Excavation contractors · Pennsylvania

Hershey Excavating, LLC

Manheim, PA · ~32 workers · 8 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

D
Poor Safety Record
5.2
Avg TCR
2.8
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

Hershey Excavating, LLC runs at 187% of its industry's injury rate - more dangerous than the typical Excavation contractors workplace, earning a grade D.

Hershey Excavating, LLC: 5.2 TCR = 187% of Excavation contractors BLS 2.8 · 8y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Hershey Excavating, LLC safety composite

Hershey Excavating, LLC scores strongest on dart rate (safer than 77% of same-industry peers) and weakest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 20%), 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

48/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
F 5.24 per 100 workers

Safer than 20% of industry peers

DART rate
B 0 per 100 workers

Safer than 77% 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

−10.5

2017→2024

Hershey Excavating, LLC injury rate improved

Hershey Excavating, LLC's TCR fell 10.5 from 12.6 in 2017 to 2.1 in 2024. Peak filing year was 2017 at 12.6 TCR. In 2024, DART was 0× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2017=12.6 · 2018=8.4 · 2019=3.6 · 2020=0.0 · 2021=5.8 · 2022=5.0 · 2023=4.4 · 2024=2.1

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 238910 · Manheim, PA ABOVE-IND · SMALL

Grade D · TCR 5.2 · 187% of ind

  • DART 0.0 DART
  • RANK #89/115
  • PHOTO The LandTek Group, Inc
  • BOOK 8y book
  • INJ 12 inj
  • SIZE ~32 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: The LandTek Group, Inc (0.0 TCR gap)

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Hershey Excavating, LLC in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows Hershey Excavating, LLC averages 5.2 TCR (187% of the Excavation contractors BLS benchmark).

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

Hershey Excavating, LLC TCR series: 2017=12.6 · 2018=8.4 · 2019=3.6 · 2020=0 · 2021=5.8 · 2022=5 · 2023=4.4 · 2024=2.1 · BLS 2.8

Where Hershey Excavating, LLC falls in its industry

1,750 Excavation contractors establishments

Safer than 20% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 2.5.

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to Pennsylvania alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #89 safest of 115 Excavation contractors employers in Pennsylvania.

Hershey Excavating, LLC (32 employees, TCR 5.2) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 51 employees and a TCR of 2.5 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 050100150200250 0246810 Average employees Total Case Rate Hershey Excavating, LLC
Hershey Excavating, LLC (32 employees, TCR 5.2) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 51 employees and a TCR of 2.5

Hershey Excavating, LLC has fewer employees than the Excavation contractors median and a higher injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 2.5. 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
2024 2.1 0.0 0 1 0
2023 4.4 4.4 2 0 0
2022 5.0 0.0 2 0 0
2021 5.8 2.9 2 0 0
2020 0.0 0.0 0 0 0
2019 3.6 3.6 1 0 0
2018 8.4 8.4 2 0 0
2017 12.6 4.2 3 0 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

238910 · PA · Manheim

1,750 Excavation contractors employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 22,692 rated employers in Pennsylvania with headcount on file · 58 employers in Manheim, 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 LandTek Group, Inc 5.2 TCR
NAICS-TCR M & O Construction Co., Inc. 5.3 TCR
NAICS-TCR KES Excavating. LLC. 5.3 TCR
NAICS-TCR Engineered Demolition, Inc. 5.3 TCR
STATE-SIZE KNOUSE FRUITLANDS, INC. 32 FTE
STATE-SIZE Paramount Mushroom Farms LLC 32 FTE
STATE-SIZE Wharf 32 FTE
STATE-SIZE DAJ Mushroom 32 FTE
CITY-NEAR Manheim Pennsylvania Auto Auction 1,301 FTE
CITY-NEAR MANHEIM PENNSYLVANIA 676 FTE
CITY-NEAR 0401 MANHEIM PENNSYLVANIA 1190 LANCASTER RD 604 FTE
CITY-NEAR Spooky Nook Sports Inc. 473 FTE
NAT-TCR Halco Lighting Technologies 5.2 TCR
NAT-TCR Wine & Roses Hotel Restaurant Spa 5.2 TCR
NAT-TCR Kraft South Assembly & Distribution 5.2 TCR
NAT-TCR Custom Faberkin, Inc 5.2 TCR
NAT-SIZE Ouachita Fertilizer Company, LLC Monroe 32 FTE
NAT-SIZE Lindenmeyr Londonderry 32 FTE
NAT-SIZE Lindenmeyr Pewaukee 32 FTE
NAT-SIZE Greensboro HVC 32 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, 2022, 2021, 2020, 2019, 2018, 2017. This is publicly available government data - not a legal determination of workplace conditions.

Read our methodology - how this data is sourced, computed, and verified.

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