Amusement parks (e.g., theme, water) · Pennsylvania

Dorney Park and Wild Water Kingdom

Allentown, PA · ~1,179 workers · 2 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

F
Failing Safety Record
11.1
Avg TCR
3.1
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

Dorney Park and Wild Water Kingdom runs at 357% of its industry's injury rate - far more dangerous than the typical Amusement parks (e.g., theme, water) workplace, earning a grade F.

Dorney Park and Wild Water Kingdom: 11.1 TCR = 357% of Amusement parks (e.g., theme, water) BLS 3.1 · 2y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Dorney Park and Wild Water Kingdom safety composite

Dorney Park and Wild Water Kingdom scores strongest on fatalities (safer than 52% of same-industry peers) and weakest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 16%), 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).

F

28/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
F 11.06 per 100 workers

Safer than 16% of industry peers

DART rate
F 6.79 per 100 workers

Safer than 25% of industry peers

Fatalities
D 0

Safer than 52% 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

−2.9

2023→2024

Dorney Park and Wild Water Kingdom injury rate improved

Dorney Park and Wild Water Kingdom's TCR fell 2.9 from 12.5 in 2023 to 9.6 in 2024. Peak filing year was 2023 at 12.5 TCR. In 2024, DART was 0.61× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2023=12.5 · 2024=9.6

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 713110 · Allentown, PA ABOVE-IND · LARGE

Grade F · TCR 11.1 · 357% of ind

  • DART 6.8 DART
  • RANK #13/17
  • PHOTO The Adventure Park a…
  • BOOK 2y book
  • INJ 102 inj
  • SIZE ~1,179 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: The Adventure Park at Virginia Aquarium (0.0 TCR gap)

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Dorney Park and Wild Water Kingdom in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows Dorney Park and Wild Water Kingdom averages 11.1 TCR (357% of the Amusement parks (e.g., theme, water) BLS benchmark).

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

Dorney Park and Wild Water Kingdom TCR series: 2023=12.5 · 2024=9.6 · BLS 3.1

Where Dorney Park and Wild Water Kingdom falls in its industry

296 Amusement parks (e.g., theme, establishments

Safer than 16% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 6.3.

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 17 Amusement parks (e.g., theme, employers in Pennsylvania.

Dorney Park and Wild Water Kingdom (1,179 employees, TCR 11.1) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 197 employees and a TCR of 6.3 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 010,00020,00030,00040,000 0510152025 Average employees Total Case Rate Dorney Park and Wild Water Kingdom
Dorney Park and Wild Water Kingdom (1,179 employees, TCR 11.1) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 197 employees and a TCR of 6.3

Dorney Park and Wild Water Kingdom has more employees than the Amusement parks (e.g., theme, water) median and a higher injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 6.3. 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 9.6 6.8 50 1 0
2023 12.5 6.9 52 17 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

713110 · PA · Allentown

296 Amusement parks (e.g., theme, water) employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 22,692 rated employers in Pennsylvania with headcount on file · 447 employers in Allentown, 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 The Adventure Park at Virginia Aquarium 11.0 TCR
NAICS-TCR Discovery Cove 11.1 TCR
NAICS-TCR Dollywood's Splash Country 11.3 TCR
NAICS-TCR 3311 Capital Boulevard 11.3 TCR
STATE-SIZE ZOLL Services - Gamma 1,181 FTE
STATE-SIZE Radial - Easton 2 1,181 FTE
STATE-SIZE Malvern 1,175 FTE
STATE-SIZE 90 1,168 FTE
CITY-NEAR Lehigh Valley Hospital 9,463 FTE
CITY-NEAR 1200SCC 6,531 FTE
CITY-NEAR Air Products and Chemicals Inc.- Main Campus 2,118 FTE
CITY-NEAR LOCATION 48042 1,728 FTE
NAT-TCR Sail Energy LLC dba Murray Heutz Oil and Propane 11.1 TCR
NAT-TCR Titan West Inc. 11.1 TCR
NAT-TCR MN United 11.1 TCR
NAT-TCR Wastewater Treatment Plant 11.1 TCR
NAT-SIZE Mahle Behr Dayton 1,179 FTE
NAT-SIZE H&P Corporate 1,179 FTE
NAT-SIZE King County Sheriff's Office 1,179 FTE
NAT-SIZE City of Oceanside 1,179 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. This is publicly available government data - not a legal determination of workplace conditions.
Data sourced from official public datasets. See our methodology for details.