Candles manufacturing · California

General Wax and Candle Co,

North Hollywood, CA · ~70 workers · 8 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

C
Average Safety Record
3.8
Avg TCR
3.3
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

General Wax and Candle Co, runs at 115% of its industry's injury rate - about level with the typical Candles manufacturing workplace, earning a grade C.

General Wax and Candle Co,: 3.8 TCR = 115% of Candles manufacturing BLS 3.3 · 8y Form 300A (see methodology below)

General Wax and Candle Co, safety composite

General Wax and Candle Co, scores strongest on dart rate (safer than 82% of same-industry peers) and weakest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 43%), 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

59/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
D 3.8 per 100 workers

Safer than 43% of industry peers

DART rate
B 0 per 100 workers

Safer than 82% 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%).

TCR Δ

−4.6

2017→2024

General Wax and Candle Co, injury rate improved

General Wax and Candle Co,'s TCR fell 4.6 from 4.6 in 2017 to 0.0 in 2024. Peak filing year was 2018 at 6.4 TCR. In 2024, DART was 0× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2017=4.6 · 2018=6.4 · 2019=3.4 · 2020=5.8 · 2021=3.9 · 2022=3.1 · 2023=3.3 · 2024=0.0

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 339999 · North Hollywood, CA ABOVE-IND · SMALL

Grade C · TCR 3.8 · 115% of ind

  • DART 0.0 DART
  • RANK #15/25
  • PHOTO Larson-Juhl Ashland
  • BOOK 8y book
  • INJ 17 inj
  • SIZE ~70 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: Larson-Juhl Ashland (0.0 TCR gap)

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General Wax and Candle Co, in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows General Wax and Candle Co, averages 3.8 TCR (115% of the Candles manufacturing BLS benchmark).

Source U.S. Department of Labor, OSHA Injury Tracking Application (Form 300A) As of 2026-08-25

General Wax and Candle Co, TCR series: 2017=4.6 · 2018=6.4 · 2019=3.4 · 2020=5.8 · 2021=3.9 · 2022=3.1 · 2023=3.3 · 2024=0 · BLS 3.3

Where General Wax and Candle Co, falls in its industry

281 Candles manufacturing establishments

Safer than 43% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 3.2.

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to California alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #15 safest of 25 Candles manufacturing employers in California.

General Wax and Candle Co, (70 employees, TCR 3.8) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 79 employees and a TCR of 3.2 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 02004006008001,000 051015 Average employees Total Case Rate General Wax and Candle Co,
General Wax and Candle Co, (70 employees, TCR 3.8) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 79 employees and a TCR of 3.2

General Wax and Candle Co, has fewer employees than the Candles manufacturing median and a higher injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 3.2. 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 0.0 0.0 0 0 0
2023 3.3 3.3 2 0 0
2022 3.1 3.1 2 0 0
2021 3.9 3.9 2 0 0
2020 5.8 5.8 2 1 0
2019 3.4 3.4 2 0 0
2018 6.4 3.2 4 0 0
2017 4.6 3.1 3 0 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

339999 · CA · North Hollywood

281 Candles manufacturing employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 51,834 rated employers in California with headcount on file · 121 employers in North Hollywood, CA · 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 Larson-Juhl Ashland 3.8 TCR
NAICS-TCR Scentsy TX 3.8 TCR
NAICS-TCR P.F. Candle Co. 3.7 TCR
NAICS-TCR Anchorage 3.7 TCR
STATE-SIZE Heritage Land Company 70 FTE
STATE-SIZE Ceballos Ag Services, Inc. 70 FTE
STATE-SIZE NRTHN 70 FTE
STATE-SIZE EW Merritt Farms 70 FTE
CITY-NEAR California Department of Transportation Facility 452 2,621 FTE
CITY-NEAR Ono-047 907 FTE
CITY-NEAR SADA Systems LLC 463 FTE
CITY-NEAR Armorcast Products Company 418 FTE
NAT-TCR Summerville Distribution 3.8 TCR
NAT-TCR PA - Ikea 3.8 TCR
NAT-TCR Aef, LLC 3.8 TCR
NAT-TCR MillerKnoll, Inc, (Meridian) - 171st 3.8 TCR
NAT-SIZE Ritter Plumbing Co. Inc. 70 FTE
NAT-SIZE Stone Central - Syracuse 70 FTE
NAT-SIZE Roof Check INC 70 FTE
NAT-SIZE Cave Creek 70 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: 2024, 2023, 2022, 2021, 2020, 2019, 2018, 2017. 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.