Candy bars, chocolate (including chocolate covered), made from cacao beans · Virginia

Hershey Chocolate of Virginia, LLC

Name: Hershey Chocolate of Virginia, LLC Workplace Safety Data
Creator: PlainSafetyScore
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Stuarts Draft, VA · ~1,221 workers · 4 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

Compiled by PlainSafetyScore · August 25, 2026

B
Good Safety Record: 2.3
Avg TCR: 4.2
Industry avg: 0
Fatalities

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The verdict

Hershey Chocolate of Virginia, LLC runs at 55% of its industry's injury rate - safer than the typical Candy bars, chocolate (including chocolate covered), made from cacao beans workplace, earning a grade B.

Hershey Chocolate of Virginia, LLC: 2.3 TCR = 55% of Candy bars, chocolate (including chocolate covered), made from cacao beans BLS 4.2 · 4y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Hershey Chocolate of Virginia, LLC safety composite

Hershey Chocolate of Virginia, LLC scores strongest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 63% of same-industry peers) and weakest on dart rate (safer than 45%), 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).

54/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR): C 2.29 per 100 workers

Safer than 63% of industry peers
DART rate: D 2.23 per 100 workers

Safer than 45% 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

Hershey Chocolate of Virginia, LLC: 1.3 → 2.8 TCR

Peak year 2023 @ 2.8 TCR · DART/TCR 0.97× in 2023

Hershey Chocolate of Virginia, LLC's TCR rose 1.5 from 1.3 in 2016 to 2.8 in 2023. In 2023, DART was 0.97× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 311351 · Stuarts Draft, VA AT/BELOW-IND · LARGE

Grade B · TCR 2.3 · 55% of ind

DART 2.2 DART
RANK P63
PHOTO Tipton Mills, Columb…
BOOK 4y book
INJ 96 inj
SIZE ~1,221 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: Tipton Mills, Columbus Indian Location (0.0 TCR gap)

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What this shows Hershey Chocolate of Virginia, LLC averages 2.3 TCR (55% of the Candy bars, chocolate (including chocolate covered), made from cacao beans BLS benchmark).

Hershey Chocolate of Virginia, LLC TCR series: 2016=1.3 · 2017=2.5 · 2020=2.6 · 2023=2.8 · BLS 4.2

Where Hershey Chocolate of Virginia, LLC falls in its industry

65 Candy bars, chocolate (includi establishments

Safer than 63% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 3.5.

Grade B

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Hershey Chocolate of Virginia, LLC (1,221 employees, TCR 2.3) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 178 employees and a TCR of 3.5

Hershey Chocolate of Virginia, LLC has more employees than the Candy bars, chocolate (including chocola median and a lower injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 3.5. 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
2023	2.8	2.2	38	7
2020	2.6	1.8	31	1
2017	2.5	1.0	15	11
2016	1.3	0.7	12	1

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

311351 · VA · Stuarts Draft

65 Candy bars, chocolate (including chocolate covered), made from cacao beans employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 12,673 rated employers in Virginia with headcount on file · 17 employers in Stuarts Draft, VA · 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	Tipton Mills, Columbus Indian Location	COLUMBUS, IN	2.3 TCR
NAICS-TCR	Tru Food MFG	PITTSBURGH, PA	2.2 TCR
NAICS-TCR	Dobla Group USA	DULUTH, GA	2.4 TCR
NAICS-TCR	Hershey's Chocolate - Robinson	ROBINSON, IL	2.2 TCR
STATE-SIZE	New River Electrical Corporation	CLOVERDALE	1,214 FTE
STATE-SIZE	Asplundh Tree Expert, LLC - 442	ROANOKE	1,229 FTE
STATE-SIZE	Marshalls Bridgewater Merchants, Inc	BRIDGEWATER	1,211 FTE
STATE-SIZE	Central Office	RICHMOND	1,235 FTE
CITY-NEAR	0560 - Stuarts Draft VA DC	Stuarts Draft	1,373 FTE
CITY-NEAR	0560 - Stuarts Draft DC	Stuarts Draft	1,146 FTE
CITY-NEAR	McKee Foods Corporation Stuarts Draft Facility	Stuarts Draft	1,084 FTE
CITY-NEAR	McKee Foods Corporation-VA	Stuarts Draft	1,073 FTE
NAT-TCR	Market Basket #59	Tilton, NH	2.3 TCR
NAT-TCR	Market Basket #44	N. Billerica, MA	2.3 TCR
NAT-TCR	Melrose Gallery	West Hollywood, CA	2.3 TCR
NAT-TCR	Breakthru Beverage-Green Bay	Green Bay, WI	2.3 TCR
NAT-SIZE	Neuro Surgery/Spine	Hudson, NY	1,221 FTE
NAT-SIZE	CMH Medication Assisted Treatment	Hudson, NY	1,221 FTE
NAT-SIZE	Columbia Memorial Palliative Care	Hudson, NY	1,221 FTE
NAT-SIZE	Givaudan	Cincinnati, OH	1,221 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, 2020, 2017, 2016. This is publicly available government data - not a legal determination of workplace conditions.

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