Potato chips manufacturing · Pennsylvania
Dieffenbach's Potato Chips - Plant 1
Womelsdorf, PA · ~182 workers · 8 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.
- D
- Poor Safety Record
- 4.9
- Avg TCR
- 4.1
- Industry avg
- 0
- Fatalities
The verdict
Dieffenbach's Potato Chips - Plant 1 runs at 120% of its industry's injury rate - more dangerous than the typical Potato chips manufacturing workplace, earning a grade D.
Dieffenbach's Potato Chips - Plant 1: 4.9 TCR = 120% of Potato chips manufacturing BLS 4.1 · 8y Form 300A (see methodology below)
Dieffenbach's Potato Chips - Plant 1 safety composite
Dieffenbach's Potato Chips - Plant 1 scores strongest on fatalities (safer than 50% of same-industry peers) and weakest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 31%), 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).
36/100
Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures
- Total Case Rate (TCR)
- F 4.92 per 100 workers
Safer than 31% of industry peers
- DART rate
- F 3.12 per 100 workers
Safer than 31% 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%).
Rising injury rate
Dieffenbach's Potato Chips - Plant 1: 3.1 → 4.0 TCR
Peak year 2021 @ 9.0 TCR · DART/TCR 0.63× in 2024
Dieffenbach's Potato Chips - Plant 1's TCR rose 0.9 from 3.1 in 2016 to 4.0 in 2024. Peak filing year was 2021 at 9.0 TCR. In 2024, DART was 0.63× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).
OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard
Establishment book 311919 · Womelsdorf, PA ABOVE-IND · MID
Grade D · TCR 4.9 · 120% of ind
- DART 3.1 DART
- RANK #30/50
- PHOTO Herr Foods - 073 Sou…
- BOOK 8y book
- INJ 59 inj
- SIZE ~182 FTE
Nearest TCR peer: Herr Foods - 073 South Philadelphia PA (0.1 TCR gap)
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Dieffenbach's Potato Chips - Plant 1 in the TCR neighbourhood
Average Total Case Rate among this establishment and nearest same-industry peers
- TERRELL'S POTA
TERRELL'S POTATO CHIP CO., INC.
5 TCR
- This site
Dieffenbach's Potato Chips - Plant 1
4.9 TCR
- Herr Foods - 0
Herr Foods - 073 South Philadelphia PA
4.8 TCR
- Herr Foods - 0
Herr Foods - 075 Hainesport NJ
4.8 TCR
- American Skin
American Skin Food Group
4.8 TCR
What this shows Dieffenbach's Potato Chips - Plant 1 averages 4.9 TCR (120% of the Potato chips manufacturing BLS benchmark).
Dieffenbach's Potato Chips - Plant 1 TCR series: 2016=3.1 · 2018=3.5 · 2019=6.6 · 2020=3.9 · 2021=9 · 2022=2.7 · 2023=6.4 · 2024=4 · BLS 4.1
Where Dieffenbach's Potato Chips - Plant 1 falls in its industry
253 Potato chips manufacturing establishmentsSafer than 31% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 3.4.
Narrower to Pennsylvania alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #30 safest of 50 Potato chips manufacturing employers in Pennsylvania.
Dieffenbach's Potato Chips - Plant 1 has more employees than the Potato chips manufacturing median and a higher injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 3.4. 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 | 4.0 | 3.1 | 9 | 0 | 0 |
| 2023 | 6.4 | 6.4 | 9 | 2 | 0 |
| 2022 | 2.7 | 1.6 | 5 | 0 | 0 |
| 2021 | 9.0 | 7.8 | 14 | 0 | 0 |
| 2020 | 3.9 | 3.9 | 3 | 3 | 0 |
| 2019 | 6.6 | 6.6 | 10 | 0 | 0 |
| 2018 | 3.5 | 3.5 | 5 | 0 | 0 |
| 2016 | 3.1 | 2.3 | 4 | 0 | 0 |
OSHA ITA peer cross-reference
Establishment peer ledger
311919 · PA · Womelsdorf
253 Potato chips manufacturing employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 22,692 rated employers in Pennsylvania with headcount on file · 10 employers in Womelsdorf, 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 | Herr Foods - 073 South Philadelphia PA | 4.8 TCR |
| NAICS-TCR | Herr Foods - 075 Hainesport NJ | 4.8 TCR |
| NAICS-TCR | American Skin Food Group | 4.8 TCR |
| NAICS-TCR | TERRELL'S POTATO CHIP CO., INC. | 5.0 TCR |
| STATE-SIZE | Phillips Mushroom Farms INC | 182 FTE |
| STATE-SIZE | Pennsylvania Power Company | 182 FTE |
| STATE-SIZE | Renick Brothers Mechanical Contractors | 182 FTE |
| STATE-SIZE | Ryco, Inc. | 182 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | Womelsdorf - John F Martin & Sons | 316 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | John F Martin & Sons LLC | 201 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | Bethany Home Inc | 189 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | Linette Quality Chocolates | 115 FTE |
| NAT-TCR | Boscawen/Penacook Terminal | 4.9 TCR |
| NAT-TCR | The Fresh Market 188 | 4.9 TCR |
| NAT-TCR | The Fresh Market 039 | 4.9 TCR |
| NAT-TCR | The Fresh Market 006 | 4.9 TCR |
| NAT-SIZE | Apex-Nashville | 182 FTE |
| NAT-SIZE | International Paper Company | 182 FTE |
| NAT-SIZE | Weavexx, LLC (Andritz) | 182 FTE |
| NAT-SIZE | Bemidji High School | 182 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.