Vegetable farming, grown under cover · Kentucky
Appharvest Berea Farm LLC
Berea, KY · ~28 workers · 2 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.
- D
- Poor Safety Record
- 5.5
- Avg TCR
- 4.5
- Industry avg
- 0
- Fatalities
The verdict
Appharvest Berea Farm LLC runs at 123% of its industry's injury rate - more dangerous than the typical Vegetable farming, grown under cover workplace, earning a grade D.
Appharvest Berea Farm LLC: 5.5 TCR = 123% of Vegetable farming, grown under cover BLS 4.5 · 2y Form 300A (see methodology below)
Appharvest Berea Farm LLC safety composite
Appharvest Berea Farm LLC scores strongest on fatalities (safer than 50% of same-industry peers) and weakest on dart rate (safer than 5%), 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).
30/100
Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures
- Total Case Rate (TCR)
- D 5.54 per 100 workers
Safer than 40% of industry peers
- DART rate
- F 11.09 per 100 workers
Safer than 5% of industry peers
- Fatalities
- D 0
Safer than 50% 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%).
Rising injury rate
Appharvest Berea Farm LLC: 0.0 → 11.1 TCR
Peak year 2022 @ 11.1 TCR · DART/TCR 2× in 2022
Appharvest Berea Farm LLC's TCR rose 11.1 from 0.0 in 2021 to 11.1 in 2022. In 2022, DART was 2× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).
OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard
Establishment book 111419 · Berea, KY ABOVE-IND · SMALL
Grade D · TCR 5.5 · 123% of ind
- DART 11.1 DART
- RANK #4/5
- PHOTO Soli Organic Inc. - …
- BOOK 2y book
- INJ 3 inj
- SIZE ~28 FTE
Nearest TCR peer: Soli Organic Inc. - Denver (0.0 TCR gap)
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Appharvest Berea Farm LLC in the TCR neighbourhood
Average Total Case Rate among this establishment and nearest same-industry peers
- Intergrow East
Intergrow East
5.6 TCR
- Skymint CHQ Pr
Skymint CHQ Production Facility
5.6 TCR
- Planet 13 Prod
Planet 13 Production
5.6 TCR
- This site
Appharvest Berea Farm LLC
5.5 TCR
- Soli Organic I
Soli Organic Inc. - Denver
5.5 TCR
What this shows Appharvest Berea Farm LLC averages 5.5 TCR (123% of the Vegetable farming, grown under cover BLS benchmark).
Appharvest Berea Farm LLC TCR series: 2021=0 · 2022=11.1 · BLS 4.5
Where Appharvest Berea Farm LLC falls in its industry
251 Vegetable farming, grown under establishmentsSafer than 40% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 4.9.
Narrower to Kentucky alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #4 safest of 5 Vegetable farming, grown under employers in Kentucky.
Appharvest Berea Farm LLC has fewer employees than the Vegetable farming, grown under cover median and a higher injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 4.9. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | 11.1 | 11.1 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| 2021 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
OSHA ITA peer cross-reference
Establishment peer ledger
111419 · KY · Berea
251 Vegetable farming, grown under cover employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 7,805 rated employers in Kentucky with headcount on file · 42 employers in Berea, KY · 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 | Soli Organic Inc. - Denver | 5.5 TCR |
| NAICS-TCR | Intergrow East | 5.6 TCR |
| NAICS-TCR | Skymint CHQ Production Facility | 5.6 TCR |
| NAICS-TCR | Planet 13 Production | 5.6 TCR |
| STATE-SIZE | Franklin Hatchery | 28 FTE |
| STATE-SIZE | Brandywine Explosives & Supply Inc. | 28 FTE |
| STATE-SIZE | LGE-KU - Danville | 28 FTE |
| STATE-SIZE | BIG SANDY RECC OPERATIONS CENTER | 28 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | Hitachi Automotive Systems Americas, Inc | 1,003 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | Hitachi Astemo Berea Plant | 938 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | Hyster-Yale Group | 902 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | Hyster-Yale Group Berea, KY Operations | 828 FTE |
| NAT-TCR | Renewal Processing Inc, Watsontown PA | 5.5 TCR |
| NAT-TCR | Food City Store #602 | 5.5 TCR |
| NAT-TCR | Tops #240 | 5.5 TCR |
| NAT-TCR | 1277 - Lancaster East | 5.5 TCR |
| NAT-SIZE | Harvesting | 28 FTE |
| NAT-SIZE | GJN-ODFL | 28 FTE |
| NAT-SIZE | WAC-ODFL | 28 FTE |
| NAT-SIZE | Miami | 28 FTE |
Rel codes: NAICS-TCR · STATE-SIZE · CITY-NEAR · NAT-TCR/NAT-SIZE cross-state. Read with this employer →
Read our methodology - how this data is sourced, computed, and verified.