Chocolate, confectionery, made from cacao beans · Pennsylvania
R. M. Palmer Company - Building #6
Reading, PA · ~54 workers · 6 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.
- D
- Poor Safety Record
- 7.7
- Avg TCR
- 4.2
- Industry avg
- 0
- Fatalities
The verdict
R. M. Palmer Company - Building #6 runs at 183% 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 #6: 7.7 TCR = 183% of Chocolate, confectionery, made from cacao beans BLS 4.2 · 6y Form 300A (see methodology below)
R. M. Palmer Company - Building #6 safety composite
R. M. Palmer Company - Building #6 scores strongest on fatalities (safer than 51% of same-industry peers) and weakest on dart rate (safer than 2%), 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).
17/100
Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures
- Total Case Rate (TCR)
- F 7.7 per 100 workers
Safer than 8% of industry peers
- DART rate
- F 10.99 per 100 workers
Safer than 2% 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 #6: 0.0 → 22.0 TCR
Peak year 2022 @ 22.0 TCR · DART/TCR 1.43× in 2022
R. M. Palmer Company - Building #6's TCR rose 22.0 from 0.0 in 2016 to 22.0 in 2022. In 2022, DART was 1.43× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).
OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard
Establishment book 311351 · Reading, PA ABOVE-IND · SMALL
Grade D · TCR 7.7 · 183% of ind
- DART 11.0 DART
- RANK #23/23
- PHOTO Seroogy's Chocolates
- BOOK 6y book
- INJ 13 inj
- SIZE ~54 FTE
Nearest TCR peer: Seroogy's Chocolates (0.4 TCR gap)
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R. M. Palmer Company - Building #6 in the TCR neighbourhood
Average Total Case Rate among this establishment and nearest same-industry peers
- This site
R. M. Palmer Company - Building #6
7.7 TCR
- Seroogy's Choc
Seroogy's Chocolates
7.3 TCR
- Mona Lisa Food
Mona Lisa Food products/Barry Callebaut USA
7.3 TCR
- Cargill Cocoa
Cargill Cocoa & Chocolate, Inc
7.3 TCR
- Building 3
Building 3
7.1 TCR
What this shows R. M. Palmer Company - Building #6 averages 7.7 TCR (183% of the Chocolate, confectionery, made from cacao beans BLS benchmark).
R. M. Palmer Company - Building #6 TCR series: 2016=0 · 2017=4.8 · 2018=10.1 · 2019=0 · 2021=9.3 · 2022=22 · BLS 4.2
Where R. M. Palmer Company - Building #6 falls in its industry
65 Chocolate, confectionery, made establishmentsSafer than 8% 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 #23 safest of 23 Chocolate, confectionery, made employers in Pennsylvania.
R. M. Palmer Company - Building #6 has fewer 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 | 22.0 | 11.0 | 4 | 0 | 0 |
| 2021 | 9.3 | 4.7 | 0 | 4 | 0 |
| 2019 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2018 | 10.1 | 8.4 | 6 | 0 | 0 |
| 2017 | 4.8 | 4.8 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| 2016 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
OSHA ITA peer cross-reference
Establishment peer ledger
311351 · PA · Reading
65 Chocolate, confectionery, made from cacao beans employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 22,692 rated employers in Pennsylvania with headcount on file · 303 employers in 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 | Seroogy's Chocolates | 7.3 TCR |
| NAICS-TCR | Mona Lisa Food products/Barry Callebaut USA | 7.3 TCR |
| NAICS-TCR | Cargill Cocoa & Chocolate, Inc | 7.3 TCR |
| NAICS-TCR | Building 3 | 7.1 TCR |
| STATE-SIZE | TRIPLE-M-FARMS | 54 FTE |
| STATE-SIZE | Scrubgrass Reclamation Company L.P. | 54 FTE |
| STATE-SIZE | 269-NiSource-Washington PA-Service | 54 FTE |
| STATE-SIZE | Wagman Construction Inc. | 54 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | READING HOSPITAL | 5,693 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | SAO : Reading | 2,203 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | A077 - Penn State Health St. Joseph Medical Center | 1,764 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | Amazon.com Services LLC - TEN1 | 1,261 FTE |
| NAT-TCR | Dick Campbell Company, Inc. | 7.7 TCR |
| NAT-TCR | Eastern Mechanical Services Inc - Only Branch | 7.7 TCR |
| NAT-TCR | Sea Life Park Hawaii | 7.7 TCR |
| NAT-TCR | S03752 - WM - Laramie | 7.7 TCR |
| NAT-SIZE | Extreme Steel Crane & Rigging, Inc | 54 FTE |
| NAT-SIZE | Children's Hospital Colorado - Printer's Park Medical Plaza | 54 FTE |
| NAT-SIZE | College Muscle Movers | 54 FTE |
| NAT-SIZE | Conowingo | 54 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.