Flavor extracts (except coffee) manufacturing · Pennsylvania

Shank's Extracts, LLC

Name: Shank's Extracts, LLC Workplace Safety Data
Creator: PlainSafetyScore
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Lancaster, PA · ~210 workers · 6 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

Compiled by PlainSafetyScore · August 25, 2026

F
Failing Safety Record: 10.7
Avg TCR: 4.1
Industry avg: 0
Fatalities

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The verdict

Shank's Extracts, LLC runs at 261% of its industry's injury rate - far more dangerous than the typical Flavor extracts (except coffee) manufacturing workplace, earning a grade F.

Shank's Extracts, LLC: 10.7 TCR = 261% of Flavor extracts (except coffee) manufacturing BLS 4.1 · 6y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Shank's Extracts, LLC safety composite

Shank's Extracts, LLC scores strongest on fatalities (safer than 51% of same-industry peers) and weakest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 4%), 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).

23/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR): F 10.71 per 100 workers

Safer than 4% of industry peers
DART rate: F 4.59 per 100 workers

Safer than 24% 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

−4.3

2016→2022

Shank's Extracts, LLC injury rate improved

Shank's Extracts, LLC's TCR fell 4.3 from 10.7 in 2016 to 6.4 in 2022. Peak filing year was 2019 at 17.6 TCR. In 2022, DART was 0.43× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2016=10.7 · 2018=12.0 · 2019=17.6 · 2020=10.9 · 2021=6.7 · 2022=6.4

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 311942 · Lancaster, PA ABOVE-IND · MID

Grade F · TCR 10.7 · 261% of ind

DART 4.6 DART
RANK #7/7
PHOTO Elite Spice: Waterloo
BOOK 6y book
INJ 86 inj
SIZE ~210 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: Elite Spice: Waterloo (0.3 TCR gap)

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What this shows Shank's Extracts, LLC averages 10.7 TCR (261% of the Flavor extracts (except coffee) manufacturing BLS benchmark).

Shank's Extracts, LLC TCR series: 2016=10.7 · 2018=12 · 2019=17.6 · 2020=10.9 · 2021=6.7 · 2022=6.4 · BLS 4.1

Where Shank's Extracts, LLC falls in its industry

200 Flavor extracts (except coffee establishments

Safer than 4% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 3.5.

Grade F

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to Pennsylvania alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #7 safest of 7 Flavor extracts (except coffee employers in Pennsylvania.

Shank's Extracts, LLC (210 employees, TCR 10.7) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 85 employees and a TCR of 3.5

Shank's Extracts, LLC 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
2022	6.4	4.6	11	3
2021	6.7	5.5	10	6
2020	10.9	9.9	9	13
2019	17.6	17.6	29	0
2018	12.0	7.2	17	3
2016	10.7	9.8	10	2

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

311942 · PA · Lancaster

200 Flavor extracts (except coffee) manufacturing employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 22,692 rated employers in Pennsylvania with headcount on file · 450 employers in Lancaster, PA · 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	Elite Spice: Waterloo	JESSUP, MD	11.0 TCR
NAICS-TCR	Kerry-Greenville	GREENVILLE, MO	11.1 TCR
NAICS-TCR	BDS Natural Products	CARSON, CA	10.0 TCR
NAICS-TCR	Fargo Plant	FARGO, ND	9.7 TCR
STATE-SIZE	E&C Marcus Hook	MARCUS HOOK	210 FTE
STATE-SIZE	103377 - Fairview Energy Center	JOHNSTOWN	210 FTE
STATE-SIZE	UPC Malvern LLC	MALVERN	210 FTE
STATE-SIZE	Hollander Sleep Products - Pottsville	POTTSVILLE	210 FTE
CITY-NEAR	Lancaster General Health, LGH Hospital	Lancaster	7,424 FTE
CITY-NEAR	LGHealth	Lancaster	7,215 FTE
CITY-NEAR	Lancaster General Hospital	Lancaster	6,528 FTE
CITY-NEAR	Lancaster General Medical Group	Lancaster	1,436 FTE
NAT-TCR	Construction	Reno, NV	10.7 TCR
NAT-TCR	LVS	Las Vegas, NV	10.7 TCR
NAT-TCR	6400-SWY-0017-0017-02699	Surprise, AZ	10.7 TCR
NAT-TCR	276215-Pic-Picayune Carrier Anx	Picayune, MS	10.7 TCR
NAT-SIZE	The Pullman Company	Angola, IN	210 FTE
NAT-SIZE	LMC Industrial Contractors	Avon, NY	210 FTE
NAT-SIZE	S&S Sprinkler Company LLC	Mobile, AL	210 FTE
NAT-SIZE	DC	Alexandria, VA	210 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, 2018, 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.