Mushroom farming · Pennsylvania
Highland Oysters
Kennett Square, PA · ~35 workers · 3 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.
- F
- Failing Safety Record
- 10.7
- Avg TCR
- 4.5
- Industry avg
- 0
- Fatalities
The verdict
Highland Oysters runs at 238% of its industry's injury rate - far more dangerous than the typical Mushroom farming workplace, earning a grade F.
Highland Oysters: 10.7 TCR = 238% of Mushroom farming BLS 4.5 · 3y Form 300A (see methodology below)
Highland Oysters safety composite
Highland Oysters scores strongest on fatalities (safer than 51% of same-industry peers) and weakest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 7%), 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).
21/100
Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures
- Total Case Rate (TCR)
- F 10.69 per 100 workers
Safer than 7% of industry peers
- DART rate
- F 7.03 per 100 workers
Safer than 16% 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
Highland Oysters: 8.0 → 8.8 TCR
Peak year 2017 @ 15.3 TCR · DART/TCR 0.66× in 2018
Highland Oysters's TCR rose 0.8 from 8.0 in 2016 to 8.8 in 2018. Peak filing year was 2017 at 15.3 TCR. In 2018, DART was 0.66× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).
OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard
Establishment book 111411 · Kennett Square, PA ABOVE-IND · SMALL
Grade F · TCR 10.7 · 238% of ind
- DART 7.0 DART
- RANK #57/63
- PHOTO Hopewell Organics, LLC
- BOOK 3y book
- INJ 13 inj
- SIZE ~35 FTE
Nearest TCR peer: Hopewell Organics, LLC (0.0 TCR gap)
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Highland Oysters in the TCR neighbourhood
Average Total Case Rate among this establishment and nearest same-industry peers
- DAJ Mushroom
DAJ Mushroom
11.8 TCR
- This site
Highland Oysters
10.7 TCR
- Hopewell Organ
Hopewell Organics, LLC
10.7 TCR
- Countryside Mu
Countryside Mushrooms, Inc
10.5 TCR
- Giorgi Mushroo
Giorgi Mushroom Farm 2
10.2 TCR
What this shows Highland Oysters averages 10.7 TCR (238% of the Mushroom farming BLS benchmark).
Highland Oysters TCR series: 2016=8 · 2017=15.3 · 2018=8.8 · BLS 4.5
Where Highland Oysters falls in its industry
107 Mushroom farming establishmentsSafer than 7% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 4.0.
Narrower to Pennsylvania alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #57 safest of 63 Mushroom farming employers in Pennsylvania.
Highland Oysters has fewer employees than the Mushroom farming median and a higher injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 4.0. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2018 | 8.8 | 7.0 | 5 | 0 | 0 |
| 2017 | 15.3 | 12.3 | 5 | 0 | 0 |
| 2016 | 8.0 | 2.7 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
OSHA ITA peer cross-reference
Establishment peer ledger
111411 · PA · Kennett Square
107 Mushroom farming employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 22,692 rated employers in Pennsylvania with headcount on file · 55 employers in Kennett Square, 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 | Hopewell Organics, LLC | 10.7 TCR |
| NAICS-TCR | Countryside Mushrooms, Inc | 10.5 TCR |
| NAICS-TCR | Giorgi Mushroom Farm 2 | 10.2 TCR |
| NAICS-TCR | DAJ Mushroom | 11.8 TCR |
| STATE-SIZE | W.A.C. Mushrooms Inc. | 35 FTE |
| STATE-SIZE | Mushroom Spawning, Inc. | 35 FTE |
| STATE-SIZE | PANTHER CREEK POWER OPERATING | 35 FTE |
| STATE-SIZE | POCSC Pocono Service Center | 35 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | Kaolin Mushroom Farm | 663 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | Kendal-Crosslands Communities | 604 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | South Mill Champs | 550 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | Tri-M Group, LLC | 489 FTE |
| NAT-TCR | Liberty Residential - 40 Ridge Rd. | 10.7 TCR |
| NAT-TCR | Pacifica Riverside Sl Lp | 10.7 TCR |
| NAT-TCR | Shopko Hometown #792 (Tomahawk, WI) | 10.7 TCR |
| NAT-TCR | Tokyo Central & Main - San Diego | 10.7 TCR |
| NAT-SIZE | Houston Express | 35 FTE |
| NAT-SIZE | Ennis - North | 35 FTE |
| NAT-SIZE | Miami III | 35 FTE |
| NAT-SIZE | Batavia City Center | 35 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.