Retirement communities, continuing care · Pennsylvania

Traditions of Hershey

Palmyra, PA · ~52 workers · 4 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

D
Poor Safety Record
6.5
Avg TCR
3.8
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

Traditions of Hershey runs at 171% of its industry's injury rate - more dangerous than the typical Retirement communities, continuing care workplace, earning a grade D.

Traditions of Hershey: 6.5 TCR = 171% of Retirement communities, continuing care BLS 3.8 · 4y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Traditions of Hershey safety composite

Traditions of Hershey scores strongest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 54% of same-industry peers) and weakest on dart rate (safer than 32%), 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

46/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
D 6.51 per 100 workers

Safer than 54% of industry peers

DART rate
F 5.75 per 100 workers

Safer than 32% 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

−3.0

2017→2024

Traditions of Hershey injury rate improved

Traditions of Hershey's TCR fell 3.0 from 8.7 in 2017 to 5.8 in 2024. Peak filing year was 2017 at 8.7 TCR. In 2024, DART was 0.88× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2017=8.7 · 2018=5.8 · 2019=5.8 · 2024=5.8

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 623311 · Palmyra, PA ABOVE-IND · SMALL

Grade D · TCR 6.5 · 171% of ind

  • DART 5.8 DART
  • RANK #117/257
  • PHOTO Bethany Village
  • BOOK 4y book
  • INJ 9 inj
  • SIZE ~52 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: Bethany Village (0.0 TCR gap)

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Traditions of Hershey in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows Traditions of Hershey averages 6.5 TCR (171% of the Retirement communities, continuing care BLS benchmark).

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

Traditions of Hershey TCR series: 2017=8.7 · 2018=5.8 · 2019=5.8 · 2024=5.8 · BLS 3.8

Where Traditions of Hershey falls in its industry

4,127 Retirement communities, contin establishments

Safer than 54% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 6.9.

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to Pennsylvania alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #117 safest of 257 Retirement communities, contin employers in Pennsylvania.

Traditions of Hershey (52 employees, TCR 6.5) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 66 employees and a TCR of 6.9 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 050100150200250 051015 Average employees Total Case Rate Traditions of Hershey
Traditions of Hershey (52 employees, TCR 6.5) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 66 employees and a TCR of 6.9

Traditions of Hershey has fewer employees than the Retirement communities, continuing care median and a lower injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 6.9. 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 5.8 5.8 2 0 0
2019 5.8 2.9 2 0 0
2018 5.8 2.9 2 0 0
2017 8.7 8.7 3 0 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

623311 · PA · Palmyra

4,127 Retirement communities, continuing care employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 22,692 rated employers in Pennsylvania with headcount on file · 34 employers in Palmyra, 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 Bethany Village 6.5 TCR
NAICS-TCR Hearth at Greenpoint Keepsake Village 6.5 TCR
NAICS-TCR Arden Courts of Bingham Farms 6.5 TCR
NAICS-TCR Wabash Bickford 6.5 TCR
STATE-SIZE Farm 52 FTE
STATE-SIZE Maitri Genetics 52 FTE
STATE-SIZE Insa Shamokin Dam 52 FTE
STATE-SIZE Ethos Fairless Hills 52 FTE
CITY-NEAR Hershey EDC III WHS 468 FTE
CITY-NEAR PA - Hershey 439 FTE
CITY-NEAR Palmyra - 500 North Lingle Avenue 438 FTE
CITY-NEAR Hershey EDC 3 DC - Joseph Breslin. (SMRU0220) 408 FTE
NAT-TCR owensboro surgery center 6.5 TCR
NAT-TCR Sika Corporation Lakewood 6.5 TCR
NAT-TCR Harriston-Mayo, LLC 6.5 TCR
NAT-TCR Portneuf Medical Center 6.5 TCR
NAT-SIZE Tolerance Masters, LLC 52 FTE
NAT-SIZE Lombardo Diamond Core Drilling, Inc. 52 FTE
NAT-SIZE Law Tanning Co LLC 52 FTE
NAT-SIZE Infiniti of Naperville 52 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, 2019, 2018, 2017. This is publicly available government data - not a legal determination of workplace conditions.

Read our methodology - how this data is sourced, computed, and verified.

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