Flavor extracts (except coffee) manufacturing · Illinois

Sensient Flavors - Amboy

Amboy, IL · ~200 workers · 4 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

D
Poor Safety Record
4.9
Avg TCR
4.1
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

Sensient Flavors - Amboy runs at 120% of its industry's injury rate - more dangerous than the typical Flavor extracts (except coffee) manufacturing workplace, earning a grade D.

Sensient Flavors - Amboy: 4.9 TCR = 120% of Flavor extracts (except coffee) manufacturing BLS 4.1 · 4y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Sensient Flavors - Amboy safety composite

Sensient Flavors - Amboy scores strongest on fatalities (safer than 51% of same-industry peers) and weakest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 34%), 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

41/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
F 4.94 per 100 workers

Safer than 34% of industry peers

DART rate
D 2.85 per 100 workers

Safer than 41% 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

−2.0

2016→2019

Sensient Flavors - Amboy injury rate improved

Sensient Flavors - Amboy's TCR fell 2.0 from 5.5 in 2016 to 3.4 in 2019. Peak filing year was 2017 at 5.9 TCR. In 2019, DART was 0.58× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2016=5.5 · 2017=5.9 · 2018=5.0 · 2019=3.4

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 311942 · Amboy, IL ABOVE-IND · MID

Grade D · TCR 4.9 · 120% of ind

  • DART 2.9 DART
  • RANK #13/16
  • PHOTO APK INC
  • BOOK 4y book
  • INJ 40 inj
  • SIZE ~200 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: APK INC (0.0 TCR gap)

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Sensient Flavors - Amboy in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows Sensient Flavors - Amboy averages 4.9 TCR (120% of the Flavor extracts (except coffee) manufacturing BLS benchmark).

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

Sensient Flavors - Amboy TCR series: 2016=5.5 · 2017=5.9 · 2018=5 · 2019=3.4 · BLS 4.1

Where Sensient Flavors - Amboy falls in its industry

200 Flavor extracts (except coffee establishments

Safer than 34% 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 #13 safest of 16 Flavor extracts (except coffee employers in Illinois.

Sensient Flavors - Amboy (200 employees, TCR 4.9) 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 Sensient Flavors - Amboy
Sensient Flavors - Amboy (200 employees, TCR 4.9) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 85 employees and a TCR of 3.5

Sensient Flavors - Amboy has more 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 Illnesses Fatalities
2019 3.4 2.9 6 0 0
2018 5.0 3.5 9 1 0
2017 5.9 4.1 13 3 0
2016 5.5 4.1 12 0 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

311942 · IL · Amboy

200 Flavor extracts (except coffee) manufacturing employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 22,804 rated employers in Illinois with headcount on file · 6 employers in Amboy, 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 APK INC 4.9 TCR
NAICS-TCR D.D. Williamson Colors 5.0 TCR
NAICS-TCR Kerry-Manitowoc 4.9 TCR
NAICS-TCR McKenzie 5.1 TCR
STATE-SIZE JBEC 200 FTE
STATE-SIZE Anning-Johnson Company Illinois 200 FTE
STATE-SIZE Axium Foods, Inc 200 FTE
STATE-SIZE Nosco - Waukegan Facility 200 FTE
CITY-NEAR Sensient Flavors, LLC 172 FTE
CITY-NEAR O'Connell's Yogi Bear RV Resort 54 FTE
CITY-NEAR O'Connell's RV Resort 34 FTE
CITY-NEAR City of Amboy 24 FTE
NAT-TCR Southpark Meadows Nursing and Rehabiliation Center 4.9 TCR
NAT-TCR Shell Island Resort 4.9 TCR
NAT-TCR 84 - Westfield 4.9 TCR
NAT-TCR Visionary Sleep LLC - California 4.9 TCR
NAT-SIZE Banner Creek LLC. 200 FTE
NAT-SIZE Comm HVAC NA and EMEA : MFG-Ft. Smith, AR-USA 200 FTE
NAT-SIZE 6962-Swy 0029 2739 200 FTE
NAT-SIZE NBC Sports Group : Golf Channel - Remotes 200 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.