCR Community Coffee - Dallas Sales 3.6 TCR
NAICS-TCR MI - Holland DSD 3.6 TCR
STATE-SIZE Manheim Egg 78 FTE
STATE-SIZE UGI Penn Natural Gas Archbald 78 FTE
STATE-SIZE Charter Homes Building Company, Inc. 78 FTE
STATE-SIZE Bath Saver, Inc. 5 78 FTE
CITY-NEAR Pyramid Healthcare Inc 3,019 FTE
CITY-NEAR UPMC Altoona 2,407 FTE
CITY-NEAR Home Nursing Agency and Visiting Nurse Association 785 FTE
CITY-NEAR UPMC Altoona Regional Health Services Inc 606 FTE
NAT-TCR Ferdinand Branch Plant 3.6 TCR
NAT-TCR Oak Lane Nursing and Rehab 3.6 TCR
NAT-TCR Nelson Freight Service, Inc. 3.6 TCR
NAT-TCR Geneva Commons #124 3.6 TCR
NAT-SIZE Gilbane Building Company Providence 78 FTE
NAT-SIZE D&H Excavating Inc 78 FTE
NAT-SIZE Medilodge of Mt. Pleasant 78 FTE
NAT-SIZE Price Brothers, Inc. - North 78 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, 2020, 2019, 2018, 2017, 2016. This is publicly available government data - not a legal determination of workplace conditions.
Data sourced from official public datasets. See our methodology for details.