Confectionery, nonchocolate, manufacturing · Illinois

Ferrara

Forest Park, IL · ~367 workers · 3 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 runs at 18% of its industry's injury rate - far safer than the typical Confectionery, nonchocolate, manufacturing workplace, earning a grade A.

Ferrara: 0.8 TCR = 18% of Confectionery, nonchocolate, manufacturing BLS 4.2 · 3y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Ferrara safety composite

Ferrara scores strongest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 95% 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

79/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
A 0.77 per 100 workers

Safer than 95% of industry peers

DART rate
B 0.41 per 100 workers

Safer than 80% 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

−0.5

2021→2023

Ferrara injury rate improved

Ferrara's TCR fell 0.5 from 1.0 in 2021 to 0.6 in 2023. Peak filing year was 2021 at 1.0 TCR. In 2023, DART was 0.53× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2021=1.0 · 2022=0.7 · 2023=0.6

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

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

Grade A · TCR 0.8 · 18% of ind

  • DART 0.4 DART
  • RANK #1/35
  • PHOTO Ferrara Candy Compan…
  • BOOK 3y book
  • INJ 15 inj
  • SIZE ~367 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: Ferrara Candy Company - DeKalb (0.0 TCR gap)

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Ferrara in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows Ferrara averages 0.8 TCR (18% 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 TCR series: 2021=1 · 2022=0.7 · 2023=0.6 · BLS 4.2

Where Ferrara falls in its industry

123 Confectionery, nonchocolate, m establishments

Safer than 95% 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 #1 safest of 35 Confectionery, nonchocolate, m employers in Illinois.

Ferrara (367 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
Ferrara (367 employees, TCR 0.8) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 169 employees and a TCR of 3.7

Ferrara 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 0.6 0.4 4 0 0
2022 0.7 0.3 5 0 0
2021 1.0 0.9 6 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 - DeKalb 0.8 TCR
NAICS-TCR JAMES CANDY COMPANY 0.8 TCR
NAICS-TCR ABW-BELLWOOD 0.9 TCR
NAICS-TCR TNN 0.9 TCR
STATE-SIZE 600 Nemera 367 FTE
STATE-SIZE SUPERVALU DISTRIBUTION CENTER - CHAMPAIGN URBANA 36111 367 FTE
STATE-SIZE WM 3400 367 FTE
STATE-SIZE 603 367 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 Capmen LLC 0.8 TCR
NAT-TCR C&B Utilities 0.8 TCR
NAT-TCR Regas Contracting, LC 0.8 TCR
NAT-TCR Western Enterprises Westlake 0.8 TCR
NAT-SIZE Bobby Dodd Institute 367 FTE
NAT-SIZE Plumrose, USA 367 FTE
NAT-SIZE USM Store #696 (MARKET STREET) 367 FTE
NAT-SIZE OCSPMSBG 367 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. 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.