Fudge, chocolate, made from purchased chocolate · Illinois
World's Finest Chocolate
Chicago, IL · ~323 workers · 9 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.
- A
- Excellent Safety Record
- 2.0
- Avg TCR
- 4.2
- Industry avg
- 0
- Fatalities
The verdict
World's Finest Chocolate runs at 48% of its industry's injury rate - far safer than the typical Fudge, chocolate, made from purchased chocolate workplace, earning a grade A.
World's Finest Chocolate: 2.0 TCR = 48% of Fudge, chocolate, made from purchased chocolate BLS 4.2 · 9y Form 300A (see methodology below)
World's Finest Chocolate safety composite
World's Finest Chocolate scores strongest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 79% 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).
68/100
Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures
- Total Case Rate (TCR)
- B 2.03 per 100 workers
Safer than 79% of industry peers
- DART rate
- C 1.67 per 100 workers
Safer than 67% 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
−1.2
2016→2024
World's Finest Chocolate injury rate improved
World's Finest Chocolate's TCR fell 1.2 from 2.9 in 2016 to 1.7 in 2024. Peak filing year was 2016 at 2.9 TCR. In 2024, DART was 0.82× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).
2016=2.9 · 2017=2.4 · 2018=1.2 · 2019=1.8 · 2020=2.5 · 2021=1.9 · 2022=2.1 · 2023=1.9 · 2024=1.7
OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard
Establishment book 311352 · Chicago, IL AT/BELOW-IND · MID
Grade A · TCR 2.0 · 48% of ind
- DART 1.7 DART
- RANK #4/7
- PHOTO PuratosKenosha
- BOOK 9y book
- INJ 49 inj
- SIZE ~323 FTE
Nearest TCR peer: PuratosKenosha (0.0 TCR gap)
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World's Finest Chocolate in the TCR neighbourhood
Average Total Case Rate among this establishment and nearest same-industry peers
- Platter's Choc
Platter's Chocolate Factory
2.2 TCR
- Hawaiian Host
Hawaiian Host Candies of LA LLC
2.1 TCR
- This site
World's Finest Chocolate
2 TCR
- PuratosKenosha
PuratosKenosha
2 TCR
- Asher's Chocol
Asher's Chocolates
1.9 TCR
What this shows World's Finest Chocolate averages 2.0 TCR (48% of the Fudge, chocolate, made from purchased chocolate BLS benchmark).
World's Finest Chocolate TCR series: 2016=2.9 · 2017=2.4 · 2018=1.2 · 2019=1.8 · 2020=2.5 · 2021=1.9 · 2022=2.1 · 2023=1.9 · 2024=1.7 · BLS 4.2
Where World's Finest Chocolate falls in its industry
86 Fudge, chocolate, made from pu establishmentsSafer than 79% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 3.7.
Narrower to Illinois alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #4 safest of 7 Fudge, chocolate, made from pu employers in Illinois.
World's Finest Chocolate has more employees than the Fudge, chocolate, made from purchased ch 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 1.7 | 1.7 | 6 | 0 | 0 |
| 2023 | 1.9 | 1.3 | 6 | 1 | 0 |
| 2022 | 2.1 | 1.2 | 5 | 2 | 0 |
| 2021 | 1.9 | 1.5 | 4 | 1 | 0 |
| 2020 | 2.5 | 2.5 | 6 | 1 | 0 |
| 2019 | 1.8 | 1.5 | 6 | 0 | 0 |
| 2018 | 1.2 | 1.2 | 4 | 0 | 0 |
| 2017 | 2.4 | 2.0 | 6 | 1 | 0 |
| 2016 | 2.9 | 1.9 | 6 | 3 | 0 |
OSHA ITA peer cross-reference
Establishment peer ledger
311352 · IL · Chicago
86 Fudge, chocolate, made from purchased chocolate employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 22,804 rated employers in Illinois with headcount on file · 2,934 employers in Chicago, IL · 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 | PuratosKenosha | 2.0 TCR |
| NAICS-TCR | Hawaiian Host Candies of LA LLC | 2.1 TCR |
| NAICS-TCR | Asher's Chocolates | 1.9 TCR |
| NAICS-TCR | Platter's Chocolate Factory | 2.2 TCR |
| STATE-SIZE | Decatur BioProducts | 323 FTE |
| STATE-SIZE | Grand | 323 FTE |
| STATE-SIZE | A.J. Antunes & Co | 323 FTE |
| STATE-SIZE | The Morey Corporation | 323 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | Chicago Public Schools | 49,500 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | Chicago/Corporate | 18,831 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | University of Illinois at Chicago | 13,092 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | University Health Service UIC UIC Campus | 12,732 FTE |
| NAT-TCR | Unifrax I LLC | 2.0 TCR |
| NAT-TCR | Giant Eagle #1841 | 2.0 TCR |
| NAT-TCR | Amazon.com Services LLC - HEW9 | 2.0 TCR |
| NAT-TCR | Venecia Logistica, LLC | 2.0 TCR |
| NAT-SIZE | EnviroFocus Technologies LLC, DBA Gopher Resource | 323 FTE |
| NAT-SIZE | Schlosser | 323 FTE |
| NAT-SIZE | Cimpl's, LLC | 323 FTE |
| NAT-SIZE | Teledyne Mountain View | 323 FTE |
Rel codes: NAICS-TCR · STATE-SIZE · CITY-NEAR · NAT-TCR/NAT-SIZE cross-state. Read with this employer →
Read our methodology - how this data is sourced, computed, and verified.