Industry Summary
As of the last reported data from 2015, there are 22,245 workers employed at 516 Spice and Extract Manufacturing establishements in the United States. The industry is slowly growing, adding 180 jobs in the 12 months between 2014 and 2015. On average, each business employs 43 workers. With OSHA reported accident rates of less than that of the the Seasoning and Dressing Manufacturing Industry as a whole, things have been relatively safe over the past five years.
On Monday, April 15th 2019 OSHA reps took a report of a serious accident in Greenville, MO which had occured previously at Kerry, Inc.. A 54 year old Furnace had been killed when the
Accident Date2019-04-14
Accident DegreeFatality
NarrativeAt 1:15 a.m. on April 14, 2019, an employee was near a roof top exhaust fan when he fell from the roof. The employee sustained head injuries as well as other body fractures and was killed when he struck the ground.
The accident investigation below was opened on Wednesday, December 6th 2017 by OSHA representitives in Wauwatosa, WI after learning of an incident at Penzeys, Ltd. which had occured on Tuesday, December 5th 2017. A 59 year old Wood lathe had been killed when the employee was struck by wooden board from kick back during saw
Accident Date2017-12-05
Accident DegreeFatality
NarrativeAt 10:30 a.m. on December 5, 2017, an employee was rip cutting maple wood boards using a Tannerwitz table saw Model #J250, Serial #8078. The employee was struck in the abdomen when one of the boards kicked back while being cut. The employee was taken to the hospital where he was underwent surgery for blunt force trauma to his abdomen. The employee died a few hours later.
OSHA investigators arrived in Saukville, WI on Wednesday, November 1st 2017 and began an accident investigation at Jeneil Biotech, Inc.. A 35 year old Laborer had been injured when the employee sustained chemical burns while cleaning out a pressu
Accident Date2017-10-25
Accident DegreeHospitalized injury
NarrativeAt 9:15 a.m. on October 25, 2017, an employee was working for a manufacturer of spices and extracts. The facility had a glass fermentation vessel used for distilling a dairy byproduct. He was cleaning this chemical reaction vessel and he was not paying attention to fluid levels. A safety valve opened and released hot cleaning liquid onto him. He sustained thermal burns and possibly some chemical irritation. He was hospitalized.