Apple orchards · Washington
Bronze Star Inc
Tonasket, WA · ~50 workers · 4 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.
- B
- Good Safety Record
- 3.6
- Avg TCR
- 4.5
- Industry avg
- 0
- Fatalities
The verdict
Bronze Star Inc runs at 80% of its industry's injury rate - safer than the typical Apple orchards workplace, earning a grade B.
Bronze Star Inc: 3.6 TCR = 80% of Apple orchards BLS 4.5 · 4y Form 300A (see methodology below)
Bronze Star Inc safety composite
Bronze Star Inc scores strongest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 71% of same-industry peers) and weakest on fatalities (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).
63/100
Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures
- Total Case Rate (TCR)
- C 3.59 per 100 workers
Safer than 71% of industry peers
- DART rate
- C 1.51 per 100 workers
Safer than 61% 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
Bronze Star Inc: 2.0 → 3.0 TCR
Peak year 2022 @ 7.4 TCR · DART/TCR 0.42× in 2023
Bronze Star Inc's TCR rose 1.1 from 2.0 in 2020 to 3.0 in 2023. Peak filing year was 2022 at 7.4 TCR. In 2023, DART was 0.42× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).
OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard
Establishment book 111331 · Tonasket, WA AT/BELOW-IND · SMALL
Grade B · TCR 3.6 · 80% of ind
- DART 1.5 DART
- RANK #5/51
- PHOTO Beak & Skiff Apple F…
- BOOK 4y book
- INJ 6 inj
- SIZE ~50 FTE
Nearest TCR peer: Beak & Skiff Apple Farms, Inc. (0.1 TCR gap)
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Bronze Star Inc in the TCR neighbourhood
Average Total Case Rate among this establishment and nearest same-industry peers
- Borton Main Pl
Borton Main Plant
4 TCR
- Nesbitt Fruit
Nesbitt Fruit Farms
4 TCR
- This site
Bronze Star Inc
3.6 TCR
- Beak & Skiff A
Beak & Skiff Apple Farms, Inc.
3.5 TCR
- Empey Orchards
Empey Orchards, Inc.
3.2 TCR
What this shows Bronze Star Inc averages 3.6 TCR (80% of the Apple orchards BLS benchmark).
Bronze Star Inc TCR series: 2020=2 · 2021=2 · 2022=7.4 · 2023=3 · BLS 4.5
Where Bronze Star Inc falls in its industry
90 Apple orchards establishmentsSafer than 71% 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 #5 safest of 51 Apple orchards employers in Washington.
Bronze Star 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2023 | 3.0 | 1.5 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| 2022 | 7.4 | 1.9 | 3 | 1 | 0 |
| 2021 | 2.0 | 0.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 2020 | 2.0 | 0.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
OSHA ITA peer cross-reference
Establishment peer ledger
111331 · WA · Tonasket
90 Apple orchards employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 10,147 rated employers in Washington with headcount on file · 3 employers in Tonasket, 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 | Beak & Skiff Apple Farms, Inc. | 3.5 TCR |
| NAICS-TCR | Empey Orchards, Inc. | 3.2 TCR |
| NAICS-TCR | Borton Main Plant | 4.0 TCR |
| NAICS-TCR | Nesbitt Fruit Farms | 4.0 TCR |
| STATE-SIZE | Hyer Farms | 50 FTE |
| STATE-SIZE | Allied Potato Northwest | 50 FTE |
| STATE-SIZE | L&L Farm Pasco - Burbank | 50 FTE |
| STATE-SIZE | PATERSON WA (WATTS DAIRY) | 50 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | North Valley Hospiatal | 177 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | Tonasket Clinic | 16 FTE |
| NAT-TCR | Intercoastal Repair Services | 3.6 TCR |
| NAT-TCR | Champlain #220 | 3.6 TCR |
| NAT-TCR | ATEK Access Technologies | 3.6 TCR |
| NAT-TCR | Safe Fleet | 3.6 TCR |
| NAT-SIZE | Tri-Matic Spring Inc | 50 FTE |
| NAT-SIZE | Pride Solvents & Chemical | 50 FTE |
| NAT-SIZE | Women's Clinic of Lincoln PC | 50 FTE |
| NAT-SIZE | Memphis Greenhouse | 50 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.