Warehousing and storage, general merchandise · Pennsylvania

Hershey EDC III WHS

Name: Hershey EDC III WHS Workplace Safety Data
Creator: PlainSafetyScore
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Palmyra, PA · ~468 workers · 3 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

Compiled by PlainSafetyScore · August 25, 2026

A
Excellent Safety Record: 0.7
Avg TCR: 5.8
Industry avg: 0
Fatalities

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The verdict

Hershey EDC III WHS runs at 12% of its industry's injury rate - far safer than the typical Warehousing and storage, general merchandise workplace, earning a grade A.

Hershey EDC III WHS: 0.7 TCR = 12% of Warehousing and storage, general merchandise BLS 5.8 · 3y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Hershey EDC III WHS safety composite

Hershey EDC III WHS scores strongest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 94% of same-industry peers) and weakest on fatalities (safer than 50%), 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).

75/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR): A 0.68 per 100 workers

Safer than 94% of industry peers
DART rate: C 0.46 per 100 workers

Safer than 70% 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%).

TCR Δ

−1.1

2017→2019

Hershey EDC III WHS injury rate improved

Hershey EDC III WHS's TCR fell 1.1 from 1.6 in 2017 to 0.5 in 2019. Peak filing year was 2017 at 1.6 TCR. In 2019, DART was 0.68× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2017=1.6 · 2018=0.0 · 2019=0.5

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 493110 · Palmyra, PA AT/BELOW-IND · MID

Grade A · TCR 0.7 · 12% of ind

DART 0.5 DART
RANK #37/650
PHOTO Industrial Drive
BOOK 3y book
INJ 10 inj
SIZE ~468 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: Industrial Drive (0.0 TCR gap)

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0.7
Industrial Dri

0.7
Raytheon_Carro

0.7
60527 - Capsto

0.7
Dallas RDC

0.7

What this shows Hershey EDC III WHS averages 0.7 TCR (12% of the Warehousing and storage, general merchandise BLS benchmark).

Hershey EDC III WHS TCR series: 2017=1.6 · 2018=0 · 2019=0.5 · BLS 5.8

Where Hershey EDC III WHS falls in its industry

9,477 Warehousing and storage, gener establishments

Safer than 94% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 3.5.

Grade A

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to Pennsylvania alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #37 safest of 650 Warehousing and storage, gener employers in Pennsylvania.

Hershey EDC III WHS (468 employees, TCR 0.7) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 92 employees and a TCR of 3.5

Hershey EDC III WHS has more employees than the Warehousing and storage, general merchan median and a lower injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 3.5. 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
2019	0.5	0.5	2
2018	0.0	0.0	0
2017	1.6	0.6	8

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

493110 · PA · Palmyra

9,477 Warehousing and storage, general merchandise employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 22,692 rated employers in Pennsylvania with headcount on file · 34 employers in Palmyra, PA · 4 cross-state NAT-TCR peers · 4 cross-state NAT-SIZE peers. Closest matches by relationship code are listed below.

Rel	Establishment	Place	Metric
NAICS-TCR	Industrial Drive	NEOSHO, MO	0.7 TCR
NAICS-TCR	Raytheon_Carrollton_TX	CARROLLTON, TX	0.7 TCR
NAICS-TCR	60527 - Capstone Sysco Jackson	JACKSON, MS	0.7 TCR
NAICS-TCR	Dallas RDC	DESOTO, TX	0.7 TCR
STATE-SIZE	North America : Towanda	TOWANDA	467 FTE
STATE-SIZE	CAES - Lansdale	LANSDALE	467 FTE
STATE-SIZE	Michaels Distribution Center #1828	HAZLETON	467 FTE
STATE-SIZE	Pinnacle Health Regional Physicians	HARRISBURG	467 FTE
CITY-NEAR	PA - Hershey	Palmyra	439 FTE
CITY-NEAR	Palmyra - 500 North Lingle Avenue	Palmyra	438 FTE
CITY-NEAR	Hershey EDC 3 DC - Joseph Breslin. (SMRU0220)	Palmyra	408 FTE
CITY-NEAR	WM 2888	Palmyra	307 FTE
NAT-TCR	American Electrical Testing Co., LLC	Foxboro, MA	0.7 TCR
NAT-TCR	Build It Green	Oakland, CA	0.7 TCR
NAT-TCR	Florida Lemark Corp	Miami, FL	0.7 TCR
NAT-TCR	Devine Organics, LLC	Fresno, CA	0.7 TCR
NAT-SIZE	Broshco Fabricated Products	Mansfield, OH	468 FTE
NAT-SIZE	North Albany Operating Hqtrs (Ny01)	Albany, NY	468 FTE
NAT-SIZE	Berry Plastics Corporation	Macedon, NY	468 FTE
NAT-SIZE	Ausohc-015-Austin Home Care	Austin, TX	468 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: 2019, 2018, 2017. This is publicly available government data - not a legal determination of workplace conditions.

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Data sourced from official public datasets. See our methodology for details.