Confectionery, nonchocolate, manufacturing · Connecticut

PEZ Manufacturing Corp.

Orange, CT · ~166 workers · 6 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

D
Poor Safety Record
6.7
Avg TCR
4.2
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

PEZ Manufacturing Corp. runs at 160% of its industry's injury rate - more dangerous than the typical Confectionery, nonchocolate, manufacturing workplace, earning a grade D.

PEZ Manufacturing Corp.: 6.7 TCR = 160% of Confectionery, nonchocolate, manufacturing BLS 4.2 · 6y Form 300A (see methodology below)

PEZ Manufacturing Corp. safety composite

PEZ Manufacturing Corp. scores strongest on dart rate (safer than 53% of same-industry peers) and weakest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 27%), 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).

D

42/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
F 6.74 per 100 workers

Safer than 27% of industry peers

DART rate
D 1.88 per 100 workers

Safer than 53% 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

−3.5

2016→2023

PEZ Manufacturing Corp. injury rate improved

PEZ Manufacturing Corp.'s TCR fell 3.5 from 5.4 in 2016 to 1.9 in 2023. Peak filing year was 2020 at 9.2 TCR. In 2023, DART was 0.28× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2016=5.4 · 2019=8.2 · 2020=9.2 · 2021=7.9 · 2022=8.0 · 2023=1.9

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 311340 · Orange, CT ABOVE-IND · MID

Grade D · TCR 6.7 · 160% of ind

  • DART 1.9 DART
  • RANK P27
  • PHOTO Kraft Heinz Company
  • BOOK 6y book
  • INJ 59 inj
  • SIZE ~166 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: Kraft Heinz Company (0.2 TCR gap)

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PEZ Manufacturing Corp. in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows PEZ Manufacturing Corp. averages 6.7 TCR (160% of the Confectionery, nonchocolate, manufacturing BLS benchmark).

Source U.S. Department of Labor, OSHA Injury Tracking Application (Form 300A) As of 2026-08-25

PEZ Manufacturing Corp. TCR series: 2016=5.4 · 2019=8.2 · 2020=9.2 · 2021=7.9 · 2022=8 · 2023=1.9 · BLS 4.2

Where PEZ Manufacturing Corp. falls in its industry

123 Confectionery, nonchocolate, m establishments

Safer than 27% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 3.7.

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers
PEZ Manufacturing Corp. (166 employees, TCR 6.7) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 169 employees and a TCR of 3.7 2×2 strategic matrix plotting 30 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 0102030 Average employees Total Case Rate PEZ Manufacturing Corp.
PEZ Manufacturing Corp. (166 employees, TCR 6.7) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 169 employees and a TCR of 3.7

PEZ Manufacturing Corp. has fewer employees than the Confectionery, nonchocolate, manufacturi 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 1.9 1.9 3 0 0
2022 8.0 8.0 13 0 0
2021 7.9 6.4 11 0 0
2020 9.2 8.4 13 0 0
2019 8.2 6.1 12 0 0
2016 5.4 3.9 7 0 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

311340 · CT · Orange

123 Confectionery, nonchocolate, manufacturing employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 7,008 rated employers in Connecticut with headcount on file · 60 employers in Orange, CT · 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 Kraft Heinz Company 6.5 TCR
NAICS-TCR Doumak Inc. - Estes 7.1 TCR
NAICS-TCR Northern Gold Foods USA LLC 6.2 TCR
NAICS-TCR Primrose Candy Company 6.2 TCR
STATE-SIZE Massey's Plate Glass and Aluminum 166 FTE
STATE-SIZE PCC Structurals Groton 166 FTE
STATE-SIZE Engineered Materials : North Haven 166 FTE
STATE-SIZE Manchester, CT 166 FTE
CITY-NEAR UIL/United Illuminating 877 FTE
CITY-NEAR United Illuminating 689 FTE
CITY-NEAR Southern Connecticut Gas Company-Orange 305 FTE
CITY-NEAR Southern Connecticut Gas 301 FTE
NAT-TCR Bengard Ranch, Inc. 6.7 TCR
NAT-TCR Rack & Riddle 6.7 TCR
NAT-TCR Sd2 - Sheriff 6.7 TCR
NAT-TCR The Drake 6.7 TCR
NAT-SIZE ISP Technologies Inc. (DBA Ashland Inc.) Texas City Plant 166 FTE
NAT-SIZE Safe Fleet 166 FTE
NAT-SIZE Gainey Village Health Club & Spa 166 FTE
NAT-SIZE Custom Produce Sales 166 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, 2021, 2020, 2019, 2016. This is publicly available government data - not a legal determination of workplace conditions.

Read our methodology - how this data is sourced, computed, and verified.

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