Candles manufacturing · Virginia

Korona Candles Inc.

Dublin, VA · ~210 workers · 3 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

F
Failing Safety Record
7.9
Avg TCR
3.3
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

Korona Candles Inc. runs at 239% of its industry's injury rate - far more dangerous than the typical Candles manufacturing workplace, earning a grade F.

Korona Candles Inc.: 7.9 TCR = 239% of Candles manufacturing BLS 3.3 · 3y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Korona Candles Inc. safety composite

Korona Candles Inc. scores strongest on fatalities (safer than 51% of same-industry peers) and weakest on dart rate (safer than 8%), 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

21/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
F 7.89 per 100 workers

Safer than 13% of industry peers

DART rate
F 7.61 per 100 workers

Safer than 8% 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

−0.5

2017→2020

Korona Candles Inc. injury rate improved

Korona Candles Inc.'s TCR fell 0.5 from 9.8 in 2017 to 9.4 in 2020. Peak filing year was 2017 at 9.8 TCR. In 2020, DART was 0.96× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2017=9.8 · 2018=4.5 · 2020=9.4

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 339999 · Dublin, VA ABOVE-IND · MID

Grade F · TCR 7.9 · 239% of ind

  • DART 7.6 DART
  • RANK #4/5
  • PHOTO Coxreels
  • BOOK 3y book
  • INJ 43 inj
  • SIZE ~210 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: Coxreels (0.0 TCR gap)

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Korona Candles Inc. in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows Korona Candles Inc. averages 7.9 TCR (239% of the Candles manufacturing BLS benchmark).

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

Korona Candles Inc. TCR series: 2017=9.8 · 2018=4.5 · 2020=9.4 · BLS 3.3

Where Korona Candles Inc. falls in its industry

281 Candles manufacturing establishments

Safer than 13% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 3.2.

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to Virginia alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #4 safest of 5 Candles manufacturing employers in Virginia.

Korona Candles Inc. (210 employees, TCR 7.9) 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 Korona Candles Inc.
Korona Candles Inc. (210 employees, TCR 7.9) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 79 employees and a TCR of 3.2

Korona Candles Inc. has more 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
2020 9.4 7.6 15 1 0
2018 4.5 3.9 8 0 0
2017 9.8 6.9 20 0 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

339999 · VA · Dublin

281 Candles manufacturing employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 12,673 rated employers in Virginia with headcount on file · 28 employers in Dublin, VA · 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 Coxreels 7.9 TCR
NAICS-TCR SCP Limited Holdings LLC 7.9 TCR
NAICS-TCR ColorCoat Inc - Ohio 7.9 TCR
NAICS-TCR Fun Spot Manufacturing, LLC 7.9 TCR
STATE-SIZE Harrisonburg South Facility 210 FTE
STATE-SIZE American Building Company 210 FTE
STATE-SIZE 2770 - Pembroke 210 FTE
STATE-SIZE FREDERICKSBURG (VAFRE) 210 FTE
CITY-NEAR Volvo Trucks NA New River Valley Plant 3,257 FTE
CITY-NEAR Phoenix Packaging Operations 416 FTE
CITY-NEAR 1652 269 FTE
CITY-NEAR WM 1652 267 FTE
NAT-TCR Anderson Bros. Electric, Plumbing & Heating, Inc. 7.9 TCR
NAT-TCR Store 1 7.9 TCR
NAT-TCR 801 - R1 Supply 7.9 TCR
NAT-TCR Special Commitment Center 7.9 TCR
NAT-SIZE Midway Distribution Center (DC2) 210 FTE
NAT-SIZE Inland Label and Marketing Services, LLC - Airport Rd. 210 FTE
NAT-SIZE Weber Automotive Corporation 210 FTE
NAT-SIZE Hyde Park Health Center 210 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: 2020, 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.