Confectionery, nonchocolate, manufacturing · Illinois

Ferrara Candy Company

Itasca, IL · ~406 workers · 5 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 runs at 45% of its industry's injury rate - far safer than the typical Confectionery, nonchocolate, manufacturing workplace, earning a grade A.

Ferrara Candy Company: 1.9 TCR = 45% of Confectionery, nonchocolate, manufacturing BLS 4.2 · 5y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Ferrara Candy Company safety composite

Ferrara Candy Company 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

70/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
B 1.9 per 100 workers

Safer than 76% of industry peers

DART rate
B 0.5 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

−2.1

2019→2023

Ferrara Candy Company injury rate improved

Ferrara Candy Company's TCR fell 2.1 from 2.6 in 2019 to 0.5 in 2023. Peak filing year was 2019 at 2.6 TCR. In 2023, DART was 0.26× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2019=2.6 · 2020=2.5 · 2021=2.6 · 2022=1.3 · 2023=0.5

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

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

Grade A · TCR 1.9 · 45% of ind

  • DART 0.5 DART
  • RANK #11/35
  • PHOTO Forest Park
  • BOOK 5y book
  • INJ 38 inj
  • SIZE ~406 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: Forest Park (0.0 TCR gap)

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Ferrara Candy Company in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows Ferrara Candy Company averages 1.9 TCR (45% 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 TCR series: 2019=2.6 · 2020=2.5 · 2021=2.6 · 2022=1.3 · 2023=0.5 · BLS 4.2

Where Ferrara Candy Company falls in its industry

123 Confectionery, nonchocolate, m establishments

Safer than 76% 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 #11 safest of 35 Confectionery, nonchocolate, m employers in Illinois.

Ferrara Candy Company (406 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
Ferrara Candy Company (406 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 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
2023 0.5 0.5 2 0 0
2022 1.3 0.9 7 0 0
2021 2.6 2.2 13 0 0
2020 2.5 1.0 5 7 0
2019 2.6 2.4 11 1 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

311340 · IL · Itasca

123 Confectionery, nonchocolate, manufacturing employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 22,804 rated employers in Illinois with headcount on file · 110 employers in Itasca, 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 Forest Park 1.9 TCR
NAICS-TCR Ferrara Candy Company Bellwood 1.9 TCR
NAICS-TCR Mountain Manufacturing Preferred Popcorn Waco - 4033 1.8 TCR
NAICS-TCR Ferrara Candy Company Chicago 31st Street Manufacturing Facility 2.0 TCR
STATE-SIZE Henry Hospital District 406 FTE
STATE-SIZE Amex Nooter 407 FTE
STATE-SIZE Mondelez International-Rockford Plant 405 FTE
STATE-SIZE Takeda: Bannockburn 407 FTE
CITY-NEAR Diverzify 1,004 FTE
CITY-NEAR Fellowes, Inc Itasca 536 FTE
CITY-NEAR JH Associate Management LLC 526 FTE
CITY-NEAR MTS Titan Electric 460 FTE
NAT-TCR TUSTCA70 1.9 TCR
NAT-TCR Perrigo : New York (PNY) 1.9 TCR
NAT-TCR Skadden Arps Cafe * 1.9 TCR
NAT-TCR Coaster-TX 1.9 TCR
NAT-SIZE Cypress Cove at HealthPark Florida 406 FTE
NAT-SIZE Companions Forever LLC 406 FTE
NAT-SIZE Shaw's Methuen Distribution Center 406 FTE
NAT-SIZE Market Basket #60 406 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: 2023, 2022, 2021, 2020, 2019. 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.