Supermarkets and Other Grocery (except Convenience) Stores · Pennsylvania
Mechanicsburg Karns Food Store
Mechanicsburg, PA · ~136 workers · 4 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.
- D
- Poor Safety Record
- 4.6
- Avg TCR
- 3.4
- Industry avg
- 0
- Fatalities
The verdict
Mechanicsburg Karns Food Store runs at 136% of its industry's injury rate - more dangerous than the typical Supermarkets and Other Grocery (except Convenience) Stores workplace, earning a grade D.
Mechanicsburg Karns Food Store: 4.6 TCR = 136% of Supermarkets and Other Grocery (except Convenience) Stores BLS 3.4 · 4y Form 300A (see methodology below)
Mechanicsburg Karns Food Store safety composite
Mechanicsburg Karns Food Store scores strongest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 50% of same-industry peers) and weakest on dart rate (safer than 30%), 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).
43/100
Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures
- Total Case Rate (TCR)
- D 4.63 per 100 workers
Safer than 50% of industry peers
- DART rate
- F 4.51 per 100 workers
Safer than 30% 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
−1.8
2016→2024
Mechanicsburg Karns Food Store injury rate improved
Mechanicsburg Karns Food Store's TCR fell 1.8 from 6.3 in 2016 to 4.5 in 2024. Peak filing year was 2020 at 7.7 TCR. In 2024, DART was 0.97× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).
2016=6.3 · 2019=0.0 · 2020=7.7 · 2024=4.5
OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard
Establishment book 445110 · Mechanicsburg, PA ABOVE-IND · MID
Grade D · TCR 4.6 · 136% of ind
- DART 4.5 DART
- RANK #598/1287
- PHOTO Store #2
- BOOK 4y book
- INJ 11 inj
- SIZE ~136 FTE
Nearest TCR peer: Store #2 (0.0 TCR gap)
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Mechanicsburg Karns Food Store in the TCR neighbourhood
Average Total Case Rate among this establishment and nearest same-industry peers
- This site
Mechanicsburg Karns Food Store
4.6 TCR
- Store #2
Store #2
4.6 TCR
- 10057 Greenwic
10057 Greenwich
4.6 TCR
- Kessler's Inc
Kessler's Inc
4.6 TCR
- Wayne's Foods
Wayne's Foods Plus-Webster
4.6 TCR
What this shows Mechanicsburg Karns Food Store averages 4.6 TCR (136% of the Supermarkets and Other Grocery (except Convenience) Stores BLS benchmark).
Mechanicsburg Karns Food Store TCR series: 2016=6.3 · 2019=0 · 2020=7.7 · 2024=4.5 · BLS 3.4
Where Mechanicsburg Karns Food Store falls in its industry
30,654 Supermarkets and Other Grocery establishmentsSafer than 50% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 4.7.
Narrower to Pennsylvania alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #598 safest of 1287 Supermarkets and Other Grocery employers in Pennsylvania.
Mechanicsburg Karns Food Store has more employees than the Supermarkets and Other Grocery (except C median and a lower injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 4.7. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 4.5 | 4.5 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| 2020 | 7.7 | 6.4 | 5 | 1 | 0 |
| 2019 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2016 | 6.3 | 6.3 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
OSHA ITA peer cross-reference
Establishment peer ledger
445110 · PA · Mechanicsburg
30,654 Supermarkets and Other Grocery (except Convenience) Stores employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 22,692 rated employers in Pennsylvania with headcount on file · 219 employers in Mechanicsburg, 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 | Store #2 | 4.6 TCR |
| NAICS-TCR | 10057 Greenwich | 4.6 TCR |
| NAICS-TCR | Kessler's Inc | 4.6 TCR |
| NAICS-TCR | Wayne's Foods Plus-Webster | 4.6 TCR |
| STATE-SIZE | SCRSC Scranton Service Center | 136 FTE |
| STATE-SIZE | Bath Saver, Inc. | 136 FTE |
| STATE-SIZE | Michael Facchiano Contracting, Inc. | 136 FTE |
| STATE-SIZE | Green Acres Contracting Co., Inc. | 136 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | Naval Support Activity Mechanicsburg PA | 2,769 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | EFC3 | 740 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | HARRISBURG (PAMBG) | 701 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | PAMBG - HARRISBURG | 606 FTE |
| NAT-TCR | Bodensteiner Implement Company Oelwein Location | 4.6 TCR |
| NAT-TCR | Kinninger Production Welding Co. Inc. | 4.6 TCR |
| NAT-TCR | West Valley Hospital | 4.6 TCR |
| NAT-TCR | NEPW Logistics - Scarborough | 4.6 TCR |
| NAT-SIZE | Fresh Meadow Power / Ne, LLC | 136 FTE |
| NAT-SIZE | Crestwood | 136 FTE |
| NAT-SIZE | Autumn Care of Raeford | 136 FTE |
| NAT-SIZE | Brazeway LLC Kentucky | 136 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.