Chocolate (coating, instant, liquor, syrups) made from purchased chocolate · Pennsylvania
Gardners Candies
Tyrone, PA · ~117 workers · 7 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.
- C
- Average Safety Record
- 3.4
- Avg TCR
- 4.2
- Industry avg
- 0
- Fatalities
The verdict
Gardners Candies runs at 80% of its industry's injury rate - about level with the typical Chocolate (coating, instant, liquor, syrups) made from purchased chocolate workplace, earning a grade C.
Gardners Candies: 3.4 TCR = 80% of Chocolate (coating, instant, liquor, syrups) made from purchased chocolate BLS 4.2 · 7y Form 300A (see methodology below)
Gardners Candies safety composite
Gardners Candies scores strongest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 53% of same-industry peers) and weakest on dart rate (safer than 30%), 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).
44/100
Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures
- Total Case Rate (TCR)
- D 3.38 per 100 workers
Safer than 53% of industry peers
- DART rate
- F 4.58 per 100 workers
Safer than 30% of industry peers
- Fatalities
- D 0
Safer than 51% 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
Gardners Candies: 1.3 → 4.6 TCR
Peak year 2023 @ 6.9 TCR · DART/TCR 1.36× in 2024
Gardners Candies's TCR rose 3.3 from 1.3 in 2017 to 4.6 in 2024. Peak filing year was 2023 at 6.9 TCR. In 2024, DART was 1.36× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).
OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard
Establishment book 311352 · Tyrone, PA AT/BELOW-IND · MID
Grade C · TCR 3.4 · 80% of ind
- DART 4.6 DART
- RANK #9/20
- PHOTO Ashers Chocolates
- BOOK 7y book
- INJ 19 inj
- SIZE ~117 FTE
Nearest TCR peer: Ashers Chocolates (0.0 TCR gap)
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Gardners Candies in the TCR neighbourhood
Average Total Case Rate among this establishment and nearest same-industry peers
- This site
Gardners Candies
3.4 TCR
- Ashers Chocola
Ashers Chocolates
3.4 TCR
- Laymon Candy C
Laymon Candy Company, Inc.
3.4 TCR
- Anthony Thomas
Anthony Thomas Candy Co.
3.4 TCR
- Union City, CA
Union City, CA
3.4 TCR
What this shows Gardners Candies averages 3.4 TCR (80% of the Chocolate (coating, instant, liquor, syrups) made from purchased chocolate BLS benchmark).
Gardners Candies TCR series: 2017=1.3 · 2019=2.6 · 2020=5 · 2021=0 · 2022=3.3 · 2023=6.9 · 2024=4.6 · BLS 4.2
Where Gardners Candies falls in its industry
86 Chocolate (coating, instant, l establishmentsSafer than 53% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 3.7.
Narrower to Pennsylvania alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #9 safest of 20 Chocolate (coating, instant, l employers in Pennsylvania.
Gardners Candies has fewer employees than the Chocolate (coating, instant, liquor, syr 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 4.6 | 4.6 | 4 | 0 | 0 |
| 2023 | 6.9 | 6.9 | 6 | 0 | 0 |
| 2022 | 3.3 | 2.2 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| 2021 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2020 | 5.0 | 1.3 | 4 | 0 | 0 |
| 2019 | 2.6 | 2.6 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| 2017 | 1.3 | 0.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
OSHA ITA peer cross-reference
Establishment peer ledger
311352 · PA · Tyrone
86 Chocolate (coating, instant, liquor, syrups) made from purchased chocolate employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 22,692 rated employers in Pennsylvania with headcount on file · 24 employers in Tyrone, PA · 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 | Ashers Chocolates | 3.4 TCR |
| NAICS-TCR | Laymon Candy Company, Inc. | 3.4 TCR |
| NAICS-TCR | Anthony Thomas Candy Co. | 3.4 TCR |
| NAICS-TCR | Union City, CA | 3.4 TCR |
| STATE-SIZE | BTS | 117 FTE |
| STATE-SIZE | 507 Forest Ave., Carnegie, PA 15106 | 117 FTE |
| STATE-SIZE | Clarks Summit | 117 FTE |
| STATE-SIZE | Sila KOP | 117 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | 8010150 PGW Tipton | 357 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | Pittsburgh Glass Works | 283 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | Pittsburgh Glass Works, LLC - Tipton | 247 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | Tyrone Regional Health Network | 238 FTE |
| NAT-TCR | AMEREN ILLINOIS - Northern S - IL Electric Ops | 3.4 TCR |
| NAT-TCR | Store 4347 - CQ East State Pa | 3.4 TCR |
| NAT-TCR | 3044 Cash Wise Dickinson | 3.4 TCR |
| NAT-TCR | Platinum Distributing Inc. | 3.4 TCR |
| NAT-SIZE | EMO Trans ATL | 117 FTE |
| NAT-SIZE | Bordelon Marine LLC | 117 FTE |
| NAT-SIZE | Fabrication Shop | 117 FTE |
| NAT-SIZE | Chicago Magnesium Casting Company | 117 FTE |
Rel codes: NAICS-TCR · STATE-SIZE · CITY-NEAR · NAT-TCR/NAT-SIZE cross-state. Read with this employer →
Read our methodology - how this data is sourced, computed, and verified.