Flavor extracts (except coffee) manufacturing · Illinois

Innova - Griffith Foods

Name: Innova - Griffith Foods Workplace Safety Data
Creator: PlainSafetyScore
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Chicago, IL · ~64 workers · 4 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

Compiled by PlainSafetyScore · August 25, 2026

D
Poor Safety Record: 7.3
Avg TCR: 4.1
Industry avg: 0
Fatalities

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The verdict

Innova - Griffith Foods runs at 179% of its industry's injury rate - more dangerous than the typical Flavor extracts (except coffee) manufacturing workplace, earning a grade D.

Innova - Griffith Foods: 7.3 TCR = 179% of Flavor extracts (except coffee) manufacturing BLS 4.1 · 4y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Innova - Griffith Foods safety composite

Innova - Griffith Foods scores strongest on fatalities (safer than 51% of same-industry peers) and weakest on dart rate (safer than 6%), 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).

21/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR): F 7.33 per 100 workers

Safer than 16% of industry peers
DART rate: F 8.29 per 100 workers

Safer than 6% 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

Innova - Griffith Foods: 2.7 → 8.3 TCR

Peak year 2019 @ 13.3 TCR · DART/TCR 1.13× in 2020

Innova - Griffith Foods's TCR rose 5.5 from 2.7 in 2016 to 8.3 in 2020. Peak filing year was 2019 at 13.3 TCR. In 2020, DART was 1.13× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 311942 · Chicago, IL ABOVE-IND · SMALL

Grade D · TCR 7.3 · 179% of ind

DART 8.3 DART
RANK #16/16
PHOTO Milford Operations
BOOK 4y book
INJ 18 inj
SIZE ~64 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: Milford Operations (0.0 TCR gap)

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What this shows Innova - Griffith Foods averages 7.3 TCR (179% of the Flavor extracts (except coffee) manufacturing BLS benchmark).

Innova - Griffith Foods TCR series: 2016=2.7 · 2018=5 · 2019=13.3 · 2020=8.3 · BLS 4.1

Where Innova - Griffith Foods falls in its industry

200 Flavor extracts (except coffee establishments

Safer than 16% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 3.5.

Grade D

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

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

Innova - Griffith Foods (64 employees, TCR 7.3) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 85 employees and a TCR of 3.5

Innova - Griffith Foods has fewer employees than the Flavor extracts (except coffee) manufact 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
2020	8.3	8.3	5
2019	13.3	13.3	7
2018	5.0	5.0	4
2016	2.7	1.4	2

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

311942 · IL · Chicago

200 Flavor extracts (except coffee) manufacturing employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 22,804 rated employers in Illinois with headcount on file · 2,934 employers in Chicago, 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	Milford Operations	MILFORD, OH	7.3 TCR
NAICS-TCR	BERJE' Main Facility	CARTERET, NJ	7.3 TCR
NAICS-TCR	5441 NE 148th Ave	PORTLAND, OR	7.3 TCR
NAICS-TCR	Newly Weds Foods	MODESTO, CA	7.3 TCR
STATE-SIZE	Central Sod	PLAINFIELD	64 FTE
STATE-SIZE	Central Sod Farms, Inc	PLAINFIELD	64 FTE
STATE-SIZE	Nashville	NASHVILLE	64 FTE
STATE-SIZE	Alliance Contractors Inc	WOODSTOCK	64 FTE
CITY-NEAR	Chicago Public Schools	Chicago	49,500 FTE
CITY-NEAR	Chicago/Corporate	Chicago	18,831 FTE
CITY-NEAR	University of Illinois at Chicago	Chicago	13,092 FTE
CITY-NEAR	University Health Service UIC UIC Campus	Chicago	12,732 FTE
NAT-TCR	Brickell 1414 Restaurant LLC	Miami, FL	7.3 TCR
NAT-TCR	Springtree Health and Rehabiliation Center	Roanoke, VA	7.3 TCR
NAT-TCR	CA032	Gardena, CA	7.3 TCR
NAT-TCR	River Park Hotel and Suites	Miami, FL	7.3 TCR
NAT-SIZE	Materia, Inc. Pasadena Facility	Pasadena, CA	64 FTE
NAT-SIZE	5071 - NV Washoe County Sheriff's Office	Reno, NV	64 FTE
NAT-SIZE	Dayton Hospice	Kettering, OH	64 FTE
NAT-SIZE	Cincinnati Hospice	Cincinnati, OH	64 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: 2020, 2019, 2018, 2016. This is publicly available government data - not a legal determination of workplace conditions.

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