Apple orchards · Washington

A&K Orchards Inc.

Zillah, WA · ~22 workers · 5 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

F
Failing Safety Record
10.8
Avg TCR
4.5
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

A&K Orchards Inc. runs at 240% of its industry's injury rate - far more dangerous than the typical Apple orchards workplace, earning a grade F.

A&K Orchards Inc.: 10.8 TCR = 240% of Apple orchards BLS 4.5 · 5y Form 300A (see methodology below)

A&K Orchards Inc. safety composite

A&K Orchards Inc. scores strongest on fatalities (safer than 51% of same-industry peers) and weakest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 12%), 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

24/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
F 10.8 per 100 workers

Safer than 12% of industry peers

DART rate
F 9 per 100 workers

Safer than 19% 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

−8.3

2019→2023

A&K Orchards Inc. injury rate improved

A&K Orchards Inc.'s TCR fell 8.3 from 17.3 in 2019 to 9.0 in 2023. Peak filing year was 2022 at 18.4 TCR. In 2023, DART was 0.83× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2019=17.3 · 2020=4.3 · 2021=5.0 · 2022=18.4 · 2023=9.0

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 111331 · Zillah, WA ABOVE-IND · SMALL

Grade F · TCR 10.8 · 240% of ind

  • DART 9.0 DART
  • RANK #42/51
  • PHOTO MWR RIVERSIDE ORCHAR…
  • BOOK 5y book
  • INJ 12 inj
  • SIZE ~22 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: MWR RIVERSIDE ORCHARDS LLC (0.3 TCR gap)

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A&K Orchards Inc. in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows A&K Orchards Inc. averages 10.8 TCR (240% of the Apple orchards BLS benchmark).

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

A&K Orchards Inc. TCR series: 2019=17.3 · 2020=4.3 · 2021=5 · 2022=18.4 · 2023=9 · BLS 4.5

Where A&K Orchards Inc. falls in its industry

90 Apple orchards establishments

Safer than 12% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 6.6.

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to Washington alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #42 safest of 51 Apple orchards employers in Washington.

A&K Orchards Inc. (22 employees, TCR 10.8) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 65 employees and a TCR of 6.6 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 050100150200250 0510152025 Average employees Total Case Rate A&K Orchards Inc.
A&K Orchards Inc. (22 employees, TCR 10.8) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 65 employees and a TCR of 6.6

A&K Orchards Inc. has fewer employees than the Apple orchards median and a higher injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 6.6. 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
2023 9.0 9.0 2 0 0
2022 18.4 18.4 4 0 0
2021 5.0 0.0 1 0 0
2020 4.3 4.3 1 0 0
2019 17.3 17.3 4 0 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

111331 · WA · Zillah

90 Apple orchards employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 10,147 rated employers in Washington with headcount on file · 8 employers in Zillah, WA · 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 MWR RIVERSIDE ORCHARDS LLC 11.1 TCR
NAICS-TCR Columbia Fruit Packers 10.4 TCR
NAICS-TCR King Fuji Ranch Inc 10.3 TCR
NAICS-TCR Wapatox 11.4 TCR
STATE-SIZE MLDCN-MLDIV-CONNELL CATTLE FEEDERS 22 FTE
STATE-SIZE Gulf Mist, Inc. 22 FTE
STATE-SIZE ITC Services- Pasco 22 FTE
STATE-SIZE Avista Generation Control Center 22 FTE
CITY-NEAR Henry Bosma Orchard 95 FTE
CITY-NEAR Borton Zillah Plant 63 FTE
CITY-NEAR Yakima Chief Ranches 56 FTE
CITY-NEAR Foster's Drywall 35 FTE
NAT-TCR QPI, An H&K Perforating Co 10.8 TCR
NAT-TCR Western Horizons Living Centers 10.8 TCR
NAT-TCR Kentucky Blood Center - Beaumont 10.8 TCR
NAT-TCR BSI, LLC Garage Door 10.8 TCR
NAT-SIZE Roosevelt County Courthouse 22 FTE
NAT-SIZE A New Way Professional Services Inc. 22 FTE
NAT-SIZE Altair Enviromental Group 22 FTE
NAT-SIZE West Virginia Heating & Plumbing 22 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: 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.