Candy stores, chocolate, candy made on premises not for immediate consumption · Connecticut

Thompson Brands LLC

Meriden, CT · ~76 workers · 9 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

C
Average Safety Record
4.6
Avg TCR
4.2
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

Thompson Brands LLC runs at 109% of its industry's injury rate - about level with the typical Candy stores, chocolate, candy made on premises not for immediate consumption workplace, earning a grade C.

Thompson Brands LLC: 4.6 TCR = 109% of Candy stores, chocolate, candy made on premises not for immediate consumption BLS 4.2 · 9y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Thompson Brands LLC safety composite

Thompson Brands LLC scores strongest on dart rate (safer than 73% of same-industry peers) and weakest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 43%), 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

56/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
D 4.57 per 100 workers

Safer than 43% of industry peers

DART rate
C 1.26 per 100 workers

Safer than 73% 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

−2.4

2016→2024

Thompson Brands LLC injury rate improved

Thompson Brands LLC's TCR fell 2.4 from 3.6 in 2016 to 1.3 in 2024. Peak filing year was 2017 at 9.8 TCR. In 2024, DART was 0.28× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2016=3.6 · 2017=9.8 · 2018=3.5 · 2019=0.0 · 2020=8.0 · 2021=3.9 · 2022=5.1 · 2023=5.8 · 2024=1.3

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 311352 · Meriden, CT ABOVE-IND · SMALL

Grade C · TCR 4.6 · 109% of ind

  • DART 1.3 DART
  • RANK P43
  • PHOTO Creative Snacks Co.
  • BOOK 9y book
  • INJ 31 inj
  • SIZE ~76 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: Creative Snacks Co. (0.1 TCR gap)

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Thompson Brands LLC in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows Thompson Brands LLC averages 4.6 TCR (109% of the Candy stores, chocolate, candy made on premises not for immediate consumption BLS benchmark).

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

Thompson Brands LLC TCR series: 2016=3.6 · 2017=9.8 · 2018=3.5 · 2019=0 · 2020=8 · 2021=3.9 · 2022=5.1 · 2023=5.8 · 2024=1.3 · BLS 4.2

Where Thompson Brands LLC falls in its industry

86 Candy stores, chocolate, candy establishments

Safer than 43% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 3.7.

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers
Thompson Brands LLC (76 employees, TCR 4.6) 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 Thompson Brands LLC
Thompson Brands LLC (76 employees, TCR 4.6) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 122 employees and a TCR of 3.7

Thompson Brands LLC has fewer employees than the Candy stores, chocolate, candy made on p 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
2024 1.3 1.3 1 0 0
2023 5.8 1.5 4 0 0
2022 5.1 2.5 4 0 0
2021 3.9 0.0 3 0 0
2020 8.0 8.0 5 0 0
2019 0.0 0.0 0 0 0
2018 3.5 2.3 3 0 0
2017 9.8 6.1 8 0 0
2016 3.6 3.6 3 0 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

311352 · CT · Meriden

86 Candy stores, chocolate, candy made on premises not for immediate consumption employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 7,008 rated employers in Connecticut with headcount on file · 115 employers in Meriden, 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 Creative Snacks Co. 4.7 TCR
NAICS-TCR Abdallah Candies Inc 4.7 TCR
NAICS-TCR Chocolove - 1180 S 57th Court 4.7 TCR
NAICS-TCR Iola 4.7 TCR
STATE-SIZE Eversource - Torrington 76 FTE
STATE-SIZE Ferguson Electric 76 FTE
STATE-SIZE Stratis Visuals LLC 76 FTE
STATE-SIZE Arcadia Inc. - ACT/APE 76 FTE
CITY-NEAR Hartford 1,670 FTE
CITY-NEAR MIDSTATE MEDICAL CENTER 1,220 FTE
CITY-NEAR MRDNCT04 566 FTE
CITY-NEAR Radio Frequency Systems - Meriden, CT 402 FTE
NAT-TCR Video Industrial Services, Inc 4.6 TCR
NAT-TCR NCH Corporation 8401 4.6 TCR
NAT-TCR 4050-4080 Mallard Drive 4.6 TCR
NAT-TCR Desoto Treated Materials 4.6 TCR
NAT-SIZE Chroma Color Corporation - LEO 76 FTE
NAT-SIZE Leader Distribution Systems, inc. 76 FTE
NAT-SIZE Sanel NAPA Headquarters/Hub/Store 76 FTE
NAT-SIZE Delille Oxygen Company 76 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, 2023, 2022, 2021, 2020, 2019, 2018, 2017, 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.