Confectionery, nonchocolate, manufacturing · Illinois

Forest Park

Forest Park, IL · ~411 workers · 2 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

Forest Park runs at 45% of its industry's injury rate - far safer than the typical Confectionery, nonchocolate, manufacturing workplace, earning a grade A.

Forest Park: 1.9 TCR = 45% of Confectionery, nonchocolate, manufacturing BLS 4.2 · 2y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Forest Park safety composite

Forest Park scores strongest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 75% 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

60/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
B 1.91 per 100 workers

Safer than 75% of industry peers

DART rate
D 2.21 per 100 workers

Safer than 51% 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%).

Rising injury rate

Forest Park: 1.6 → 2.2 TCR

Peak year 2018 @ 2.2 TCR · DART/TCR 1.16× in 2018

Forest Park's TCR rose 0.6 from 1.6 in 2017 to 2.2 in 2018. In 2018, DART was 1.16× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

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

Grade A · TCR 1.9 · 45% of ind

  • DART 2.2 DART
  • RANK #12/35
  • PHOTO Ferrara Candy Compan…
  • BOOK 2y book
  • INJ 23 inj
  • SIZE ~411 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: Ferrara Candy Company Bellwood (0.0 TCR gap)

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Forest Park in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows Forest Park 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

Forest Park TCR series: 2017=1.6 · 2018=2.2 · BLS 4.2

Where Forest Park falls in its industry

123 Confectionery, nonchocolate, m establishments

Safer than 75% 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 #12 safest of 35 Confectionery, nonchocolate, m employers in Illinois.

Forest Park (411 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 Forest Park
Forest Park (411 employees, TCR 1.9) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 169 employees and a TCR of 3.7

Forest Park 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
2018 2.2 2.2 14 0 0
2017 1.6 1.4 9 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 Bellwood 1.9 TCR
NAICS-TCR Ferrara Candy Company 1.9 TCR
NAICS-TCR Ferrara Candy Company Chicago 31st Street Manufacturing Facility 2.0 TCR
NAICS-TCR Mountain Manufacturing Preferred Popcorn Waco - 4033 1.8 TCR
STATE-SIZE Elgin 411 FTE
STATE-SIZE KPR U.S., LLC- Crystal Lake 411 FTE
STATE-SIZE Evergreen Real Estate Services, LLC 411 FTE
STATE-SIZE Chicago South 412 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 Saint Vincent Medical Group 1.9 TCR
NAT-TCR Hillsville 1.9 TCR
NAT-TCR Wilcox Medical - 1150 1.9 TCR
NAT-TCR Giant Eagle #8991 1.9 TCR
NAT-SIZE Cincinnati Sub-Zero Products LLC 411 FTE
NAT-SIZE Gainesville Main 411 FTE
NAT-SIZE Shady Maple Farm Market 411 FTE
NAT-SIZE Green Tree 411 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: 2018, 2017. This is publicly available government data - not a legal determination of workplace conditions.

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Data sourced from official public datasets. See our methodology for details.