Fruits, fresh, merchant wholesalers · Pennsylvania
Hess Bros Fruit Co
Lancaster, PA · ~76 workers · 9 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.
- F
- Failing Safety Record
- 6.4
- Avg TCR
- 2.2
- Industry avg
- 0
- Fatalities
The verdict
Hess Bros Fruit Co runs at 290% of its industry's injury rate - far more dangerous than the typical Fruits, fresh, merchant wholesalers workplace, earning a grade F.
Hess Bros Fruit Co: 6.4 TCR = 290% of Fruits, fresh, merchant wholesalers BLS 2.2 · 9y Form 300A (see methodology below)
Hess Bros Fruit Co safety composite
Hess Bros Fruit Co scores strongest on dart rate (safer than 89% of same-industry peers) and weakest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 40%), 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).
60/100
Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures
- Total Case Rate (TCR)
- D 6.38 per 100 workers
Safer than 40% of industry peers
- DART rate
- B 0 per 100 workers
Safer than 89% 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%).
TCR Δ
−1.7
2016→2024
Hess Bros Fruit Co injury rate improved
Hess Bros Fruit Co's TCR fell 1.7 from 8.6 in 2016 to 6.8 in 2024. Peak filing year was 2016 at 8.6 TCR. In 2024, DART was 0× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).
2016=8.6 · 2017=8.4 · 2018=5.3 · 2019=5.6 · 2020=6.5 · 2021=5.1 · 2022=7.8 · 2023=3.4 · 2024=6.8
OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard
Establishment book 424480 · Lancaster, PA ABOVE-IND · SMALL
Grade F · TCR 6.4 · 290% of ind
- DART 0.0 DART
- RANK #12/21
- PHOTO Organically Grown Co…
- BOOK 9y book
- INJ 46 inj
- SIZE ~76 FTE
Nearest TCR peer: Organically Grown Company (0.1 TCR gap)
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Hess Bros Fruit Co in the TCR neighbourhood
Average Total Case Rate among this establishment and nearest same-industry peers
- Organically Gr
Organically Grown Company
6.5 TCR
- Indianapolis F
Indianapolis Fruit Company, LLC dba Vine Line Produce
6.5 TCR
- Eat Sweet Farm
Eat Sweet Farms
6.5 TCR
- FreshPoint Ral
FreshPoint Raleigh167
6.5 TCR
- This site
Hess Bros Fruit Co
6.4 TCR
What this shows Hess Bros Fruit Co averages 6.4 TCR (290% of the Fruits, fresh, merchant wholesalers BLS benchmark).
Hess Bros Fruit Co TCR series: 2016=8.6 · 2017=8.4 · 2018=5.3 · 2019=5.6 · 2020=6.5 · 2021=5.1 · 2022=7.8 · 2023=3.4 · 2024=6.8 · BLS 2.2
Where Hess Bros Fruit Co falls in its industry
369 Fruits, fresh, merchant wholes establishmentsSafer than 40% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 5.3.
Narrower to Pennsylvania alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #12 safest of 21 Fruits, fresh, merchant wholes employers in Pennsylvania.
Hess Bros Fruit Co has fewer employees than the Fruits, fresh, merchant wholesalers median and a higher injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 5.3. 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 | 6.8 | 0.0 | 6 | 1 | 0 |
| 2023 | 3.4 | 1.1 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| 2022 | 7.8 | 3.3 | 7 | 0 | 0 |
| 2021 | 5.1 | 5.1 | 4 | 0 | 0 |
| 2020 | 6.5 | 6.5 | 4 | 0 | 0 |
| 2019 | 5.6 | 2.2 | 5 | 0 | 0 |
| 2018 | 5.3 | 5.3 | 4 | 0 | 0 |
| 2017 | 8.4 | 7.0 | 6 | 0 | 0 |
| 2016 | 8.6 | 8.6 | 7 | 0 | 0 |
OSHA ITA peer cross-reference
Establishment peer ledger
424480 · PA · Lancaster
369 Fruits, fresh, merchant wholesalers employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 22,692 rated employers in Pennsylvania with headcount on file · 450 employers in Lancaster, 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 | Organically Grown Company | 6.5 TCR |
| NAICS-TCR | Indianapolis Fruit Company, LLC dba Vine Line Produce | 6.5 TCR |
| NAICS-TCR | Eat Sweet Farms | 6.5 TCR |
| NAICS-TCR | FreshPoint Raleigh167 | 6.5 TCR |
| STATE-SIZE | Generation Maintenance | 76 FTE |
| STATE-SIZE | Horsham Office | 76 FTE |
| STATE-SIZE | Frank J. Zottola Construction | 76 FTE |
| STATE-SIZE | LB Foster Rail Technologies, Inc (Field Services) | 76 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | Lancaster General Health, LGH Hospital | 7,424 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | LGHealth | 7,215 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | Lancaster General Hospital | 6,528 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | Lancaster General Medical Group | 1,436 FTE |
| NAT-TCR | Hilliard OH | 6.4 TCR |
| NAT-TCR | Cambridge Assited Living LLC | 6.4 TCR |
| NAT-TCR | 2259 - Columbia Heights | 6.4 TCR |
| NAT-TCR | 1215 - Elyria | 6.4 TCR |
| NAT-SIZE | Infinite Zenith Logistics, LLC | 76 FTE |
| NAT-SIZE | 4Front Solutions - Deland | 76 FTE |
| NAT-SIZE | Honey Smoked Fish | 76 FTE |
| NAT-SIZE | Legend Automotive | 76 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.