Spaghetti sauce canning · Kentucky

Mizkan America Inc. Owensboro

Name: Mizkan America Inc. Owensboro Workplace Safety Data
Creator: PlainSafetyScore
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Owensboro, KY · ~382 workers · 2 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

Compiled by PlainSafetyScore · August 25, 2026

B
Good Safety Record: 2.6
Avg TCR: 3.3
Industry avg: 0
Fatalities

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The verdict

Mizkan America Inc. Owensboro runs at 78% of its industry's injury rate - safer than the typical Spaghetti sauce canning workplace, earning a grade B.

Mizkan America Inc. Owensboro: 2.6 TCR = 78% of Spaghetti sauce canning BLS 3.3 · 2y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Mizkan America Inc. Owensboro safety composite

Mizkan America Inc. Owensboro scores strongest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 72% of same-industry peers) and weakest on fatalities (safer than 51%), 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).

65/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR): C 2.59 per 100 workers

Safer than 72% of industry peers
DART rate: C 1.08 per 100 workers

Safer than 68% 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

−0.9

2017→2018

Mizkan America Inc. Owensboro injury rate improved

Mizkan America Inc. Owensboro's TCR fell 0.9 from 3.0 in 2017 to 2.1 in 2018. Peak filing year was 2017 at 3.0 TCR. In 2018, DART was 0.42× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2017=3.0 · 2018=2.1

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 311421 · Owensboro, KY AT/BELOW-IND · MID

Grade B · TCR 2.6 · 78% of ind

DART 1.1 DART
RANK #3/5
PHOTO Ocean Spray Cranberr…
BOOK 2y book
INJ 11 inj
SIZE ~382 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: Ocean Spray Cranberries, Inc - Kenosha Facility (0.0 TCR gap)

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2.6
Ocean Spray Cr

2.6
Cambria #108

2.6
PELLICANO SPEC

2.5
Bay Valley Foo

2.5

What this shows Mizkan America Inc. Owensboro averages 2.6 TCR (78% of the Spaghetti sauce canning BLS benchmark).

Mizkan America Inc. Owensboro TCR series: 2017=3 · 2018=2.1 · BLS 3.3

Where Mizkan America Inc. Owensboro falls in its industry

330 Spaghetti sauce canning establishments

Safer than 72% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 4.1.

Grade B

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to Kentucky alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #3 safest of 5 Spaghetti sauce canning employers in Kentucky.

Mizkan America Inc. Owensboro (382 employees, TCR 2.6) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 131 employees and a TCR of 4.1

Mizkan America Inc. Owensboro has more employees than the Spaghetti sauce canning median and a lower injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 4.1. 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
2018	2.1	1.1	7	3	0
2017	3.0	1.5	4	10	0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

311421 · KY · Owensboro

330 Spaghetti sauce canning employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 7,805 rated employers in Kentucky with headcount on file · 184 employers in Owensboro, KY · 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	Ocean Spray Cranberries, Inc - Kenosha Facility	KENOSHA, WI	2.6 TCR
NAICS-TCR	Cambria #108	CAMBRIA, WI	2.6 TCR
NAICS-TCR	PELLICANO SPECIALTY FOODS, INC.	BUFFALO, NY	2.5 TCR
NAICS-TCR	Bay Valley Foods, LLC	GREEN BAY, WI	2.5 TCR
STATE-SIZE	Toyota Boshoku Kentucky- Bardstown	BARDSTOWN	382 FTE
STATE-SIZE	Fayette 561	LEXINGTON	383 FTE
STATE-SIZE	5417	LOUISVILLE	383 FTE
STATE-SIZE	City of Somerset	SOMERSET	383 FTE
CITY-NEAR	Owensboro Health Regional Hospital	Owensboro	2,305 FTE
CITY-NEAR	Owensboro Public Schools	Owensboro	969 FTE
CITY-NEAR	Owensboro Independent	Owensboro	903 FTE
CITY-NEAR	Swedish Match	Owensboro	816 FTE
NAT-TCR	Koko Marina Brewpub	Honolulu, HI	2.6 TCR
NAT-TCR	Foss - San Francisco	Richmond, CA	2.6 TCR
NAT-TCR	Bombardier Transportation - Houston - IAH	Houston, TX	2.6 TCR
NAT-TCR	Arconic B and C Castings (06310)	Barberton, OH	2.6 TCR
NAT-SIZE	Springfield (Maspr)	W Springfield, MA	382 FTE
NAT-SIZE	Monarch Landing	Naperville, IL	382 FTE
NAT-SIZE	Dolce Q Center	St. Charles, IL	382 FTE
NAT-SIZE	CHCGILCL	Chicago, IL	382 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: 2018, 2017. This is publicly available government data - not a legal determination of workplace conditions.

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