Confectionery merchant wholesalers · Illinois

Rucker's Wholesale and Service Company

Name: Rucker's Wholesale and Service Company Workplace Safety Data
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Bridgeport, IL · ~157 workers · 3 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

Compiled by PlainSafetyScore · August 25, 2026

D
Poor Safety Record: 2.8
Avg TCR: 2.2
Industry avg: 0
Fatalities

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The verdict

Rucker's Wholesale and Service Company runs at 129% of its industry's injury rate - more dangerous than the typical Confectionery merchant wholesalers workplace, earning a grade D.

Rucker's Wholesale and Service Company: 2.8 TCR = 129% of Confectionery merchant wholesalers BLS 2.2 · 3y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Rucker's Wholesale and Service Company safety composite

Rucker's Wholesale and Service Company scores strongest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 50% of same-industry peers) and weakest on dart rate (safer than 21%), 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).

40/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR): D 2.83 per 100 workers

Safer than 50% of industry peers
DART rate: F 3.84 per 100 workers

Safer than 21% 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%).

Rising injury rate

Rucker's Wholesale and Service Company: 1.6 → 5.4 TCR

Peak year 2020 @ 5.4 TCR · DART/TCR 1.36× in 2020

Rucker's Wholesale and Service Company's TCR rose 3.8 from 1.6 in 2016 to 5.4 in 2020. In 2020, DART was 1.36× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 424450 · Bridgeport, IL ABOVE-IND · MID

Grade D · TCR 2.8 · 129% of ind

DART 3.8 DART
RANK #17/32
PHOTO TAMPA ZONE EmpWork…
BOOK 3y book
INJ 11 inj
SIZE ~157 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: TAMPA ZONE EmpWorkCtrCd 30002028 (0.0 TCR gap)

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NORWICH PEC

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Wilmington Bin

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What this shows Rucker's Wholesale and Service Company averages 2.8 TCR (129% of the Confectionery merchant wholesalers BLS benchmark).

Rucker's Wholesale and Service Company TCR series: 2016=1.6 · 2018=1.6 · 2020=5.4 · BLS 2.2

Where Rucker's Wholesale and Service Company falls in its industry

773 Confectionery merchant wholesa establishments

Safer than 50% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 2.8.

Grade D

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to Illinois alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #17 safest of 32 Confectionery merchant wholesa employers in Illinois.

Rucker's Wholesale and Service Company (157 employees, TCR 2.8) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 49 employees and a TCR of 2.8

Rucker's Wholesale and Service Company has more employees than the Confectionery merchant wholesalers median and a higher injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 2.8. 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
2020	5.4	3.8	7
2018	1.6	1.6	2
2016	1.6	0.8	2

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

424450 · IL · Bridgeport

773 Confectionery merchant wholesalers employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 22,804 rated employers in Illinois with headcount on file · 3 employers in Bridgeport, IL · 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	TAMPA ZONE EmpWorkCtrCd 30002028	TAMPA, FL	2.8 TCR
NAICS-TCR	44551G - FLORENCE BIN	FLORENCE, SC	2.8 TCR
NAICS-TCR	NORWICH PEC	NORWICH, CT	2.8 TCR
NAICS-TCR	Wilmington Bin EmpWorkCtrCd 30001147	WILMINGTON, NC	2.8 TCR
STATE-SIZE	Leica Biosystems	RICHMOND	157 FTE
STATE-SIZE	Tiger Dylac, St. Charles, IL.	ST. CHARLES	157 FTE
STATE-SIZE	Chicago Aerosol BV	BRIDGEVIEW	157 FTE
STATE-SIZE	Crane Composites Inc. - Channahon Facility	CHANNAHON	157 FTE
CITY-NEAR	Aperion Care Bridgeport	Bridgeport	82 FTE
CITY-NEAR	CDG	Bridgeport	51 FTE
NAT-TCR	Barr Fabrication, LLC	Brownwood, TX	2.8 TCR
NAT-TCR	Tri-Star Centennial Medical Center	Nashville, TN	2.8 TCR
NAT-TCR	Blakley Corporation Concrete and Masonry Services	Indianapolis, IN	2.8 TCR
NAT-TCR	Koorsen Fire & Security Evansville	Evansville, IN	2.8 TCR
NAT-SIZE	Industries for the Blind and Visually Impaired, Inc. - West Allis	West Allis, WI	157 FTE
NAT-SIZE	Cascades Verdae Nursing	Greenville, SC	157 FTE
NAT-SIZE	Beaufont Health and Rehabiliation Center	Richmond, VA	157 FTE
NAT-SIZE	Heritage Center MD	Dundalk, MD	157 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: 2020, 2018, 2016. This is publicly available government data - not a legal determination of workplace conditions.

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