Confectionery Merchant Wholesalers · Ohio

42451a - Akron

Akron, OH · ~87 workers · 6 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

D
Poor Safety Record
3.6
Avg TCR
2.2
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

42451a - Akron runs at 162% of its industry's injury rate - more dangerous than the typical Confectionery Merchant Wholesalers workplace, earning a grade D.

42451a - Akron: 3.6 TCR = 162% of Confectionery Merchant Wholesalers BLS 2.2 · 6y Form 300A (see methodology below)

42451a - Akron safety composite

42451a - Akron scores strongest on dart rate (safer than 56% of same-industry peers) and weakest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 35%), 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 3.56 per 100 workers

Safer than 35% of industry peers

DART rate
C 1.09 per 100 workers

Safer than 56% 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

−2.0

2016→2021

42451a - Akron injury rate improved

42451a - Akron's TCR fell 2.0 from 3.1 in 2016 to 1.1 in 2021. Peak filing year was 2018 at 12.9 TCR. In 2021, DART was 0.31× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2016=3.1 · 2017=2.0 · 2018=12.9 · 2019=2.3 · 2020=0.0 · 2021=1.1

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 424450 · Akron, OH ABOVE-IND · SMALL

Grade D · TCR 3.6 · 162% of ind

  • DART 1.1 DART
  • RANK #18/33
  • PHOTO HERR FOODS INC. 71
  • BOOK 6y book
  • INJ 21 inj
  • SIZE ~87 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: HERR FOODS INC. 71 (0.0 TCR gap)

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42451a - Akron in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows 42451a - Akron averages 3.6 TCR (162% of the Confectionery Merchant Wholesalers BLS benchmark).

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

42451a - Akron TCR series: 2016=3.1 · 2017=2 · 2018=12.9 · 2019=2.3 · 2020=0 · 2021=1.1 · BLS 2.2

Where 42451a - Akron falls in its industry

773 Confectionery Merchant Wholesa establishments

Safer than 35% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 2.8.

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to Ohio alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #18 safest of 33 Confectionery Merchant Wholesa employers in Ohio.

42451a - Akron (87 employees, TCR 3.6) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 49 employees and a TCR of 2.8 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 0200400600 02468 Average employees Total Case Rate 42451a - Akron
42451a - Akron (87 employees, TCR 3.6) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 49 employees and a TCR of 2.8

42451a - Akron has more employees than the Confectionery Merchant Wholesalers median and a higher injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 2.8. 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 1.1 1.1 1 0 0
2020 0.0 0.0 0 0 0
2019 2.3 2.3 2 0 0
2018 12.9 1.0 13 0 0
2017 2.0 2.0 2 0 0
2016 3.1 3.1 3 0 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

424450 · OH · Akron

773 Confectionery Merchant Wholesalers employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 22,650 rated employers in Ohio with headcount on file · 512 employers in Akron, OH · 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 HERR FOODS INC. 71 3.6 TCR
NAICS-TCR 49855 - CITY OF INDUSTRY FAC 3.6 TCR
NAICS-TCR 44221D - SOUTH DC 3.5 TCR
NAICS-TCR ELKIN BIN EmpWorkCtrCd 30001125 3.6 TCR
STATE-SIZE GEM Industrial Inc. - BP Oil, Oregon Refinery 87 FTE
STATE-SIZE Tri-Mor Corporation 87 FTE
STATE-SIZE Cincinnati Manufacturing 87 FTE
STATE-SIZE US161: Cincinnati 514 - SG 87 FTE
CITY-NEAR Children's Hospital Medical Center of Akron 6,746 FTE
CITY-NEAR Akron Children's Hospital 6,060 FTE
CITY-NEAR Summa Health - Akron City 4,801 FTE
CITY-NEAR Akron General Medical Center 4,176 FTE
NAT-TCR Transpro Burgener Trucking 3.6 TCR
NAT-TCR Suddath Relocation Systems of Texas Inc 3.6 TCR
NAT-TCR Store 0384 3.6 TCR
NAT-TCR Rite Vend 3.6 TCR
NAT-SIZE 44321d - Fort Myers 87 FTE
NAT-SIZE Level 3 Audio Visual 87 FTE
NAT-SIZE 3C Store Fixtures inc 87 FTE
NAT-SIZE Glovis America- VPC PH 87 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: 2021, 2020, 2019, 2018, 2017, 2016. 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.