Spice mixtures manufacturing · Illinois

Synergy Flavors Innova LLC (Site 1)

Chicago, IL · ~71 workers · 4 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

D
Poor Safety Record
6.8
Avg TCR
4.1
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

Synergy Flavors Innova LLC (Site 1) runs at 165% of its industry's injury rate - more dangerous than the typical Spice mixtures manufacturing workplace, earning a grade D.

Synergy Flavors Innova LLC (Site 1): 6.8 TCR = 165% of Spice mixtures manufacturing BLS 4.1 · 4y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Synergy Flavors Innova LLC (Site 1) safety composite

Synergy Flavors Innova LLC (Site 1) scores strongest on fatalities (safer than 51% of same-industry peers) and weakest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 20%), 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

37/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
F 6.76 per 100 workers

Safer than 20% of industry peers

DART rate
D 2.39 per 100 workers

Safer than 47% 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

−2.9

2021→2024

Synergy Flavors Innova LLC (Site 1) injury rate improved

Synergy Flavors Innova LLC (Site 1)'s TCR fell 2.9 from 5.3 in 2021 to 2.4 in 2024. Peak filing year was 2023 at 15.2 TCR. In 2024, DART was 0.35× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2021=5.3 · 2022=4.2 · 2023=15.2 · 2024=2.4

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 311942 · Chicago, IL ABOVE-IND · SMALL

Grade D · TCR 6.8 · 165% of ind

  • DART 2.4 DART
  • RANK #15/16
  • PHOTO Mane Inc. Woodlawn P…
  • BOOK 4y book
  • INJ 16 inj
  • SIZE ~71 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: Mane Inc. Woodlawn Production (0.1 TCR gap)

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Synergy Flavors Innova LLC (Site 1) in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows Synergy Flavors Innova LLC (Site 1) averages 6.8 TCR (165% of the Spice mixtures manufacturing BLS benchmark).

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

Synergy Flavors Innova LLC (Site 1) TCR series: 2021=5.3 · 2022=4.2 · 2023=15.2 · 2024=2.4 · BLS 4.1

Where Synergy Flavors Innova LLC (Site 1) falls in its industry

200 Spice mixtures manufacturing establishments

Safer than 20% 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 #15 safest of 16 Spice mixtures manufacturing employers in Illinois.

Synergy Flavors Innova LLC (Site 1) (71 employees, TCR 6.8) 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 Synergy Flavors Innova LLC (Site 1)
Synergy Flavors Innova LLC (Site 1) (71 employees, TCR 6.8) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 85 employees and a TCR of 3.5

Synergy Flavors Innova LLC (Site 1) has fewer employees than the Spice mixtures manufacturing 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
2024 2.4 2.4 1 0 0
2023 15.2 11.8 9 0 0
2022 4.2 4.2 3 0 0
2021 5.3 5.3 3 0 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

311942 · IL · Chicago

200 Spice mixtures manufacturing employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 22,804 rated employers in Illinois with headcount on file · 2,934 employers in Chicago, 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 Mane Inc. Woodlawn Production 6.9 TCR
NAICS-TCR Advanced Products 6.6 TCR
NAICS-TCR Red Monkey Foods, Inc. 6.6 TCR
NAICS-TCR GFF iinc 6.4 TCR
STATE-SIZE Dwight, IL 71 FTE
STATE-SIZE 6697_16861 71 FTE
STATE-SIZE Menold Construction, Inc 71 FTE
STATE-SIZE Contegra Enterprises 71 FTE
CITY-NEAR Chicago Public Schools 49,500 FTE
CITY-NEAR Chicago/Corporate 18,831 FTE
CITY-NEAR University of Illinois at Chicago 13,092 FTE
CITY-NEAR University Health Service UIC UIC Campus 12,732 FTE
NAT-TCR Sysco Intermountain 6.8 TCR
NAT-TCR Clearwater, MN (Cool Fuel) 6.8 TCR
NAT-TCR Terrain Tamers 6.8 TCR
NAT-TCR North County Ford 6.8 TCR
NAT-SIZE Volkswagen of Inver Grove 71 FTE
NAT-SIZE System Operations 71 FTE
NAT-SIZE Matthews, MO 71 FTE
NAT-SIZE Special-Lite Benton Harbor 71 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. This is publicly available government data - not a legal determination of workplace conditions.
Data sourced from official public datasets. See our methodology for details.