Supermarkets and Other Grocery (except Convenience) Stores · Pennsylvania

Hershey Karns Food Store

Name: Hershey Karns Food Store Workplace Safety Data
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Hershey, PA · ~141 workers · 4 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

Compiled by PlainSafetyScore · August 25, 2026

C
Average Safety Record: 3.8
Avg TCR: 3.4
Industry avg: 0
Fatalities

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The verdict

Hershey Karns Food Store runs at 112% of its industry's injury rate - about level with the typical Supermarkets and Other Grocery (except Convenience) Stores workplace, earning a grade C.

Hershey Karns Food Store: 3.8 TCR = 112% of Supermarkets and Other Grocery (except Convenience) Stores BLS 3.4 · 4y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Hershey Karns Food Store safety composite

Hershey Karns Food Store scores strongest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 63% of same-industry peers) and weakest on dart rate (safer than 34%), 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).

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Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR): C 3.81 per 100 workers

Safer than 63% of industry peers
DART rate: F 4.03 per 100 workers

Safer than 34% 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%).

Rising injury rate

Hershey Karns Food Store: 4.9 → 5.4 TCR

Peak year 2024 @ 5.4 TCR · DART/TCR 1.06× in 2024

Hershey Karns Food Store's TCR rose 0.5 from 4.9 in 2016 to 5.4 in 2024. In 2024, DART was 1.06× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 445110 · Hershey, PA ABOVE-IND · MID

Grade C · TCR 3.8 · 112% of ind

DART 4.0 DART
RANK #432/1287
PHOTO Trale Inc. d/b/a Lee…
BOOK 4y book
INJ 12 inj
SIZE ~141 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: Trale Inc. d/b/a Lees Market (0.0 TCR gap)

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What this shows Hershey Karns Food Store averages 3.8 TCR (112% of the Supermarkets and Other Grocery (except Convenience) Stores BLS benchmark).

Hershey Karns Food Store TCR series: 2016=4.9 · 2019=1.3 · 2020=3.7 · 2024=5.4 · BLS 3.4

Where Hershey Karns Food Store falls in its industry

30,654 Supermarkets and Other Grocery establishments

Safer than 63% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 4.7.

Grade C

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to Pennsylvania alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #432 safest of 1287 Supermarkets and Other Grocery employers in Pennsylvania.

Hershey Karns Food Store (141 employees, TCR 3.8) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 99 employees and a TCR of 4.7

Hershey Karns Food Store has more employees than the Supermarkets and Other Grocery (except C median and a lower injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 4.7. 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
2024	5.4	4.0	4
2020	3.7	3.7	3
2019	1.3	1.3	1
2016	4.9	4.9	4

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

445110 · PA · Hershey

30,654 Supermarkets and Other Grocery (except Convenience) Stores employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 22,692 rated employers in Pennsylvania with headcount on file · 47 employers in Hershey, 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	Trale Inc. d/b/a Lees Market	WESTPORT, MA	3.8 TCR
NAICS-TCR	Cheat Lake Price Cutter	MORGANTOWN, WV	3.8 TCR
NAICS-TCR	Store 0695	WEST MELBOURNE, FL	3.8 TCR
NAICS-TCR	Store 1107	WELLINGTON, FL	3.8 TCR
STATE-SIZE	Henkels & McCoy, Pennsylvania - Blue Bell - Gas Operations	BLUE BELL	141 FTE
STATE-SIZE	James Floor Covering, Inc.	BRISTOL	141 FTE
STATE-SIZE	Keystone Natural Holdings Philadelphia	PHILADELPHIA	141 FTE
STATE-SIZE	Nature's Way Purewater Systems, Inc. d/b/a USHydrations	PITTSTON	141 FTE
CITY-NEAR	A045 - Penn State Health Milton S. Hershey Medical Center	Hershey	7,659 FTE
CITY-NEAR	Hersheypark Entertainment Complex	Hershey	2,961 FTE
CITY-NEAR	Hershey Entertainment Complex	Hershey	2,682 FTE
CITY-NEAR	A021 - Penn State Health Administrative Offices	Hershey	1,813 FTE
NAT-TCR	Lithographic Industries Inc.	Broadview, IL	3.8 TCR
NAT-TCR	Johnson Contracting Company	East Moline, IL	3.8 TCR
NAT-TCR	Scentsy TX	Coppell, TX	3.8 TCR
NAT-TCR	Harris Packaging Corporation	Haltom City, TX	3.8 TCR
NAT-SIZE	Doing Steel Fabrication LLC	Springfield, MO	141 FTE
NAT-SIZE	Medilodge of Montrose	Montrose, MI	141 FTE
NAT-SIZE	CAP Carpet, Inc.	Wichita, KS	141 FTE
NAT-SIZE	Golden Triangle Mill Service LLC	Columbus, MS	141 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, 2020, 2019, 2016. This is publicly available government data - not a legal determination of workplace conditions.

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