Syrup, flavoring (except coffee based), manufacturing · New Jersey

Givaudan Flavors Corp., Merry Lane, East Hanover NJ

East Hanover, NJ · ~272 workers · 6 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

C
Average Safety Record
4.4
Avg TCR
4.1
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

Givaudan Flavors Corp., Merry Lane, East Hanover NJ runs at 107% of its industry's injury rate - about level with the typical Syrup, flavoring (except coffee based), manufacturing workplace, earning a grade C.

Givaudan Flavors Corp., Merry Lane, East Hanover NJ: 4.4 TCR = 107% of Syrup, flavoring (except coffee based), manufacturing BLS 4.1 · 6y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Givaudan Flavors Corp., Merry Lane, East Hanover NJ safety composite

Givaudan Flavors Corp., Merry Lane, East Hanover NJ scores strongest on fatalities (safer than 51% of same-industry peers) and weakest on dart rate (safer than 22%), 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

30/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
F 4.37 per 100 workers

Safer than 25% of industry peers

DART rate
F 3.39 per 100 workers

Safer than 22% 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

−3.0

2018→2024

Givaudan Flavors Corp., Merry Lane, East Hanover NJ injury rate improved

Givaudan Flavors Corp., Merry Lane, East Hanover NJ's TCR fell 3.0 from 6.4 in 2018 to 3.4 in 2024. Peak filing year was 2018 at 6.4 TCR. In 2024, DART was 0.78× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2018=6.4 · 2019=3.4 · 2020=4.6 · 2022=5.8 · 2023=2.6 · 2024=3.4

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 311930 · East Hanover, NJ ABOVE-IND · MID

Grade C · TCR 4.4 · 107% of ind

  • DART 3.4 DART
  • RANK #11/13
  • PHOTO Prinova Michigan
  • BOOK 6y book
  • INJ 69 inj
  • SIZE ~272 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: Prinova Michigan (0.1 TCR gap)

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Givaudan Flavors Corp., Merry Lane, East Hanover NJ in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows Givaudan Flavors Corp., Merry Lane, East Hanover NJ averages 4.4 TCR (107% of the Syrup, flavoring (except coffee based), manufacturing BLS benchmark).

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

Givaudan Flavors Corp., Merry Lane, East Hanover NJ TCR series: 2018=6.4 · 2019=3.4 · 2020=4.6 · 2022=5.8 · 2023=2.6 · 2024=3.4 · BLS 4.1

Where Givaudan Flavors Corp., Merry Lane, East Hanover NJ falls in its industry

96 Syrup, flavoring (except coffe establishments

Safer than 25% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 2.6.

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to New Jersey alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #11 safest of 13 Syrup, flavoring (except coffe employers in New Jersey.

Givaudan Flavors Corp., Merry Lane, East Hanover NJ (272 employees, TCR 4.4) 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 Givaudan Flavors Corp., Merry Lane, East Hanover NJ
Givaudan Flavors Corp., Merry Lane, East Hanover NJ (272 employees, TCR 4.4) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 93 employees and a TCR of 2.6

Givaudan Flavors Corp., Merry Lane, East Hanover NJ has more employees than the Syrup, flavoring (except coffee based), 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
2024 3.4 3.4 9 0 0
2023 2.6 1.9 7 0 0
2022 5.8 3.9 15 0 0
2020 4.6 4.3 13 0 0
2019 3.4 3.0 8 1 0
2018 6.4 5.0 17 1 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

311930 · NJ · East Hanover

96 Syrup, flavoring (except coffee based), manufacturing employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 11,201 rated employers in New Jersey with headcount on file · 45 employers in East Hanover, NJ · 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 Prinova Michigan 4.5 TCR
NAICS-TCR Kerry Greenville 4.6 TCR
NAICS-TCR Bell Flavors and Fragrances Middletown 4.6 TCR
NAICS-TCR Doehler USA INc 4.1 TCR
STATE-SIZE Infineum USA INC 272 FTE
STATE-SIZE #506 East Windsor Shoprite 272 FTE
STATE-SIZE #631 Howell Shoprite 272 FTE
STATE-SIZE Freehold Raceway 017 272 FTE
CITY-NEAR Novartis Pharmaceuticals Corporation 4,657 FTE
CITY-NEAR Novartis Pharmaceutical Sales Force 3,396 FTE
CITY-NEAR Novartis Pharmaceuticals Field Force 2,977 FTE
CITY-NEAR Mondelez Global North East HDQ - Sales 1,445 FTE
NAT-TCR Dave Christian Const. Co., Inc. 4.4 TCR
NAT-TCR North Branch 4.4 TCR
NAT-TCR Katsam 4.4 TCR
NAT-TCR Lansing Building Products -Tampa FL 4.4 TCR
NAT-SIZE Kyocera SENCO Broadwell 272 FTE
NAT-SIZE TCI Powder Coatings 272 FTE
NAT-SIZE Frischhertz Electric Co., Inc. 272 FTE
NAT-SIZE Wyman-Gordon 272 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, 2020, 2019, 2018. This is publicly available government data - not a legal determination of workplace conditions.
Data sourced from official public datasets. See our methodology for details.