Perishable Prepared Food Manufacturing · Pennsylvania
Commissary - Karns Quality Foods
Middletown, PA · ~24 workers · 4 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.
- F
- Failing Safety Record
- 8.9
- Avg TCR
- 4.1
- Industry avg
- 0
- Fatalities
The verdict
Commissary - Karns Quality Foods runs at 217% of its industry's injury rate - far more dangerous than the typical Perishable Prepared Food Manufacturing workplace, earning a grade F.
Commissary - Karns Quality Foods: 8.9 TCR = 217% of Perishable Prepared Food Manufacturing BLS 4.1 · 4y Form 300A (see methodology below)
Commissary - Karns Quality Foods safety composite
Commissary - Karns Quality Foods scores strongest on dart rate (safer than 94% of same-industry peers) and weakest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 21%), 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).
54/100
Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures
- Total Case Rate (TCR)
- F 8.88 per 100 workers
Safer than 21% of industry peers
- DART rate
- A 0 per 100 workers
Safer than 94% 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
−2.0
2016→2024
Commissary - Karns Quality Foods injury rate improved
Commissary - Karns Quality Foods's TCR fell 2.0 from 8.1 in 2016 to 6.1 in 2024. Peak filing year was 2020 at 21.3 TCR. In 2024, DART was 0× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).
2016=8.1 · 2019=0.0 · 2020=21.3 · 2024=6.1
OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard
Establishment book 311991 · Middletown, PA ABOVE-IND · SMALL
Grade F · TCR 8.9 · 217% of ind
- DART 0.0 DART
- RANK #19/23
- PHOTO California Rice Cent…
- BOOK 4y book
- INJ 6 inj
- SIZE ~24 FTE
Nearest TCR peer: California Rice Center, Inc. (0.0 TCR gap)
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Commissary - Karns Quality Foods in the TCR neighbourhood
Average Total Case Rate among this establishment and nearest same-industry peers
- Austintown Ful
Austintown Fulfillment
9 TCR
- This site
Commissary - Karns Quality Foods
8.9 TCR
- California Ric
California Rice Center, Inc.
8.9 TCR
- Gill Onions
Gill Onions
8.8 TCR
- Mrs. Grissom's
Mrs. Grissom's Salads, Inc.
8.8 TCR
What this shows Commissary - Karns Quality Foods averages 8.9 TCR (217% of the Perishable Prepared Food Manufacturing BLS benchmark).
Commissary - Karns Quality Foods TCR series: 2016=8.1 · 2019=0 · 2020=21.3 · 2024=6.1 · BLS 4.1
Where Commissary - Karns Quality Foods falls in its industry
376 Perishable Prepared Food Manuf establishmentsSafer than 21% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 5.1.
Narrower to Pennsylvania alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #19 safest of 23 Perishable Prepared Food Manuf employers in Pennsylvania.
Commissary - Karns Quality Foods has fewer employees than the Perishable Prepared Food Manufacturing median and a higher injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 5.1. 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 | 6.1 | 0.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 2020 | 21.3 | 21.3 | 4 | 0 | 0 |
| 2019 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2016 | 8.1 | 8.1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
OSHA ITA peer cross-reference
Establishment peer ledger
311991 · PA · Middletown
376 Perishable Prepared Food Manufacturing employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 22,692 rated employers in Pennsylvania with headcount on file · 99 employers in Middletown, 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 | California Rice Center, Inc. | 8.9 TCR |
| NAICS-TCR | Gill Onions | 8.8 TCR |
| NAICS-TCR | Mrs. Grissom's Salads, Inc. | 8.8 TCR |
| NAICS-TCR | Austintown Fulfillment | 9.0 TCR |
| STATE-SIZE | Avon Heights Mushrooms, Inc. | 24 FTE |
| STATE-SIZE | Waynesburg PA | 24 FTE |
| STATE-SIZE | Liberty Electric Power LLC | 24 FTE |
| STATE-SIZE | Tenaska Westmoreland Generating Station | 24 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | PATWN - EAST ZONE REGIONAL HUB | 1,864 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | Phoenix Contact | 982 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | 6458-ZEHR | 629 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | NHS | 532 FTE |
| NAT-TCR | The Springs of Richmond | 8.9 TCR |
| NAT-TCR | Schupan Recycling Wyoming | 8.9 TCR |
| NAT-TCR | Berns Landscaping | 8.9 TCR |
| NAT-TCR | Dbp Gus | 8.9 TCR |
| NAT-SIZE | Kilgore Terminal | 24 FTE |
| NAT-SIZE | Passaic County Welders | 24 FTE |
| NAT-SIZE | D&D Garage Doors of Tampa Inc. | 24 FTE |
| NAT-SIZE | Dragon Products Odessa WTX | 24 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.