Fruit syrups, flavoring, manufacturing · Illinois

Bell Flavors & Fragrances, Inc.

Northbrook, IL · ~242 workers · 4 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

C
Average Safety Record
3.6
Avg TCR
4.1
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

Bell Flavors & Fragrances, Inc. runs at 88% of its industry's injury rate - about level with the typical Fruit syrups, flavoring, manufacturing workplace, earning a grade C.

Bell Flavors & Fragrances, Inc.: 3.6 TCR = 88% of Fruit syrups, flavoring, manufacturing BLS 4.1 · 4y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Bell Flavors & Fragrances, Inc. safety composite

Bell Flavors & Fragrances, Inc. scores strongest on fatalities (safer than 51% of same-industry peers) and weakest on dart rate (safer than 13%), 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).

F

29/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
F 3.6 per 100 workers

Safer than 30% of industry peers

DART rate
F 4.25 per 100 workers

Safer than 13% 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

Bell Flavors & Fragrances, Inc.: 2.5 → 4.6 TCR

Peak year 2020 @ 4.6 TCR · DART/TCR 1.18× in 2020

Bell Flavors & Fragrances, Inc.'s TCR rose 2.2 from 2.5 in 2016 to 4.6 in 2020. In 2020, DART was 1.18× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 311930 · Northbrook, IL AT/BELOW-IND · MID

Grade C · TCR 3.6 · 88% of ind

  • DART 4.3 DART
  • RANK #8/9
  • PHOTO Fruitcrown Products …
  • BOOK 4y book
  • INJ 36 inj
  • SIZE ~242 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: Fruitcrown Products Corp (0.0 TCR gap)

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Bell Flavors & Fragrances, Inc. in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows Bell Flavors & Fragrances, Inc. averages 3.6 TCR (88% of the Fruit syrups, flavoring, manufacturing BLS benchmark).

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

Bell Flavors & Fragrances, Inc. TCR series: 2016=2.5 · 2018=3.3 · 2019=4 · 2020=4.6 · BLS 4.1

Where Bell Flavors & Fragrances, Inc. falls in its industry

96 Fruit syrups, flavoring, manuf establishments

Safer than 30% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 2.6.

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to Illinois alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #8 safest of 9 Fruit syrups, flavoring, manuf employers in Illinois.

Bell Flavors & Fragrances, Inc. (242 employees, TCR 3.6) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 93 employees and a TCR of 2.6 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 0200400600800 05101520 Average employees Total Case Rate Bell Flavors & Fragrances, Inc.
Bell Flavors & Fragrances, Inc. (242 employees, TCR 3.6) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 93 employees and a TCR of 2.6

Bell Flavors & Fragrances, Inc. has more employees than the Fruit syrups, flavoring, manufacturing median and a higher injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 2.6. 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
2020 4.6 4.3 12 0 0
2019 4.0 3.4 10 2 0
2018 3.3 2.9 8 0 0
2016 2.5 2.0 6 0 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

311930 · IL · Northbrook

96 Fruit syrups, flavoring, manufacturing employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 22,804 rated employers in Illinois with headcount on file · 122 employers in Northbrook, 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 Fruitcrown Products Corp 3.6 TCR
NAICS-TCR Kerry Seattle 3.6 TCR
NAICS-TCR Synergy Flavors (OH), LLC 3.5 TCR
NAICS-TCR Flavor Producers - Valencia, CA 3.5 TCR
STATE-SIZE Chemtool, Inc., Rockton North 242 FTE
STATE-SIZE Mt. Prospect 242 FTE
STATE-SIZE Midway Windows and Doors Inc. 242 FTE
STATE-SIZE CHICAGO WHITE METAL CASTING INC 242 FTE
CITY-NEAR Astellas Pharma US 1,228 FTE
CITY-NEAR Astellas Pharma Global Development 908 FTE
CITY-NEAR Astellas US LLC 896 FTE
CITY-NEAR ILNOR - NORTHBROOK 780 FTE
NAT-TCR MS010 Bay Springs Sawmill 3.6 TCR
NAT-TCR 0000000069 Quickchek Food Stores 3.6 TCR
NAT-TCR Palmer AK 3.6 TCR
NAT-TCR Manheim Birmingham 3.6 TCR
NAT-SIZE Winder Distribution Center 242 FTE
NAT-SIZE Harriman 242 FTE
NAT-SIZE Meritor 242 FTE
NAT-SIZE 0665 - Phoenix Az Whse 242 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: 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.