Flavor extracts (except coffee) manufacturing · Illinois

Givaudan Flavors - Carol Stream

Carol Stream, IL · ~161 workers · 2 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

B
Good Safety Record
3.0
Avg TCR
4.1
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

Givaudan Flavors - Carol Stream runs at 72% of its industry's injury rate - safer than the typical Flavor extracts (except coffee) manufacturing workplace, earning a grade B.

Givaudan Flavors - Carol Stream: 3.0 TCR = 72% of Flavor extracts (except coffee) manufacturing BLS 4.1 · 2y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Givaudan Flavors - Carol Stream safety composite

Givaudan Flavors - Carol Stream scores strongest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 59% of same-industry peers) and weakest on dart rate (safer than 38%), 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

50/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
C 2.96 per 100 workers

Safer than 59% of industry peers

DART rate
D 3.02 per 100 workers

Safer than 38% 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

Givaudan Flavors - Carol Stream: 1.1 → 4.8 TCR

Peak year 2018 @ 4.8 TCR · DART/TCR 1.02× in 2018

Givaudan Flavors - Carol Stream's TCR rose 3.7 from 1.1 in 2017 to 4.8 in 2018. In 2018, DART was 1.02× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 311942 · Carol Stream, IL AT/BELOW-IND · MID

Grade B · TCR 3.0 · 72% of ind

  • DART 3.0 DART
  • RANK #9/16
  • PHOTO TEKPAK, Inc.
  • BOOK 2y book
  • INJ 10 inj
  • SIZE ~161 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: TEKPAK, Inc. (0.0 TCR gap)

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Givaudan Flavors - Carol Stream in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows Givaudan Flavors - Carol Stream averages 3.0 TCR (72% of the Flavor extracts (except coffee) manufacturing BLS benchmark).

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

Givaudan Flavors - Carol Stream TCR series: 2017=1.1 · 2018=4.8 · BLS 4.1

Where Givaudan Flavors - Carol Stream falls in its industry

200 Flavor extracts (except coffee establishments

Safer than 59% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 3.5.

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to Illinois alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #9 safest of 16 Flavor extracts (except coffee employers in Illinois.

Givaudan Flavors - Carol Stream (161 employees, TCR 3.0) 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 051015 Average employees Total Case Rate Givaudan Flavors - Carol Stream
Givaudan Flavors - Carol Stream (161 employees, TCR 3.0) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 85 employees and a TCR of 3.5

Givaudan Flavors - Carol Stream has more employees than the Flavor extracts (except coffee) manufact median and a lower 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
2018 4.8 3.0 8 0 0
2017 1.1 1.1 2 0 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

311942 · IL · Carol Stream

200 Flavor extracts (except coffee) manufacturing employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 22,804 rated employers in Illinois with headcount on file · 170 employers in Carol Stream, 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 TEKPAK, Inc. 3.0 TCR
NAICS-TCR Salt-Hersey 3.0 TCR
NAICS-TCR Cargill, Inc - Salt Business Tampa 3.0 TCR
NAICS-TCR Gerald 2.9 TCR
STATE-SIZE Feldco - Headquarters 161 FTE
STATE-SIZE Woods Basement Systems, Inc. 161 FTE
STATE-SIZE Berger Excavating Contractors 161 FTE
STATE-SIZE Trim-Rite Food Corporation 161 FTE
CITY-NEAR Northwestern Medicine Regional Medical Group 2,151 FTE
CITY-NEAR American Litho, Inc. 1,657 FTE
CITY-NEAR 161275-CAROL STREAM IL P&DC 960 FTE
CITY-NEAR Hearthside Foods - Carol Stream 853 FTE
NAT-TCR Rai Mx Dca 3.0 TCR
NAT-TCR Aircraft Materials Distribution Center (Kyamd) 3.0 TCR
NAT-TCR I-59/20 3.0 TCR
NAT-TCR Kingsville CDC 3.0 TCR
NAT-SIZE Pototoc Spring 161 FTE
NAT-SIZE 6400-Swy 0024 0053 161 FTE
NAT-SIZE Bremerton (Wabre) 161 FTE
NAT-SIZE Norfolk (Vanor) 161 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: 2018, 2017. 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.