Chocolate, confectionery, made from cacao beans · Pennsylvania
R. M. Palmer Company - Building #1
West Reading, PA · ~313 workers · 6 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.
- D
- Poor Safety Record
- 6.4
- Avg TCR
- 4.2
- Industry avg
- 0
- Fatalities
The verdict
R. M. Palmer Company - Building #1 runs at 152% of its industry's injury rate - more dangerous than the typical Chocolate, confectionery, made from cacao beans workplace, earning a grade D.
R. M. Palmer Company - Building #1: 6.4 TCR = 152% of Chocolate, confectionery, made from cacao beans BLS 4.2 · 6y Form 300A (see methodology below)
R. M. Palmer Company - Building #1 safety composite
R. M. Palmer Company - Building #1 scores strongest on fatalities (safer than 51% of same-industry peers) and weakest on dart rate (safer than 4%), 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).
21/100
Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures
- Total Case Rate (TCR)
- F 6.37 per 100 workers
Safer than 18% of industry peers
- DART rate
- F 9.21 per 100 workers
Safer than 4% 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
R. M. Palmer Company - Building #1: 7.3 → 10.4 TCR
Peak year 2022 @ 10.4 TCR · DART/TCR 1.45× in 2022
R. M. Palmer Company - Building #1's TCR rose 3.0 from 7.3 in 2016 to 10.4 in 2022. In 2022, DART was 1.45× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).
OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard
Establishment book 311351 · West Reading, PA ABOVE-IND · MID
Grade D · TCR 6.4 · 152% of ind
- DART 9.2 DART
- RANK #19/23
- PHOTO Dandelion Chocolate
- BOOK 6y book
- INJ 93 inj
- SIZE ~313 FTE
Nearest TCR peer: Dandelion Chocolate (0.0 TCR gap)
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R. M. Palmer Company - Building #1 in the TCR neighbourhood
Average Total Case Rate among this establishment and nearest same-industry peers
- Gertrude Hawk
Gertrude Hawk Chocolates
6.5 TCR
- This site
R. M. Palmer Company - Building #1
6.4 TCR
- Dandelion Choc
Dandelion Chocolate
6.4 TCR
- Barry Callebau
Barry Callebaut Chicago Manufacturing
6.2 TCR
- R. M. Palmer C
R. M. Palmer Company - Building #3
6.1 TCR
What this shows R. M. Palmer Company - Building #1 averages 6.4 TCR (152% of the Chocolate, confectionery, made from cacao beans BLS benchmark).
R. M. Palmer Company - Building #1 TCR series: 2016=7.3 · 2017=5.3 · 2018=6.8 · 2019=2.2 · 2021=6.2 · 2022=10.4 · BLS 4.2
Where R. M. Palmer Company - Building #1 falls in its industry
65 Chocolate, confectionery, made establishmentsSafer than 18% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 3.5.
Narrower to Pennsylvania alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #19 safest of 23 Chocolate, confectionery, made employers in Pennsylvania.
R. M. Palmer Company - Building #1 has more employees than the Chocolate, confectionery, made from caca median and a higher injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 3.5. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | 10.4 | 9.2 | 18 | 0 | 0 |
| 2021 | 6.2 | 4.3 | 7 | 10 | 0 |
| 2019 | 2.2 | 1.6 | 7 | 0 | 0 |
| 2018 | 6.8 | 6.2 | 22 | 0 | 0 |
| 2017 | 5.3 | 3.8 | 17 | 0 | 0 |
| 2016 | 7.3 | 7.3 | 22 | 0 | 0 |
OSHA ITA peer cross-reference
Establishment peer ledger
311351 · PA · West Reading
65 Chocolate, confectionery, made from cacao beans employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 22,692 rated employers in Pennsylvania with headcount on file · 19 employers in West Reading, 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 | Dandelion Chocolate | 6.4 TCR |
| NAICS-TCR | Gertrude Hawk Chocolates | 6.5 TCR |
| NAICS-TCR | Barry Callebaut Chicago Manufacturing | 6.2 TCR |
| NAICS-TCR | R. M. Palmer Company - Building #3 | 6.1 TCR |
| STATE-SIZE | Exelon Nuclear Headquarters at Kennett Square | 313 FTE |
| STATE-SIZE | Franklin Plant 2 | 313 FTE |
| STATE-SIZE | UPMC Community Provider Services Inc | 313 FTE |
| STATE-SIZE | ACTS Retirement-Life Communities - Southampton Estates | 313 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | READING HOSPITAL | 6,246 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | TOWER HEALTH MEDICAL GROUP | 1,638 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | Gage Personnel West Reading | 805 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | Tower Health Urgent Care | 287 FTE |
| NAT-TCR | The Kensington | 6.4 TCR |
| NAT-TCR | Babbitt Bearings, Inc. | 6.4 TCR |
| NAT-TCR | The Los Angeles Country Club | 6.4 TCR |
| NAT-TCR | PSSI - 0618 JBS Pilgrim's Moorefield Cook Plant | 6.4 TCR |
| NAT-SIZE | 2904-ASM-KY | 313 FTE |
| NAT-SIZE | Keystone Concrete Placement San Antonio | 313 FTE |
| NAT-SIZE | 056944-Santa Barbara Ca P&Dc | 313 FTE |
| NAT-SIZE | 6925-SAN | 313 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.