Apple orchards · Washington
Borton Orchards
Yakima, WA · ~918 workers · 3 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.
- D
- Poor Safety Record
- 5.9
- Avg TCR
- 4.5
- Industry avg
- 0
- Fatalities
The verdict
Borton Orchards runs at 130% of its industry's injury rate - more dangerous than the typical Apple orchards workplace, earning a grade D.
Borton Orchards: 5.9 TCR = 130% of Apple orchards BLS 4.5 · 3y Form 300A (see methodology below)
Borton Orchards safety composite
Borton Orchards scores strongest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 53% of same-industry peers) and weakest on dart rate (safer than 38%), 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).
47/100
Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures
- Total Case Rate (TCR)
- D 5.86 per 100 workers
Safer than 53% of industry peers
- DART rate
- D 5.42 per 100 workers
Safer than 38% 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
Borton Orchards: 5.5 → 6.6 TCR
Peak year 2024 @ 6.6 TCR · DART/TCR 0.92× in 2024
Borton Orchards's TCR rose 1.1 from 5.5 in 2021 to 6.6 in 2024. In 2024, DART was 0.92× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).
OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard
Establishment book 111331 · Yakima, WA ABOVE-IND · MID
Grade D · TCR 5.9 · 130% of ind
- DART 5.4 DART
- RANK #14/51
- PHOTO Haak Farm Administra…
- BOOK 3y book
- INJ 170 inj
- SIZE ~918 FTE
Nearest TCR peer: Haak Farm Administrative Services, Inc (0.0 TCR gap)
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Borton Orchards in the TCR neighbourhood
Average Total Case Rate among this establishment and nearest same-industry peers
- Freese Managem
Freese Management LLC
6 TCR
- This site
Borton Orchards
5.9 TCR
- Haak Farm Admi
Haak Farm Administrative Services, Inc
5.8 TCR
- Waterworks, LL
Waterworks, LLC
5.4 TCR
- Soergel Orchar
Soergel Orchards2
5.4 TCR
What this shows Borton Orchards averages 5.9 TCR (130% of the Apple orchards BLS benchmark).
Borton Orchards TCR series: 2021=5.5 · 2022=5.5 · 2024=6.6 · BLS 4.5
Where Borton Orchards falls in its industry
90 Apple orchards establishmentsSafer than 53% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 6.6.
Narrower to Washington alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #14 safest of 51 Apple orchards employers in Washington.
Borton Orchards has more 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 6.6 | 5.4 | 68 | 0 | 0 |
| 2022 | 5.5 | 4.7 | 52 | 0 | 0 |
| 2021 | 5.5 | 5.5 | 50 | 0 | 0 |
OSHA ITA peer cross-reference
Establishment peer ledger
111331 · WA · Yakima
90 Apple orchards employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 10,147 rated employers in Washington with headcount on file · 192 employers in Yakima, 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 | Haak Farm Administrative Services, Inc | 5.8 TCR |
| NAICS-TCR | Freese Management LLC | 6.0 TCR |
| NAICS-TCR | Waterworks, LLC | 5.4 TCR |
| NAICS-TCR | Soergel Orchards2 | 5.4 TCR |
| STATE-SIZE | Wenatchee Valley Hospital | 924 FTE |
| STATE-SIZE | WARED - REDMOND | 911 FTE |
| STATE-SIZE | JH Kelly All States | 910 FTE |
| STATE-SIZE | King County Adult & Juvenile Detention | 907 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | Yakima Valley Hospital WA | 2,748 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | Borton Fruit | 1,473 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | Yakima County | 997 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | Chiawana Orchards, LLC | 774 FTE |
| NAT-TCR | Mason Industries Inc | 5.9 TCR |
| NAT-TCR | Amazon.com Services LLC - AGS1 | 5.9 TCR |
| NAT-TCR | Amazon.com Services LLC - DFO3 | 5.9 TCR |
| NAT-TCR | Commercial Support Services Concord | 5.9 TCR |
| NAT-SIZE | Herbruck's | 918 FTE |
| NAT-SIZE | AXIOS Industrial Maintenance Group | 918 FTE |
| NAT-SIZE | Armstrong World Industries, Inc. - Corporate Campus | 918 FTE |
| NAT-SIZE | Chaparral Boats Inc | 918 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.