Confectionery, nonchocolate, manufacturing · Illinois

Ferrara Candy Company - Forest Park, IL

Forest Park, IL · ~400 workers · 2 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

B
Good Safety Record
2.2
Avg TCR
4.2
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

Ferrara Candy Company - Forest Park, IL runs at 52% of its industry's injury rate - safer than the typical Confectionery, nonchocolate, manufacturing workplace, earning a grade B.

Ferrara Candy Company - Forest Park, IL: 2.2 TCR = 52% of Confectionery, nonchocolate, manufacturing BLS 4.2 · 2y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Ferrara Candy Company - Forest Park, IL safety composite

Ferrara Candy Company - Forest Park, IL scores strongest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 69% 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

59/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
C 2.17 per 100 workers

Safer than 69% of industry peers

DART rate
D 1.86 per 100 workers

Safer than 54% 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

−0.6

2016→2019

Ferrara Candy Company - Forest Park, IL injury rate improved

Ferrara Candy Company - Forest Park, IL's TCR fell 0.6 from 2.5 in 2016 to 1.9 in 2019. Peak filing year was 2016 at 2.5 TCR. In 2019, DART was 0.86× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2016=2.5 · 2019=1.9

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

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

Grade B · TCR 2.2 · 52% of ind

  • DART 1.9 DART
  • RANK #17/35
  • PHOTO Ferrara Candy Compan…
  • BOOK 2y book
  • INJ 27 inj
  • SIZE ~400 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: Ferrara Candy Company - Bolingbrook, IL. (0.0 TCR gap)

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Ferrara Candy Company - Forest Park, IL in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows Ferrara Candy Company - Forest Park, IL averages 2.2 TCR (52% 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 - Forest Park, IL TCR series: 2016=2.5 · 2019=1.9 · BLS 4.2

Where Ferrara Candy Company - Forest Park, IL falls in its industry

123 Confectionery, nonchocolate, m establishments

Safer than 69% 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 #17 safest of 35 Confectionery, nonchocolate, m employers in Illinois.

Ferrara Candy Company - Forest Park, IL (400 employees, TCR 2.2) 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 - Forest Park, IL
Ferrara Candy Company - Forest Park, IL (400 employees, TCR 2.2) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 169 employees and a TCR of 3.7

Ferrara Candy Company - Forest Park, IL 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
2019 1.9 1.9 11 0 0
2016 2.5 1.7 16 0 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

311340 · IL · Forest Park

123 Confectionery, nonchocolate, manufacturing employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 22,804 rated employers in Illinois with headcount on file · 34 employers in Forest Park, 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 Ferrara Candy Company - Bolingbrook, IL. 2.1 TCR
NAICS-TCR 975 Kansas, Memphis Plant 2.2 TCR
NAICS-TCR Affton, MO 2.1 TCR
NAICS-TCR Clasen Quality Chocolate - Watertown 2.3 TCR
STATE-SIZE DWM-Jardine Water Purification Plant JWPP | 1000 E. Ohio St. 400 FTE
STATE-SIZE 116 - Archer Western - De Moya JV 400 FTE
STATE-SIZE 2817 400 FTE
STATE-SIZE CRAWFORD MEMORIAL HOSPITAL 400 FTE
CITY-NEAR CHICAGO NDC_1434840 1,161 FTE
CITY-NEAR 161541-CHICAGO NDC 880 FTE
CITY-NEAR WM 2204 467 FTE
CITY-NEAR 2204 467 FTE
NAT-TCR Northampton Regional Emergency Medical Services, Inc. 2.2 TCR
NAT-TCR Cleveland, Ohio 2.2 TCR
NAT-TCR 612 - Palm Desert 2.2 TCR
NAT-TCR US SF New England 564 2.2 TCR
NAT-SIZE District 5 400 FTE
NAT-SIZE HoneywellMN14 400 FTE
NAT-SIZE PSDNCA71 400 FTE
NAT-SIZE Fantasy Island 400 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, 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.