Confectionery Merchant Wholesalers · Indiana

South Bend

Mishawaka, IN · ~44 workers · 2 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

A
Excellent Safety Record
0.7
Avg TCR
2.2
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

South Bend runs at 31% of its industry's injury rate - far safer than the typical Confectionery Merchant Wholesalers workplace, earning a grade A.

South Bend: 0.7 TCR = 31% of Confectionery Merchant Wholesalers BLS 2.2 · 2y Form 300A (see methodology below)

South Bend safety composite

South Bend scores strongest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 96% of same-industry peers) and weakest on fatalities (safer than 50%), 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).

C

69/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
A 0.68 per 100 workers

Safer than 96% of industry peers

DART rate
D 1.35 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%).

Rising injury rate

South Bend: 0.0 → 1.4 TCR

Peak year 2024 @ 1.4 TCR · DART/TCR 1.99× in 2024

South Bend's TCR rose 1.4 from 0.0 in 2017 to 1.4 in 2024. In 2024, DART was 1.99× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 424450 · Mishawaka, IN AT/BELOW-IND · SMALL

Grade A · TCR 0.7 · 31% of ind

  • DART 1.4 DART
  • RANK #1/16
  • PHOTO 44511K - PINEY FLATS…
  • BOOK 2y book
  • INJ 1 inj
  • SIZE ~44 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: 44511K - PINEY FLATS DC (0.0 TCR gap)

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South Bend in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows South Bend averages 0.7 TCR (31% of the Confectionery Merchant Wholesalers BLS benchmark).

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

South Bend TCR series: 2017=0 · 2024=1.4 · BLS 2.2

Where South Bend falls in its industry

773 Confectionery Merchant Wholesa establishments

Safer than 96% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 2.8.

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to Indiana alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #1 safest of 16 Confectionery Merchant Wholesa employers in Indiana.

South Bend (44 employees, TCR 0.7) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 49 employees and a TCR of 2.8 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 0200400600 02468 Average employees Total Case Rate South Bend
South Bend (44 employees, TCR 0.7) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 49 employees and a TCR of 2.8

South Bend has fewer employees than the Confectionery Merchant Wholesalers median and a lower 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 Illnesses Fatalities
2024 1.4 1.4 1 0 0
2017 0.0 0.0 0 0 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

424450 · IN · Mishawaka

773 Confectionery Merchant Wholesalers employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 12,750 rated employers in Indiana with headcount on file · 185 employers in Mishawaka, IN · 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 44511K - PINEY FLATS DC 0.7 TCR
NAICS-TCR 43431A - HARLINGEN DC 0.7 TCR
NAICS-TCR 44161AH - DOTHAN 0.7 TCR
NAICS-TCR 44351C - NEW PORT RICHEY 0.7 TCR
STATE-SIZE 2307-Whitestown, IN (Monsanto Co.) 44 FTE
STATE-SIZE RushShelby Energy 44 FTE
STATE-SIZE OCM Engineering, LLC 44 FTE
STATE-SIZE Michels Power Inc-IN-Rolling Prairie 44 FTE
CITY-NEAR Saint Joseph Regional Medical Center Mishawaka 1,906 FTE
CITY-NEAR AM General, LLC 459 FTE
CITY-NEAR LCI - 039 392 FTE
CITY-NEAR WM 2678 381 FTE
NAT-TCR Ecumen Hospice Twin Cities 0.7 TCR
NAT-TCR Copeland Acquisition Corp. 0.7 TCR
NAT-TCR Sunesis Construction Co. 0.7 TCR
NAT-TCR Raleigh Office 0.7 TCR
NAT-SIZE Comedy Club of Pittsburgh LLC 44 FTE
NAT-SIZE Tulsa Plant 44 FTE
NAT-SIZE McKay's Market Lincoln City #28 44 FTE
NAT-SIZE Newville Pa 44 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: 2024, 2017. 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.