Confectionery manufacturing · Vermont

Pine-Lake Champlain Chocolates

Name: Pine-Lake Champlain Chocolates Workplace Safety Data
Creator: PlainSafetyScore
License: https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/

Burlington, VT · ~65 workers · 2 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

Compiled by PlainSafetyScore · August 25, 2026

C
Average Safety Record: 4.9
Avg TCR: 4.2
Industry avg: 0
Fatalities

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The verdict

Pine-Lake Champlain Chocolates runs at 116% of its industry's injury rate - about level with the typical Confectionery manufacturing workplace, earning a grade C.

Pine-Lake Champlain Chocolates: 4.9 TCR = 116% of Confectionery manufacturing BLS 4.2 · 2y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Pine-Lake Champlain Chocolates safety composite

Pine-Lake Champlain Chocolates scores strongest on fatalities (safer than 51% of same-industry peers) and weakest on dart rate (safer than 13%), 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).

32/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR): D 4.87 per 100 workers

Safer than 36% of industry peers
DART rate: F 6.09 per 100 workers

Safer than 13% 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

Pine-Lake Champlain Chocolates: 3.6 → 6.1 TCR

Peak year 2018 @ 6.1 TCR · DART/TCR 1.25× in 2018

Pine-Lake Champlain Chocolates's TCR rose 2.4 from 3.6 in 2017 to 6.1 in 2018. In 2018, DART was 1.25× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 311352 · Burlington, VT ABOVE-IND · SMALL

Grade C · TCR 4.9 · 116% of ind

DART 6.1 DART
RANK P36
PHOTO Leclerc Foods Tennes…
BOOK 2y book
INJ 5 inj
SIZE ~65 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: Leclerc Foods Tennessee (0.0 TCR gap)

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Edward Marc Br

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4.9
Leclerc Foods

4.9
Kerry Ingredie

4.9
Sweet Candy Co

4.8

What this shows Pine-Lake Champlain Chocolates averages 4.9 TCR (116% of the Confectionery manufacturing BLS benchmark).

Pine-Lake Champlain Chocolates TCR series: 2017=3.6 · 2018=6.1 · BLS 4.2

Where Pine-Lake Champlain Chocolates falls in its industry

86 Confectionery manufacturing establishments

Safer than 36% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 3.7.

Grade C

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Pine-Lake Champlain Chocolates (65 employees, TCR 4.9) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 122 employees and a TCR of 3.7

Pine-Lake Champlain Chocolates has fewer employees than the Confectionery manufacturing 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
2018	6.1	6.1	3	0	0
2017	3.6	1.8	2	0	0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

311352 · VT · Burlington

86 Confectionery manufacturing employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 1,065 rated employers in Vermont with headcount on file · 96 employers in Burlington, VT · 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	Leclerc Foods Tennessee	KINGSPORT, TN	4.9 TCR
NAICS-TCR	Kerry Ingredients	NEW CENTURY, KS	4.9 TCR
NAICS-TCR	Sweet Candy Company	SALT LAKE CITY, UT	4.8 TCR
NAICS-TCR	Edward Marc Brands, Inc.	PITTSBURGH, PA	5.0 TCR
STATE-SIZE	DEW Construction - Williston Office	WILLISTON	65 FTE
STATE-SIZE	PRECI MANUFACTURING INC	WINOOSKI	65 FTE
STATE-SIZE	4551 BENNINGTON	BENNINGTON	65 FTE
STATE-SIZE	NAI-0033-0033-00121 FAC-00121-MONTPELIER-VT	MONTPELIER	65 FTE
CITY-NEAR	Howard Center Inc	Burlington	1,483 FTE
CITY-NEAR	102 South Winooski	Burlington	529 FTE
CITY-NEAR	1138 Pine	Burlington	452 FTE
CITY-NEAR	Burton Corporation	Burlington	414 FTE
NAT-TCR	Heartland Health Care Center - Ft. Myers	Ft. Myers, FL	4.9 TCR
NAT-TCR	Charlottesville-Pupil Tran	Charlottesville, VA	4.9 TCR
NAT-TCR	Supervalu Distribution Center - Fort Wayne 31111	Fort Wayne, IN	4.9 TCR
NAT-TCR	Al118-118-Homestead at Rochester	Rochester, MN	4.9 TCR
NAT-SIZE	Dazzle Up LLC Dba Simply Southern	Greensboro, NC	65 FTE
NAT-SIZE	RLS	Colorado Springs, CO	65 FTE
NAT-SIZE	KLC	Rye, CO	65 FTE
NAT-SIZE	Magnolia Springs at Bridgewater	Carmel, IN	65 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: 2018, 2017. This is publicly available government data - not a legal determination of workplace conditions.

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