Candy stores, packaged, retailing only · Iowa

Palmer Candy Company Candy Store

Sioux City, IA · ~29 workers · 6 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

D
Poor Safety Record
5.4
Avg TCR
3.4
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

Palmer Candy Company Candy Store runs at 158% of its industry's injury rate - more dangerous than the typical Candy stores, packaged, retailing only workplace, earning a grade D.

Palmer Candy Company Candy Store: 5.4 TCR = 158% of Candy stores, packaged, retailing only BLS 3.4 · 6y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Palmer Candy Company Candy Store safety composite

Palmer Candy Company Candy Store scores strongest on dart rate (safer than 81% of same-industry peers) and weakest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 50%), 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).

C

61/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
D 5.37 per 100 workers

Safer than 50% of industry peers

DART rate
B 0 per 100 workers

Safer than 81% 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

−10.0

2016→2024

Palmer Candy Company Candy Store injury rate improved

Palmer Candy Company Candy Store's TCR fell 10.0 from 10.0 in 2016 to 0.0 in 2024. Peak filing year was 2020 at 14.7 TCR. In 2024, DART was 0× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2016=10.0 · 2017=0.0 · 2018=7.5 · 2020=14.7 · 2021=0.0 · 2024=0.0

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 445292 · Sioux City, IA ABOVE-IND · SMALL

Grade D · TCR 5.4 · 158% of ind

  • DART 0.0 DART
  • RANK P50
  • PHOTO Green Rabbit Whitest…
  • BOOK 6y book
  • INJ 4 inj
  • SIZE ~29 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: Green Rabbit Whitestown - 4012 (0.0 TCR gap)

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Palmer Candy Company Candy Store in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows Palmer Candy Company Candy Store averages 5.4 TCR (158% of the Candy stores, packaged, retailing only BLS benchmark).

Source U.S. Department of Labor, OSHA Injury Tracking Application (Form 300A) As of 2026-09-26

Palmer Candy Company Candy Store TCR series: 2016=10 · 2017=0 · 2018=7.5 · 2020=14.7 · 2021=0 · 2024=0 · BLS 3.4

Where Palmer Candy Company Candy Store falls in its industry

16 Candy stores, packaged, retail establishments

Safer than 50% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 5.4.

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers
Palmer Candy Company Candy Store (29 employees, TCR 5.4) among 6 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 37 employees and a TCR of 5.4 2×2 strategic matrix plotting 7 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 051015 Average employees Total Case Rate Nuts.comMerritt Pecan Company, IncBloom Packaging Corp.EGM-SunsetKilwins Chocolates FranchiseGeorgia NutPalmer Candy Company Candy Store
Palmer Candy Company Candy Store (29 employees, TCR 5.4) among 6 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 37 employees and a TCR of 5.4

Palmer Candy Company Candy Store has fewer employees than the Candy stores, packaged, retailing only median and a lower injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 5.4. 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 0.0 0.0 0 0 0
2021 0.0 0.0 0 0 0
2020 14.7 14.7 2 0 0
2018 7.5 7.5 1 0 0
2017 0.0 0.0 0 0 0
2016 10.0 10.0 1 0 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

445292 · IA · Sioux City

16 Candy stores, packaged, retailing only 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 Green Rabbit Whitestown - 4012 5.4 TCR
NAICS-TCR 3241_7007 4.7 TCR
NAICS-TCR Preferred Popcorn Indiana 6.4 TCR
NAICS-TCR Merritt Pecan Company, Inc 4.3 TCR
STATE-SIZE Friends At Home 29 FTE
STATE-SIZE Emergency Medical Services (EMS) 29 FTE
STATE-SIZE Ankney 29 FTE
STATE-SIZE Southwood Sow Unit 29 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 Continuum Packing 5.4 TCR
NAT-TCR Store 132 5.4 TCR
NAT-TCR Store 208 5.4 TCR
NAT-TCR Bay Medic Transportation Inc 5.4 TCR
NAT-SIZE Pj Trucking Inc 29 FTE
NAT-SIZE Arizona Mills 29 FTE
NAT-SIZE Parents Foundation for Transitional Living, Inc 29 FTE
NAT-SIZE Brooklyn Cruise Terminal 29 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, 2021, 2020, 2018, 2017, 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.