Seasoning salt manufacturing · Illinois

Kernel Season's LLC

Elk Grove Village, IL · ~32 workers · 4 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

B
Good Safety Record
2.8
Avg TCR
4.1
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

Kernel Season's LLC runs at 67% of its industry's injury rate - safer than the typical Seasoning salt manufacturing workplace, earning a grade B.

Kernel Season's LLC: 2.8 TCR = 67% of Seasoning salt manufacturing BLS 4.1 · 4y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Kernel Season's LLC safety composite

Kernel Season's LLC scores strongest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 63% of same-industry peers) and weakest on dart rate (safer than 35%), 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).

D

50/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
C 2.75 per 100 workers

Safer than 63% of industry peers

DART rate
D 3.26 per 100 workers

Safer than 35% 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

−1.7

2016→2019

Kernel Season's LLC injury rate improved

Kernel Season's LLC's TCR fell 1.7 from 5.0 in 2016 to 3.3 in 2019. Peak filing year was 2016 at 5.0 TCR. In 2019, DART was 1.19× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2016=5.0 · 2017=2.8 · 2018=0.0 · 2019=3.3

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 311942 · Elk Grove Village, IL AT/BELOW-IND · SMALL

Grade B · TCR 2.8 · 67% of ind

  • DART 3.3 DART
  • RANK #8/16
  • PHOTO US Salt LLC
  • BOOK 4y book
  • INJ 4 inj
  • SIZE ~32 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: US Salt LLC (0.0 TCR gap)

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Kernel Season's LLC in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows Kernel Season's LLC averages 2.8 TCR (67% of the Seasoning salt manufacturing BLS benchmark).

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

Kernel Season's LLC TCR series: 2016=5 · 2017=2.8 · 2018=0 · 2019=3.3 · BLS 4.1

Where Kernel Season's LLC falls in its industry

200 Seasoning salt manufacturing establishments

Safer than 63% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 3.5.

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to Illinois alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #8 safest of 16 Seasoning salt manufacturing employers in Illinois.

Kernel Season's LLC (32 employees, TCR 2.8) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 85 employees and a TCR of 3.5 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 0100200300400 051015 Average employees Total Case Rate Kernel Season's LLC
Kernel Season's LLC (32 employees, TCR 2.8) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 85 employees and a TCR of 3.5

Kernel Season's LLC has fewer employees than the Seasoning salt 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
2019 3.3 3.3 1 0 0
2018 0.0 0.0 0 0 0
2017 2.8 0.0 1 0 0
2016 5.0 2.5 2 0 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

311942 · IL · Elk Grove Village

200 Seasoning salt manufacturing employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 22,804 rated employers in Illinois with headcount on file · 274 employers in Elk Grove Village, IL · 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 US Salt LLC 2.8 TCR
NAICS-TCR Magellan 2.8 TCR
NAICS-TCR Custom Ingredients Inc., DBA Custom Flavors 2.7 TCR
NAICS-TCR Symrise - Elyria 2.8 TCR
STATE-SIZE AMEREN ILLINOIS - Eastern 32 FTE
STATE-SIZE Utility Department 32 FTE
STATE-SIZE AMEREN ILLINOIS - AIC Gas Corrosion 32 FTE
STATE-SIZE NG Ottawa Reporting Center 32 FTE
CITY-NEAR creative werks, LLC 3,317 FTE
CITY-NEAR 1855-ILARL008 2,154 FTE
CITY-NEAR Harvard Maintenance Inc. of Illinois 1,937 FTE
CITY-NEAR ILARL008 ASCENSION HEALTH ALEXIAN BROTHERS MEDICAL CENTER 1,712 FTE
NAT-TCR RESA Power - Cicero 2.8 TCR
NAT-TCR NGC - Mount Holly Plant 2.8 TCR
NAT-TCR Roechling Automotive / Duncan 2.8 TCR
NAT-TCR US Tower Services, Inc. 2.8 TCR
NAT-SIZE Baltimore Parts Dist Center 32 FTE
NAT-SIZE Hanson's Plumbing and Heating 32 FTE
NAT-SIZE Soicher Marin of Florida LLC 32 FTE
NAT-SIZE Prairie View Assisted Living 32 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: 2019, 2018, 2017, 2016. 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.