Soda fountain syrups manufacturing · Indiana

Swanel Inc

Hammond, IN · ~36 workers · 6 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

F
Failing Safety Record
9.7
Avg TCR
4.1
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

Swanel Inc runs at 236% of its industry's injury rate - far more dangerous than the typical Soda fountain syrups manufacturing workplace, earning a grade F.

Swanel Inc: 9.7 TCR = 236% of Soda fountain syrups manufacturing BLS 4.1 · 6y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Swanel Inc safety composite

Swanel Inc 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).

F

18/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
F 9.69 per 100 workers

Safer than 4% of industry peers

DART rate
F 5.07 per 100 workers

Safer than 10% 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

−14.1

2019→2024

Swanel Inc injury rate improved

Swanel Inc's TCR fell 14.1 from 19.1 in 2019 to 5.1 in 2024. Peak filing year was 2020 at 22.3 TCR. In 2024, DART was 0.52× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2019=19.1 · 2020=22.3 · 2021=3.4 · 2022=5.4 · 2023=2.8 · 2024=5.1

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 311930 · Hammond, IN ABOVE-IND · SMALL

Grade F · TCR 9.7 · 236% of ind

  • DART 5.1 DART
  • RANK #5/5
  • PHOTO Avoca Bioprocessing …
  • BOOK 6y book
  • INJ 18 inj
  • SIZE ~36 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: Avoca Bioprocessing Corp. / Avoca, Inc. (0.0 TCR gap)

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Swanel Inc in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows Swanel Inc averages 9.7 TCR (236% of the Soda fountain syrups manufacturing BLS benchmark).

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

Swanel Inc TCR series: 2019=19.1 · 2020=22.3 · 2021=3.4 · 2022=5.4 · 2023=2.8 · 2024=5.1 · BLS 4.1

Where Swanel Inc falls in its industry

96 Soda fountain syrups manufactu establishments

Safer than 4% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 2.6.

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to Indiana alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #5 safest of 5 Soda fountain syrups manufactu employers in Indiana.

Swanel Inc (36 employees, TCR 9.7) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 93 employees and a TCR of 2.6 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 0200400600800 05101520 Average employees Total Case Rate Swanel Inc
Swanel Inc (36 employees, TCR 9.7) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 93 employees and a TCR of 2.6

Swanel Inc has fewer employees than the Soda fountain syrups manufacturing median and a higher injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 2.6. 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
2024 5.1 5.1 1 1 0
2023 2.8 2.8 1 0 0
2022 5.4 5.4 2 0 0
2021 3.4 3.4 1 0 0
2020 22.3 22.3 6 0 0
2019 19.1 13.7 7 0 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

311930 · IN · Hammond

96 Soda fountain syrups manufacturing employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 12,750 rated employers in Indiana with headcount on file · 136 employers in Hammond, IN · 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 Avoca Bioprocessing Corp. / Avoca, Inc. 9.7 TCR
NAICS-TCR Adirondack Beverages 9.5 TCR
NAICS-TCR D.D. Williamson & CO., LLC. 8.7 TCR
NAICS-TCR Agrana Fruit US, Inc. Lysander 8.7 TCR
STATE-SIZE Indy, Churchman Pack 36 FTE
STATE-SIZE Natural Beauty Growers, LLC - Richmond IN 36 FTE
STATE-SIZE Hidden View Dairy, LLC 36 FTE
STATE-SIZE Elkhart Office and Service Building 36 FTE
CITY-NEAR HORSESHOE HAMMOND 1,312 FTE
CITY-NEAR Lear Corporation - Hammond 920 FTE
CITY-NEAR Franciscan Health Hammond 535 FTE
CITY-NEAR WM 2818 419 FTE
NAT-TCR CCI Construction, Inc. 9.7 TCR
NAT-TCR Custom Iron Inc. 9.7 TCR
NAT-TCR National Management Resources Reinhardt University 9.7 TCR
NAT-TCR 1415 - Wheaton 9.7 TCR
NAT-SIZE Schrimpf Landscaping, Inc. 36 FTE
NAT-SIZE Bogachiel Medical Clinic 36 FTE
NAT-SIZE Lindsay Farmers Coop Association 36 FTE
NAT-SIZE 62049 - Capstone Us Foods Manassas Va 36 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: 2024, 2023, 2022, 2021, 2020, 2019. This is publicly available government data - not a legal determination of workplace conditions.
Data sourced from official public datasets. See our methodology for details.