Homes for the elderly · Pennsylvania

Columbia Cottage-Palmyra

Name: Columbia Cottage-Palmyra Workplace Safety Data
Creator: PlainSafetyScore
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Palmyra, PA · ~38 workers · 3 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

Compiled by PlainSafetyScore · August 25, 2026

D
Poor Safety Record: 6.8
Avg TCR: 3.8
Industry avg: 0
Fatalities

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The verdict

Columbia Cottage-Palmyra runs at 178% of its industry's injury rate - more dangerous than the typical Homes for the elderly workplace, earning a grade D.

Columbia Cottage-Palmyra: 6.8 TCR = 178% of Homes for the elderly BLS 3.8 · 3y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Columbia Cottage-Palmyra safety composite

Columbia Cottage-Palmyra scores strongest on dart rate (safer than 54% of same-industry peers) and weakest on fatalities (safer than 50%), 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).

53/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR): D 6.78 per 100 workers

Safer than 53% of industry peers
DART rate: D 2.86 per 100 workers

Safer than 54% 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

−8.9

2016→2018

Columbia Cottage-Palmyra injury rate improved

Columbia Cottage-Palmyra's TCR fell 8.9 from 11.8 in 2016 to 2.9 in 2018. Peak filing year was 2016 at 11.8 TCR. In 2018, DART was 0.42× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2016=11.8 · 2017=5.7 · 2018=2.9

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 623312 · Palmyra, PA ABOVE-IND · SMALL

Grade D · TCR 6.8 · 178% of ind

DART 2.9 DART
RANK #105/233
PHOTO 10162
BOOK 3y book
INJ 7 inj
SIZE ~38 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: 10162 (0.0 TCR gap)

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What this shows Columbia Cottage-Palmyra averages 6.8 TCR (178% of the Homes for the elderly BLS benchmark).

Columbia Cottage-Palmyra TCR series: 2016=11.8 · 2017=5.7 · 2018=2.9 · BLS 3.8

Where Columbia Cottage-Palmyra falls in its industry

6,510 Homes for the elderly establishments

Safer than 53% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 7.2.

Grade D

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to Pennsylvania alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #105 safest of 233 Homes for the elderly employers in Pennsylvania.

Columbia Cottage-Palmyra (38 employees, TCR 6.8) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 49 employees and a TCR of 7.2

Columbia Cottage-Palmyra has fewer employees than the Homes for the elderly median and a lower injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 7.2. 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
2018	2.9	2.9	1
2017	5.7	5.7	2
2016	11.8	11.8	4

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

623312 · PA · Palmyra

6,510 Homes for the elderly employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 22,692 rated employers in Pennsylvania with headcount on file · 34 employers in Palmyra, PA · 4 cross-state NAT-TCR peers · 4 cross-state NAT-SIZE peers. Closest matches by relationship code are listed below.

Rel	Establishment	Place	Metric
NAICS-TCR	10162	FALMOUTH, MA	6.8 TCR
NAICS-TCR	Town Square Labor, LLC	AMARILLO, TX	6.8 TCR
NAICS-TCR	Marquis Place	ELKHORN, NE	6.8 TCR
NAICS-TCR	Mount Washington, Elmcroft of	MOUNT WASHINGTON, KY	6.8 TCR
STATE-SIZE	Kaolin Mushroom Farms - M&J Facility	KENNETT SQUARE	38 FTE
STATE-SIZE	Dairy	MANHEIM	38 FTE
STATE-SIZE	Pioneer Hi-Bred International Inc - Elizabethtown	ELIZABETHTOWN	38 FTE
STATE-SIZE	Risser's Poultry Handling Services, LLC	LITITZ	38 FTE
CITY-NEAR	Hershey EDC III WHS	Palmyra	468 FTE
CITY-NEAR	PA - Hershey	Palmyra	439 FTE
CITY-NEAR	Palmyra - 500 North Lingle Avenue	Palmyra	438 FTE
CITY-NEAR	Hershey EDC 3 DC - Joseph Breslin. (SMRU0220)	Palmyra	408 FTE
NAT-TCR	BRE	Buffalo, NY	6.8 TCR
NAT-TCR	JRUSA-Portage	Portage, MI	6.8 TCR
NAT-TCR	LAX - Airport United Airlines Offices	Los Angeles, CA	6.8 TCR
NAT-TCR	Frederick (Mdfre)	Frederick, MD	6.8 TCR
NAT-SIZE	Gavilon Fertilizer - Savannah	Savannah, GA	38 FTE
NAT-SIZE	Memphis CPC	Memphis, TN	38 FTE
NAT-SIZE	Muldraugh Compressor Station	Muldraugh, KY	38 FTE
NAT-SIZE	KTL 53030 Decatur	Decatur, IL	38 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: 2018, 2017, 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.