Chocolate (coating, instant, liquor, syrups) made from purchased chocolate · Iowa
Palmer Candy Company Bluff St
Sioux City, IA · ~107 workers · 6 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.
- F
- Failing Safety Record
- 8.5
- Avg TCR
- 4.2
- Industry avg
- 0
- Fatalities
The verdict
Palmer Candy Company Bluff St runs at 203% of its industry's injury rate - far more dangerous than the typical Chocolate (coating, instant, liquor, syrups) made from purchased chocolate workplace, earning a grade F.
Palmer Candy Company Bluff St: 8.5 TCR = 203% of Chocolate (coating, instant, liquor, syrups) made from purchased chocolate BLS 4.2 · 6y Form 300A (see methodology below)
Palmer Candy Company Bluff St safety composite
Palmer Candy Company Bluff St scores strongest on fatalities (safer than 51% of same-industry peers) and weakest on dart rate (safer than 2%), 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).
17/100
Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures
- Total Case Rate (TCR)
- F 8.51 per 100 workers
Safer than 8% of industry peers
- DART rate
- F 14.58 per 100 workers
Safer than 2% 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 St: 1.0 → 16.7 TCR
Peak year 2024 @ 16.7 TCR · DART/TCR 1.71× in 2024
Palmer Candy Company Bluff St's TCR rose 15.6 from 1.0 in 2016 to 16.7 in 2024. In 2024, DART was 1.71× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).
OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard
Establishment book 311352 · Sioux City, IA ABOVE-IND · MID
Grade F · TCR 8.5 · 203% of ind
- DART 14.6 DART
- RANK #5/5
- PHOTO 3241_6231
- BOOK 6y book
- INJ 42 inj
- SIZE ~107 FTE
Nearest TCR peer: 3241_6231 (0.2 TCR gap)
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Palmer Candy Company Bluff St in the TCR neighbourhood
Average Total Case Rate among this establishment and nearest same-industry peers
- Wolfgang Opera
Wolfgang Operations LLC - LGV
8.9 TCR
- 3241_6231
3241_6231
8.7 TCR
- This site
Palmer Candy Company Bluff St
8.5 TCR
- Brad Barry Com
Brad Barry Company Ltd.
8.1 TCR
- Linette Qualit
Linette Quality Chocolates
7.9 TCR
What this shows Palmer Candy Company Bluff St averages 8.5 TCR (203% of the Chocolate (coating, instant, liquor, syrups) made from purchased chocolate BLS benchmark).
Palmer Candy Company Bluff St TCR series: 2016=1 · 2017=6.4 · 2018=9.2 · 2020=8.7 · 2021=9.1 · 2024=16.7 · BLS 4.2
Where Palmer Candy Company Bluff St falls in its industry
86 Chocolate (coating, instant, l establishmentsSafer than 8% 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 #5 safest of 5 Chocolate (coating, instant, l employers in Iowa.
Palmer Candy Company Bluff St has fewer employees than the Chocolate (coating, instant, liquor, syr 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 16.7 | 14.6 | 7 | 1 | 0 |
| 2021 | 9.1 | 6.8 | 9 | 3 | 0 |
| 2020 | 8.7 | 8.7 | 10 | 0 | 0 |
| 2018 | 9.2 | 9.2 | 10 | 0 | 0 |
| 2017 | 6.4 | 6.4 | 5 | 0 | 0 |
| 2016 | 1.0 | 0.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
OSHA ITA peer cross-reference
Establishment peer ledger
311352 · IA · Sioux City
86 Chocolate (coating, instant, liquor, syrups) made from purchased chocolate 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 | 3241_6231 | 8.7 TCR |
| NAICS-TCR | Wolfgang Operations LLC - LGV | 8.9 TCR |
| NAICS-TCR | Brad Barry Company Ltd. | 8.1 TCR |
| NAICS-TCR | Linette Quality Chocolates | 7.9 TCR |
| STATE-SIZE | Pioneer Hi-Bred International, Inc. | 107 FTE |
| STATE-SIZE | Larson Construction Co., Inc. | 107 FTE |
| STATE-SIZE | PDM Precast | 107 FTE |
| STATE-SIZE | IA040 Fort Dodge Gypsum | 107 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 | 165 Nashville | 8.5 TCR |
| NAT-TCR | Raley's 338-Oakdale | 8.5 TCR |
| NAT-TCR | Blakeman Steel, Inc. | 8.5 TCR |
| NAT-TCR | Mira Loma Terminal | 8.5 TCR |
| NAT-SIZE | Interdesign, Inc | 107 FTE |
| NAT-SIZE | Imaflex USA, Inc. | 107 FTE |
| NAT-SIZE | Byrne Electrical Specialists - Lakeview | 107 FTE |
| NAT-SIZE | GTA Containers, LLC. | 107 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.