Confectionery, nonchocolate, manufacturing · Pennsylvania

The Hershey Company - Lancaster Facility

Lancaster, PA · ~605 workers · 4 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

C
Average Safety Record
4.0
Avg TCR
4.2
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

The Hershey Company - Lancaster Facility runs at 95% of its industry's injury rate - about level with the typical Confectionery, nonchocolate, manufacturing workplace, earning a grade C.

The Hershey Company - Lancaster Facility: 4.0 TCR = 95% of Confectionery, nonchocolate, manufacturing BLS 4.2 · 4y Form 300A (see methodology below)

The Hershey Company - Lancaster Facility safety composite

The Hershey Company - Lancaster Facility scores strongest on fatalities (safer than 50% of same-industry peers) and weakest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 47%), 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).

D

48/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
D 4.01 per 100 workers

Safer than 47% of industry peers

DART rate
D 2.5 per 100 workers

Safer than 47% of industry peers

Fatalities
D 0

Safer than 50% 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

−1.0

2021→2024

The Hershey Company - Lancaster Facility injury rate improved

The Hershey Company - Lancaster Facility's TCR fell 1.0 from 4.5 in 2021 to 3.5 in 2024. Peak filing year was 2021 at 4.5 TCR. In 2024, DART was 0.62× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2021=4.5 · 2022=4.5 · 2023=3.6 · 2024=3.5

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 311340 · Lancaster, PA AT/BELOW-IND · MID

Grade C · TCR 4.0 · 95% of ind

  • DART 2.5 DART
  • RANK #3/5
  • PHOTO Parker Products LLC
  • BOOK 4y book
  • INJ 94 inj
  • SIZE ~605 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: Parker Products LLC (0.0 TCR gap)

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The Hershey Company - Lancaster Facility in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows The Hershey Company - Lancaster Facility averages 4.0 TCR (95% of the Confectionery, nonchocolate, manufacturing BLS benchmark).

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

The Hershey Company - Lancaster Facility TCR series: 2021=4.5 · 2022=4.5 · 2023=3.6 · 2024=3.5 · BLS 4.2

Where The Hershey Company - Lancaster Facility falls in its industry

123 Confectionery, nonchocolate, m establishments

Safer than 47% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 3.7.

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to Pennsylvania alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #3 safest of 5 Confectionery, nonchocolate, m employers in Pennsylvania.

The Hershey Company - Lancaster Facility (605 employees, TCR 4.0) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 169 employees and a TCR of 3.7 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 0200400600800 0102030 Average employees Total Case Rate The Hershey Company - Lancaster Facility
The Hershey Company - Lancaster Facility (605 employees, TCR 4.0) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 169 employees and a TCR of 3.7

The Hershey Company - Lancaster Facility has more employees than the Confectionery, nonchocolate, manufacturi median and a higher injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 3.7. 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 3.5 2.5 18 0 0
2023 3.6 2.4 21 0 0
2022 4.5 3.1 29 0 0
2021 4.5 3.1 26 0 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

311340 · PA · Lancaster

123 Confectionery, nonchocolate, manufacturing employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 22,692 rated employers in Pennsylvania with headcount on file · 450 employers in Lancaster, 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 Parker Products LLC 4.0 TCR
NAICS-TCR Popcornopolis 3.9 TCR
NAICS-TCR Roses Brands 4.3 TCR
NAICS-TCR Fervalue 4.3 TCR
STATE-SIZE 0401 MANHEIM PENNSYLVANIA 1190 LANCASTER RD 604 FTE
STATE-SIZE PAMBG - HARRISBURG 606 FTE
STATE-SIZE Prospect Airport Services PHL 604 FTE
STATE-SIZE UPMC Altoona Regional Health Services Inc 606 FTE
CITY-NEAR Lancaster General Health, LGH Hospital 7,424 FTE
CITY-NEAR LGHealth 7,215 FTE
CITY-NEAR Lancaster General Hospital 6,528 FTE
CITY-NEAR Lancaster General Medical Group 1,436 FTE
NAT-TCR Amazon.com Services LLC - DFW7 4.0 TCR
NAT-TCR Mitchel Houses 4.0 TCR
NAT-TCR Technical Glass Products 4.0 TCR
NAT-TCR Missoula MT Millwork 4.0 TCR
NAT-SIZE Pratt & Whitney Oklahoma City Operations 605 FTE
NAT-SIZE Central Arizona Farming 605 FTE
NAT-SIZE Norton King's Daughters' Health Main Campus 605 FTE
NAT-SIZE Sunriver Resort 605 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, 2021. This is publicly available government data - not a legal determination of workplace conditions.
Data sourced from official public datasets. See our methodology for details.