Confectionery, nonchocolate, manufacturing · Illinois

Ferrara Candy Company - DeKalb

Dekalb, IL · ~218 workers · 4 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

A
Excellent Safety Record
0.8
Avg TCR
4.2
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

Ferrara Candy Company - DeKalb runs at 19% of its industry's injury rate - far safer than the typical Confectionery, nonchocolate, manufacturing workplace, earning a grade A.

Ferrara Candy Company - DeKalb: 0.8 TCR = 19% of Confectionery, nonchocolate, manufacturing BLS 4.2 · 4y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Ferrara Candy Company - DeKalb safety composite

Ferrara Candy Company - DeKalb scores strongest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 94% 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).

B

78/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
A 0.8 per 100 workers

Safer than 94% of industry peers

DART rate
B 0.3 per 100 workers

Safer than 81% 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

−0.9

2021→2024

Ferrara Candy Company - DeKalb injury rate improved

Ferrara Candy Company - DeKalb's TCR fell 0.9 from 1.2 in 2021 to 0.3 in 2024. Peak filing year was 2021 at 1.2 TCR. In 2024, DART was 0.37× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2021=1.2 · 2022=0.7 · 2023=1.0 · 2024=0.3

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

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

Grade A · TCR 0.8 · 19% of ind

  • DART 0.3 DART
  • RANK #2/35
  • PHOTO JAMES CANDY COMPANY
  • BOOK 4y book
  • INJ 11 inj
  • SIZE ~218 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: JAMES CANDY COMPANY (0.0 TCR gap)

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Ferrara Candy Company - DeKalb in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows Ferrara Candy Company - DeKalb averages 0.8 TCR (19% 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 - DeKalb TCR series: 2021=1.2 · 2022=0.7 · 2023=1 · 2024=0.3 · BLS 4.2

Where Ferrara Candy Company - DeKalb falls in its industry

123 Confectionery, nonchocolate, m establishments

Safer than 94% 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 #2 safest of 35 Confectionery, nonchocolate, m employers in Illinois.

Ferrara Candy Company - DeKalb (218 employees, TCR 0.8) 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 - DeKalb
Ferrara Candy Company - DeKalb (218 employees, TCR 0.8) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 169 employees and a TCR of 3.7

Ferrara Candy Company - DeKalb 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
2024 0.3 0.3 1 0 0
2023 1.0 0.0 3 0 0
2022 0.7 0.0 3 0 0
2021 1.2 0.9 4 0 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

311340 · IL · Dekalb

123 Confectionery, nonchocolate, manufacturing employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 22,804 rated employers in Illinois with headcount on file · 93 employers in Dekalb, 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 JAMES CANDY COMPANY 0.8 TCR
NAICS-TCR Ferrara 0.8 TCR
NAICS-TCR ABW-BELLWOOD 0.9 TCR
NAICS-TCR TNN 0.9 TCR
STATE-SIZE Prysmian Cables and Systems USA, LLC 218 FTE
STATE-SIZE Metro Tech Service Corp 218 FTE
STATE-SIZE United Laboratories, Inc. 218 FTE
STATE-SIZE Kensing - Kankakee 218 FTE
CITY-NEAR 3842 - UDC-DeKalb 1,635 FTE
CITY-NEAR 3842 - DeKalb UDC 1,411 FTE
CITY-NEAR Northwestern Medicine Kishwaukee Hospital 1,067 FTE
CITY-NEAR DeKalb Community Unit School District #428 940 FTE
NAT-TCR Blakeslee Arpaia Chapman 0.8 TCR
NAT-TCR Flatiron Constructors Inc. 0.8 TCR
NAT-TCR East Apex NC Yard 0.8 TCR
NAT-TCR Teichert Construction Stockton 0.8 TCR
NAT-SIZE SVH Kanza Ortho 218 FTE
NAT-SIZE ICM Controls 218 FTE
NAT-SIZE Patricia Neal Rehabilitation Hospital 218 FTE
NAT-SIZE Eventide at Sheyenne Crossings 218 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: 2024, 2023, 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.