Chocolate, confectionery, made from cacao beans · Pennsylvania

Tru Food MFG

Pittsburgh, PA · ~600 workers · 2 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

B
Good Safety Record
2.2
Avg TCR
4.2
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

Tru Food MFG runs at 52% of its industry's injury rate - safer than the typical Chocolate, confectionery, made from cacao beans workplace, earning a grade B.

Tru Food MFG: 2.2 TCR = 52% of Chocolate, confectionery, made from cacao beans BLS 4.2 · 2y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Tru Food MFG safety composite

Tru Food MFG scores strongest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 65% of same-industry peers) and weakest on dart rate (safer than 47%), 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

55/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
C 2.2 per 100 workers

Safer than 65% of industry peers

DART rate
D 2 per 100 workers

Safer than 47% 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

Tru Food MFG: 1.9 → 2.5 TCR

Peak year 2017 @ 2.5 TCR · DART/TCR 0.91× in 2017

Tru Food MFG's TCR rose 0.6 from 1.9 in 2016 to 2.5 in 2017. In 2017, DART was 0.91× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 311351 · Pittsburgh, PA AT/BELOW-IND · MID

Grade B · TCR 2.2 · 52% of ind

  • DART 2.0 DART
  • RANK #10/23
  • PHOTO Hershey's Chocolate …
  • BOOK 2y book
  • INJ 25 inj
  • SIZE ~600 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: Hershey's Chocolate - Robinson (0.0 TCR gap)

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Tru Food MFG in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows Tru Food MFG averages 2.2 TCR (52% of the Chocolate, confectionery, made from cacao beans BLS benchmark).

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

Tru Food MFG TCR series: 2016=1.9 · 2017=2.5 · BLS 4.2

Where Tru Food MFG falls in its industry

65 Chocolate, confectionery, made establishments

Safer than 65% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 3.5.

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to Pennsylvania alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #10 safest of 23 Chocolate, confectionery, made employers in Pennsylvania.

Tru Food MFG (600 employees, TCR 2.2) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 178 employees and a TCR of 3.5 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 05001,0001,500 051015 Average employees Total Case Rate Tru Food MFG
Tru Food MFG (600 employees, TCR 2.2) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 178 employees and a TCR of 3.5

Tru Food MFG has more employees than the Chocolate, confectionery, made from caca median and a lower injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 3.5. 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
2017 2.5 2.0 15 0 0
2016 1.9 0.6 10 0 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

311351 · PA · Pittsburgh

65 Chocolate, confectionery, made from cacao beans employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 22,692 rated employers in Pennsylvania with headcount on file · 1,170 employers in Pittsburgh, PA · 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 Hershey's Chocolate - Robinson 2.2 TCR
NAICS-TCR HERSHEY CHOCOLATE OF VIRGINIA, LLC 2.3 TCR
NAICS-TCR Tipton Mills, Columbus Indian Location 2.3 TCR
NAICS-TCR Cargill Cocoa & Chocolate, NA - West Lincoln 2.1 TCR
STATE-SIZE NLMK Pennsylvania 600 FTE
STATE-SIZE ModSpace 600 FTE
STATE-SIZE Deep Well Services 599 FTE
STATE-SIZE 473 Ctv1000 601 FTE
CITY-NEAR United States Steel COrporation 15,229 FTE
CITY-NEAR University of Pittsburgh- Oakland 14,135 FTE
CITY-NEAR UPMC Presbyterian Shadyside (PUH) 13,900 FTE
CITY-NEAR University of Pittsburgh-Oakland 13,208 FTE
NAT-TCR N and R of Mexico LLC 2.2 TCR
NAT-TCR 0106 - Chattanooga, Tn 2.2 TCR
NAT-TCR Legends - Charlotte PNC Amphitheate 2.2 TCR
NAT-TCR TMCo Inc 2.2 TCR
NAT-SIZE Tulsa (Oktul) 600 FTE
NAT-SIZE Genesis Medical Center Silvis Campus 600 FTE
NAT-SIZE Casino and Hotel 600 FTE
NAT-SIZE Water Country USA 600 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: 2017, 2016. This is publicly available government data - not a legal determination of workplace conditions.

Read our methodology - how this data is sourced, computed, and verified.

Data sourced from official public datasets. See our methodology for details.