Canning fruits and vegetables · Pennsylvania
Knouse Foods Coop, Inc - Gardners
Gardners, PA · ~146 workers · 4 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.
- F
- Failing Safety Record
- 10.4
- Avg TCR
- 3.3
- Industry avg
- 0
- Fatalities
The verdict
Knouse Foods Coop, Inc - Gardners runs at 316% 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 - Gardners: 10.4 TCR = 316% of Canning fruits and vegetables BLS 3.3 · 4y Form 300A (see methodology below)
Knouse Foods Coop, Inc - Gardners safety composite
Knouse Foods Coop, Inc - Gardners 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).
24/100
Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures
- Total Case Rate (TCR)
- F 10.43 per 100 workers
Safer than 8% of industry peers
- DART rate
- F 5.07 per 100 workers
Safer than 22% 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 - Gardners: 2.7 → 16.2 TCR
Peak year 2019 @ 16.2 TCR · DART/TCR 0.49× in 2019
Knouse Foods Coop, Inc - Gardners's TCR rose 13.6 from 2.7 in 2016 to 16.2 in 2019. In 2019, DART was 0.49× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).
OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard
Establishment book 311421 · Gardners, PA ABOVE-IND · MID
Grade F · TCR 10.4 · 316% of ind
- DART 5.1 DART
- RANK #24/26
- PHOTO Knouse Foods Coop, I…
- BOOK 4y book
- INJ 29 inj
- SIZE ~146 FTE
Nearest TCR peer: Knouse Foods Coop, Inc - Chambersburg (0.0 TCR gap)
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Knouse Foods Coop, Inc - Gardners in the TCR neighbourhood
Average Total Case Rate among this establishment and nearest same-industry peers
- Riverside Plan
Riverside Plant
10.6 TCR
- Knouse Foods C
Knouse Foods Coop, Inc - Chambersburg
10.5 TCR
- This site
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 - Gardners averages 10.4 TCR (316% of the Canning fruits and vegetables BLS benchmark).
Knouse Foods Coop, Inc - Gardners TCR series: 2016=2.7 · 2017=7.7 · 2018=15.2 · 2019=16.2 · BLS 3.3
Where Knouse Foods Coop, Inc - Gardners 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 #24 safest of 26 Canning fruits and vegetables employers in Pennsylvania.
Knouse Foods Coop, Inc - Gardners 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 | 16.2 | 5.1 | 6 | 10 | 0 |
| 2018 | 15.2 | 2.5 | 5 | 19 | 0 |
| 2017 | 7.7 | 4.7 | 13 | 0 | 0 |
| 2016 | 2.7 | 1.6 | 5 | 0 | 0 |
OSHA ITA peer cross-reference
Establishment peer ledger
311421 · PA · Gardners
330 Canning fruits and vegetables employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 22,692 rated employers in Pennsylvania with headcount on file · 8 employers in Gardners, 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 - Chambersburg | 10.5 TCR |
| NAICS-TCR | GLK Foods, LLC | 10.3 TCR |
| NAICS-TCR | Riverside Plant | 10.6 TCR |
| NAICS-TCR | Nekter Juice Bar Inc | 10.2 TCR |
| STATE-SIZE | Conemaugh Generating Station | 146 FTE |
| STATE-SIZE | DRA Energy Operations Co. | 146 FTE |
| STATE-SIZE | Aqua Pennsylvania, Inc. - Bryn Mawr | 146 FTE |
| STATE-SIZE | United States Roofing Corporation | 146 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | Rice Fruit Company | 167 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | John B. Peters Inc. | 81 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | O'Malley Wood Products | 56 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | Bonnie Brae Fruit Farms, Inc. | 49 FTE |
| NAT-TCR | McGill Hose | 10.4 TCR |
| NAT-TCR | Co 31 Maines Paper & Food Service, Inc. | 10.4 TCR |
| NAT-TCR | 6400-Swy 0005 2810 | 10.4 TCR |
| NAT-TCR | North America Fulfillment Centers (FCs) : LGB6 | 10.4 TCR |
| NAT-SIZE | Jacob Leinenkugel Brewing Company | 146 FTE |
| NAT-SIZE | AH Avera Central Office | 146 FTE |
| NAT-SIZE | UniSource Energy Services (Electric) | 146 FTE |
| NAT-SIZE | Feld Entertainment - D20 | 146 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.