Fudge, chocolate, made from purchased chocolate · Pennsylvania
Hershey - Hazleton Plant
Hazle Township, PA · ~533 workers · 6 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.
- B
- Good Safety Record
- 2.9
- Avg TCR
- 4.2
- Industry avg
- 0
- Fatalities
The verdict
Hershey - Hazleton Plant runs at 70% of its industry's injury rate - safer than the typical Fudge, chocolate, made from purchased chocolate workplace, earning a grade B.
Hershey - Hazleton Plant: 2.9 TCR = 70% of Fudge, chocolate, made from purchased chocolate BLS 4.2 · 6y Form 300A (see methodology below)
Hershey - Hazleton Plant safety composite
Hershey - Hazleton Plant scores strongest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 63% 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).
59/100
Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures
- Total Case Rate (TCR)
- C 2.92 per 100 workers
Safer than 63% of industry peers
- DART rate
- C 2.06 per 100 workers
Safer than 59% 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
Hershey - Hazleton Plant: 3.2 → 3.6 TCR
Peak year 2021 @ 3.6 TCR · DART/TCR 0.71× in 2021
Hershey - Hazleton Plant's TCR rose 0.4 from 3.2 in 2016 to 3.6 in 2021. In 2021, DART was 0.71× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).
OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard
Establishment book 311352 · Hazle Township, PA AT/BELOW-IND · MID
Grade B · TCR 2.9 · 70% of ind
- DART 2.1 DART
- RANK #5/20
- PHOTO The Hershey Co Hazle…
- BOOK 6y book
- INJ 92 inj
- SIZE ~533 FTE
Nearest TCR peer: The Hershey Co Hazleton (0.0 TCR gap)
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Hershey - Hazleton Plant in the TCR neighbourhood
Average Total Case Rate among this establishment and nearest same-industry peers
- Abilene
Abilene
3 TCR
- Chris Candies,
Chris Candies, Inc.
3 TCR
- This site
Hershey - Hazleton Plant
2.9 TCR
- The Hershey Co
The Hershey Co Hazleton
2.9 TCR
- CD Investors,
CD Investors, LLC/Production Facility
2.9 TCR
What this shows Hershey - Hazleton Plant averages 2.9 TCR (70% of the Fudge, chocolate, made from purchased chocolate BLS benchmark).
Hershey - Hazleton Plant TCR series: 2016=3.2 · 2017=3.1 · 2018=2.7 · 2019=2.9 · 2020=1.9 · 2021=3.6 · BLS 4.2
Where Hershey - Hazleton Plant falls in its industry
86 Fudge, chocolate, made from pu establishmentsSafer than 63% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 3.7.
Narrower to Pennsylvania alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #5 safest of 20 Fudge, chocolate, made from pu employers in Pennsylvania.
Hershey - Hazleton Plant has more employees than the Fudge, chocolate, made from purchased ch median and a lower injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 3.7. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2021 | 3.6 | 2.1 | 22 | 1 | 0 |
| 2020 | 1.9 | 1.3 | 9 | 1 | 0 |
| 2019 | 2.9 | 1.9 | 17 | 0 | 0 |
| 2018 | 2.7 | 2.4 | 14 | 0 | 0 |
| 2017 | 3.1 | 2.3 | 15 | 0 | 0 |
| 2016 | 3.2 | 2.8 | 15 | 0 | 0 |
OSHA ITA peer cross-reference
Establishment peer ledger
311352 · PA · Hazle Township
86 Fudge, chocolate, made from purchased chocolate employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 22,692 rated employers in Pennsylvania with headcount on file · 36 employers in Hazle Township, 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 Hershey Co Hazleton | 2.9 TCR |
| NAICS-TCR | CD Investors, LLC/Production Facility | 2.9 TCR |
| NAICS-TCR | Abilene | 3.0 TCR |
| NAICS-TCR | Chris Candies, Inc. | 3.0 TCR |
| STATE-SIZE | North America : Pottsville | 533 FTE |
| STATE-SIZE | Coherent Corp. | 533 FTE |
| STATE-SIZE | PA | 533 FTE |
| STATE-SIZE | Latrobe Tech Center | 534 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | Hazleton Distribution Center | 972 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | 9720 | 633 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | WM 2255 | 419 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | 2255 | 385 FTE |
| NAT-TCR | El Paso Center #2 | 2.9 TCR |
| NAT-TCR | StoneCreek Health & Rehabilitation | 2.9 TCR |
| NAT-TCR | Smithfield Packaged Meats Corp | 2.9 TCR |
| NAT-TCR | West Palm Beach | 2.9 TCR |
| NAT-SIZE | Lease Crutcher Lewis WA, LLC | 533 FTE |
| NAT-SIZE | SCRMCA73 - AT&T Services, Inc. | 533 FTE |
| NAT-SIZE | ATLMGACX - AT&T Services, Inc. | 533 FTE |
| NAT-SIZE | Keihin Thermal Technology of America | 533 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.