Confectionery, nonchocolate, manufacturing · Minnesota

Kenny's Candy and Confections

Perham, MN · ~326 workers · 6 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

F
Failing Safety Record
8.7
Avg TCR
4.2
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

Kenny's Candy and Confections runs at 208% of its industry's injury rate - far more dangerous than the typical Confectionery, nonchocolate, manufacturing workplace, earning a grade F.

Kenny's Candy and Confections: 8.7 TCR = 208% of Confectionery, nonchocolate, manufacturing BLS 4.2 · 6y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Kenny's Candy and Confections safety composite

Kenny's Candy and Confections scores strongest on fatalities (safer than 50% of same-industry peers) and weakest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 21%), 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).

F

29/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
F 8.72 per 100 workers

Safer than 21% of industry peers

DART rate
F 4.99 per 100 workers

Safer than 22% 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%).

TCR Δ

−4.7

2016→2023

Kenny's Candy and Confections injury rate improved

Kenny's Candy and Confections's TCR fell 4.7 from 11.7 in 2016 to 7.0 in 2023. Peak filing year was 2016 at 11.7 TCR. In 2023, DART was 0.57× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2016=11.7 · 2018=11.1 · 2019=6.7 · 2021=7.3 · 2022=8.6 · 2023=7.0

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 311340 · Perham, MN ABOVE-IND · MID

Grade F · TCR 8.7 · 208% of ind

  • DART 5.0 DART
  • RANK #6/6
  • PHOTO Just Born Quality Co…
  • BOOK 6y book
  • INJ 143 inj
  • SIZE ~326 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: Just Born Quality Confections (0.1 TCR gap)

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Kenny's Candy and Confections in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows Kenny's Candy and Confections averages 8.7 TCR (208% of the Confectionery, nonchocolate, manufacturing BLS benchmark).

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

Kenny's Candy and Confections TCR series: 2016=11.7 · 2018=11.1 · 2019=6.7 · 2021=7.3 · 2022=8.6 · 2023=7 · BLS 4.2

Where Kenny's Candy and Confections falls in its industry

123 Confectionery, nonchocolate, m establishments

Safer than 21% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 3.7.

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to Minnesota alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #6 safest of 6 Confectionery, nonchocolate, m employers in Minnesota.

Kenny's Candy and Confections (326 employees, TCR 8.7) 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 Kenny's Candy and Confections
Kenny's Candy and Confections (326 employees, TCR 8.7) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 169 employees and a TCR of 3.7

Kenny's Candy and Confections has more employees than the Confectionery, nonchocolate, manufacturi median and a higher 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
2023 7.0 5.0 24 0 0
2022 8.6 6.9 32 3 0
2021 7.3 6.0 26 2 0
2019 6.7 4.7 14 3 0
2018 11.1 8.8 24 0 0
2016 11.7 7.3 23 1 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

311340 · MN · Perham

123 Confectionery, nonchocolate, manufacturing employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 15,828 rated employers in Minnesota with headcount on file · 29 employers in Perham, MN · 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 Just Born Quality Confections 8.6 TCR
NAICS-TCR Hammond's Candies Since 1920, II LLC 8.9 TCR
NAICS-TCR Atkinson Candy Company 8.5 TCR
NAICS-TCR Spangler Candy Co. (INC.) 8.5 TCR
STATE-SIZE Perrigo : Minnesota (PMN) 326 FTE
STATE-SIZE Main Plant 326 FTE
STATE-SIZE WM 5992 326 FTE
STATE-SIZE 1470 326 FTE
CITY-NEAR 3061_5905 552 FTE
CITY-NEAR Barrel O'Fun SNack Foods Co., LLC 516 FTE
CITY-NEAR Perham Health 484 FTE
CITY-NEAR Shearer's Foods - PHM 449 FTE
NAT-TCR Wilkins Rebuilders 8.7 TCR
NAT-TCR ARD - Miami 8.7 TCR
NAT-TCR Law Enforcement - District 3 8.7 TCR
NAT-TCR Amazon.com Services LLC - DEY6 8.7 TCR
NAT-SIZE Smithfield Packaged Meats 326 FTE
NAT-SIZE English American Tailoring Company 326 FTE
NAT-SIZE Audubon Metals LLC 326 FTE
NAT-SIZE Raven's Home Production 326 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, 2022, 2021, 2019, 2018, 2016. This is publicly available government data - not a legal determination of workplace conditions.
Data sourced from official public datasets. See our methodology for details.