Pretzels (except soft) manufacturing · Indiana

Hersheys Salty Snacks

Name: Hersheys Salty Snacks Workplace Safety Data
Creator: PlainSafetyScore
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Bluffton, IN · ~369 workers · 2 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

Compiled by PlainSafetyScore · August 25, 2026

A
Excellent Safety Record: 0.7
Avg TCR: 4.1
Industry avg: 0
Fatalities

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The verdict

Hersheys Salty Snacks runs at 18% of its industry's injury rate - far safer than the typical Pretzels (except soft) manufacturing workplace, earning a grade A.

Hersheys Salty Snacks: 0.7 TCR = 18% of Pretzels (except soft) manufacturing BLS 4.1 · 2y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Hersheys Salty Snacks safety composite

Hersheys Salty Snacks scores strongest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 96% 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).

81/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR): A 0.72 per 100 workers

Safer than 96% of industry peers
DART rate: B 0.24 per 100 workers

Safer than 85% 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

−0.5

2023→2024

Hersheys Salty Snacks injury rate improved

Hersheys Salty Snacks's TCR fell 0.5 from 1.0 in 2023 to 0.5 in 2024. Peak filing year was 2023 at 1.0 TCR. In 2024, DART was 0.33× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2023=1.0 · 2024=0.5

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 311919 · Bluffton, IN AT/BELOW-IND · MID

Grade A · TCR 0.7 · 18% of ind

DART 0.2 DART
RANK #1/14
PHOTO Hearthside Food Solu…
BOOK 2y book
INJ 5 inj
SIZE ~369 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: Hearthside Food Solutions - H2 (0.0 TCR gap)

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BARCEL USA LLC

0.8
Campbell's Sna

0.8
This site

0.7
Hearthside Foo

0.7
Jackson Manufa

0.6

What this shows Hersheys Salty Snacks averages 0.7 TCR (18% of the Pretzels (except soft) manufacturing BLS benchmark).

Hersheys Salty Snacks TCR series: 2023=1 · 2024=0.5 · BLS 4.1

Where Hersheys Salty Snacks falls in its industry

253 Pretzels (except soft) manufac establishments

Safer than 96% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 3.4.

Grade A

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to Indiana alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #1 safest of 14 Pretzels (except soft) manufac employers in Indiana.

Hersheys Salty Snacks (369 employees, TCR 0.7) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 160 employees and a TCR of 3.4

Hersheys Salty Snacks has more employees than the Pretzels (except soft) manufacturing median and a lower injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 3.4. 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	0.5	0.2	2	0	0
2023	1.0	1.0	3	0	0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

311919 · IN · Bluffton

253 Pretzels (except soft) manufacturing employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 12,750 rated employers in Indiana with headcount on file · 38 employers in Bluffton, IN · 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	Hearthside Food Solutions - H2	GRAND RAPIDS, MI	0.7 TCR
NAICS-TCR	BARCEL USA LLC	COPPELL, TX	0.8 TCR
NAICS-TCR	Campbell's Snacks, Indianapolis	PLAINFIELD, IN	0.8 TCR
NAICS-TCR	Jackson Manufacturing Facility	JACKSON, TN	0.6 TCR
STATE-SIZE	D&W Fine Pack LLC	FORT WAYNE	369 FTE
STATE-SIZE	Greenfield MFG (GTS, PPG)	GREENFIELD	369 FTE
STATE-SIZE	Masterbrand - Jasper Ops	JASPER	369 FTE
STATE-SIZE	077 LCI	YODER	369 FTE
CITY-NEAR	K181-D181	Bluffton	1,022 FTE
CITY-NEAR	181-DC181	Bluffton	964 FTE
CITY-NEAR	Bluffton Motor Works, LLC	Bluffton	358 FTE
CITY-NEAR	WEG Electric Corp	Bluffton	356 FTE
NAT-TCR	Lincoln Park 10101	Lincoln Park, MI	0.7 TCR
NAT-TCR	Newark 10213	Newark, DE	0.7 TCR
NAT-TCR	Dallas 10510	Dallas, TX	0.7 TCR
NAT-TCR	Staxmatic, LLC	Addison, TX	0.7 TCR
NAT-SIZE	Judicial Department	Norfolk, VA	369 FTE
NAT-SIZE	Ctnlk - Norwalk	Norwalk, CT	369 FTE
NAT-SIZE	Longleaf Neuro-Medical Treatment Center	Wilson, NC	369 FTE
NAT-SIZE	Cedar Springs Public Schools-41070	Cedar Springs, MI	369 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. 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.