Spices and spice mix manufacturing · California

Chef Merito LLC

Van Nuys, CA · ~95 workers · 2 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

F
Failing Safety Record
16.0
Avg TCR
4.1
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

Chef Merito LLC runs at 391% of its industry's injury rate - far more dangerous than the typical Spices and spice mix manufacturing workplace, earning a grade F.

Chef Merito LLC: 16.0 TCR = 391% of Spices and spice mix manufacturing BLS 4.1 · 2y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Chef Merito LLC safety composite

Chef Merito LLC scores strongest on fatalities (safer than 51% of same-industry peers) and weakest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 1%), 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

14/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
F 16.02 per 100 workers

Safer than 1% of industry peers

DART rate
F 12.8 per 100 workers

Safer than 1% 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

−1.6

2022→2023

Chef Merito LLC injury rate improved

Chef Merito LLC's TCR fell 1.6 from 16.8 in 2022 to 15.2 in 2023. Peak filing year was 2022 at 16.8 TCR. In 2023, DART was 0.8× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2022=16.8 · 2023=15.2

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 311942 · Van Nuys, CA ABOVE-IND · SMALL

Grade F · TCR 16.0 · 391% of ind

  • DART 12.8 DART
  • RANK #18/19
  • PHOTO BDS Natural Products
  • BOOK 2y book
  • INJ 32 inj
  • SIZE ~95 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: BDS Natural Products (2.9 TCR gap)

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Chef Merito LLC in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows Chef Merito LLC averages 16.0 TCR (391% of the Spices and spice mix manufacturing BLS benchmark).

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

Chef Merito LLC TCR series: 2022=16.8 · 2023=15.2 · BLS 4.1

Where Chef Merito LLC falls in its industry

200 Spices and spice mix manufactu establishments

Safer than 1% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 3.5.

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to California alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #18 safest of 19 Spices and spice mix manufactu employers in California.

Chef Merito LLC (95 employees, TCR 16.0) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 85 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 0100200300400 05101520 Average employees Total Case Rate Chef Merito LLC
Chef Merito LLC (95 employees, TCR 16.0) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 85 employees and a TCR of 3.5

Chef Merito LLC has more employees than the Spices and spice mix manufacturing median and a higher 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
2023 15.2 12.8 18 1 0
2022 16.8 9.5 14 2 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

311942 · CA · Van Nuys

200 Spices and spice mix manufacturing employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 51,834 rated employers in California with headcount on file · 192 employers in Van Nuys, CA · 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 BDS Natural Products 13.2 TCR
NAICS-TCR T-Bev, Inc. 12.8 TCR
NAICS-TCR International Bakers Services, Inc. 12.6 TCR
NAICS-TCR Kerry-Greenville 11.1 TCR
STATE-SIZE Del Llano Farms 95 FTE
STATE-SIZE Los Altos Farms, LLC 95 FTE
STATE-SIZE TreeSource 95 FTE
STATE-SIZE Costa View Farms 2 (Madera) 95 FTE
CITY-NEAR Valley Presbyterian Hospital 1,686 FTE
CITY-NEAR Ono-048 909 FTE
CITY-NEAR Ono-063 909 FTE
CITY-NEAR VAN NUYS HUB (CAVAN) 864 FTE
NAT-TCR McCoys Building Supply-Carlsbad 16.0 TCR
NAT-TCR Lakeshore Heartland 16.0 TCR
NAT-TCR 118780-Summerland Key Po 16.0 TCR
NAT-TCR Falmouth Convalescent Center Inc 16.0 TCR
NAT-SIZE MN Women's Care 95 FTE
NAT-SIZE USM Store #511 (United) 95 FTE
NAT-SIZE USM Store #911 (ALBERTSONS MARKET) 95 FTE
NAT-SIZE 4016 - Garland Tx Ddc (Costco Logistics) Depot 95 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: 2023, 2022. This is publicly available government data - not a legal determination of workplace conditions.

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