Nuts, chocolate covered, made from purchased chocolate · Illinois

Arway Confections Inc

Chicago, IL · ~115 workers · 2 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

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

Arway Confections Inc runs at 101% of its industry's injury rate - about level with the typical Nuts, chocolate covered, made from purchased chocolate workplace, earning a grade C.

Arway Confections Inc: 4.2 TCR = 101% of Nuts, chocolate covered, made from purchased chocolate BLS 4.2 · 2y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Arway Confections Inc safety composite

Arway Confections Inc scores strongest on dart rate (safer than 91% 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).

C

63/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
D 4.23 per 100 workers

Safer than 47% of industry peers

DART rate
A 0 per 100 workers

Safer than 91% 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

−2.8

2018→2019

Arway Confections Inc injury rate improved

Arway Confections Inc's TCR fell 2.8 from 5.6 in 2018 to 2.8 in 2019. Peak filing year was 2018 at 5.6 TCR. In 2019, DART was 0× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2018=5.6 · 2019=2.8

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 311352 · Chicago, IL ABOVE-IND · MID

Grade C · TCR 4.2 · 101% of ind

  • DART 0.0 DART
  • RANK #6/7
  • PHOTO Palmer Candy Company…
  • BOOK 2y book
  • INJ 11 inj
  • SIZE ~115 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: Palmer Candy Company- Candy Store (0.2 TCR gap)

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Arway Confections Inc in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows Arway Confections Inc averages 4.2 TCR (101% of the Nuts, chocolate covered, made from purchased chocolate BLS benchmark).

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

Arway Confections Inc TCR series: 2018=5.6 · 2019=2.8 · BLS 4.2

Where Arway Confections Inc falls in its industry

86 Nuts, chocolate covered, made establishments

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

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to Illinois alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #6 safest of 7 Nuts, chocolate covered, made employers in Illinois.

Arway Confections Inc (115 employees, TCR 4.2) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 122 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 02004006008001,000 05101520 Average employees Total Case Rate Arway Confections Inc
Arway Confections Inc (115 employees, TCR 4.2) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 122 employees and a TCR of 3.7

Arway Confections Inc has fewer employees than the Nuts, chocolate covered, made from purch 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
2019 2.8 0.0 4 0 0
2018 5.6 4.0 7 0 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

311352 · IL · Chicago

86 Nuts, chocolate covered, made from purchased chocolate employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 22,804 rated employers in Illinois with headcount on file · 2,934 employers in Chicago, IL · 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 Palmer Candy Company- Candy Store 4.4 TCR
NAICS-TCR Fannie May Confections Brands 4.4 TCR
NAICS-TCR HHLA 4.0 TCR
NAICS-TCR Thompson Brands LLC 4.6 TCR
STATE-SIZE Novak Construction Company 115 FTE
STATE-SIZE MTH Industries 115 FTE
STATE-SIZE Installation Professionals 115 FTE
STATE-SIZE EMCOR Services Team Mechanical 115 FTE
CITY-NEAR Chicago Public Schools 49,500 FTE
CITY-NEAR Chicago/Corporate 18,831 FTE
CITY-NEAR University of Illinois at Chicago 13,092 FTE
CITY-NEAR University Health Service UIC UIC Campus 12,732 FTE
NAT-TCR Savourys Good Earth Cuisine 4.2 TCR
NAT-TCR Wurtland Nursing and Rehab 4.2 TCR
NAT-TCR MN,WHEATON - Medical Center Campus - General Medical and Surgical Hospitals 4.2 TCR
NAT-TCR Allentown Reserve Power Distribution Center 4.2 TCR
NAT-SIZE Southaven - 8735 Hamilton Rd. 115 FTE
NAT-SIZE KHS USA, Inc. 115 FTE
NAT-SIZE Victory Brewing Company Downingtown Restaurant 115 FTE
NAT-SIZE Edc: Rcrs Tx Arlington Core Office 115 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: 2019, 2018. This is publicly available government data - not a legal determination of workplace conditions.
Data sourced from official public datasets. See our methodology for details.