Plant, potted flower and foliage, growing · Pennsylvania

Dan Schantz Farm (Zionsville, PA)

Zionsville, PA · ~271 workers · 7 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

B
Good Safety Record
3.5
Avg TCR
4.5
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

Dan Schantz Farm (Zionsville, PA) runs at 79% of its industry's injury rate - safer than the typical Plant, potted flower and foliage, growing workplace, earning a grade B.

Dan Schantz Farm (Zionsville, PA): 3.5 TCR = 79% of Plant, potted flower and foliage, growing BLS 4.5 · 7y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Dan Schantz Farm (Zionsville, PA) safety composite

Dan Schantz Farm (Zionsville, PA) scores strongest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 68% of same-industry peers) and weakest on dart rate (safer than 39%), 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).

D

54/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
C 3.54 per 100 workers

Safer than 68% of industry peers

DART rate
D 3.32 per 100 workers

Safer than 39% 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

−0.7

2016→2022

Dan Schantz Farm (Zionsville, PA) injury rate improved

Dan Schantz Farm (Zionsville, PA)'s TCR fell 0.7 from 4.6 in 2016 to 3.9 in 2022. Peak filing year was 2019 at 4.6 TCR. In 2022, DART was 0.94× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2016=4.6 · 2017=4.1 · 2018=3.4 · 2019=4.6 · 2020=1.5 · 2021=2.7 · 2022=3.9

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 111422 · Zionsville, PA AT/BELOW-IND · MID

Grade B · TCR 3.5 · 79% of ind

  • DART 3.3 DART
  • RANK #4/11
  • PHOTO Natural Beauty Growe…
  • BOOK 7y book
  • INJ 53 inj
  • SIZE ~271 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: Natural Beauty Growers, LLC - Boyden IA (0.0 TCR gap)

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Dan Schantz Farm (Zionsville, PA) in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows Dan Schantz Farm (Zionsville, PA) averages 3.5 TCR (79% of the Plant, potted flower and foliage, growing BLS benchmark).

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

Dan Schantz Farm (Zionsville, PA) TCR series: 2016=4.6 · 2017=4.1 · 2018=3.4 · 2019=4.6 · 2020=1.5 · 2021=2.7 · 2022=3.9 · BLS 4.5

Where Dan Schantz Farm (Zionsville, PA) falls in its industry

166 Plant, potted flower and folia establishments

Safer than 68% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 5.5.

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to Pennsylvania alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #4 safest of 11 Plant, potted flower and folia employers in Pennsylvania.

Dan Schantz Farm (Zionsville, PA) (271 employees, TCR 3.5) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 63 employees and a TCR of 5.5 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 01,0002,0003,000 0510152025 Average employees Total Case Rate Dan Schantz Farm (Zionsville, PA)
Dan Schantz Farm (Zionsville, PA) (271 employees, TCR 3.5) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 63 employees and a TCR of 5.5

Dan Schantz Farm (Zionsville, PA) has more employees than the Plant, potted flower and foliage, growin median and a lower injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 5.5. 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
2022 3.9 3.3 7 0 0
2021 2.7 1.1 2 3 0
2020 1.5 1.5 3 0 0
2019 4.6 4.2 11 0 0
2018 3.4 3.4 8 0 0
2017 4.1 3.7 10 0 0
2016 4.6 4.2 12 0 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

111422 · PA · Zionsville

166 Plant, potted flower and foliage, growing employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 22,692 rated employers in Pennsylvania with headcount on file · 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 Natural Beauty Growers, LLC - Boyden IA 3.5 TCR
NAICS-TCR Nash Greenhouses, LLC 3.6 TCR
NAICS-TCR Dan Schantz Greenhouse (Pipersville, PA) 3.7 TCR
NAICS-TCR Terra Nova Nurseries, Inc. 3.7 TCR
STATE-SIZE CJ Industries 271 FTE
STATE-SIZE Holtec Manufacturing Division - Pittsburgh Operation Center 271 FTE
STATE-SIZE ShopRite of Aramingo 271 FTE
STATE-SIZE 0317 - LANCASTER PA WHSE 271 FTE
NAT-TCR Jeffco Painting 3.5 TCR
NAT-TCR Manheim St Louis 3.5 TCR
NAT-TCR PHS - Prairie Gate 3.5 TCR
NAT-TCR 0663 - Concord Ca Whse 3.5 TCR
NAT-SIZE 0230 - Holbrook Ny Whse 271 FTE
NAT-SIZE 1088 - Bolingbrook Il Whse 271 FTE
NAT-SIZE 0373 - Independence Mo Whse 271 FTE
NAT-SIZE 0680 - Bunker Hill Tx Whse 271 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: 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.