Kerry-Melrose Park
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MELROSE PARK, IL | Mixes, flour (e.g., biscuit, cake, doughnut, pancake), made from purchased flour
~164 avg employees | 2 years of OSHA data
Kerry-Melrose Park has an average TCR of 2.5, which is 77% of the industry average (3.3) for Mixes, flour (e.g., biscuit, cake, doughnut, pancake), made from purchased flour. This is better than average.
Safety Insights for Kerry-Melrose Park
Kerry-Melrose Park operates an establishment with approximately 164 full-time equivalent workers in MELROSE PARK, IL, classified under the Mixes, flour (e.g., biscuit, cake, doughnut, pancake), made from purchased flour industry (NAICS 311824). Across 2 years of mandatory OSHA Injury Tracking Application (ITA) reporting, this employer has accumulated 11 recordable injuries, 0 occupational illnesses, and 0 workplace fatalities. The average Total Case Rate (TCR) of 2.5 injuries per 100 full-time workers per year provides the anchor metric for the B letter grade (Good Safety Record).
Benchmarked against the Bureau of Labor Statistics industry average of 3.3 for Mixes, flour (e.g., biscuit, cake, doughnut, pancake), made from purchased flour, Kerry-Melrose Park's workforce experiences 77% of the typical injury burden. This ratio matters because TCR already normalizes for hours worked — a 200,000-hour exposure base equals roughly 100 full-time workers — so establishments with very different headcounts can be compared directly. A TCR below the benchmark signals that controls, training, or automation may be outperforming peers.
Multi-year trend analysis is the single most reliable signal here: a one-year spike could reflect a single severe event, whereas sustained elevation across 2 reporting cycles points to systemic hazard exposure. Readers evaluating Kerry-Melrose Park as an employer, contractor, investment, or regulatory target should examine the yearly DART rate (days away, restricted, or transferred), the fatality count of 0, and any year-over-year deterioration shown in the table below. All figures come directly from employer-submitted OSHA Form 300A summaries — there is no modeling, estimation, or third-party adjustment layered on top of the government data.
Verify This Employer with OSHA
All injury, illness, and fatality figures on this page are sourced from Kerry-Melrose Park's own mandatory OSHA Form 300A summaries. Cross-check the underlying establishment record directly against the federal source — name, NAICS classification, recordable case totals, and inspection history are all searchable on OSHA's Establishment-Specific Injury and Illness Data system.
Verify on OSHA Establishment SearchSource: U.S. Department of Labor — OSHA Establishment-Specific Injury and Illness Data. NAICS 311824 — Mixes, flour (e.g., biscuit, cake, doughnut, pancake), made from purchased flour.
DART Rate — Transparent Calculation (2019)
DART (Days Away, Restricted, or Transferred) is computed by OSHA as incidents × 200,000 ÷ hours worked. The 200,000-hour denominator equals roughly 100 full-time workers, which lets establishments of very different sizes be compared directly.
5 DART incidents × 200,000 ÷ 447,911 hours worked = 2.23 DART
Methodology: 29 CFR 1904 — OSHA Form 300A recordkeeping
Cross-Validating Context — Establishment vs Industry vs State
| Benchmark | TCR | Source |
|---|---|---|
| Kerry-Melrose Park (this establishment) | 2.55 | OSHA ITA Form 300A, 2-year avg |
| Dry pasta manufacturing industry avg | 3.30 | BLS IIF, NAICS 311824 |
| Illinois state avg (all industries) | 10.69 | OSHA ITA, state-level rollup |
Industry benchmarks: Bureau of Labor Statistics — Injuries, Illnesses, and Fatalities (IIF) program
Reportable Incident Timeline
Year-by-year reportable incidents (recordable injuries + illnesses + fatalities) submitted by Kerry-Melrose Park to OSHA's Injury Tracking Application. Each row anchors to OSHA's inspection records search where you can pull the underlying inspection case numbers and citations for that establishment-year.
- 2019: 7 reportable incidents · 7 injuries, 0 illnesses, 0 fatalities — OSHA inspection records (case numbers)
- 2018: 4 reportable incidents · 4 injuries, 0 illnesses, 0 fatalities — OSHA inspection records (case numbers)
Source: OSHA Inspection Information System (IMIS) — inspection case-number records
Year-by-Year Safety Data
| Year | TCR | DART | Injuries | Illnesses | Fatalities |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2019 | 3.1 | 2.2 | 7 | 0 | 0 |
| 2018 | 2.0 | 2.0 | 4 | 0 | 0 |
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