Spices and spice mix manufacturing · Michigan

Kalsec, Inc - Kalamazoo

Name: Kalsec, Inc - Kalamazoo Workplace Safety Data
Creator: PlainSafetyScore
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Kalamazoo, MI · ~356 workers · 4 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

Kalsec, Inc - Kalamazoo runs at 77% of its industry's injury rate - safer than the typical Spices and spice mix manufacturing workplace, earning a grade B.

Kalsec, Inc - Kalamazoo: 3.1 TCR = 77% of Spices and spice mix manufacturing BLS 4.1 · 4y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Kalsec, Inc - Kalamazoo safety composite

Kalsec, Inc - Kalamazoo scores strongest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 54% of same-industry peers) and weakest on dart rate (safer than 26%), 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).

43/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR): D 3.14 per 100 workers

Safer than 54% of industry peers
DART rate: F 4.19 per 100 workers

Safer than 26% 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

Kalsec, Inc - Kalamazoo: 1.0 → 4.2 TCR

Peak year 2021 @ 4.5 TCR · DART/TCR 1.33× in 2022

Kalsec, Inc - Kalamazoo's TCR rose 3.2 from 1.0 in 2019 to 4.2 in 2022. Peak filing year was 2021 at 4.5 TCR. In 2022, DART was 1.33× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 311942 · Kalamazoo, MI AT/BELOW-IND · MID

Grade B · TCR 3.1 · 77% of ind

DART 4.2 DART
RANK #10/13
PHOTO Griffith Foods - Alsip
BOOK 4y book
INJ 23 inj
SIZE ~356 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: Griffith Foods - Alsip (0.0 TCR gap)

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Shank's Extrac

3.2
This site

3.1
Griffith Foods

3.1
Tony Chachere'

3.1
Flavor and Fra

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What this shows Kalsec, Inc - Kalamazoo averages 3.1 TCR (77% of the Spices and spice mix manufacturing BLS benchmark).

Kalsec, Inc - Kalamazoo TCR series: 2019=1 · 2020=2.9 · 2021=4.5 · 2022=4.2 · BLS 4.1

Where Kalsec, Inc - Kalamazoo falls in its industry

200 Spices and spice mix manufactu 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 Michigan alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #10 safest of 13 Spices and spice mix manufactu employers in Michigan.

Kalsec, Inc - Kalamazoo (356 employees, TCR 3.1) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 85 employees and a TCR of 3.5

Kalsec, Inc - Kalamazoo has more employees than the Spices and spice mix 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
2022	4.2	4.2	6	10
2021	4.5	2.5	7	9
2020	2.9	1.5	8	2
2019	1.0	0.7	2	1

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

311942 · MI · Kalamazoo

200 Spices and spice mix manufacturing employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 16,393 rated employers in Michigan with headcount on file · 353 employers in Kalamazoo, MI · 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	Griffith Foods - Alsip	ALSIP, IL	3.1 TCR
NAICS-TCR	Tony Chachere's - Opelousas, Main	OPELOUSAS, LA	3.1 TCR
NAICS-TCR	Shank's Extracts, LLC d.b.a. Universal Ingredients - Shank's	LANCASTER, PA	3.2 TCR
NAICS-TCR	Flavor and Fragrance Specialties	ESSEX, MD	3.0 TCR
STATE-SIZE	Cosma Casting Michigan	BATTLE CREEK	356 FTE
STATE-SIZE	Big Rapids Products	BIG RAPIDS	356 FTE
STATE-SIZE	ADESA	FLINT	356 FTE
STATE-SIZE	WM 1923	COMSTOCK PARK	356 FTE
CITY-NEAR	Bronson Methodist Hospital	Kalamazoo	4,909 FTE
CITY-NEAR	Pfizer Kalamazoo - Portage Road	Kalamazoo	3,201 FTE
CITY-NEAR	Stryker Instruments	Kalamazoo	2,240 FTE
CITY-NEAR	1855-MIKAL1	Kalamazoo	2,103 FTE
NAT-TCR	Madison County Services	Anderson, IN	3.1 TCR
NAT-TCR	Big Y Foods, Inc. Amherst	Amherst, MA	3.1 TCR
NAT-TCR	HG1020	Kohler, WI	3.1 TCR
NAT-TCR	Country Mart # 77	Garnett, KS	3.1 TCR
NAT-SIZE	8807813-Sam's DC	Matteson, IL	356 FTE
NAT-SIZE	Sullivan County Community Hospital	Sullivan, IN	356 FTE
NAT-SIZE	Great Dane - Statesboro	Statesboro, GA	356 FTE
NAT-SIZE	Army Navy Country Club	Arlington, VA	356 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: 2022, 2021, 2020, 2019. 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.