Confectionery Manufacturing from Purchased Chocolate · Pennsylvania

Edward Marc Brands, Inc.

Name: Edward Marc Brands, Inc. Workplace Safety Data
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Pittsburgh, PA · ~119 workers · 3 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

Compiled by PlainSafetyScore · August 25, 2026

C
Average Safety Record: 5.0
Avg TCR: 4.2
Industry avg: 0
Fatalities

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The verdict

Edward Marc Brands, Inc. runs at 118% of its industry's injury rate - about level with the typical Confectionery Manufacturing from Purchased Chocolate workplace, earning a grade C.

Edward Marc Brands, Inc.: 5.0 TCR = 118% of Confectionery Manufacturing from Purchased Chocolate BLS 4.2 · 3y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Edward Marc Brands, Inc. safety composite

Edward Marc Brands, Inc. scores strongest on fatalities (safer than 51% of same-industry peers) and weakest on dart rate (safer than 24%), 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).

34/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR): F 4.97 per 100 workers

Safer than 33% of industry peers
DART rate: F 4.97 per 100 workers

Safer than 24% 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

Edward Marc Brands, Inc.: 0.0 → 6.2 TCR

Peak year 2018 @ 8.7 TCR · DART/TCR 1× in 2019

Edward Marc Brands, Inc.'s TCR rose 6.2 from 0.0 in 2017 to 6.2 in 2019. Peak filing year was 2018 at 8.7 TCR. In 2019, DART was 1× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 311352 · Pittsburgh, PA ABOVE-IND · MID

Grade C · TCR 5.0 · 118% of ind

DART 5.0 DART
RANK #11/20
PHOTO Kerry Ingredients
BOOK 3y book
INJ 11 inj
SIZE ~119 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: Kerry Ingredients (0.0 TCR gap)

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What this shows Edward Marc Brands, Inc. averages 5.0 TCR (118% of the Confectionery Manufacturing from Purchased Chocolate BLS benchmark).

Edward Marc Brands, Inc. TCR series: 2017=0 · 2018=8.7 · 2019=6.2 · BLS 4.2

Where Edward Marc Brands, Inc. falls in its industry

86 Confectionery Manufacturing fr establishments

Safer than 33% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 3.7.

Grade C

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to Pennsylvania alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #11 safest of 20 Confectionery Manufacturing fr employers in Pennsylvania.

Edward Marc Brands, Inc. (119 employees, TCR 5.0) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 122 employees and a TCR of 3.7

Edward Marc Brands, Inc. has fewer employees than the Confectionery Manufacturing from Purchas 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
2019	6.2	5.0	5
2018	8.7	8.7	6
2017	0.0	0.0	0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

311352 · PA · Pittsburgh

86 Confectionery Manufacturing from Purchased Chocolate employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 22,692 rated employers in Pennsylvania with headcount on file · 1,170 employers in Pittsburgh, PA · 4 cross-state NAT-TCR peers · 4 cross-state NAT-SIZE peers. Closest matches by relationship code are listed below.

Rel	Establishment	Place	Metric
NAICS-TCR	Kerry Ingredients	NEW CENTURY, KS	4.9 TCR
NAICS-TCR	Leclerc Foods Tennessee	KINGSPORT, TN	4.9 TCR
NAICS-TCR	Wolfgang Operations, LLC	YORK, PA	5.0 TCR
NAICS-TCR	eatingEVOLVED, LLC	HAUPPAUGE, NY	5.0 TCR
STATE-SIZE	Youngblood Paving Inc	WAMPUM	119 FTE
STATE-SIZE	Nolan Painting	HAVERTOWN	119 FTE
STATE-SIZE	Hanover Foods Center HAll	CENTER HALL	119 FTE
STATE-SIZE	Shirley's Cookie Co. Inc.	CLAYSBURG	119 FTE
CITY-NEAR	United States Steel COrporation	Pittsburgh	15,229 FTE
CITY-NEAR	University of Pittsburgh- Oakland	Pittsburgh	14,135 FTE
CITY-NEAR	UPMC Presbyterian Shadyside (PUH)	Pittsburgh	13,900 FTE
CITY-NEAR	University of Pittsburgh-Oakland	Pittsburgh	13,208 FTE
NAT-TCR	Bayside Marketplace	Miami, FL	5.0 TCR
NAT-TCR	DBA Ashley Furniture Homestores- Victorville	Victorville, CA	5.0 TCR
NAT-TCR	Dunford Bakers, Inc	West Jordan, UT	5.0 TCR
NAT-TCR	Health Ventures, Inc. (221-H3C)	Berkeley, CA	5.0 TCR
NAT-SIZE	East Valley	North Hollywood, CA	119 FTE
NAT-SIZE	Husco - Maquoketa	Maquoketa, IA	119 FTE
NAT-SIZE	COH Parks Maintenance	Henderson, NV	119 FTE
NAT-SIZE	Sodexo at Tenet Fountain Valley Fans	Fountain Valley, CA	119 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, 2017. This is publicly available government data - not a legal determination of workplace conditions.

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