Candy stores, chocolate, candy made on premises not for immediate consumption · Iowa

Palmer Candy Company - HWY 75

Name: Palmer Candy Company - HWY 75 Workplace Safety Data
Creator: PlainSafetyScore
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Sioux City, IA · ~253 workers · 2 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

Compiled by PlainSafetyScore · August 25, 2026

D
Poor Safety Record: 6.5
Avg TCR: 4.2
Industry avg: 0
Fatalities

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The verdict

Palmer Candy Company - HWY 75 runs at 155% 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 - HWY 75: 6.5 TCR = 155% of Candy stores, chocolate, candy made on premises not for immediate consumption BLS 4.2 · 2y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Palmer Candy Company - HWY 75 safety composite

Palmer Candy Company - HWY 75 scores strongest on fatalities (safer than 51% of same-industry peers) and weakest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 15%), 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).

24/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR): F 6.49 per 100 workers

Safer than 15% of industry peers
DART rate: F 5.94 per 100 workers

Safer than 15% 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

−1.1

2022→2023

Palmer Candy Company - HWY 75 injury rate improved

Palmer Candy Company - HWY 75's TCR fell 1.1 from 7.0 in 2022 to 5.9 in 2023. Peak filing year was 2022 at 7.0 TCR. In 2023, DART was 0.92× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2022=7.0 · 2023=5.9

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 311352 · Sioux City, IA ABOVE-IND · MID

Grade D · TCR 6.5 · 155% of ind

DART 5.9 DART
RANK #3/5
PHOTO Andes Candies LLC
BOOK 2y book
INJ 25 inj
SIZE ~253 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: Andes Candies LLC (0.0 TCR gap)

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6.5
Andes Candies

6.5
Sanders

6.5
The Warrell Co

6.2
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6.2

What this shows Palmer Candy Company - HWY 75 averages 6.5 TCR (155% of the Candy stores, chocolate, candy made on premises not for immediate consumption BLS benchmark).

Palmer Candy Company - HWY 75 TCR series: 2022=7 · 2023=5.9 · BLS 4.2

Where Palmer Candy Company - HWY 75 falls in its industry

86 Candy stores, chocolate, candy establishments

Safer than 15% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 3.7.

Grade D

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to Iowa alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #3 safest of 5 Candy stores, chocolate, candy employers in Iowa.

Palmer Candy Company - HWY 75 (253 employees, TCR 6.5) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 122 employees and a TCR of 3.7

Palmer Candy Company - HWY 75 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	5.9	5.9	12	0	0
2022	7.0	6.5	13	1	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	Place	Metric
NAICS-TCR	Andes Candies LLC	DELAVAN, WI	6.5 TCR
NAICS-TCR	Sanders	CLINTON TOWNSHIP, MI	6.5 TCR
NAICS-TCR	The Warrell Corporation	CAMP HILL, PA	6.2 TCR
NAICS-TCR	Kiva Manufacturing Inc.	OAKLAND, CA	6.2 TCR
STATE-SIZE	Sabre Towers and Poles	SIOUX CITY	253 FTE
STATE-SIZE	1113 - Iowa City	CORALVILLE	253 FTE
STATE-SIZE	1526	STORM LAKE	253 FTE
STATE-SIZE	Unifi Aviation Services : DSM - Des Moines	DES MOINES	253 FTE
CITY-NEAR	Seaboard Triumph Foods	Sioux City	2,375 FTE
CITY-NEAR	SeaboardTriumph Foods	Sioux City	1,896 FTE
CITY-NEAR	St. Luke's Regional Medical Center	Sioux City	1,201 FTE
CITY-NEAR	Smithfield Packaged Meats Corp	Sioux City	691 FTE
NAT-TCR	Sioux Falls Best Western Plus Ramkota	Sioux Falls, SD	6.5 TCR
NAT-TCR	Wolfe & Associates, Property Services	Santa Barbara, CA	6.5 TCR
NAT-TCR	Big Lots Store #451 GROVE CITY, OH	Grove City, OH	6.5 TCR
NAT-TCR	Braun Northwest, Inc.	Chehalis, WA	6.5 TCR
NAT-SIZE	Lowes Foods Corporate Office	Winston-Salem, NC	253 FTE
NAT-SIZE	Market Basket #51	Lee, NH	253 FTE
NAT-SIZE	Market Basket #10	Methuen, MA	253 FTE
NAT-SIZE	801 - Tipp City Perishables	Tipp City, OH	253 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. This is publicly available government data - not a legal determination of workplace conditions.

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Data sourced from official public datasets. See our methodology for details.