Extracts, food (except coffee, meat), manufacturing · Michigan

FlavorSum, LLC

Kalamazoo, MI · ~105 workers · 4 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

D
Poor Safety Record
5.2
Avg TCR
4.1
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

FlavorSum, LLC runs at 127% of its industry's injury rate - more dangerous than the typical Extracts, food (except coffee, meat), manufacturing workplace, earning a grade D.

FlavorSum, LLC: 5.2 TCR = 127% of Extracts, food (except coffee, meat), manufacturing BLS 4.1 · 4y Form 300A (see methodology below)

FlavorSum, LLC safety composite

FlavorSum, LLC scores strongest on fatalities (safer than 51% of same-industry peers) and weakest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 31%), 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).

D

38/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
F 5.22 per 100 workers

Safer than 31% of industry peers

DART rate
D 3.05 per 100 workers

Safer than 37% 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

−2.2

2021→2024

FlavorSum, LLC injury rate improved

FlavorSum, LLC's TCR fell 2.2 from 8.3 in 2021 to 6.1 in 2024. Peak filing year was 2021 at 8.3 TCR. In 2024, DART was 0.58× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2021=8.3 · 2022=2.8 · 2023=3.7 · 2024=6.1

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 311942 · Kalamazoo, MI ABOVE-IND · MID

Grade D · TCR 5.2 · 127% of ind

  • DART 3.0 DART
  • RANK #11/13
  • PHOTO Cargill Freedom
  • BOOK 4y book
  • INJ 13 inj
  • SIZE ~105 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: Cargill Freedom (0.0 TCR gap)

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FlavorSum, LLC in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows FlavorSum, LLC averages 5.2 TCR (127% of the Extracts, food (except coffee, meat), manufacturing BLS benchmark).

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

FlavorSum, LLC TCR series: 2021=8.3 · 2022=2.8 · 2023=3.7 · 2024=6.1 · BLS 4.1

Where FlavorSum, LLC falls in its industry

200 Extracts, food (except coffee, establishments

Safer than 31% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 3.5.

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to Michigan alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #11 safest of 13 Extracts, food (except coffee, employers in Michigan.

FlavorSum, LLC (105 employees, TCR 5.2) 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 051015 Average employees Total Case Rate FlavorSum, LLC
FlavorSum, LLC (105 employees, TCR 5.2) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 85 employees and a TCR of 3.5

FlavorSum, LLC has more employees than the Extracts, food (except coffee, meat), ma 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 6.1 3.0 6 0 0
2023 3.7 3.7 3 0 0
2022 2.8 1.4 2 0 0
2021 8.3 8.3 2 0 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

311942 · MI · Kalamazoo

200 Extracts, food (except coffee, meat), manufacturing employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 16,393 rated employers in Michigan with headcount on file · 353 employers in Kalamazoo, MI · 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 Freedom 5.3 TCR
NAICS-TCR Morton Salt- South Hutchinson 5.3 TCR
NAICS-TCR BADIA SPICES LLC 5.3 TCR
NAICS-TCR Elite Spice, Inc. Reno location 5.3 TCR
STATE-SIZE Xtreme Powerline Construction Inc (Michigan) 105 FTE
STATE-SIZE Anlaan Corporation 105 FTE
STATE-SIZE Master Craft Carpet Service 105 FTE
STATE-SIZE Hausbeck Pickle Company 105 FTE
CITY-NEAR Bronson Methodist Hospital 4,909 FTE
CITY-NEAR Pfizer Kalamazoo - Portage Road 3,201 FTE
CITY-NEAR Stryker Instruments 2,240 FTE
CITY-NEAR 1855-MIKAL1 2,103 FTE
NAT-TCR Wenger Feeds - Spring Glen Mill 5.2 TCR
NAT-TCR 215 Bridgeton 5.2 TCR
NAT-TCR Moreland Road Family Shelter 5.2 TCR
NAT-TCR Yingling Aviation LLC 5.2 TCR
NAT-SIZE Custom Eyes 105 FTE
NAT-SIZE AlmaVia Of San Francisco 105 FTE
NAT-SIZE Searcy,AR 105 FTE
NAT-SIZE The Klark Organization I, LLC 105 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: 2024, 2023, 2022, 2021. This is publicly available government data - not a legal determination of workplace conditions.

Read our methodology - how this data is sourced, computed, and verified.

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