Garden power equipment stores · Pennsylvania
Gerlachs Garden & Power Equipment- Garden Center Division
Erie, PA · ~38 workers · 3 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.
- C
- Average Safety Record
- 3.5
- Avg TCR
- 3.4
- Industry avg
- 0
- Fatalities
The verdict
Gerlachs Garden & Power Equipment- Garden Center Division runs at 103% of its industry's injury rate - about level with the typical Garden power equipment stores workplace, earning a grade C.
Gerlachs Garden & Power Equipment- Garden Center Division: 3.5 TCR = 103% of Garden power equipment stores BLS 3.4 · 3y Form 300A (see methodology below)
Gerlachs Garden & Power Equipment- Garden Center Division safety composite
Gerlachs Garden & Power Equipment- Garden Center Division scores strongest on dart rate (safer than 75% of same-industry peers) and weakest on fatalities (safer than 51%), 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).
64/100
Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures
- Total Case Rate (TCR)
- C 3.5 per 100 workers
Safer than 63% of industry peers
- DART rate
- B 0 per 100 workers
Safer than 75% 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%).
Rising injury rate
Gerlachs Garden & Power Equipment- Garden Center Division: 0.0 → 4.8 TCR
Peak year 2023 @ 5.7 TCR · DART/TCR 0× in 2024
Gerlachs Garden & Power Equipment- Garden Center Division's TCR rose 4.8 from 0.0 in 2022 to 4.8 in 2024. Peak filing year was 2023 at 5.7 TCR. In 2024, DART was 0× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).
OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard
Establishment book 444210 · Erie, PA ABOVE-IND · SMALL
Grade C · TCR 3.5 · 103% of ind
- DART 0.0 DART
- RANK #3/9
- PHOTO Fresno Equipment Com…
- BOOK 3y book
- INJ 1 inj
- SIZE ~38 FTE
Nearest TCR peer: Fresno Equipment Company- Five Points (0.1 TCR gap)
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Gerlachs Garden & Power Equipment- Garden Center Division in the TCR neighbourhood
Average Total Case Rate among this establishment and nearest same-industry peers
- Fresno Equipme
Fresno Equipment Company- Five Points
3.6 TCR
- Hertford
Hertford
3.6 TCR
- This site
Gerlachs Garden & Power Equipment- Garden Center Division
3.5 TCR
- Havana
Havana
3.3 TCR
- Smithfield
Smithfield
3.3 TCR
What this shows Gerlachs Garden & Power Equipment- Garden Center Division averages 3.5 TCR (103% of the Garden power equipment stores BLS benchmark).
Gerlachs Garden & Power Equipment- Garden Center Division TCR series: 2022=0 · 2023=5.7 · 2024=4.8 · BLS 3.4
Where Gerlachs Garden & Power Equipment- Garden Center Division falls in its industry
136 Garden power equipment stores establishmentsSafer than 63% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 4.3.
Narrower to Pennsylvania alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #3 safest of 9 Garden power equipment stores employers in Pennsylvania.
Gerlachs Garden & Power Equipment- Garden Center Division has more employees than the Garden power equipment stores median and a lower injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 4.3. 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 | 4.8 | 0.0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 2023 | 5.7 | 0.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 2022 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
OSHA ITA peer cross-reference
Establishment peer ledger
444210 · PA · Erie
136 Garden power equipment stores employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 22,692 rated employers in Pennsylvania with headcount on file · 473 employers in Erie, 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 | Fresno Equipment Company- Five Points | 3.6 TCR |
| NAICS-TCR | Hertford | 3.6 TCR |
| NAICS-TCR | Havana | 3.3 TCR |
| NAICS-TCR | Smithfield | 3.3 TCR |
| STATE-SIZE | Kaolin Mushroom Farms - M&J Facility | 38 FTE |
| STATE-SIZE | Dairy | 38 FTE |
| STATE-SIZE | Pioneer Hi-Bred International Inc - Elizabethtown | 38 FTE |
| STATE-SIZE | Risser's Poultry Handling Services, LLC | 38 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | Supply Chain : Erie, PA | 5,403 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | UPMC Hamot | 2,675 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | Wabtec-Erie | 2,141 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | SAINT VINCENT HOSPITAL | 2,135 FTE |
| NAT-TCR | Capitol - Flint | 3.5 TCR |
| NAT-TCR | Alpha ProTech | 3.5 TCR |
| NAT-TCR | Store 4170 - Lumberton | 3.5 TCR |
| NAT-TCR | Keith Properties Inc | 3.5 TCR |
| NAT-SIZE | JRayl Transport, Inc | 38 FTE |
| NAT-SIZE | Pratt (Target Container), Inc. Austell, GA | 38 FTE |
| NAT-SIZE | Brakewell Steel Inc. | 38 FTE |
| NAT-SIZE | Farrelli's Parkland | 38 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.