Powders, baking, manufacturing · Tennessee
Hickory Specialties DBA Kerry Ingredients
Monterey, TN · ~57 workers · 5 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.
- B
- Good Safety Record
- 2.7
- Avg TCR
- 4.1
- Industry avg
- 0
- Fatalities
The verdict
Hickory Specialties DBA Kerry Ingredients runs at 65% of its industry's injury rate - safer than the typical Powders, baking, manufacturing workplace, earning a grade B.
Hickory Specialties DBA Kerry Ingredients: 2.7 TCR = 65% of Powders, baking, manufacturing BLS 4.1 · 5y Form 300A (see methodology below)
Hickory Specialties DBA Kerry Ingredients safety composite
Hickory Specialties DBA Kerry Ingredients scores strongest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 64% of same-industry peers) and weakest on dart rate (safer than 34%), 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)
- C 2.67 per 100 workers
Safer than 64% of industry peers
- DART rate
- F 3.47 per 100 workers
Safer than 34% of industry peers
- Fatalities
- D 0
Safer than 50% 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
Hickory Specialties DBA Kerry Ingredients: 3.0 → 3.5 TCR
Peak year 2022 @ 5.2 TCR · DART/TCR 1.3× in 2024
Hickory Specialties DBA Kerry Ingredients's TCR rose 0.5 from 3.0 in 2020 to 3.5 in 2024. Peak filing year was 2022 at 5.2 TCR. In 2024, DART was 1.3× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).
OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard
Establishment book 311999 · Monterey, TN AT/BELOW-IND · SMALL
Grade B · TCR 2.7 · 65% of ind
- DART 3.5 DART
- RANK #2/6
- PHOTO Sensient Flavors Har…
- BOOK 5y book
- INJ 8 inj
- SIZE ~57 FTE
Nearest TCR peer: Sensient Flavors Harbor Beach (0.0 TCR gap)
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Hickory Specialties DBA Kerry Ingredients in the TCR neighbourhood
Average Total Case Rate among this establishment and nearest same-industry peers
- This site
Hickory Specialties DBA Kerry Ingredients
2.7 TCR
- Sensient Flavo
Sensient Flavors Harbor Beach
2.7 TCR
- ESM Technologi
ESM Technologies
2.7 TCR
- Dawn Food Prod
Dawn Food Products - Louisville Manufacturing
2.7 TCR
- Red Star Yeast
Red Star Yeast Company
2.7 TCR
What this shows Hickory Specialties DBA Kerry Ingredients averages 2.7 TCR (65% of the Powders, baking, manufacturing BLS benchmark).
Hickory Specialties DBA Kerry Ingredients TCR series: 2020=3 · 2021=1.7 · 2022=5.2 · 2023=0 · 2024=3.5 · BLS 4.1
Where Hickory Specialties DBA Kerry Ingredients falls in its industry
335 Powders, baking, manufacturing establishmentsSafer than 64% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 3.7.
Narrower to Tennessee alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #2 safest of 6 Powders, baking, manufacturing employers in Tennessee.
Hickory Specialties DBA Kerry Ingredients has fewer employees than the Powders, baking, manufacturing median and a lower injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 3.7. 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 | 3.5 | 3.5 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| 2023 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2022 | 5.2 | 3.5 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| 2021 | 1.7 | 1.7 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 2020 | 3.0 | 1.5 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
OSHA ITA peer cross-reference
Establishment peer ledger
311999 · TN · Monterey
335 Powders, baking, manufacturing employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 10,743 rated employers in Tennessee with headcount on file · 9 employers in Monterey, TN · 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 | Sensient Flavors Harbor Beach | 2.7 TCR |
| NAICS-TCR | ESM Technologies | 2.7 TCR |
| NAICS-TCR | Dawn Food Products - Louisville Manufacturing | 2.7 TCR |
| NAICS-TCR | Red Star Yeast Company | 2.7 TCR |
| STATE-SIZE | Middle TN Electric Membership Corporation (Downtown) | 57 FTE |
| STATE-SIZE | The Christman Company - Knoxville, TN | 57 FTE |
| STATE-SIZE | Hawkins Asphalt Paving Main Office | 57 FTE |
| STATE-SIZE | Concrete Polishing Technologies, Inc. | 57 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | Monterey Plant | 641 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | LP Monterey, LLC- Standing Stone | 94 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | Royal Oak Enterprises Crossville LLC | 90 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | Royal Oak Enterprises | 89 FTE |
| NAT-TCR | Applied Physical Metrology Akron | 2.7 TCR |
| NAT-TCR | STR0141 | 2.7 TCR |
| NAT-TCR | STR0639 | 2.7 TCR |
| NAT-TCR | Consumer Products Division | 2.7 TCR |
| NAT-SIZE | Mad River | 57 FTE |
| NAT-SIZE | Exacta Laboratory Systems, LLC | 57 FTE |
| NAT-SIZE | Davco Roofing & Sheet Metal | 57 FTE |
| NAT-SIZE | Brookdale Anaheim | 57 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.