Canning fruits and vegetables · Pennsylvania
Knouse Foods Coop, Inc - Chambersburg
Chambersburg, PA · ~197 workers · 4 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.
- F
- Failing Safety Record
- 10.5
- Avg TCR
- 3.3
- Industry avg
- 0
- Fatalities
The verdict
Knouse Foods Coop, Inc - Chambersburg runs at 317% 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 - Chambersburg: 10.5 TCR = 317% of Canning fruits and vegetables BLS 3.3 · 4y Form 300A (see methodology below)
Knouse Foods Coop, Inc - Chambersburg safety composite
Knouse Foods Coop, Inc - Chambersburg scores strongest on fatalities (safer than 51% of same-industry peers) and weakest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 8%), 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).
22/100
Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures
- Total Case Rate (TCR)
- F 10.46 per 100 workers
Safer than 8% of industry peers
- DART rate
- F 5.88 per 100 workers
Safer than 18% 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 - Chambersburg: 3.0 → 10.0 TCR
Peak year 2018 @ 17.3 TCR · DART/TCR 0.56× in 2019
Knouse Foods Coop, Inc - Chambersburg's TCR rose 7.0 from 3.0 in 2016 to 10.0 in 2019. Peak filing year was 2018 at 17.3 TCR. In 2019, DART was 0.56× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).
OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard
Establishment book 311421 · Chambersburg, PA ABOVE-IND · MID
Grade F · TCR 10.5 · 317% of ind
- DART 5.9 DART
- RANK #25/26
- PHOTO Knouse Foods Coop, I…
- BOOK 4y book
- INJ 49 inj
- SIZE ~197 FTE
Nearest TCR peer: Knouse Foods Coop, Inc - Gardners (0.0 TCR gap)
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Knouse Foods Coop, Inc - Chambersburg in the TCR neighbourhood
Average Total Case Rate among this establishment and nearest same-industry peers
- Riverside Plan
Riverside Plant
10.6 TCR
- This site
Knouse Foods Coop, Inc - Chambersburg
10.5 TCR
- Knouse Foods C
Knouse Foods Coop, Inc - Gardners
10.4 TCR
- GLK Foods, LLC
GLK Foods, LLC
10.3 TCR
- Nekter Juice B
Nekter Juice Bar Inc
10.2 TCR
What this shows Knouse Foods Coop, Inc - Chambersburg averages 10.5 TCR (317% of the Canning fruits and vegetables BLS benchmark).
Knouse Foods Coop, Inc - Chambersburg TCR series: 2016=3 · 2017=11.4 · 2018=17.3 · 2019=10 · BLS 3.3
Where Knouse Foods Coop, Inc - Chambersburg falls in its industry
330 Canning fruits and vegetables establishmentsSafer than 8% 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 #25 safest of 26 Canning fruits and vegetables employers in Pennsylvania.
Knouse Foods Coop, Inc - Chambersburg 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 | 10.0 | 5.9 | 13 | 4 | 0 |
| 2018 | 17.3 | 6.2 | 13 | 18 | 0 |
| 2017 | 11.4 | 9.0 | 17 | 2 | 0 |
| 2016 | 3.0 | 2.5 | 6 | 0 | 0 |
OSHA ITA peer cross-reference
Establishment peer ledger
311421 · PA · Chambersburg
330 Canning fruits and vegetables employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 22,692 rated employers in Pennsylvania with headcount on file · 144 employers in Chambersburg, 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 | Knouse Foods Coop, Inc - Gardners | 10.4 TCR |
| NAICS-TCR | Riverside Plant | 10.6 TCR |
| NAICS-TCR | GLK Foods, LLC | 10.3 TCR |
| NAICS-TCR | Nekter Juice Bar Inc | 10.2 TCR |
| STATE-SIZE | Holyoke Massachusetts | 197 FTE |
| STATE-SIZE | North American Packaging LLC. dba Econo-Pak | 197 FTE |
| STATE-SIZE | Rehrig Pacific Company Erie | 197 FTE |
| STATE-SIZE | Hydro Mountain Top | 197 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | Chambersburg Hospital | 2,034 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | WellSpan Chambersburg Hospital | 2,012 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | 0589 - Chambersburg PA DC | 1,299 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | 0589 - Chambersburg DC | 1,049 FTE |
| NAT-TCR | Sherwood YMCA Child Development Center | 10.5 TCR |
| NAT-TCR | GULU | 10.5 TCR |
| NAT-TCR | Maintenance | 10.5 TCR |
| NAT-TCR | Pride Manchester | 10.5 TCR |
| NAT-SIZE | ASPIRO, INC - Dousman | 197 FTE |
| NAT-SIZE | Hilton Marco Island Beach Resort & Spa | 197 FTE |
| NAT-SIZE | MIL | 197 FTE |
| NAT-SIZE | Ramey-Estep Homes, Inc. | 197 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.