Confectionery, nonchocolate, manufacturing · Illinois

Ferrara Candy

Chicago, IL · ~294 workers · 3 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

A
Excellent Safety Record
1.1
Avg TCR
4.2
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

Ferrara Candy runs at 26% of its industry's injury rate - far safer than the typical Confectionery, nonchocolate, manufacturing workplace, earning a grade A.

Ferrara Candy: 1.1 TCR = 26% of Confectionery, nonchocolate, manufacturing BLS 4.2 · 3y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Ferrara Candy safety composite

Ferrara Candy scores strongest on dart rate (safer than 91% 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

80/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
A 1.1 per 100 workers

Safer than 90% of industry peers

DART rate
A 0 per 100 workers

Safer than 91% 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

−1.9

2020→2023

Ferrara Candy injury rate improved

Ferrara Candy's TCR fell 1.9 from 1.9 in 2020 to 0.0 in 2023. Peak filing year was 2020 at 1.9 TCR. In 2023, DART was 0× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2020=1.9 · 2021=1.4 · 2023=0.0

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

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

Grade A · TCR 1.1 · 26% of ind

  • DART 0.0 DART
  • RANK #5/35
  • PHOTO HARIBO of America Ma…
  • BOOK 3y book
  • INJ 11 inj
  • SIZE ~294 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: HARIBO of America Manufacturing LLC (0.1 TCR gap)

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Ferrara Candy in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows Ferrara Candy averages 1.1 TCR (26% 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 TCR series: 2020=1.9 · 2021=1.4 · 2023=0 · BLS 4.2

Where Ferrara Candy falls in its industry

123 Confectionery, nonchocolate, m establishments

Safer than 90% 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 #5 safest of 35 Confectionery, nonchocolate, m employers in Illinois.

Ferrara Candy (294 employees, TCR 1.1) 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
Ferrara Candy (294 employees, TCR 1.1) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 169 employees and a TCR of 3.7

Ferrara Candy 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 0.0 0.0 0 0 0
2021 1.4 0.8 5 0 0
2020 1.9 0.9 6 0 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

311340 · IL · Chicago

123 Confectionery, nonchocolate, manufacturing employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 22,804 rated employers in Illinois with headcount on file · 2,934 employers in Chicago, 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 HARIBO of America Manufacturing LLC 1.2 TCR
NAICS-TCR Chicago 31st Street Manufacturing Facility 1.0 TCR
NAICS-TCR TNN 0.9 TCR
NAICS-TCR VMS Ridgefield 1.3 TCR
STATE-SIZE South Shop 294 FTE
STATE-SIZE Hollister-Whitney 294 FTE
STATE-SIZE WM 5157 294 FTE
STATE-SIZE ILOHA - OHARE 294 FTE
CITY-NEAR Chicago Public Schools 49,500 FTE
CITY-NEAR Chicago/Corporate 18,831 FTE
CITY-NEAR University of Illinois at Chicago 13,092 FTE
CITY-NEAR University Health Service UIC UIC Campus 12,732 FTE
NAT-TCR American Red Cross - 101 Station Landing 1.1 TCR
NAT-TCR Osment Models Inc. 1.1 TCR
NAT-TCR BT Winter Park 1.1 TCR
NAT-TCR San Antonio Sheet Plant 1.1 TCR
NAT-SIZE PeopleCare of Western Colorado LLC 294 FTE
NAT-SIZE Cleaver Brooks Sales & Service Inc 294 FTE
NAT-SIZE DC 02 - Newark 294 FTE
NAT-SIZE CNX Center 294 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, 2021, 2020. 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.