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FERRARA CANDY COMPANY

3000 WASHINGTON BLVD, BELLWOOD, IL, 60104
Operated by Ferrara Candy Company · 1 of 7 establishments
311340Nonchocolate Confectionery Manufacturing
EIN 363331581

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OSHA inspections
12
over 11 years
Violations
23
$478,875 in penalties
SVEP
YES
Severe violator program
Violations across 3 federal agencies
Enforcement actions from multiple agencies may indicate systemic compliance issues across functions.
Accident investigations on record
1 fatality · 9 National Emphasis Program inspections · 4 OSHA follow-ups

Summary

FERRARA CANDY COMPANY has accumulated 23 OSHA violations across 12 inspections over 11 years of recorded history, with $478,875 in total assessed penalties.

The establishment sits in the 86th percentile for violations within its industry-state peer group of 57 employers. Inspection frequency runs at the 93rd percentile. The most recent enforcement activity was recorded 6 months ago.

Federal records were found in 3 of 15 sources. Sources without matching records returned empty for this establishment.

Agency coverage

FERRARA CANDY COMPANY appears in OSHA workplace safety, WHD wage enforcement, and EPA environmental compliance records only. No matching records were found in MSHA mine safety, NLRB labor relations, OFLC visa and labor certification (historical), FMCSA motor carrier registration, SAM.gov federal debarment, CMS nursing home enforcement, UVA Corporate Prosecution Registry, CPSC product recalls, or NHTSA vehicle recalls.

OSHA workplace safety

Inspections
12
1.1 / yr · last 11 yrs
Violations
23
2.1 / yr
Penalties
$478,875
$20,821 avg / violation
43% serious57% other
Inspection trigger · complaint
6 of 12
Inspection trigger · referral
3 of 12

50% of inspections at this establishment produced violations, with 5 inspections producing serious-or-greater violations.

Most-cited OSHA standards

Top OSHA standards cited at this employer, ranked by citation count. Standards (CFR sections) cluster citations into safety themes -- machine guarding, lockout-tagout, hazard communication, fall protection, process safety, etc. A concentration on one or two sections reveals a pattern that individual citations don’t. 20 distinct standards shown · 22 citations in this view · $478,875 in penalties.

CFR sectionCitationsInspectionsTotal penaltyFirst citedLast cited
29 CFR 1910.0147 D22$167,530Dec 2019Jul 2020
29 CFR 1910.0212 A0122$11,933May 2016Jul 2020
29 CFR 1910.0147 C06 I11$94,598Jul 2020Jul 2020
29 CFR 1910.0147 C07 I A11$52,030Jul 2020Jul 2020
29 CFR 1910.0147 C05 I11$52,030Jul 2020Jul 2020
29 CFR 1910.0151 C11$15,625Sep 2022Sep 2022
29 CFR 1910.0147 C06 II11$15,625Sep 2022Sep 2022
29 CFR 1910.0147 A02 II B11$15,625Sep 2022Sep 2022
29 CFR 1910.0147 C07 III B11$10,000Sep 2022Sep 2022
29 CFR 1910.0335 A02 I A11$9,460Jul 2020Jul 2020
29 CFR 1910.0332 B0111$9,460Jul 2020Jul 2020
29 CFR 1910.0335 A01 II11$9,460Jul 2020Jul 2020
29 CFR 1910.0147 D04 I11$7,000Oct 2014Oct 2014
29 CFR 1910.0147 C04 I11$7,000Oct 2014Oct 2014
29 CFR 1910.0147 C07 I B11$1,000Oct 2014Oct 2014
29 CFR 1910.0242 B11$500Oct 2014Oct 2014
29 CFR 1910.0147 F03 II D11Jul 2020Jul 2020
29 CFR 1910.0147 C04 II11Jul 2020Jul 2020
29 CFR 1910.0333 C0211Jul 2020Jul 2020
29 CFR 1910.0305 G01 IV A11Jul 2020Jul 2020

Source: OSHA inspection citations (violation_detail). CFR section codes can be looked up at osha.gov/laws-regs for the formal standard text. Per-inspection detail and the specific violation descriptions are available by expanding individual inspections below.

Peer comparison

86th

Worse on violations than most other employers in NAICS 3113 within IL. Peer group: 57 employers. This establishment has 23 OSHA violations; peer median is 3.

Fewer violationsMore violations
Penalty percentile
100th
peer median: $8,465
Inspection frequency
93rd
peer median: 2

Safety self-report (OSHA 300A)

Recordable injury rates the employer filed with OSHA’s Injury Tracking Application. DART covers cases with days away, restricted, or transferred; TRIR is the total recordable case rate.

DART rate
0.0
vs industry
−1.7
TRIR
0.7
vs industry
−2.0

Reported for 210 average annual employees at this establishment.

Source: OSHA ITA Form 300A (employer self-reported). Rates are per 100 full-time equivalent workers. Establishments below the ~10-FTE threshold are not required to report.

Industry benchmark

Industry avg TRIR
2.7
BLS SOII 2024
Industry avg DART
1.7
BLS SOII 2024
Self-reported TRIR
0.7
OSHA ITA Form 300A (employer self-reported)

BLS rates reflect industry-wide averages. Self-reported figures come from OSHA’s Injury Tracking Application; absence of self-reported data does not necessarily indicate non-compliance — many establishments fall below the ITA reporting threshold.

Inspection breakdown

Complaint
6
Referral
3
Follow-up
2

Complaint- and accident-triggered inspections are stronger risk signals than routine planned inspections.

OSHA severe injury reports

Self-reported events under 29 CFR 1904.39 (24-hour notification of hospitalization, amputation, or loss of an eye) · Apr 2016 – Mar 2020

Reports
4
Hospitalizations
2
Amputations
3
Eye losses
0

Most frequent event: Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning

Source: OSHA Severe Injury Reports (federal OSHA only; state-plan states like California, Oregon, and Washington maintain their own programs and do not consistently report into this feed).

Severe injury reports — events

Each row is a hospitalization, amputation, or eye-loss event the employer self-reported to OSHA under 29 CFR 1904.39. Narratives are written by the reporting employer.

DateEventBody partOutcome
Mar 19, 2020Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaningFingertip(s)Amputation
Jan 10, 2020Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaningFingertip(s)Amputation
Jun 18, 2019Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaningFingertip(s)Amputation
Apr 4, 2016Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaningHand(s), except finger(s)Hospitalized

Source: OSHA Severe Injury Reports. Federal-OSHA jurisdiction only by default; some state-plan programs report voluntarily.

OSHA accident events

Accidents, fatalities, and catastrophes documented during OSHA inspections at this employer. Each entry links to the inspection that recorded it.

DateEventInjuriesHospitalizedFatalities
May 9, 2020Infectious DiseaseFatality11
Jan 10, 2020Alarm,Amputated,Amputation,Caught By,Finger,Fingertip,Food processing,Guard,Hopper,Jammed,Lockout,Lockout/Tagout,Machine Guarding,Machine operator,Malfunction,Misjudgment,Misjudgment of Hazardous Situation,Partial Amputation,Rotating Parts,Sheared,Unguarded,Valve,Warning Sign1
Jun 18, 2019Amputation,Caught In,Fingertip,Jammed,Machine operator1

Source: OSHA accident investigations. Narratives are recorded by the inspecting officer and may be truncated.

Activity timeline

Data refreshed
Weekly
First OSHA inspection
Most recent activity
6 months ago

Most recent federal enforcement activity recorded 6 months ago. Data on this page is refreshed weekly.

Wage & Hour Division (WHD)

Cases
1
Back wages owed
$0
Employees affected
1

Department of Labor Wage & Hour Division — minimum-wage, overtime, child-labor, FMLA, and prevailing-wage enforcement.

Wage and hour breakdown by law

Per-statute totals across all closed DOL Wage & Hour cases against this employer. Backwages reflect amounts the agency assessed; civil penalty is the separate fine where applicable. Some acts (Davis-Bacon, SCA, CWHSSA, H-2B, CCPA) don't carry a civil penalty field in DOL's data. 1 statute · 1 violation · $0 in backwages

StatutePeriodCasesViolationsWorkersBackwagesCivil penalty
FMLA (family & medical leave)Jun 202111

Source: DOL WHD enforcement database, aggregated per statute. Lifetime totals. A case can cite multiple statutes — so the total here may exceed the case count in the table above.

Wage and hour cases

Closed DOL Wage & Hour Division cases (FLSA, FMLA, H-2B, MSPA, and related statutes). Backwages reflect amounts the agency assessed; civil penalty (CMP) is a separate fine levied on top, where the statute provides for one (FLSA / H-1B / H-2A / MSPA / FMLA / EPPA / FLSA Child Labor; other acts have no CMP column in DOL’s data). The Statutes column lists which laws each case cited. 1 case · 1 violations · $0 in backwages · 1 worker affected

Case periodIndustryStatutesViolationsWorkersBackwagesCivil penalty
Jun 2019 – Jun 2021All Other Miscellaneous ManufacturingFMLA11

Source: DOL WHD enforcement database. Cases shown reflect those the agency has closed and made public. A violation count is the agency’s tally of cited violations (one violation can affect many workers); the workers column counts distinct employees the agency found to be affected.

Mine safety (MSHA)

No MSHA mine safety violations on file for FERRARA CANDY COMPANY. Verify directly with Mine Safety and Health Administration

Labor relations (NLRB)

No NLRB unfair labor practice charges or union representation cases on file for FERRARA CANDY COMPANY. Verify directly with National Labor Relations Board

Visa & labor certification (OFLC) — historical

No H-1B, H-2A, or H-2B labor condition applications on file (historical data only — DOL ended OFLC publication) for FERRARA CANDY COMPANY. Verify directly with Office of Foreign Labor Certification

Environmental compliance (EPA)

EPA inspections
0
Quarters non-compliant
12

EPA Enforcement and Compliance History — Clean Air Act, Clean Water Act, RCRA, Safe Drinking Water Act. Status: Violation Identified.

EPA-registered facilities

Every EPA ECHO facility associated with this employer, sorted most-significant first. Each row links to EPA’s Detailed Facility Report for the source-of-truth record. Permits column lists active programs (Air = Clean Air Act, Water = Clean Water Act, RCRA = hazardous waste, TRI = Toxics Release Inventory reporting). 2 facilities.

FacilityPermitsStatusInspectionsFormal actionsPenaltiesLast inspectedECHO
FERRARA CANDY CO
2300 MAYWOOD DR · BELLWOOD, IL, 60104
RCRANo Violation Identified00Sep 2020View →
FERRARA CANDY CO
3000 W WASHINGTON · BELLWOOD, IL, 60104
AirWaterRCRAViolation Identified
QNCR 12
00Jan 2017View →

Source: EPA ECHO (Enforcement and Compliance History Online). Compliance status follows EPA’s own labels (“Sig Violation” = significant noncompliance; QNCR = quarters of noncompliance over the recent reporting window). Inactive facilities (struck through) retain historical enforcement records even after operations ceased.

Federal criminal prosecution record

No federal criminal prosecutions, plea agreements, or deferred-prosecution agreements on file for FERRARA CANDY COMPANY. Verify directly with UVA Corporate Prosecution Registry

Inspection history

DateTriggerViolationsSeriousPenalty
2025-12-19Complaint0$0
2022-07-28Complaint0$0
2022-06-22Complaint0$0
2022-04-07Complaint42$56,875
2022-04-07Follow-up0$0
2022-04-07Follow-up0$0
2020-05-14Fatality/Catastrophe0$0
2020-01-21Referral125$329,070
2019-06-26Referral1$72,930
2016-04-12Referral11$4,500
2014-07-17Complaint1$0
2014-07-17Complaint42$15,500

Source: OSHA IMIS. Citation amounts reflect initially assessed penalties; final amounts after appeal may differ.

In the news

Part of a larger organization

FERRARA CANDY COMPANY is one of 7 establishments rolled up under the parent organization Ferrara Candy Company.

Federal enforcement records on this page represent activity at this specific establishment only. The full enforcement footprint of Ferrara Candy Company across all 7 of its tracked locations is viewable on the parent profile.

Other employers in this industry and state

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Other locations under this parent

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About this data

This profile aggregates federal enforcement records on FERRARA CANDY COMPANY from every major federal compliance and enforcement source plus the UVA Corporate Prosecution Registry. OSHA workplace safety inspections, WHD wage cases, MSHA mine safety, EPA environmental enforcement, NLRB labor relations, OFLC visa/labor certification, FMCSA motor carrier registration, SAM.gov debarments, CMS nursing-home records, BLS industry safety benchmarks, OSHA ITA self-reported injury rates, SEC enforcement and financial disclosures, CPSC and NHTSA recalls.

Establishments are matched across agencies using normalized employer name, state, and ZIP code. This establishment resolves to the parent rollup Ferrara Candy Company, which operates 7 establishments in our dataset.

OSHA citations typically appear 3–8 months after the inspection, so very recent enforcement actions may not yet be reflected. Profiles may be incomplete if the establishment operates under multiple legal names or files under variations our entity-matching rules don’t yet cover. To report a missing record or correction, email corrections@fastdol.com.

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Frequently asked

What is FERRARA CANDY COMPANY's OSHA violation history?
FERRARA CANDY COMPANY has 12 OSHA inspections on record with 23 violations and $478,875 in total penalties.
How does FERRARA CANDY COMPANY's safety record compare to its industry?
FERRARA CANDY COMPANY operates in the nonchocolate confectionery manufacturing industry. The industry average Total Recordable Incident Rate (TRIR) is 2.7. FERRARA CANDY COMPANY's self-reported DART rate is 0 compared to an industry average of 1.7.
Has FERRARA CANDY COMPANY had any workplace fatalities?
Yes. Federal records show 1 fatality investigation involving FERRARA CANDY COMPANY.