Candy stores, chocolate, candy made on premises not for immediate consumption · Iowa
Palmer Candy Company - Bluff
Sioux City, IA · ~140 workers · 2 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.
- D
- Poor Safety Record
- 5.3
- Avg TCR
- 4.2
- Industry avg
- 0
- Fatalities
The verdict
Palmer Candy Company - Bluff runs at 127% of its industry's injury rate - more dangerous than the typical Candy stores, chocolate, candy made on premises not for immediate consumption workplace, earning a grade D.
Palmer Candy Company - Bluff: 5.3 TCR = 127% of Candy stores, chocolate, candy made on premises not for immediate consumption BLS 4.2 · 2y Form 300A (see methodology below)
Palmer Candy Company - Bluff safety composite
Palmer Candy Company - Bluff scores strongest on fatalities (safer than 51% of same-industry peers) and weakest on dart rate (safer than 12%), 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).
28/100
Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures
- Total Case Rate (TCR)
- F 5.35 per 100 workers
Safer than 27% of industry peers
- DART rate
- F 6.11 per 100 workers
Safer than 12% 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
Palmer Candy Company - Bluff: 4.6 → 6.1 TCR
Peak year 2023 @ 6.1 TCR · DART/TCR 1.14× in 2023
Palmer Candy Company - Bluff's TCR rose 1.5 from 4.6 in 2022 to 6.1 in 2023. In 2023, DART was 1.14× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).
OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard
Establishment book 311352 · Sioux City, IA ABOVE-IND · MID
Grade D · TCR 5.3 · 127% of ind
- DART 6.1 DART
- RANK #2/5
- PHOTO Chester A Asher
- BOOK 2y book
- INJ 14 inj
- SIZE ~140 FTE
Nearest TCR peer: Chester A Asher (0.0 TCR gap)
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Palmer Candy Company - Bluff in the TCR neighbourhood
Average Total Case Rate among this establishment and nearest same-industry peers
- Chase Candy Co
Chase Candy Co
5.5 TCR
- Edward Marc Ch
Edward Marc Chocolatier LLC
5.4 TCR
- This site
Palmer Candy Company - Bluff
5.3 TCR
- Chester A Ashe
Chester A Asher
5.3 TCR
- TreeHouse Food
TreeHouse Foods, Inc.
5.2 TCR
What this shows Palmer Candy Company - Bluff averages 5.3 TCR (127% of the Candy stores, chocolate, candy made on premises not for immediate consumption BLS benchmark).
Palmer Candy Company - Bluff TCR series: 2022=4.6 · 2023=6.1 · BLS 4.2
Where Palmer Candy Company - Bluff falls in its industry
86 Candy stores, chocolate, candy establishmentsSafer than 27% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 3.7.
Narrower to Iowa alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #2 safest of 5 Candy stores, chocolate, candy employers in Iowa.
Palmer Candy Company - Bluff has more employees than the Candy stores, chocolate, candy made on p 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 | 6.1 | 6.1 | 8 | 0 | 0 |
| 2022 | 4.6 | 4.6 | 6 | 0 | 0 |
OSHA ITA peer cross-reference
Establishment peer ledger
311352 · IA · Sioux City
86 Candy stores, chocolate, candy made on premises not for immediate consumption employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 7,192 rated employers in Iowa with headcount on file · 259 employers in Sioux City, IA · 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 | Chester A Asher | 5.3 TCR |
| NAICS-TCR | Edward Marc Chocolatier LLC | 5.4 TCR |
| NAICS-TCR | TreeHouse Foods, Inc. | 5.2 TCR |
| NAICS-TCR | Chase Candy Co | 5.5 TCR |
| STATE-SIZE | Oakville | 140 FTE |
| STATE-SIZE | Cedar Rapids Complex | 140 FTE |
| STATE-SIZE | Amcor Des Moines | 140 FTE |
| STATE-SIZE | Hahn Ready Mix | 140 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | Seaboard Triumph Foods | 2,375 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | SeaboardTriumph Foods | 1,896 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | St. Luke's Regional Medical Center | 1,201 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | Smithfield Packaged Meats Corp | 691 FTE |
| NAT-TCR | Dmi, LLC | 5.3 TCR |
| NAT-TCR | Apollo Retail Specialists, LLC | 5.3 TCR |
| NAT-TCR | Madison #225 | 5.3 TCR |
| NAT-TCR | Big Lots Store #4458 FARMINGTON, NM | 5.3 TCR |
| NAT-SIZE | Central Products, LLC | 140 FTE |
| NAT-SIZE | The Gardens at Tunkhannock | 140 FTE |
| NAT-SIZE | GMI KC Mill | 140 FTE |
| NAT-SIZE | Abilities Unlimited | 140 FTE |
Rel codes: NAICS-TCR · STATE-SIZE · CITY-NEAR · NAT-TCR/NAT-SIZE cross-state. Read with this employer →
Read our methodology - how this data is sourced, computed, and verified.