Cheese products, imitation or substitute, manufacturing · Pennsylvania
Whitehall Specialties - Plant 4
Slippery Rock, PA · ~62 workers · 6 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.
- F
- Failing Safety Record
- 7.9
- Avg TCR
- 3.3
- Industry avg
- 0
- Fatalities
The verdict
Whitehall Specialties - Plant 4 runs at 241% of its industry's injury rate - far more dangerous than the typical Cheese products, imitation or substitute, manufacturing workplace, earning a grade F.
Whitehall Specialties - Plant 4: 7.9 TCR = 241% of Cheese products, imitation or substitute, manufacturing BLS 3.3 · 6y Form 300A (see methodology below)
Whitehall Specialties - Plant 4 safety composite
Whitehall Specialties - Plant 4 scores strongest on dart rate (safer than 66% of same-industry peers) and weakest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 22%), 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).
45/100
Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures
- Total Case Rate (TCR)
- F 7.94 per 100 workers
Safer than 22% of industry peers
- DART rate
- C 1.63 per 100 workers
Safer than 66% 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
−6.5
2016→2021
Whitehall Specialties - Plant 4 injury rate improved
Whitehall Specialties - Plant 4's TCR fell 6.5 from 11.4 in 2016 to 4.9 in 2021. Peak filing year was 2019 at 13.8 TCR. In 2021, DART was 0.21× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).
2016=11.4 · 2017=8.6 · 2018=2.8 · 2019=13.8 · 2020=6.1 · 2021=4.9
OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard
Establishment book 311513 · Slippery Rock, PA ABOVE-IND · SMALL
Grade F · TCR 7.9 · 241% of ind
- DART 1.6 DART
- RANK #13/14
- PHOTO Bongards Creameries …
- BOOK 6y book
- INJ 25 inj
- SIZE ~62 FTE
Nearest TCR peer: Bongards Creameries - Perham (0.0 TCR gap)
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Whitehall Specialties - Plant 4 in the TCR neighbourhood
Average Total Case Rate among this establishment and nearest same-industry peers
- Fleur de Lait
Fleur de Lait East LLC
8 TCR
- Associated Mil
Associated Milk Producers Inc (Portage)
8 TCR
- This site
Whitehall Specialties - Plant 4
7.9 TCR
- Bongards Cream
Bongards Creameries - Perham
7.9 TCR
- Agropur - Litt
Agropur - Little Chute
7.8 TCR
What this shows Whitehall Specialties - Plant 4 averages 7.9 TCR (241% of the Cheese products, imitation or substitute, manufacturing BLS benchmark).
Whitehall Specialties - Plant 4 TCR series: 2016=11.4 · 2017=8.6 · 2018=2.8 · 2019=13.8 · 2020=6.1 · 2021=4.9 · BLS 3.3
Where Whitehall Specialties - Plant 4 falls in its industry
377 Cheese products, imitation or establishmentsSafer than 22% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 4.9.
Narrower to Pennsylvania alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #13 safest of 14 Cheese products, imitation or employers in Pennsylvania.
Whitehall Specialties - Plant 4 has fewer employees than the Cheese products, imitation or substitute median and a higher injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 4.9. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2021 | 4.9 | 1.6 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| 2020 | 6.1 | 4.6 | 4 | 0 | 0 |
| 2019 | 13.8 | 12.3 | 9 | 0 | 0 |
| 2018 | 2.8 | 1.4 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| 2017 | 8.6 | 4.3 | 6 | 0 | 0 |
| 2016 | 11.4 | 0.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
OSHA ITA peer cross-reference
Establishment peer ledger
311513 · PA · Slippery Rock
377 Cheese products, imitation or substitute, manufacturing employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 22,692 rated employers in Pennsylvania with headcount on file · 11 employers in Slippery Rock, 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 | Bongards Creameries - Perham | 7.9 TCR |
| NAICS-TCR | Fleur de Lait East LLC | 8.0 TCR |
| NAICS-TCR | Associated Milk Producers Inc (Portage) | 8.0 TCR |
| NAICS-TCR | Agropur - Little Chute | 7.8 TCR |
| STATE-SIZE | Kreider Farms - Specialty Egg | 62 FTE |
| STATE-SIZE | AGC Flat Glass | 62 FTE |
| STATE-SIZE | W.S. Cumby | 62 FTE |
| STATE-SIZE | Poole Anderson Construction | 62 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | 000019336 SLIPPERY ROCK UNIVERSITY | 201 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | Renick Brothers Mechanical Contractors | 182 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | Renick Brothers Construction | 176 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | SLIPPERY ROCK UNIV-WEISENFLUH DIN (BUTLER) ** | 65 FTE |
| NAT-TCR | Alden Terrace of McHenry | 7.9 TCR |
| NAT-TCR | Degesch America Columbia River | 7.9 TCR |
| NAT-TCR | Halifax Regional Medical Center | 7.9 TCR |
| NAT-TCR | Orscheln Farm and Home LLC 128 | 7.9 TCR |
| NAT-SIZE | Bickford of St. Charles | 62 FTE |
| NAT-SIZE | T581 | 62 FTE |
| NAT-SIZE | Patterson Logistics Services 6 | 62 FTE |
| NAT-SIZE | dcc - 256 Sheffield | 62 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.