Chocolate covered candy bars made from purchased chocolate · New York

SweetWorks Confections LLC

Buffalo, NY · ~231 workers · 6 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

B
Good Safety Record
2.8
Avg TCR
4.2
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

SweetWorks Confections LLC runs at 67% of its industry's injury rate - safer than the typical Chocolate covered candy bars made from purchased chocolate workplace, earning a grade B.

SweetWorks Confections LLC: 2.8 TCR = 67% of Chocolate covered candy bars made from purchased chocolate BLS 4.2 · 6y Form 300A (see methodology below)

SweetWorks Confections LLC safety composite

SweetWorks Confections LLC scores strongest on dart rate (safer than 69% of same-industry peers) and weakest on fatalities (safer than 51%), 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

63/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
C 2.82 per 100 workers

Safer than 66% of industry peers

DART rate
C 1.43 per 100 workers

Safer than 69% 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%).

TCR Δ

−3.1

2016→2022

SweetWorks Confections LLC injury rate improved

SweetWorks Confections LLC's TCR fell 3.1 from 5.2 in 2016 to 2.1 in 2022. Peak filing year was 2016 at 5.2 TCR. In 2022, DART was 0.51× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2016=5.2 · 2018=3.5 · 2019=2.6 · 2020=3.5 · 2021=0.0 · 2022=2.1

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 311352 · Buffalo, NY AT/BELOW-IND · MID

Grade B · TCR 2.8 · 67% of ind

  • DART 1.4 DART
  • RANK #4/5
  • PHOTO Long Grove Confectio…
  • BOOK 6y book
  • INJ 35 inj
  • SIZE ~231 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: Long Grove Confectionery Co (0.0 TCR gap)

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SweetWorks Confections LLC in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows SweetWorks Confections LLC averages 2.8 TCR (67% of the Chocolate covered candy bars made from purchased chocolate BLS benchmark).

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

SweetWorks Confections LLC TCR series: 2016=5.2 · 2018=3.5 · 2019=2.6 · 2020=3.5 · 2021=0 · 2022=2.1 · BLS 4.2

Where SweetWorks Confections LLC falls in its industry

86 Chocolate covered candy bars m establishments

Safer than 66% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 3.7.

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to New York alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #4 safest of 5 Chocolate covered candy bars m employers in New York.

SweetWorks Confections LLC (231 employees, TCR 2.8) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 122 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 02004006008001,000 05101520 Average employees Total Case Rate SweetWorks Confections LLC
SweetWorks Confections LLC (231 employees, TCR 2.8) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 122 employees and a TCR of 3.7

SweetWorks Confections LLC has more employees than the Chocolate covered candy bars made from p median and a lower 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
2022 2.1 1.4 3 3 0
2021 0.0 0.0 0 0 0
2020 3.5 3.5 6 0 0
2019 2.6 1.8 5 1 0
2018 3.5 3.5 8 0 0
2016 5.2 3.4 13 1 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

311352 · NY · Buffalo

86 Chocolate covered candy bars made from purchased chocolate employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 21,008 rated employers in New York with headcount on file · 532 employers in Buffalo, NY · 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 Long Grove Confectionery Co 2.8 TCR
NAICS-TCR Fannie May Confections Brands, Inc. North Canton 2.8 TCR
NAICS-TCR CD Investors, LLC/Production Facility 2.9 TCR
NAICS-TCR Wolfgang Operations LLC - NY 2.8 TCR
STATE-SIZE Taconic Biosciences, Inc. Germantown Campus 231 FTE
STATE-SIZE REINAUER TRANSPORTATION COMPANY 231 FTE
STATE-SIZE Buffalo Milk-Bone 231 FTE
STATE-SIZE 3202 Queens Blvd 231 FTE
CITY-NEAR Buffalo General Hospital 3,556 FTE
CITY-NEAR Mercy Hospital of Buffalo 2,379 FTE
CITY-NEAR WNY Independent Living, Inc. 1,988 FTE
CITY-NEAR Kaleida Health Oishei Childrens Hospital 1,765 FTE
NAT-TCR Wright County- Parks & Recreation 2.8 TCR
NAT-TCR Sodexo at Hca-Montgomery Regional Hospit 2.8 TCR
NAT-TCR Apex Logistics International Inc. ORD 2.8 TCR
NAT-TCR Sodexo at Fannie Mae - Midtown Cafe 2.8 TCR
NAT-SIZE HBF 231 FTE
NAT-SIZE INTEGRIS Grove Hospital 231 FTE
NAT-SIZE PA-02 231 FTE
NAT-SIZE PLI Cards Los Angeles 231 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: 2022, 2021, 2020, 2019, 2018, 2016. This is publicly available government data - not a legal determination of workplace conditions.
Data sourced from official public datasets. See our methodology for details.