Tomato farming, grown under cover · Maine

Backyard Farms LLC

Madison, ME · ~203 workers · 6 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

F
Failing Safety Record
15.2
Avg TCR
4.5
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

Backyard Farms LLC runs at 337% of its industry's injury rate - far more dangerous than the typical Tomato farming, grown under cover workplace, earning a grade F.

Backyard Farms LLC: 15.2 TCR = 337% of Tomato farming, grown under cover BLS 4.5 · 6y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Backyard Farms LLC safety composite

Backyard Farms LLC scores strongest on fatalities (safer than 50% of same-industry peers) and weakest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 2%), 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

15/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
F 15.15 per 100 workers

Safer than 2% of industry peers

DART rate
F 10.54 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%).

TCR Δ

−4.3

2016→2024

Backyard Farms LLC injury rate improved

Backyard Farms LLC's TCR fell 4.3 from 15.5 in 2016 to 11.2 in 2024. Peak filing year was 2018 at 22.1 TCR. In 2024, DART was 0.7× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2016=15.5 · 2017=18.0 · 2018=22.1 · 2022=15.0 · 2023=9.0 · 2024=11.2

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 111419 · Madison, ME ABOVE-IND · MID

Grade F · TCR 15.2 · 337% of ind

  • DART 10.5 DART
  • RANK #4/4
  • PHOTO Fluresh Grand Rapids
  • BOOK 6y book
  • INJ 182 inj
  • SIZE ~203 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: Fluresh Grand Rapids (0.0 TCR gap)

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Backyard Farms LLC in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows Backyard Farms LLC averages 15.2 TCR (337% of the Tomato farming, grown under cover BLS benchmark).

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

Backyard Farms LLC TCR series: 2016=15.5 · 2017=18 · 2018=22.1 · 2022=15 · 2023=9 · 2024=11.2 · BLS 4.5

Where Backyard Farms LLC falls in its industry

251 Tomato farming, grown under co establishments

Safer than 2% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 4.9.

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to Maine alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #4 safest of 4 Tomato farming, grown under co employers in Maine.

Backyard Farms LLC (203 employees, TCR 15.2) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 75 employees and a TCR of 4.9 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 0200400600 05101520 Average employees Total Case Rate Backyard Farms LLC
Backyard Farms LLC (203 employees, TCR 15.2) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 75 employees and a TCR of 4.9

Backyard Farms LLC has more employees than the Tomato 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
2024 11.2 10.5 17 0 0
2023 9.0 8.4 14 0 0
2022 15.0 10.4 26 0 0
2018 22.1 16.9 50 5 0
2017 18.0 15.1 40 4 0
2016 15.5 13.0 35 2 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

111419 · ME · Madison

251 Tomato farming, grown under cover employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 2,397 rated employers in Maine with headcount on file · 12 employers in Madison, ME · 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 Fluresh Grand Rapids 15.1 TCR
NAICS-TCR Soli Organic Inc. - Elkwood 15.0 TCR
NAICS-TCR Bushel Boy - Mason City 14.8 TCR
NAICS-TCR NGW, LLC 15.9 TCR
STATE-SIZE Auburn 203 FTE
STATE-SIZE Dennis Food Service 203 FTE
STATE-SIZE 8138 203 FTE
STATE-SIZE 08123 - Store # 8123 Ellsworth 203 FTE
CITY-NEAR Maplecrest Rehabilitation & Living center 76 FTE
CITY-NEAR 08254 - Store # 8254 Madison 66 FTE
CITY-NEAR 8254 63 FTE
CITY-NEAR GO LABS-MADISON 56 FTE
NAT-TCR Royal Oak Hotel 15.2 TCR
NAT-TCR NatureWorks Landscape Services 15.2 TCR
NAT-TCR Flgai - Gainesville Center 15.2 TCR
NAT-TCR Rover Logistics LLC. 15.2 TCR
NAT-SIZE Aristacare at Manchester 203 FTE
NAT-SIZE Cardinal Health Aurora, IL PD 203 FTE
NAT-SIZE Diebold Nixdorf Byram MS 203 FTE
NAT-SIZE Empire Express, Inc. 203 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, 2018, 2017, 2016. This is publicly available government data - not a legal determination of workplace conditions.

Read our methodology - how this data is sourced, computed, and verified.

Data sourced from official public datasets. See our methodology for details.