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

Hershey's Chocolate - Robinson

Name: Hershey's Chocolate - Robinson Workplace Safety Data
Creator: PlainSafetyScore
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Robinson, IL · ~833 workers · 2 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

Compiled by PlainSafetyScore · August 25, 2026

B
Good Safety Record: 2.2
Avg TCR: 4.2
Industry avg: 0
Fatalities

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The verdict

Hershey's Chocolate - Robinson runs at 51% 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's Chocolate - Robinson: 2.2 TCR = 51% of Candy bars, chocolate (including chocolate covered), made from cacao beans BLS 4.2 · 2y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Hershey's Chocolate - Robinson safety composite

Hershey's Chocolate - Robinson scores strongest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 66% of same-industry peers) and weakest on fatalities (safer than 51%), 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).

58/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR): C 2.16 per 100 workers

Safer than 66% of industry peers
DART rate: C 1.67 per 100 workers

Safer than 55% 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's Chocolate - Robinson: 1.4 → 3.0 TCR

Peak year 2024 @ 3.0 TCR · DART/TCR 0.77× in 2024

Hershey's Chocolate - Robinson's TCR rose 1.6 from 1.4 in 2023 to 3.0 in 2024. In 2024, DART was 0.77× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 311351 · Robinson, IL AT/BELOW-IND · MID

Grade B · TCR 2.2 · 51% of ind

DART 1.7 DART
RANK #4/8
PHOTO Tru Food MFG
BOOK 2y book
INJ 34 inj
SIZE ~833 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: Tru Food MFG (0.0 TCR gap)

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Tru Food MFG

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What this shows Hershey's Chocolate - Robinson averages 2.2 TCR (51% of the Candy bars, chocolate (including chocolate covered), made from cacao beans BLS benchmark).

Hershey's Chocolate - Robinson TCR series: 2023=1.4 · 2024=3 · BLS 4.2

Where Hershey's Chocolate - Robinson falls in its industry

65 Candy bars, chocolate (includi establishments

Safer than 66% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 3.5.

Grade B

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to Illinois alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #4 safest of 8 Candy bars, chocolate (includi employers in Illinois.

Hershey's Chocolate - Robinson (833 employees, TCR 2.2) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 178 employees and a TCR of 3.5

Hershey's Chocolate - Robinson 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	Fatalities
2024	3.0	1.7	23	0	0
2023	1.4	1.2	11	0	0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

311351 · IL · Robinson

65 Candy bars, chocolate (including chocolate covered), made from cacao beans employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 22,804 rated employers in Illinois with headcount on file · 32 employers in Robinson, IL · 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	Tru Food MFG	PITTSBURGH, PA	2.2 TCR
NAICS-TCR	Cargill Cocoa & Chocolate, NA - West Lincoln	LITITZ, PA	2.1 TCR
NAICS-TCR	HERSHEY CHOCOLATE OF VIRGINIA, LLC	STUARTS DRAFT, VA	2.3 TCR
NAICS-TCR	Cargill Cocoa and Chocolate West Lincoln	LITITZ, PA	2.0 TCR
STATE-SIZE	161546-SOUTH SUBURBAN IL P&DC	BEDFORD PARK	834 FTE
STATE-SIZE	Norwegian American Hospital Main	CHICAGO	832 FTE
STATE-SIZE	BEDFORD PARK (ILBED)	BEDFORD PARK	835 FTE
STATE-SIZE	The Jel Sert Company	WEST CHICAGO	830 FTE
CITY-NEAR	Robinson Refinery	Robinson	730 FTE
CITY-NEAR	Hershey Chocolate - Robinson	Robinson	618 FTE
CITY-NEAR	CRAWFORD MEMORIAL HOSPITAL	Robinson	400 FTE
CITY-NEAR	WM 422	Robinson	239 FTE
NAT-TCR	UPT Tulsa	Tulsa, OK	2.2 TCR
NAT-TCR	P&G Tambrands	Auburn, ME	2.2 TCR
NAT-TCR	Chestnut Hill Benevolent Association	Chestnut Hill, MA	2.2 TCR
NAT-TCR	Crisdel Group	South Plainfield, NJ	2.2 TCR
NAT-SIZE	ATHENA Consulting, LLC	Gailthersburg, MD	833 FTE
NAT-SIZE	Columbus Community Hospital	Columbus, NE	833 FTE
NAT-SIZE	Waspo - Spokane Hub Centers	Spokane, WA	833 FTE
NAT-SIZE	RDV Sportsplex	Orlando, FL	833 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. This is publicly available government data - not a legal determination of workplace conditions.

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