Confectionery, nonchocolate, manufacturing · Illinois

Ferrara Candy Company Bellwood

Bellwoood, IL · ~413 workers · 2 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

A
Excellent Safety Record
1.9
Avg TCR
4.2
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

Ferrara Candy Company Bellwood runs at 46% of its industry's injury rate - far safer than the typical Confectionery, nonchocolate, manufacturing workplace, earning a grade A.

Ferrara Candy Company Bellwood: 1.9 TCR = 46% of Confectionery, nonchocolate, manufacturing BLS 4.2 · 2y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Ferrara Candy Company Bellwood safety composite

Ferrara Candy Company Bellwood scores strongest on dart rate (safer than 78% of same-industry peers) and weakest on fatalities (safer than 50%), 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

69/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
C 1.92 per 100 workers

Safer than 74% of industry peers

DART rate
B 0.56 per 100 workers

Safer than 78% 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

−1.3

2021→2022

Ferrara Candy Company Bellwood injury rate improved

Ferrara Candy Company Bellwood's TCR fell 1.3 from 2.6 in 2021 to 1.3 in 2022. Peak filing year was 2021 at 2.6 TCR. In 2022, DART was 0.29× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2021=2.6 · 2022=1.3

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 311340 · Bellwoood, IL AT/BELOW-IND · MID

Grade A · TCR 1.9 · 46% of ind

  • DART 0.6 DART
  • RANK #13/35
  • PHOTO Forest Park
  • BOOK 2y book
  • INJ 25 inj
  • SIZE ~413 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: Forest Park (0.0 TCR gap)

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Ferrara Candy Company Bellwood in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows Ferrara Candy Company Bellwood averages 1.9 TCR (46% of the Confectionery, nonchocolate, manufacturing BLS benchmark).

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

Ferrara Candy Company Bellwood TCR series: 2021=2.6 · 2022=1.3 · BLS 4.2

Where Ferrara Candy Company Bellwood falls in its industry

123 Confectionery, nonchocolate, m establishments

Safer than 74% 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 #13 safest of 35 Confectionery, nonchocolate, m employers in Illinois.

Ferrara Candy Company Bellwood (413 employees, TCR 1.9) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 169 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 0200400600800 0102030 Average employees Total Case Rate Ferrara Candy Company Bellwood
Ferrara Candy Company Bellwood (413 employees, TCR 1.9) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 169 employees and a TCR of 3.7

Ferrara Candy Company Bellwood has more employees than the Confectionery, nonchocolate, manufacturi median and a lower 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
2022 1.3 0.6 9 0 0
2021 2.6 2.3 16 0 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

311340 · IL · Bellwoood

123 Confectionery, nonchocolate, manufacturing employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 22,804 rated employers in Illinois with headcount on file · 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 Forest Park 1.9 TCR
NAICS-TCR Ferrara Candy Company 1.9 TCR
NAICS-TCR Ferrara Candy Company Chicago 31st Street Manufacturing Facility 2.0 TCR
NAICS-TCR Mountain Manufacturing Preferred Popcorn Waco - 4033 1.8 TCR
STATE-SIZE Monterey Mushrooms Princeton Facility 413 FTE
STATE-SIZE Performance Chicago - 0785 413 FTE
STATE-SIZE Edwardsville Assembly 413 FTE
STATE-SIZE Chicago Office 413 FTE
NAT-TCR 2967-MN120 1.9 TCR
NAT-TCR 3495-11DA635 1.9 TCR
NAT-TCR Chop King of Prussia 1.9 TCR
NAT-TCR JENSEN USA, Inc. 1.9 TCR
NAT-SIZE Cummins Indianapolis DBUHQ 413 FTE
NAT-SIZE 6502 Lanett AL Manufacturing 413 FTE
NAT-SIZE 022 Texas Health Presbyterian Hospital Allen 413 FTE
NAT-SIZE 2904-ASM-IN 413 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: 2022, 2021. 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.