Hats made in apparel knitting mills · Pennsylvania

L&W APPAREL CO INC dba LEGACY ATHLETIC

Hanover, PA · ~212 workers · 4 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

D
Poor Safety Record
5.2
Avg TCR
3.3
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

L&W APPAREL CO INC dba LEGACY ATHLETIC runs at 157% of its industry's injury rate - more dangerous than the typical Hats made in apparel knitting mills workplace, earning a grade D.

L&W APPAREL CO INC dba LEGACY ATHLETIC: 5.2 TCR = 157% of Hats made in apparel knitting mills BLS 3.3 · 4y Form 300A (see methodology below)

L&W APPAREL CO INC dba LEGACY ATHLETIC safety composite

L&W APPAREL CO INC dba LEGACY ATHLETIC scores strongest on fatalities (safer than 50% 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).

F

25/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
F 5.19 per 100 workers

Safer than 8% of industry peers

DART rate
F 3.19 per 100 workers

Safer than 27% of industry peers

Fatalities
D 0

Safer than 50% 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

−1.4

2016→2019

L&W APPAREL CO INC dba LEGACY ATHLETIC injury rate improved

L&W APPAREL CO INC dba LEGACY ATHLETIC's TCR fell 1.4 from 6.6 in 2016 to 5.2 in 2019. Peak filing year was 2016 at 6.6 TCR. In 2019, DART was 0.61× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2016=6.6 · 2017=4.2 · 2018=4.8 · 2019=5.2

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 315190 · Hanover, PA ABOVE-IND · MID

Grade D · TCR 5.2 · 157% of ind

  • DART 3.2 DART
  • RANK P8
  • PHOTO Volunteer Knitwear C…
  • BOOK 4y book
  • INJ 41 inj
  • SIZE ~212 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: Volunteer Knitwear Corp (0.7 TCR gap)

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L&W APPAREL CO INC dba LEGACY ATHLETIC in the TCR neighbourhood

Average Total Case Rate among this establishment and nearest same-industry peers

TCR

What this shows L&W APPAREL CO INC dba LEGACY ATHLETIC averages 5.2 TCR (157% of the Hats made in apparel knitting mills BLS benchmark).

Source U.S. Department of Labor, OSHA Injury Tracking Application (Form 300A) As of 2026-09-26

L&W APPAREL CO INC dba LEGACY ATHLETIC TCR series: 2016=6.6 · 2017=4.2 · 2018=4.8 · 2019=5.2 · BLS 3.3

Where L&W APPAREL CO INC dba LEGACY ATHLETIC falls in its industry

13 Hats made in apparel knitting establishments

Safer than 8% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 2.1.

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers
L&W APPAREL CO INC dba LEGACY ATHLETIC (212 employees, TCR 5.2) among 7 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 171 employees and a TCR of 2.1 2×2 strategic matrix plotting 8 entities by Average employees (X) and Total Case Rate (Y), with a crosshair dividing the plot into four quadrants. Larger & higher-riskSmaller & higher-riskLarger & saferSmaller & safer than peers 050100150200250 0246 Average employees Total Case Rate Knit TextilesSchool Apparel, Inc.Andari Fashion Inc.Worldwide Protective ProductsCarolina Apparel Group, Inc.Brooks Brothers Group - GarlandVolunteer Knitwear CorpL&W APPAREL CO INC dba LEGACY ATHLETIC
L&W APPAREL CO INC dba LEGACY ATHLETIC (212 employees, TCR 5.2) among 7 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 171 employees and a TCR of 2.1

L&W APPAREL CO INC dba LEGACY ATHLETIC has more employees than the Hats made in apparel knitting mills median and a higher injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 2.1. 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 5.2 3.2 13 0 0
2018 4.8 0.5 10 0 0
2017 4.2 1.6 8 0 0
2016 6.6 0.7 10 0 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

315190 · PA · Hanover

13 Hats made in apparel knitting mills employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 22,692 rated employers in Pennsylvania with headcount on file · 149 employers in Hanover, 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 Volunteer Knitwear Corp 4.5 TCR
NAICS-TCR Brooks Brothers Group - Garland 4.2 TCR
NAICS-TCR Knit Textiles 3.3 TCR
NAICS-TCR School Apparel, Inc. 2.9 TCR
STATE-SIZE 6458-ZCAR 212 FTE
STATE-SIZE Quincy Village 212 FTE
STATE-SIZE ECOMMERCE STAND ALONE PHILADELPHIA 212 FTE
STATE-SIZE Ellwood Quality Steels 212 FTE
CITY-NEAR CARTER DOOR & MILLWORK HUB 389 4,102 FTE
CITY-NEAR Hanover Manufacturing Campus 1,446 FTE
CITY-NEAR UPMC Hanover 1,090 FTE
CITY-NEAR Snyders-Lance, Inc.- Hanover Manufacturing Facility 850 FTE
NAT-TCR DT, Service Center, TX 5.2 TCR
NAT-TCR Rennes Health & Rehab Center-East 5.2 TCR
NAT-TCR Senior Care at Stephenville 5.2 TCR
NAT-TCR Power Play Distributors 5.2 TCR
NAT-SIZE Exide Technologies 212 FTE
NAT-SIZE GST Manufacturing, Ltd. 212 FTE
NAT-SIZE Momentive Performance Materials 212 FTE
NAT-SIZE Raney Components, LLC 212 FTE

Rel codes: NAICS-TCR · STATE-SIZE · CITY-NEAR · NAT-TCR/NAT-SIZE cross-state. Read with this employer →

Data Source: OSHA Injury Tracking Application (ITA), mandatory establishment-level injury/illness reports. Grades compare employer Total Case Rate (TCR) to BLS IIF industry benchmarks. Data covers years reported by this establishment: 2019, 2018, 2017, 2016. This is publicly available government data - not a legal determination of workplace conditions.
Data sourced from official public datasets. See our methodology for details.