Pepper (i.e., spice) manufacturing · Maryland
Flavor & Fragrance Specialties
Essex, MD · ~85 workers · 3 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.
- C
- Average Safety Record
- 3.8
- Avg TCR
- 4.1
- Industry avg
- 0
- Fatalities
The verdict
Flavor & Fragrance Specialties runs at 93% of its industry's injury rate - about level with the typical Pepper (i.e., spice) manufacturing workplace, earning a grade C.
Flavor & Fragrance Specialties: 3.8 TCR = 93% of Pepper (i.e., spice) manufacturing BLS 4.1 · 3y Form 300A (see methodology below)
Flavor & Fragrance Specialties safety composite
Flavor & Fragrance Specialties scores strongest on dart rate (safer than 52% of same-industry peers) and weakest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 48%), 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).
50/100
Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures
- Total Case Rate (TCR)
- D 3.8 per 100 workers
Safer than 48% of industry peers
- DART rate
- D 2.15 per 100 workers
Safer than 52% 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
−3.6
2020→2024
Flavor & Fragrance Specialties injury rate improved
Flavor & Fragrance Specialties's TCR fell 3.6 from 5.8 in 2020 to 2.1 in 2024. Peak filing year was 2020 at 5.8 TCR. In 2024, DART was 0.57× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).
2020=5.8 · 2021=3.4 · 2024=2.1
OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard
Establishment book 311942 · Essex, MD AT/BELOW-IND · SMALL
Grade C · TCR 3.8 · 93% of ind
- DART 2.1 DART
- RANK #8/13
- PHOTO Cargill Salt - Hutch…
- BOOK 3y book
- INJ 10 inj
- SIZE ~85 FTE
Nearest TCR peer: Cargill Salt - Hutchinson (0.0 TCR gap)
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Flavor & Fragrance Specialties in the TCR neighbourhood
Average Total Case Rate among this establishment and nearest same-industry peers
- This site
Flavor & Fragrance Specialties
3.8 TCR
- Cargill Salt -
Cargill Salt - Hutchinson
3.8 TCR
- All Seasonings
All Seasonings Ingredients, Inc.
3.8 TCR
- Citrus Extract
Citrus Extracts LLC
3.8 TCR
- Latitude 36 Fo
Latitude 36 Foods, LLC dba Hyde & Hyde
3.8 TCR
What this shows Flavor & Fragrance Specialties averages 3.8 TCR (93% of the Pepper (i.e., spice) manufacturing BLS benchmark).
Flavor & Fragrance Specialties TCR series: 2020=5.8 · 2021=3.4 · 2024=2.1 · BLS 4.1
Where Flavor & Fragrance Specialties falls in its industry
200 Pepper (i.e., spice) manufactu establishmentsSafer than 48% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 3.5.
Narrower to Maryland alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #8 safest of 13 Pepper (i.e., spice) manufactu employers in Maryland.
Flavor & Fragrance Specialties has more employees than the Pepper (i.e., spice) 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 2.1 | 2.1 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| 2021 | 3.4 | 3.4 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| 2020 | 5.8 | 4.6 | 5 | 0 | 0 |
OSHA ITA peer cross-reference
Establishment peer ledger
311942 · MD · Essex
200 Pepper (i.e., spice) manufacturing employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 7,213 rated employers in Maryland with headcount on file · 19 employers in Essex, MD · 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 | Cargill Salt - Hutchinson | 3.8 TCR |
| NAICS-TCR | All Seasonings Ingredients, Inc. | 3.8 TCR |
| NAICS-TCR | Citrus Extracts LLC | 3.8 TCR |
| NAICS-TCR | Latitude 36 Foods, LLC dba Hyde & Hyde | 3.8 TCR |
| STATE-SIZE | Holistic Industries LLC | 85 FTE |
| STATE-SIZE | New Energy Equity | 85 FTE |
| STATE-SIZE | Reliable Installation Services | 85 FTE |
| STATE-SIZE | Caffes-Steele, Inc | 85 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | AMZL : DBA3 | 733 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | Amazon.com Services LLC - DBA3 | 195 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | 01653 - STORE # 1653 ESSEX | 93 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | Flavor and Fragrance Specialties | 79 FTE |
| NAT-TCR | Rusk Renovations | 3.8 TCR |
| NAT-TCR | Bowman Steel, LLC | 3.8 TCR |
| NAT-TCR | Homewood Suites Dover Rockaway | 3.8 TCR |
| NAT-TCR | Mary Goss Nursing Home | 3.8 TCR |
| NAT-SIZE | McBride Construction Resources | 85 FTE |
| NAT-SIZE | Shield Packaging Co Inc | 85 FTE |
| NAT-SIZE | Freedom Springs | 85 FTE |
| NAT-SIZE | Burns Scalo Real Estate | 85 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.