Mushroom farming · Pennsylvania
Needhams Mushroom Farm
West Grove, PA · ~42 workers · 2 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.
- B
- Good Safety Record
- 2.8
- Avg TCR
- 4.5
- Industry avg
- 0
- Fatalities
The verdict
Needhams Mushroom Farm runs at 62% of its industry's injury rate - safer than the typical Mushroom farming workplace, earning a grade B.
Needhams Mushroom Farm: 2.8 TCR = 62% of Mushroom farming BLS 4.5 · 2y Form 300A (see methodology below)
Needhams Mushroom Farm safety composite
Needhams Mushroom Farm scores strongest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 70% of same-industry peers) and weakest on fatalities (safer than 51%), 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).
60/100
Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures
- Total Case Rate (TCR)
- C 2.79 per 100 workers
Safer than 70% of industry peers
- DART rate
- D 1.95 per 100 workers
Safer than 54% 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
−1.7
2020→2021
Needhams Mushroom Farm injury rate improved
Needhams Mushroom Farm's TCR fell 1.7 from 3.6 in 2020 to 1.9 in 2021. Peak filing year was 2020 at 3.6 TCR. In 2021, DART was 0.7× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).
2020=3.6 · 2021=1.9
OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard
Establishment book 111411 · West Grove, PA AT/BELOW-IND · SMALL
Grade B · TCR 2.8 · 62% of ind
- DART 1.9 DART
- RANK #16/63
- PHOTO Sylvan PA
- BOOK 2y book
- INJ 3 inj
- SIZE ~42 FTE
Nearest TCR peer: Sylvan PA (0.0 TCR gap)
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Needhams Mushroom Farm in the TCR neighbourhood
Average Total Case Rate among this establishment and nearest same-industry peers
- GMC Farm 2
GMC Farm 2
2.9 TCR
- This site
Needhams Mushroom Farm
2.8 TCR
- Sylvan PA
Sylvan PA
2.8 TCR
- Kaolin Mushroo
Kaolin Mushroom Farms - Kennett Complex
2.7 TCR
- Monterey Mushr
Monterey Mushrooms Princeton Facility
2.7 TCR
What this shows Needhams Mushroom Farm averages 2.8 TCR (62% of the Mushroom farming BLS benchmark).
Needhams Mushroom Farm TCR series: 2020=3.6 · 2021=1.9 · BLS 4.5
Where Needhams Mushroom Farm falls in its industry
107 Mushroom farming establishmentsSafer than 70% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 4.0.
Narrower to Pennsylvania alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #16 safest of 63 Mushroom farming employers in Pennsylvania.
Needhams Mushroom Farm has fewer employees than the Mushroom farming median and a lower injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 4.0. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2021 | 1.9 | 1.9 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 2020 | 3.6 | 3.6 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
OSHA ITA peer cross-reference
Establishment peer ledger
111411 · PA · West Grove
107 Mushroom farming employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 22,692 rated employers in Pennsylvania with headcount on file · 23 employers in West Grove, 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 | Sylvan PA | 2.8 TCR |
| NAICS-TCR | Kaolin Mushroom Farms - Kennett Complex | 2.7 TCR |
| NAICS-TCR | GMC Farm 2 | 2.9 TCR |
| NAICS-TCR | Monterey Mushrooms Princeton Facility | 2.7 TCR |
| STATE-SIZE | KSS Sales | 42 FTE |
| STATE-SIZE | Hy-Tech Mushroom Compost, Inc. | 42 FTE |
| STATE-SIZE | Hopewell Organics, LLC | 42 FTE |
| STATE-SIZE | Moyer's Chicks, Inc. | 42 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | Jennersville Hospital LLC | 317 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | Jenner's Pond | 259 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | GIANT FOOD STORES 6045 | 251 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | 106045 | 238 FTE |
| NAT-TCR | Packaging Specialties | 2.8 TCR |
| NAT-TCR | Sterling Avenue | 2.8 TCR |
| NAT-TCR | Mercedes Office | 2.8 TCR |
| NAT-TCR | John Mills Electric, Inc. | 2.8 TCR |
| NAT-SIZE | Meriter Business Center | 42 FTE |
| NAT-SIZE | HUBERTVILLE | 42 FTE |
| NAT-SIZE | StoneBridge of Cabot | 42 FTE |
| NAT-SIZE | MacArthur Company-Energy Panel Structures MO | 42 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.