PL · Pennsylvania

Schwan'S Bakery Pottstown Plant

Pottstown, PA · ~36 workers · 8 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

D
Poor Safety Record
5.5
Avg TCR
3.3
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

Schwan'S Bakery Pottstown Plant runs at 165% of its industry's injury rate - more dangerous than the typical PL workplace, earning a grade D.

Schwan'S Bakery Pottstown Plant: 5.5 TCR = 165% of PL BLS 3.3 · 8y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Schwan'S Bakery Pottstown Plant safety composite

Schwan'S Bakery Pottstown Plant scores strongest on dart rate (safer than 95% of same-industry peers) and weakest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 29%), 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).

C

58/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
F 5.45 per 100 workers

Safer than 29% of industry peers

DART rate
A 0 per 100 workers

Safer than 95% 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

−13.9

2016→2024

Schwan'S Bakery Pottstown Plant injury rate improved

Schwan'S Bakery Pottstown Plant's TCR fell 13.9 from 13.9 in 2016 to 0.0 in 2024. Peak filing year was 2016 at 13.9 TCR. In 2024, DART was 0× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2016=13.9 · 2017=5.5 · 2018=10.5 · 2019=9.3 · 2020=4.4 · 2022=0.0 · 2023=0.0 · 2024=0.0

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 311412 · Pottstown, PA ABOVE-IND · SMALL

Grade D · TCR 5.5 · 165% of ind

  • DART 0.0 DART
  • RANK #10/12
  • PHOTO WCD LLC Vandalia
  • BOOK 8y book
  • INJ 16 inj
  • SIZE ~36 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: WCD LLC Vandalia (0.0 TCR gap)

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Schwan'S Bakery Pottstown Plant in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows Schwan'S Bakery Pottstown Plant averages 5.5 TCR (165% of the PL BLS benchmark).

Source U.S. Department of Labor, OSHA Injury Tracking Application (Form 300A) As of 2026-08-25

Schwan'S Bakery Pottstown Plant TCR series: 2016=13.9 · 2017=5.5 · 2018=10.5 · 2019=9.3 · 2020=4.4 · 2022=0 · 2023=0 · 2024=0 · BLS 3.3

Where Schwan'S Bakery Pottstown Plant falls in its industry

274 PL establishments

Safer than 29% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 4.0.

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to Pennsylvania alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #10 safest of 12 PL employers in Pennsylvania.

Schwan'S Bakery Pottstown Plant (36 employees, TCR 5.5) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 201 employees and a TCR of 4.0 2×2 strategic matrix plotting 30 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 05001,0001,500 0246810 Average employees Total Case Rate Schwan'S Bakery Pottstown Plant
Schwan'S Bakery Pottstown Plant (36 employees, TCR 5.5) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 201 employees and a TCR of 4.0

Schwan'S Bakery Pottstown Plant has fewer employees than the PL median and a higher 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
2024 0.0 0.0 0 0 0
2023 0.0 0.0 0 0 0
2022 0.0 0.0 0 0 0
2020 4.4 4.4 2 0 0
2019 9.3 7.0 4 0 0
2018 10.5 5.3 4 0 0
2017 5.5 5.5 2 0 0
2016 13.9 8.3 4 1 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

311412 · PA · Pottstown

274 PL employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 22,692 rated employers in Pennsylvania with headcount on file · 110 employers in Pottstown, 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 WCD LLC Vandalia 5.4 TCR
NAICS-TCR Better Baked Foods NY 5.5 TCR
NAICS-TCR General Mills (Joplin) 5.4 TCR
NAICS-TCR White Castle Distributing LLC Louisville 5.4 TCR
STATE-SIZE George Didden Greenhouses, Inc. 36 FTE
STATE-SIZE Altoona 36 FTE
STATE-SIZE UGI Penn Natural Gas Williamsport 36 FTE
STATE-SIZE TIS - PA - Fairless Hills 36 FTE
CITY-NEAR Pottstown Hospital LLC 888 FTE
CITY-NEAR Limerick Generating Station 775 FTE
CITY-NEAR Pottstown Plant 328 FTE
CITY-NEAR Buckman's Inc. 316 FTE
NAT-TCR Prairie View Landscaping & Nursery Inc 5.5 TCR
NAT-TCR Phelps Memorial Health Center 5.5 TCR
NAT-TCR NorthCare Hospice House 5.5 TCR
NAT-TCR Dreisilker Electric Motors, Inc. 5.5 TCR
NAT-SIZE Todd Creason Construction, Inc. 36 FTE
NAT-SIZE 5114 - AZ ASPC Winslow - NaphCare AZ 36 FTE
NAT-SIZE Integrated Power Services Longview Service Center 36 FTE
NAT-SIZE Hugo's Retail Support Center 36 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: 2024, 2023, 2022, 2020, 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.