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Essex, MD —

OSHA Injury Report: Flavor and Fragrance Specialties

Injury · Days away from work

At a glance

On , an injury at Flavor and Fragrance Specialties in 8800 Kelso Drive, Essex, MD 21221 resulted in days away from work. Employee was compounder in flavor extracts (except coffee) manufacturing.

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Where did this happen?

Establishment
Flavor and Fragrance Specialties
Street
8800 Kelso Drive
City
Essex
State
MD
ZIP
21221
On-site location
Compounding Station 6

What was the outcome?

Outcome
Days away from work (code 2)
Type
Injury (code 1)
Days away from work
180

Before the incident

[REDACTED] was in the process of manually pouring a over 10kg pot of chemical from a pot into a large vessel.

What happened

While lifting the pot up it struck the tank edge leading to a poor control of the pot which then resulted to a chemical spill and splash to the associate’s face.

Injury or illness

Chemical burn to left and right cornea

Object or substance involved

BENZYL ALCOHOL; CAS: 100-51-6

Summary line

Chemical burn to left and right cornea from BENZYL ALCOHOL; CAS: 100-51-6

Employee and industry

Job description
Compounder
SOC code
51-9021 — Crushing, Grinding, and Polishing Machine Setters, Operators, a
NAICS code
311942 — Flavor extracts (except coffee) manufacturing
NAICS vintage
2012
Avg employees
102
Total hours worked
212292
Establishment ID
1004155
Employer case #
6491743

When (timing detail)

Date of incident
Shift started
5:00
Time of incident
9:50
Filing year
2025
Submitted
05FEB26:17:33:00

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Source

Data from OSHA ITA Form 300/301 electronic submissions, filing year 2025. ITA Case Detail records are establishment-reported submissions, not OSHA inspections — no per-record IMIS deep link exists.