Apple orchards · Ohio

Bauman Orchards Inc.

Rittman, OH · ~34 workers · 3 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

A
Excellent Safety Record
0.9
Avg TCR
4.5
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

Bauman Orchards Inc. runs at 21% of its industry's injury rate - far safer than the typical Apple orchards workplace, earning a grade A.

Bauman Orchards Inc.: 0.9 TCR = 21% of Apple orchards BLS 4.5 · 3y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Bauman Orchards Inc. safety composite

Bauman Orchards Inc. scores strongest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 98% of same-industry peers) and weakest on dart rate (safer than 51%), 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).

C

70/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
A 0.95 per 100 workers

Safer than 98% of industry peers

DART rate
D 2.85 per 100 workers

Safer than 51% 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%).

Rising injury rate

Bauman Orchards Inc.: 0.0 → 2.9 TCR

Peak year 2020 @ 2.9 TCR · DART/TCR 3× in 2020

Bauman Orchards Inc.'s TCR rose 2.9 from 0.0 in 2018 to 2.9 in 2020. In 2020, DART was 3× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 111331 · Rittman, OH AT/BELOW-IND · SMALL

Grade A · TCR 0.9 · 21% of ind

  • DART 2.9 DART
  • RANK P98
  • PHOTO Dog River Ranch, LLC
  • BOOK 3y book
  • INJ 1 inj
  • SIZE ~34 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: Dog River Ranch, LLC (0.0 TCR gap)

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Bauman Orchards Inc. in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows Bauman Orchards Inc. averages 0.9 TCR (21% of the Apple orchards BLS benchmark).

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

Bauman Orchards Inc. TCR series: 2018=0 · 2019=0 · 2020=2.9 · BLS 4.5

Where Bauman Orchards Inc. falls in its industry

90 Apple orchards establishments

Safer than 98% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 6.6.

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers
Bauman Orchards Inc. (34 employees, TCR 0.9) 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 Bauman Orchards Inc.
Bauman Orchards Inc. (34 employees, TCR 0.9) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 65 employees and a TCR of 6.6

Bauman Orchards Inc. has fewer employees than the Apple orchards median and a lower 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
2020 2.9 2.9 1 0 0
2019 0.0 0.0 0 0 0
2018 0.0 0.0 0 0 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

111331 · OH · Rittman

90 Apple orchards employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 22,650 rated employers in Ohio with headcount on file · 13 employers in Rittman, OH · 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 Dog River Ranch, LLC 1.0 TCR
NAICS-TCR LAKESIDE ORCHARDS INC. 1.1 TCR
NAICS-TCR Rittman Orchards 1.2 TCR
NAICS-TCR Fowler Bros,. Inc 1.3 TCR
STATE-SIZE Millcreek Gardens LLC 34 FTE
STATE-SIZE Meadow View Growers, Inc 34 FTE
STATE-SIZE ayers farms inc 34 FTE
STATE-SIZE Croton Pullet 1 34 FTE
CITY-NEAR Morton Salt Rittman 237 FTE
CITY-NEAR Morton Salt 232 FTE
CITY-NEAR Apostolic Christian Home, Inc. 155 FTE
CITY-NEAR Rittman Inc dba Mull Iron 139 FTE
NAT-TCR SMM Group Johnston Facility 0.9 TCR
NAT-TCR Schenker - DFW 0.9 TCR
NAT-TCR Baker Petrolite Bayport Facility 0.9 TCR
NAT-TCR Jacuzzi Corporate Services 0.9 TCR
NAT-SIZE Location 7737 - BBU Fleet 34 FTE
NAT-SIZE Excel Stamping and Manufacturing, INC. - Stamping Operations 34 FTE
NAT-SIZE OTG : Brady 34 FTE
NAT-SIZE Black Oaks, Inc. 34 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: 2020, 2019, 2018. This is publicly available government data - not a legal determination of workplace conditions.

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