Sugar, refined, merchant wholesalers · Pennsylvania
L & S Sweeteners Inc.
Leola, PA · ~96 workers · 7 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.
- F
- Failing Safety Record
- 13.0
- Avg TCR
- 2.2
- Industry avg
- 0
- Fatalities
The verdict
L & S Sweeteners Inc. runs at 590% of its industry's injury rate - far more dangerous than the typical Sugar, refined, merchant wholesalers workplace, earning a grade F.
L & S Sweeteners Inc.: 13.0 TCR = 590% of Sugar, refined, merchant wholesalers BLS 2.2 · 7y Form 300A (see methodology below)
L & S Sweeteners Inc. safety composite
L & S Sweeteners Inc. scores strongest on dart rate (safer than 79% 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).
44/100
Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures
- Total Case Rate (TCR)
- F 12.99 per 100 workers
Safer than 8% of industry peers
- DART rate
- B 1.23 per 100 workers
Safer than 79% 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%).
TCR Δ
−14.3
2016→2023
L & S Sweeteners Inc. injury rate improved
L & S Sweeteners Inc.'s TCR fell 14.3 from 16.7 in 2016 to 2.5 in 2023. Peak filing year was 2017 at 23.3 TCR. In 2023, DART was 0.09× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).
2016=16.7 · 2017=23.3 · 2018=16.0 · 2019=16.5 · 2021=11.3 · 2022=4.7 · 2023=2.5
OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard
Establishment book 424490 · Leola, PA ABOVE-IND · SMALL
Grade F · TCR 13.0 · 590% of ind
- DART 1.2 DART
- RANK #62/68
- PHOTO Indy-Brook Branch
- BOOK 7y book
- INJ 89 inj
- SIZE ~96 FTE
Nearest TCR peer: Indy-Brook Branch (0.0 TCR gap)
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L & S Sweeteners Inc. in the TCR neighbourhood
Average Total Case Rate among this establishment and nearest same-industry peers
- This site
L & S Sweeteners Inc.
13 TCR
- Indy-Brook Bra
Indy-Brook Branch
13 TCR
- 1964-00120245
1964-00120245
13 TCR
- Chefs Warehous
Chefs Warehouse West Coast LLC- Petaluma
13 TCR
- Bigfoot Bevera
Bigfoot Beverages Newport
13 TCR
What this shows L & S Sweeteners Inc. averages 13.0 TCR (590% of the Sugar, refined, merchant wholesalers BLS benchmark).
L & S Sweeteners Inc. TCR series: 2016=16.7 · 2017=23.3 · 2018=16 · 2019=16.5 · 2021=11.3 · 2022=4.7 · 2023=2.5 · BLS 2.2
Where L & S Sweeteners Inc. falls in its industry
1,278 Sugar, refined, merchant whole establishmentsSafer than 8% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 6.0.
Narrower to Pennsylvania alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #62 safest of 68 Sugar, refined, merchant whole employers in Pennsylvania.
L & S Sweeteners Inc. has more employees than the Sugar, refined, merchant wholesalers median and a higher injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 6.0. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2023 | 2.5 | 1.2 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| 2022 | 4.7 | 4.7 | 5 | 0 | 0 |
| 2021 | 11.3 | 9.4 | 12 | 0 | 0 |
| 2019 | 16.5 | 14.4 | 16 | 0 | 0 |
| 2018 | 16.0 | 11.3 | 17 | 0 | 0 |
| 2017 | 23.3 | 17.2 | 22 | 1 | 0 |
| 2016 | 16.7 | 14.5 | 15 | 0 | 0 |
OSHA ITA peer cross-reference
Establishment peer ledger
424490 · PA · Leola
1,278 Sugar, refined, merchant wholesalers employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 22,692 rated employers in Pennsylvania with headcount on file · 27 employers in Leola, 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 | Indy-Brook Branch | 13.0 TCR |
| NAICS-TCR | 1964-00120245 | 13.0 TCR |
| NAICS-TCR | Chefs Warehouse West Coast LLC- Petaluma | 13.0 TCR |
| NAICS-TCR | Bigfoot Beverages Newport | 13.0 TCR |
| STATE-SIZE | Longenecker's Hatchery, Inc. | 96 FTE |
| STATE-SIZE | Ardmore PA | 96 FTE |
| STATE-SIZE | Zartman | 96 FTE |
| STATE-SIZE | G W Peoples Contracting Co., Inc. | 96 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | Dart Container Leola | 1,565 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | Eagle River Homes, LLC | 175 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | Skyline Homes | 166 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | Smucker Company | 162 FTE |
| NAT-TCR | Home Health Care Professionals - Waconia | 13.0 TCR |
| NAT-TCR | Phoenix DC #087 | 13.0 TCR |
| NAT-TCR | Denton DC #086 | 13.0 TCR |
| NAT-TCR | Alps A/C and Heating Inc. | 13.0 TCR |
| NAT-SIZE | Baker Metal Products, Inc | 96 FTE |
| NAT-SIZE | AJs 075 | 96 FTE |
| NAT-SIZE | Georg Fischer Central Plastics LLC - Dallas | 96 FTE |
| NAT-SIZE | ASI Doors, Inc. | 96 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.