Breakfast bars, nonchocolate covered, manufacturing · New York

Ford Gum and Machine Co., Inc.

Name: Ford Gum and Machine Co., Inc. Workplace Safety Data
Creator: PlainSafetyScore
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Akron, NY · ~133 workers · 6 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

Compiled by PlainSafetyScore · August 25, 2026

A
Excellent Safety Record: 1.5
Avg TCR: 4.2
Industry avg: 0
Fatalities

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The verdict

Ford Gum and Machine Co., Inc. runs at 37% of its industry's injury rate - far safer than the typical Breakfast bars, nonchocolate covered, manufacturing workplace, earning a grade A.

Ford Gum and Machine Co., Inc.: 1.5 TCR = 37% of Breakfast bars, nonchocolate covered, manufacturing BLS 4.2 · 6y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Ford Gum and Machine Co., Inc. safety composite

Ford Gum and Machine Co., Inc. scores strongest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 81% 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).

70/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR): B 1.54 per 100 workers

Safer than 81% of industry peers
DART rate: C 0.95 per 100 workers

Safer than 73% 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

2016→2021

Ford Gum and Machine Co., Inc. injury rate improved

Ford Gum and Machine Co., Inc.'s TCR fell 0.5 from 1.4 in 2016 to 0.9 in 2021. Peak filing year was 2017 at 2.9 TCR. In 2021, DART was 0.62× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2016=1.4 · 2017=2.9 · 2018=0.7 · 2019=1.5 · 2020=1.7 · 2021=0.9

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 311340 · Akron, NY AT/BELOW-IND · MID

Grade A · TCR 1.5 · 37% of ind

DART 0.9 DART
RANK P81
PHOTO VMS Vancouver
BOOK 6y book
INJ 12 inj
SIZE ~133 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: VMS Vancouver (0.1 TCR gap)

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YRV

1.6
This site

1.5
VMS Vancouver

1.5
Perfetti Van M

1.5
Popcorn Alley

1.5

What this shows Ford Gum and Machine Co., Inc. averages 1.5 TCR (37% of the Breakfast bars, nonchocolate covered, manufacturing BLS benchmark).

Ford Gum and Machine Co., Inc. TCR series: 2016=1.4 · 2017=2.9 · 2018=0.7 · 2019=1.5 · 2020=1.7 · 2021=0.9 · BLS 4.2

Where Ford Gum and Machine Co., Inc. falls in its industry

123 Breakfast bars, nonchocolate c establishments

Safer than 81% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 3.7.

Grade A

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Ford Gum and Machine Co., Inc. (133 employees, TCR 1.5) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 169 employees and a TCR of 3.7

Ford Gum and Machine Co., Inc. has fewer employees than the Breakfast bars, nonchocolate covered, ma 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
2021	0.9	0.9	1
2020	1.7	1.7	2
2019	1.5	0.8	2
2018	0.7	0.7	1
2017	2.9	2.9	4
2016	1.4	1.4	2

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

311340 · NY · Akron

123 Breakfast bars, nonchocolate covered, manufacturing employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 21,008 rated employers in New York with headcount on file · 18 employers in Akron, NY · 4 cross-state NAT-TCR peers · 4 cross-state NAT-SIZE peers. Closest matches by relationship code are listed below.

Rel	Establishment	Place	Metric
NAICS-TCR	VMS Vancouver	VANCOUVER, WA	1.5 TCR
NAICS-TCR	Perfetti Van Melle USA - Rockford	LOVES PARK, IL	1.5 TCR
NAICS-TCR	Popcorn Alley Inc dba Stonehedge Farms	DOVER, PA	1.5 TCR
NAICS-TCR	YRV	YORKVILLE, IL	1.6 TCR
STATE-SIZE	Sungrow East LLC (formerly known as Intergrow East)	ONTARIO	133 FTE
STATE-SIZE	DGC Capital Contracting Corp.	MOUNT VERNON NY	133 FTE
STATE-SIZE	Sustainable Energy Developments Inc. (DBA GreenSpark Solar)	ONTARIO	133 FTE
STATE-SIZE	Albany Office	ALBANY	133 FTE
CITY-NEAR	Perry's Ice Cream Co., Inc.	Akron	410 FTE
CITY-NEAR	CEDAR PLANT	Akron	404 FTE
CITY-NEAR	ADESA	Akron	168 FTE
CITY-NEAR	ADESA Buffalo	Akron	167 FTE
NAT-TCR	Motor Racing Network	Concord, NC	1.5 TCR
NAT-TCR	Lavender, Inc.	Alicevi, AL	1.5 TCR
NAT-TCR	Fresh Ideas Management- Southwestern College	Winfield, KS	1.5 TCR
NAT-TCR	Parc Provence	Creve Coeur, MO	1.5 TCR
NAT-SIZE	160 West Palm Beach Gallery	West Palm Beach, FL	133 FTE
NAT-SIZE	Apres Management, Inc.	Missouri City, TX	133 FTE
NAT-SIZE	BD2 Maryland DC	North East, MD	133 FTE
NAT-SIZE	Walmart (WC USX WNC)	Henderson, NC	133 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: 2021, 2020, 2019, 2018, 2017, 2016. 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.