Chili pepper or powder manufacturing · Illinois

Griffith Foods - Alsip

Name: Griffith Foods - Alsip Workplace Safety Data
Creator: PlainSafetyScore
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Alsip, IL · ~380 workers · 2 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

Compiled by PlainSafetyScore · August 25, 2026

B
Good Safety Record: 3.1
Avg TCR: 4.1
Industry avg: 0
Fatalities

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The verdict

Griffith Foods - Alsip runs at 76% of its industry's injury rate - safer than the typical Chili pepper or powder manufacturing workplace, earning a grade B.

Griffith Foods - Alsip: 3.1 TCR = 76% of Chili pepper or powder manufacturing BLS 4.1 · 2y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Griffith Foods - Alsip safety composite

Griffith Foods - Alsip scores strongest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 54% of same-industry peers) and weakest on dart rate (safer than 45%), 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 3.13 per 100 workers

Safer than 54% of industry peers
DART rate: D 2.57 per 100 workers

Safer than 45% 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

−0.8

2022→2023

Griffith Foods - Alsip injury rate improved

Griffith Foods - Alsip's TCR fell 0.8 from 3.5 in 2022 to 2.8 in 2023. Peak filing year was 2022 at 3.5 TCR. In 2023, DART was 0.82× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2022=3.5 · 2023=2.8

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

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

Grade B · TCR 3.1 · 76% of ind

DART 2.6 DART
RANK #10/16
PHOTO Tony Chachere's - Op…
BOOK 2y book
INJ 31 inj
SIZE ~380 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: Tony Chachere's - Opelousas, Main (0.0 TCR gap)

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Shank's Extrac

3.2
This site

3.1
Tony Chachere'

3.1
Kalsec, Inc -

3.1
Flavor and Fra

3

What this shows Griffith Foods - Alsip averages 3.1 TCR (76% of the Chili pepper or powder manufacturing BLS benchmark).

Griffith Foods - Alsip TCR series: 2022=3.5 · 2023=2.8 · BLS 4.1

Where Griffith Foods - Alsip falls in its industry

200 Chili pepper or powder manufac establishments

Safer than 54% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 3.5.

Grade B

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to Illinois alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #10 safest of 16 Chili pepper or powder manufac employers in Illinois.

Griffith Foods - Alsip (380 employees, TCR 3.1) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 85 employees and a TCR of 3.5

Griffith Foods - Alsip has more employees than the Chili pepper or powder manufacturing 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
2023	2.8	2.6	14	0	0
2022	3.5	3.1	17	0	0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

311942 · IL · Alsip

200 Chili pepper or powder manufacturing employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 22,804 rated employers in Illinois with headcount on file · 117 employers in Alsip, IL · 4 cross-state NAT-TCR peers · 4 cross-state NAT-SIZE peers. Closest matches by relationship code are listed below.

Rel	Establishment	Place	Metric
NAICS-TCR	Tony Chachere's - Opelousas, Main	OPELOUSAS, LA	3.1 TCR
NAICS-TCR	Kalsec, Inc - Kalamazoo	KALAMAZOO, MI	3.1 TCR
NAICS-TCR	Flavor and Fragrance Specialties	ESSEX, MD	3.0 TCR
NAICS-TCR	Shank's Extracts, LLC d.b.a. Universal Ingredients - Shank's	LANCASTER, PA	3.2 TCR
STATE-SIZE	United States Alliance Fire Protection, Inc.	LAKE FOREST	380 FTE
STATE-SIZE	bellwood	BELLWOOD	380 FTE
STATE-SIZE	Kronos Foods	GLENDALE HEIGHTS	380 FTE
STATE-SIZE	Griffith Foods Alsip	ALSIP	380 FTE
CITY-NEAR	Menasha Packaging Company - Alsip	Alsip	783 FTE
CITY-NEAR	1005 - Alsip	Alsip	594 FTE
CITY-NEAR	Alsip	Alsip	388 FTE
CITY-NEAR	GC America Inc.	Alsip	349 FTE
NAT-TCR	C.H. Guenther & Son D.B.A. Cookietree Bakeries	Salt Lake City, UT	3.1 TCR
NAT-TCR	Cardinal Health SLC MED	Salt Lake City, UT	3.1 TCR
NAT-TCR	Primary	Louisville, CO	3.1 TCR
NAT-TCR	Theisen's of Dubuque	Dubuque, IA	3.1 TCR
NAT-SIZE	Finelite	Union City, CA	380 FTE
NAT-SIZE	Market Basket #08	Tewksbury, MA	380 FTE
NAT-SIZE	Market Basket #54	Bellingham, MA	380 FTE
NAT-SIZE	Rhinelander Paper Unit	Rhinelander, WI	380 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.