Mushroom spawn farming · Pennsylvania

Spawn Plant

Name: Spawn Plant Workplace Safety Data
Creator: PlainSafetyScore
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Lincoln University, PA · ~31 workers · 2 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

Compiled by PlainSafetyScore · August 25, 2026

B
Good Safety Record: 3.1
Avg TCR: 4.5
Industry avg: 0
Fatalities

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The verdict

Spawn Plant runs at 69% of its industry's injury rate - safer than the typical Mushroom spawn farming workplace, earning a grade B.

Spawn Plant: 3.1 TCR = 69% of Mushroom spawn farming BLS 4.5 · 2y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Spawn Plant safety composite

Spawn Plant scores strongest on dart rate (safer than 87% 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).

69/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR): C 3.1 per 100 workers

Safer than 64% of industry peers
DART rate: B 0 per 100 workers

Safer than 87% 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

Spawn Plant: 2.8 → 3.4 TCR

Peak year 2017 @ 3.4 TCR · DART/TCR 0× in 2017

Spawn Plant's TCR rose 0.6 from 2.8 in 2016 to 3.4 in 2017. In 2017, DART was 0× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 111411 · Lincoln University, PA AT/BELOW-IND · SMALL

Grade B · TCR 3.1 · 69% of ind

DART 0.0 DART
RANK #20/63
PHOTO FFM MUSHROOMS INC
BOOK 2y book
INJ 2 inj
SIZE ~31 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: FFM MUSHROOMS INC (0.0 TCR gap)

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Monterey Mushr

3.2
This site

3.1
FFM MUSHROOMS

3.1
Monterey Mushr

3.1
Mushroom Growe

3

What this shows Spawn Plant averages 3.1 TCR (69% of the Mushroom spawn farming BLS benchmark).

Spawn Plant TCR series: 2016=2.8 · 2017=3.4 · BLS 4.5

Where Spawn Plant falls in its industry

107 Mushroom spawn farming establishments

Safer than 64% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 4.0.

Grade B

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to Pennsylvania alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #20 safest of 63 Mushroom spawn farming employers in Pennsylvania.

Spawn Plant (31 employees, TCR 3.1) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 84 employees and a TCR of 4.0

Spawn Plant has fewer employees than the Mushroom spawn 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
2017	3.4	0.0	1	0	0
2016	2.8	0.0	1	0	0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

111411 · PA · Lincoln University

107 Mushroom spawn farming employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 22,692 rated employers in Pennsylvania with headcount on file · 6 employers in Lincoln University, PA · 4 cross-state NAT-TCR peers · 4 cross-state NAT-SIZE peers. Closest matches by relationship code are listed below.

Rel	Establishment	Place	Metric
NAICS-TCR	FFM MUSHROOMS INC	SAN MARTN, CA	3.1 TCR
NAICS-TCR	Monterey Mushrooms, LLC.- Temple, PA	TEMPLE, PA	3.1 TCR
NAICS-TCR	Mushroom Grower	MORGAN HILL, CA	3.0 TCR
NAICS-TCR	Monterey Mushroom Inc	TEMPLE, PA	3.2 TCR
STATE-SIZE	Caputo & Guest Mushrooms	KENNETT SQUARE	31 FTE
STATE-SIZE	COLSC Cocalico Service Center	EPHRATA	31 FTE
STATE-SIZE	Phoenixville Service Building	PHOENIXVILLE	31 FTE
STATE-SIZE	UGI Unite	WYOMISSING	31 FTE
CITY-NEAR	Lincoln University	Lincoln University	219 FTE
CITY-NEAR	Sher-Rockee Mushroom Farms,LLC	Lincoln University	91 FTE
CITY-NEAR	GEORGE KRAPF JR & SONS, INC. - AVON GROVE	Lincoln University	65 FTE
CITY-NEAR	STgenetics-PA Dairy	Lincoln University	21 FTE
NAT-TCR	Legends - Northerly Island	Chicago, IL	3.1 TCR
NAT-TCR	Jacksonville Center (Ncjac)	Jacksonville, NC	3.1 TCR
NAT-TCR	New York	Long Island City, NY	3.1 TCR
NAT-TCR	Virtua Obstetrics & Gynecology - Medford	Medford, NJ	3.1 TCR
NAT-SIZE	Martin Overhead Garage Door Service Inc.	St. Peters, MO	31 FTE
NAT-SIZE	Superior Lawns Inc.-Plainfield Branch	Plainfield, IL	31 FTE
NAT-SIZE	Bieker Electric, Inc.	Fort Smith, AR	31 FTE
NAT-SIZE	0175 - Laurel, Md	Laurel, MD	31 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: 2017, 2016. This is publicly available government data - not a legal determination of workplace conditions.

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Data sourced from official public datasets. See our methodology for details.