Mushroom spawn farming · Pennsylvania
Sylvan America, Inc.
Kittanning, PA · ~48 workers · 7 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.
- C
- Average Safety Record
- 4.0
- Avg TCR
- 4.5
- Industry avg
- 0
- Fatalities
The verdict
Sylvan America, Inc. runs at 88% of its industry's injury rate - about level with the typical Mushroom spawn farming workplace, earning a grade C.
Sylvan America, Inc.: 4.0 TCR = 88% of Mushroom spawn farming BLS 4.5 · 7y Form 300A (see methodology below)
Sylvan America, Inc. safety composite
Sylvan America, Inc. scores strongest on fatalities (safer than 51% of same-industry peers) and weakest on dart rate (safer than 20%), 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).
40/100
Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures
- Total Case Rate (TCR)
- D 3.95 per 100 workers
Safer than 50% of industry peers
- DART rate
- F 6.28 per 100 workers
Safer than 20% 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
Sylvan America, Inc.: 0.0 → 6.3 TCR
Peak year 2022 @ 8.0 TCR · DART/TCR 1.59× in 2023
Sylvan America, Inc.'s TCR rose 6.3 from 0.0 in 2017 to 6.3 in 2023. Peak filing year was 2022 at 8.0 TCR. In 2023, DART was 1.59× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).
OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard
Establishment book 111411 · Kittanning, PA AT/BELOW-IND · SMALL
Grade C · TCR 4.0 · 88% of ind
- DART 6.3 DART
- RANK #33/63
- PHOTO GMI - CA
- BOOK 7y book
- INJ 12 inj
- SIZE ~48 FTE
Nearest TCR peer: GMI - CA (0.0 TCR gap)
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Sylvan America, Inc. in the TCR neighbourhood
Average Total Case Rate among this establishment and nearest same-industry peers
- Sylvan Nevada
Sylvan Nevada
4.1 TCR
- This site
Sylvan America, Inc.
4 TCR
- GMI - CA
GMI - CA
4 TCR
- My Forest Food
My Forest Foods
4 TCR
- C.P. Yeatman &
C.P. Yeatman & Sons, Inc.
3.9 TCR
What this shows Sylvan America, Inc. averages 4.0 TCR (88% of the Mushroom spawn farming BLS benchmark).
Sylvan America, Inc. TCR series: 2017=0 · 2018=2.4 · 2019=2 · 2020=4.5 · 2021=4.5 · 2022=8 · 2023=6.3 · BLS 4.5
Where Sylvan America, Inc. falls in its industry
107 Mushroom spawn farming establishmentsSafer than 50% 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 #33 safest of 63 Mushroom spawn farming employers in Pennsylvania.
Sylvan America, Inc. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2023 | 6.3 | 6.3 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| 2022 | 8.0 | 8.0 | 4 | 0 | 0 |
| 2021 | 4.5 | 4.5 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| 2020 | 4.5 | 4.5 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| 2019 | 2.0 | 2.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 2018 | 2.4 | 2.4 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 2017 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
OSHA ITA peer cross-reference
Establishment peer ledger
111411 · PA · Kittanning
107 Mushroom spawn farming employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 22,692 rated employers in Pennsylvania with headcount on file · 27 employers in Kittanning, 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 | GMI - CA | 4.0 TCR |
| NAICS-TCR | My Forest Foods | 4.0 TCR |
| NAICS-TCR | C.P. Yeatman & Sons, Inc. | 3.9 TCR |
| NAICS-TCR | Sylvan Nevada | 4.1 TCR |
| STATE-SIZE | Esbenshade North | 48 FTE |
| STATE-SIZE | Rolling Rock Building Stone, Inc. | 48 FTE |
| STATE-SIZE | Central Stores Building | 48 FTE |
| STATE-SIZE | WB Homes Inc | 48 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | ACMH Hospital | 936 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | WM 1820 | 328 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | 1820 | 323 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | Progressive Workshop of Armstrong County Inc | 154 FTE |
| NAT-TCR | Lagrange County Remc | 4.0 TCR |
| NAT-TCR | YI French Pastries LLC | 4.0 TCR |
| NAT-TCR | Spencer #150 | 4.0 TCR |
| NAT-TCR | KHRG Palomar Phoenix LLC | 4.0 TCR |
| NAT-SIZE | Port of Vancouver | 48 FTE |
| NAT-SIZE | Arrow Construction Supply, LLC | 48 FTE |
| NAT-SIZE | Wolfe & Associates, Property Services | 48 FTE |
| NAT-SIZE | AMPAC Fine Chemicals LLC - TX | 48 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.