Candy stores, chocolate, candy made on premises not for immediate consumption · Iowa
Palmer Candy Company - HWY 75
Sioux City, IA · ~253 workers · 2 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.
- D
- Poor Safety Record
- 6.5
- Avg TCR
- 4.2
- Industry avg
- 0
- Fatalities
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.
- D
- Poor Safety Record
- 6.5
- avg TCR · per 100 workers
- 4.2
- industry benchmark (BLS)
- 25
- recordable injuries tracked
Grade compares Palmer Candy Company - HWY 75's OSHA Total Case Rate of 6.5 to the Candy stores, chocolate, candy made on premises not for immediate consumption BLS benchmark of 4.2 (155% of benchmark) across 2 years of Form 300A filings (2016–2024). <a href="/methodology">See methodology</a> for reporting-limitation caveats.
Injury rate over time
Palmer Candy Company - HWY 75's yearly Total Case Rate, against the 4.2 industry benchmark.
Where Palmer Candy Company - HWY 75 falls in its industry
88 Candy stores, chocolate, candy establishmentsSafer than 16% 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 #3 safest of 5 Candy stores, chocolate, candy employers in Iowa.
Trend analysis for Palmer Candy Company - HWY 75
Between 2022 and 2023, Palmer Candy Company - HWY 75's Total Case Rate improved from 7.0 to 5.9 recordable injuries per 100 full-time workers, a 16% decrease across 1 year of OSHA reporting.
The safest year on record was 2023, at a TCR of 5.9, while 2022 saw the highest rate, at 7.0, a spread of 1.1 points between the best and worst reporting years. That's a comparatively narrow spread, suggesting a fairly consistent safety record across the 2 years with a usable rate on file, rather than one outlier year skewing the multi-year average.
Summed across those 2 reporting years, Palmer Candy Company - HWY 75 recorded 25 total injuries and illnesses, with no fatalities reported in any of those years. Readers comparing establishments should weigh the 2-year trend above alongside establishment size, since a larger workforce naturally accumulates more raw incidents even at a lower per-100-worker rate.
Verify This Employer with OSHA
The 25 injuries, 1 illnesses shown on this page for Palmer Candy Company - HWY 75 are sourced from its own 2 years of mandatory OSHA Form 300A summaries. Cross-check the underlying establishment record directly against the federal source, name, NAICS classification, recordable case totals, and inspection history are all searchable on OSHA's Establishment-Specific Injury and Illness Data system.
Verify on OSHA Establishment SearchSource: U.S. Department of Labor, OSHA Establishment-Specific Injury and Illness Data. NAICS 311352 - Candy stores, chocolate, candy made on premises not for immediate consumption.
DART Rate, Transparent Calculation (2023)
What is the DART rate formula?
DART (Days Away, Restricted, or Transferred) is computed by OSHA as incidents × 200,000 ÷ hours worked. The 200,000-hour denominator equals roughly 100 full-time workers, which lets establishments of very different sizes be compared directly.
12 DART incidents × 200,000 ÷ 404,163 hours worked = 5.94 DART
Methodology: 29 CFR 1904, OSHA Form 300A recordkeeping
Cross-Validating Context, Establishment vs Industry vs State
| Benchmark | TCR | Source |
|---|---|---|
| Palmer Candy Company - HWY 75 (this establishment) | 6.49 | OSHA ITA Form 300A, 2-year avg |
| Fudge, chocolate, made from purchased chocolate industry avg | 4.20 | BLS IIF, NAICS 311352 |
| Iowa state avg (all industries) | 5.33 | OSHA ITA, state-level rollup |
Industry benchmarks: Bureau of Labor Statistics, Injuries, Illnesses, and Fatalities (IIF) program
Reportable Incident Timeline
Year-by-year reportable incidents (recordable injuries + illnesses + fatalities) submitted by Palmer Candy Company - HWY 75 to OSHA's Injury Tracking Application. Each row anchors to OSHA's inspection records search where you can pull the underlying inspection case numbers and citations for that establishment-year.
- 2023: 12 reportable incidents · 12 injuries, 0 illnesses, 0 fatalities - OSHA inspection records (case numbers)
- 2022: 14 reportable incidents · 13 injuries, 1 illnesses, 0 fatalities - OSHA inspection records (case numbers)
Source: OSHA Inspection Information System (IMIS) - inspection case-number records
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 |
What this grade means for you
Use this grade as a relative read on Palmer Candy Company - HWY 75's reported OSHA injury record versus its Candy stores, chocolate, candy made on premises not for immediate consumption peers, not a verdict on whether any single site is safe today.
- At 155% of the Candy stores, chocolate, candy made on premises not for immediate consumption benchmark, Palmer Candy Company - HWY 75 reports more injuries than typical peers, ask specifically how the employer is reducing them. Know your rights
- Judge this record against the wider Candy stores, chocolate, candy made on premises not for immediate consumption sector, where injury rates vary widely, before comparing it in isolation. See the industry
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Safety grades reflect employers' self-reported OSHA Form 300A filings from 2016 to 2024 and can lag current conditions. A grade is not a guarantee that any specific workplace is safe or unsafe today. See our methodology and disclaimer.
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Every figure and grade on PlainSafetyScore is computed directly from OSHA's published Injury Tracking Application data and BLS industry benchmarks, no number is typed in by an editor. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these safety grades, or report a data error. Data current as of 2016-2024 OSHA ITA release.