Molasses merchant wholesalers · Pennsylvania

Zook Molasses Co.

Honey Brook, PA · ~65 workers · 7 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

F
Failing Safety Record
7.8
Avg TCR
2.2
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

Zook Molasses Co. runs at 357% of its industry's injury rate - far more dangerous than the typical Molasses merchant wholesalers workplace, earning a grade F.

Zook Molasses Co.: 7.8 TCR = 357% of Molasses merchant wholesalers BLS 2.2 · 7y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Zook Molasses Co. safety composite

Zook Molasses Co. scores strongest on fatalities (safer than 51% of same-industry peers) and weakest on dart rate (safer than 3%), 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).

F

27/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
F 7.85 per 100 workers

Safer than 33% of industry peers

DART rate
F 15.08 per 100 workers

Safer than 3% 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

Zook Molasses Co.: 2.1 → 15.1 TCR

Peak year 2022 @ 23.8 TCR · DART/TCR 1.92× in 2023

Zook Molasses Co.'s TCR rose 13.0 from 2.1 in 2016 to 15.1 in 2023. Peak filing year was 2022 at 23.8 TCR. In 2023, DART was 1.92× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 424490 · Honey Brook, PA ABOVE-IND · SMALL

Grade F · TCR 7.8 · 357% of ind

  • DART 15.1 DART
  • RANK #41/68
  • PHOTO TYLER TX
  • BOOK 7y book
  • INJ 23 inj
  • SIZE ~65 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: TYLER TX (0.0 TCR gap)

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Zook Molasses Co. in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows Zook Molasses Co. averages 7.8 TCR (357% of the Molasses merchant wholesalers BLS benchmark).

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

Zook Molasses Co. TCR series: 2016=2.1 · 2017=1 · 2018=2.9 · 2019=4.9 · 2021=5.1 · 2022=23.8 · 2023=15.1 · BLS 2.2

Where Zook Molasses Co. falls in its industry

1,278 Molasses merchant wholesalers establishments

Safer than 33% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 6.0.

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to Pennsylvania alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #41 safest of 68 Molasses merchant wholesalers employers in Pennsylvania.

Zook Molasses Co. (65 employees, TCR 7.8) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 73 employees and a TCR of 6.0 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 0100200300400500 051015 Average employees Total Case Rate Zook Molasses Co.
Zook Molasses Co. (65 employees, TCR 7.8) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 73 employees and a TCR of 6.0

Zook Molasses Co. has fewer employees than the Molasses merchant wholesalers median and a higher injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 6.0. 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 15.1 15.1 3 0 0
2022 23.8 23.8 7 0 0
2021 5.1 2.6 2 0 0
2019 4.9 2.9 5 0 0
2018 2.9 1.9 3 0 0
2017 1.0 1.0 1 0 0
2016 2.1 1.1 2 0 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

424490 · PA · Honey Brook

1,278 Molasses merchant wholesalers employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 22,692 rated employers in Pennsylvania with headcount on file · 13 employers in Honey Brook, 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 TYLER TX 7.8 TCR
NAICS-TCR Sidari's Italian Foods 7.8 TCR
NAICS-TCR FT. SMITH AR 7.9 TCR
NAICS-TCR ELLIJAY (JASPER) GA 7.8 TCR
STATE-SIZE Star Roses and Plants 65 FTE
STATE-SIZE Aqua Pennsylvania, Inc. - Willow Grove 65 FTE
STATE-SIZE Yoe Construction, Inc 65 FTE
STATE-SIZE Yoe Industrial Services 65 FTE
CITY-NEAR Tel Hai Retirement Community 436 FTE
CITY-NEAR AJB 228 FTE
CITY-NEAR Honey Brook 190 FTE
CITY-NEAR Hickory House Nursing Home 140 FTE
NAT-TCR Bloomingdale Care Operating Company 7.8 TCR
NAT-TCR NashobaValley Ski Area 7.8 TCR
NAT-TCR Janesville 7.8 TCR
NAT-TCR Price Rite Store 312 Warwick 7.8 TCR
NAT-SIZE Middle River Marine 65 FTE
NAT-SIZE Czarnowski-Orlando-2 65 FTE
NAT-SIZE Eco Farms 65 FTE
NAT-SIZE Cathedral Hill 65 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: 2023, 2022, 2021, 2019, 2018, 2017, 2016. This is publicly available government data - not a legal determination of workplace conditions.
Data sourced from official public datasets. See our methodology for details.