Canning fruits and vegetables · Pennsylvania
Knouse Foods Coop, Inc - Biglerville
Biglerville, PA · ~168 workers · 4 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.
- F
- Failing Safety Record
- 7.6
- Avg TCR
- 3.3
- Industry avg
- 0
- Fatalities
The verdict
Knouse Foods Coop, Inc - Biglerville runs at 232% of its industry's injury rate - far more dangerous than the typical Canning fruits and vegetables workplace, earning a grade F.
Knouse Foods Coop, Inc - Biglerville: 7.6 TCR = 232% of Canning fruits and vegetables BLS 3.3 · 4y Form 300A (see methodology below)
Knouse Foods Coop, Inc - Biglerville safety composite
Knouse Foods Coop, Inc - Biglerville scores strongest on fatalities (safer than 51% of same-industry peers) and weakest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 19%), 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).
38/100
Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures
- Total Case Rate (TCR)
- F 7.64 per 100 workers
Safer than 19% of industry peers
- DART rate
- D 1.98 per 100 workers
Safer than 50% 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
Knouse Foods Coop, Inc - Biglerville: 2.8 → 11.9 TCR
Peak year 2018 @ 13.5 TCR · DART/TCR 0.26× in 2019
Knouse Foods Coop, Inc - Biglerville's TCR rose 9.1 from 2.8 in 2016 to 11.9 in 2019. Peak filing year was 2018 at 13.5 TCR. In 2019, DART was 0.26× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).
OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard
Establishment book 311421 · Biglerville, PA ABOVE-IND · MID
Grade F · TCR 7.6 · 232% of ind
- DART 2.0 DART
- RANK #18/26
- PHOTO Empire Manufacturing…
- BOOK 4y book
- INJ 22 inj
- SIZE ~168 FTE
Nearest TCR peer: Empire Manufacturing and Fulfillment (0.0 TCR gap)
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Knouse Foods Coop, Inc - Biglerville in the TCR neighbourhood
Average Total Case Rate among this establishment and nearest same-industry peers
- Empire Manufac
Empire Manufacturing and Fulfillment
7.7 TCR
- This site
Knouse Foods Coop, Inc - Biglerville
7.6 TCR
- POPPIE'S PICKL
POPPIE'S PICKLE PRODUCTS, INC.
7.5 TCR
- Bruce Foods Co
Bruce Foods Corp
7.5 TCR
- Ottawa Foods F
Ottawa Foods Facility
7.5 TCR
What this shows Knouse Foods Coop, Inc - Biglerville averages 7.6 TCR (232% of the Canning fruits and vegetables BLS benchmark).
Knouse Foods Coop, Inc - Biglerville TCR series: 2016=2.8 · 2017=2.4 · 2018=13.5 · 2019=11.9 · BLS 3.3
Where Knouse Foods Coop, Inc - Biglerville falls in its industry
330 Canning fruits and vegetables establishmentsSafer than 19% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 4.1.
Narrower to Pennsylvania alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #18 safest of 26 Canning fruits and vegetables employers in Pennsylvania.
Knouse Foods Coop, Inc - Biglerville has more employees than the Canning fruits and vegetables median and a higher injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 4.1. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2019 | 11.9 | 2.0 | 3 | 3 | 0 |
| 2018 | 13.5 | 2.9 | 8 | 15 | 0 |
| 2017 | 2.4 | 2.4 | 5 | 0 | 0 |
| 2016 | 2.8 | 2.4 | 6 | 0 | 0 |
OSHA ITA peer cross-reference
Establishment peer ledger
311421 · PA · Biglerville
330 Canning fruits and vegetables employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 22,692 rated employers in Pennsylvania with headcount on file · 11 employers in Biglerville, 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 | Empire Manufacturing and Fulfillment | 7.7 TCR |
| NAICS-TCR | POPPIE'S PICKLE PRODUCTS, INC. | 7.5 TCR |
| NAICS-TCR | Bruce Foods Corp | 7.5 TCR |
| NAICS-TCR | Ottawa Foods Facility | 7.5 TCR |
| STATE-SIZE | UGI Utilities Bethlehem | 168 FTE |
| STATE-SIZE | JC Orr & Sons Inc | 168 FTE |
| STATE-SIZE | HB Home Services | 168 FTE |
| STATE-SIZE | Noble Environmental Specialty Services | 168 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | International Paper Biglerville Container | 172 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | Knouse Foods - Biglerville | 151 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | Knouse Foods Biglerville | 145 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | Biglerville,PA - 204 | 81 FTE |
| NAT-TCR | Brookshire Healthcare Center | 7.6 TCR |
| NAT-TCR | ContinueCARE Hospital at Hendrick Medical Center | 7.6 TCR |
| NAT-TCR | Insource Performance Solutions at Target | 7.6 TCR |
| NAT-TCR | Southeast Unloading - Richmond | 7.6 TCR |
| NAT-SIZE | Damar Aerosystems | 168 FTE |
| NAT-SIZE | Cherry Brook Health Care Center | 168 FTE |
| NAT-SIZE | Sante' of Chandler | 168 FTE |
| NAT-SIZE | Laticrete - Bethany | 168 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.