Employer · Vermont

Black River Produce

Springfield, VT · ~135 workers · 3 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

F
Failing Safety Record
9.2
Avg TCR
3.4
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

Black River Produce runs at 271% of its industry's injury rate - far more dangerous than the typical industry workplace, earning a grade F.

Black River Produce: 9.2 TCR = 271% of industry BLS 3.4 · 3y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Black River Produce safety composite

Black River Produce scores strongest on fatalities (safer than 50% of same-industry peers) and weakest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 6%), 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

20/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
F 9.2 per 100 workers

Safer than 6% of industry peers

DART rate
F 6.66 per 100 workers

Safer than 15% 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

−8.3

2016→2019

Black River Produce injury rate improved

Black River Produce's TCR fell 8.3 from 15.0 in 2016 to 6.7 in 2019. Peak filing year was 2016 at 15.0 TCR. In 2019, DART was 0.72× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2016=15.0 · 2018=6.0 · 2019=6.7

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 445230 · Springfield, VT ABOVE-IND · MID

Grade F · TCR 9.2 · 271% of ind

  • DART 6.7 DART
  • RANK P6
  • PHOTO DETWILER'S FARM MARK…
  • BOOK 3y book
  • INJ 25 inj
  • SIZE ~135 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: DETWILER'S FARM MARKET IV, INC. (0.3 TCR gap)

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Black River Produce in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows Black River Produce averages 9.2 TCR (271% of the industry BLS benchmark).

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

Black River Produce TCR series: 2016=15 · 2018=6 · 2019=6.7 · BLS 3.4

Where Black River Produce falls in its industry

50 industry establishments

Safer than 6% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 4.6.

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers
Black River Produce (135 employees, TCR 9.2) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 54 employees and a TCR of 4.6 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 0100200300400 0510152025 Average employees Total Case Rate Black River Produce
Black River Produce (135 employees, TCR 9.2) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 54 employees and a TCR of 4.6

Black River Produce has more employees than the industry median and a higher injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 4.6. 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
2019 6.7 6.7 11 0 0
2018 6.0 4.3 11 0 0
2016 15.0 15.0 3 0 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

445230 · VT · Springfield

50 industry employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 1,065 rated employers in Vermont with headcount on file · 15 employers in Springfield, VT · 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 DETWILER'S FARM MARKET IV, INC. 8.9 TCR
NAICS-TCR Tucker Produce Company 8.9 TCR
NAICS-TCR Detwiler's Clark Store 8.4 TCR
NAICS-TCR Bridgeport 8.3 TCR
STATE-SIZE Darntough 135 FTE
STATE-SIZE King Arthur Flour Co., Inc. - Other Grocery Prod Merch Whlslrs (Merlin/Excal) 135 FTE
STATE-SIZE 08129 - Store # 8129 Barre 135 FTE
STATE-SIZE 8357 135 FTE
CITY-NEAR Reinhart - Black River Prod - 0569 167 FTE
CITY-NEAR Foodservice Black River Prod - 0569 138 FTE
CITY-NEAR NAI-0033-0033-02531 FAC-02531-SPRINGFIELD-VT 103 FTE
CITY-NEAR 5472-NAI-0033-0033-02531 103 FTE
NAT-TCR 4054-Abs 0018 0590 9.2 TCR
NAT-TCR 6400-Swy 0005 0390 9.2 TCR
NAT-TCR O-Ku Sushi Charlotte 9.2 TCR
NAT-TCR King's Construction Co Inc 9.2 TCR
NAT-SIZE 103258 - Birdsboro Power Project 135 FTE
NAT-SIZE F. Christiana 135 FTE
NAT-SIZE Luana 135 FTE
NAT-SIZE 6400-Swy 0017 2028 135 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: 2019, 2018, 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.