Chocolate, confectionery, made from cacao beans · New Jersey

Barry Callebaut US - PennChoc

Pennsauken, NJ · ~151 workers · 6 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

D
Poor Safety Record
5.1
Avg TCR
4.2
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

Barry Callebaut US - PennChoc runs at 122% of its industry's injury rate - more dangerous than the typical Chocolate, confectionery, made from cacao beans workplace, earning a grade D.

Barry Callebaut US - PennChoc: 5.1 TCR = 122% of Chocolate, confectionery, made from cacao beans BLS 4.2 · 6y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Barry Callebaut US - PennChoc safety composite

Barry Callebaut US - PennChoc scores strongest on fatalities (safer than 51% of same-industry peers) and weakest on dart rate (safer than 16%), 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

29/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
F 5.13 per 100 workers

Safer than 26% of industry peers

DART rate
F 5.69 per 100 workers

Safer than 16% 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

Barry Callebaut US - PennChoc: 3.3 → 7.0 TCR

Peak year 2018 @ 7.5 TCR · DART/TCR 1.11× in 2021

Barry Callebaut US - PennChoc's TCR rose 3.6 from 3.3 in 2016 to 7.0 in 2021. Peak filing year was 2018 at 7.5 TCR. In 2021, DART was 1.11× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 311351 · Pennsauken, NJ ABOVE-IND · MID

Grade D · TCR 5.1 · 122% of ind

  • DART 5.7 DART
  • RANK P26
  • PHOTO Barry Callebaut
  • BOOK 6y book
  • INJ 45 inj
  • SIZE ~151 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: Barry Callebaut (0.2 TCR gap)

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Barry Callebaut US - PennChoc in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows Barry Callebaut US - PennChoc averages 5.1 TCR (122% of the Chocolate, confectionery, made from cacao beans BLS benchmark).

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

Barry Callebaut US - PennChoc TCR series: 2016=3.3 · 2017=5 · 2018=7.5 · 2019=4.7 · 2020=3.4 · 2021=7 · BLS 4.2

Where Barry Callebaut US - PennChoc falls in its industry

65 Chocolate, confectionery, made establishments

Safer than 26% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 3.5.

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers
Barry Callebaut US - PennChoc (151 employees, TCR 5.1) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 178 employees and a TCR of 3.5 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 05001,0001,500 051015 Average employees Total Case Rate Barry Callebaut US - PennChoc
Barry Callebaut US - PennChoc (151 employees, TCR 5.1) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 178 employees and a TCR of 3.5

Barry Callebaut US - PennChoc has fewer employees than the Chocolate, confectionery, made from caca median and a higher injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 3.5. 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 7.0 5.7 11 0 0
2020 3.4 3.4 5 0 0
2019 4.7 2.7 6 1 0
2018 7.5 5.4 11 0 0
2017 5.0 4.4 7 1 0
2016 3.3 1.3 5 0 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

311351 · NJ · Pennsauken

65 Chocolate, confectionery, made from cacao beans employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 11,201 rated employers in New Jersey with headcount on file · 110 employers in Pennsauken, NJ · 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 Barry Callebaut 5.0 TCR
NAICS-TCR Seroogy's Chocolates- Ashwaubenon 4.9 TCR
NAICS-TCR Godiva Chocolatier 4.7 TCR
NAICS-TCR 290 Boyer Circle 4.7 TCR
STATE-SIZE BRANCH - NJ - New Jersey Central 151 FTE
STATE-SIZE International Foodsource 151 FTE
STATE-SIZE Barrington NJ 151 FTE
STATE-SIZE JERSEY CITY NJ 151 FTE
CITY-NEAR J&J Snack Foods 528 FTE
CITY-NEAR 1964-00010110 366 FTE
CITY-NEAR AVL - NJ Headquarters 323 FTE
CITY-NEAR DIY - NJ Headquarters 298 FTE
NAT-TCR Archer-Austin 5.1 TCR
NAT-TCR Caldwell Hospice and Palliative Care 5.1 TCR
NAT-TCR DoubleTree by Hilton Grand Key Resort 5.1 TCR
NAT-TCR Store #611 5.1 TCR
NAT-SIZE LP Bradenton, LLC-- Hertitage Park 151 FTE
NAT-SIZE Fidelitone - 1260 Wauconda 151 FTE
NAT-SIZE Personal Genome Diagnostics, Inc 151 FTE
NAT-SIZE AWS- Alameda County 151 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.
Data sourced from official public datasets. See our methodology for details.