Mushroom farming · Pennsylvania
Kennett Square Specialties
Kennett Square, PA · ~100 workers · 9 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.
- D
- Poor Safety Record
- 6.8
- Avg TCR
- 4.5
- Industry avg
- 0
- Fatalities
The verdict
Kennett Square Specialties runs at 151% of its industry's injury rate - more dangerous than the typical Mushroom farming workplace, earning a grade D.
Kennett Square Specialties: 6.8 TCR = 151% of Mushroom farming BLS 4.5 · 9y Form 300A (see methodology below)
Kennett Square Specialties safety composite
Kennett Square Specialties scores strongest on fatalities (safer than 51% of same-industry peers) and weakest on dart rate (safer than 10%), 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).
26/100
Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures
- Total Case Rate (TCR)
- F 6.81 per 100 workers
Safer than 24% of industry peers
- DART rate
- F 9.47 per 100 workers
Safer than 10% 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
Kennett Square Specialties: 5.3 → 129.4 TCR
Peak year 2021 @ 268.8 TCR · DART/TCR 0× in 2024
Kennett Square Specialties's TCR rose 124.2 from 5.3 in 2016 to 129.4 in 2024. Peak filing year was 2021 at 268.8 TCR. In 2024, DART was 0× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).
OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard
Establishment book 111411 · Kennett Square, PA ABOVE-IND · MID
Grade D · TCR 6.8 · 151% of ind
- DART 0.0 DART
- RANK #48/63
- PHOTO GLOBAL MUSHROOM LLC
- BOOK 9y book
- INJ 57 inj
- SIZE ~100 FTE
Nearest TCR peer: GLOBAL MUSHROOM LLC (0.0 TCR gap)
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Kennett Square Specialties in the TCR neighbourhood
Average Total Case Rate among this establishment and nearest same-industry peers
- This site
Kennett Square Specialties
6.8 TCR
- GLOBAL MUSHROO
GLOBAL MUSHROOM LLC
6.8 TCR
- JM Farms Inc
JM Farms Inc
6.5 TCR
- Monterey Mushr
Monterey Mushrooms LLC
6.4 TCR
- ASA Mushroom L
ASA Mushroom LLC
6.2 TCR
What this shows Kennett Square Specialties averages 6.8 TCR (151% of the Mushroom farming BLS benchmark).
Kennett Square Specialties TCR series: 2016=5.3 · 2017=6.8 · 2018=5.7 · 2019=9.5 · 2020=227.3 · 2021=268.8 · 2022=197.9 · 2023=213.1 · 2024=129.4 · BLS 4.5
Where Kennett Square Specialties falls in its industry
107 Mushroom farming establishmentsSafer than 24% 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 #48 safest of 63 Mushroom farming employers in Pennsylvania.
Kennett Square Specialties has more 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 129.4 | 0.0 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| 2023 | 213.1 | 0.0 | 5 | 0 | 0 |
| 2022 | 197.9 | 0.0 | 4 | 0 | 0 |
| 2021 | 268.8 | 0.0 | 4 | 0 | 0 |
| 2020 | 227.3 | 75.8 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| 2019 | 9.5 | 9.5 | 10 | 0 | 0 |
| 2018 | 5.7 | 4.8 | 6 | 0 | 0 |
| 2017 | 6.8 | 6.8 | 11 | 0 | 0 |
| 2016 | 5.3 | 2.9 | 11 | 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 | GLOBAL MUSHROOM LLC | 6.8 TCR |
| NAICS-TCR | JM Farms Inc | 6.5 TCR |
| NAICS-TCR | Monterey Mushrooms LLC | 6.4 TCR |
| NAICS-TCR | ASA Mushroom LLC | 6.2 TCR |
| STATE-SIZE | Howard Concrete Pumping Company | 100 FTE |
| STATE-SIZE | Wallworks, Inc | 100 FTE |
| STATE-SIZE | Cost Company | 100 FTE |
| STATE-SIZE | JW CARRIGAN, LLC | 100 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 | Bradbury Brothers, LLC | 6.8 TCR |
| NAT-TCR | 40226 - CAPSTONE Albertsons Portland OR | 6.8 TCR |
| NAT-TCR | Pallet Shop | 6.8 TCR |
| NAT-TCR | Franklin Iron LLC | 6.8 TCR |
| NAT-SIZE | Heritage Homes of Nebraska, Inc | 100 FTE |
| NAT-SIZE | Worthen Industries Nashua South | 100 FTE |
| NAT-SIZE | RVI-Texarkana | 100 FTE |
| NAT-SIZE | Sodexo at Wu Resident Dining | 100 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.