Fruit and tree nut combination farming · Maine

Cherryfield Foods inc - Farm division

Cherryfield, ME · ~44 workers · 2 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

D
Poor Safety Record
9.0
Avg TCR
4.5
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

Cherryfield Foods inc - Farm division runs at 200% of its industry's injury rate - more dangerous than the typical Fruit and tree nut combination farming workplace, earning a grade D.

Cherryfield Foods inc - Farm division: 9.0 TCR = 200% of Fruit and tree nut combination farming BLS 4.5 · 2y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Cherryfield Foods inc - Farm division safety composite

Cherryfield Foods inc - Farm division scores strongest on fatalities (safer than 53% of same-industry peers) and weakest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 28%), 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).

D

40/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
F 9 per 100 workers

Safer than 28% of industry peers

DART rate
D 3.59 per 100 workers

Safer than 43% of industry peers

Fatalities
D 0

Safer than 53% 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

−10.8

2023→2024

Cherryfield Foods inc - Farm division injury rate improved

Cherryfield Foods inc - Farm division's TCR fell 10.8 from 14.4 in 2023 to 3.6 in 2024. Peak filing year was 2023 at 14.4 TCR. In 2024, DART was 0.4× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2023=14.4 · 2024=3.6

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 111336 · Cherryfield, ME ABOVE-IND · SMALL

Grade D · TCR 9.0 · 200% of ind

  • DART 3.6 DART
  • RANK P28
  • PHOTO Henderson Farms Inc.
  • BOOK 2y book
  • INJ 4 inj
  • SIZE ~44 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: Henderson Farms Inc. (0.0 TCR gap)

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Cherryfield Foods inc - Farm division in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows Cherryfield Foods inc - Farm division averages 9.0 TCR (200% of the Fruit and tree nut combination farming BLS benchmark).

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

Cherryfield Foods inc - Farm division TCR series: 2023=14.4 · 2024=3.6 · BLS 4.5

Where Cherryfield Foods inc - Farm division falls in its industry

65 Fruit and tree nut combination establishments

Safer than 28% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 6.0.

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers
Cherryfield Foods inc - Farm division (44 employees, TCR 9.0) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 74 employees and a TCR of 6.0 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 01,0002,0003,0004,0005,000 05101520 Average employees Total Case Rate Cherryfield Foods inc - Farm division
Cherryfield Foods inc - Farm division (44 employees, TCR 9.0) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 74 employees and a TCR of 6.0

Cherryfield Foods inc - Farm division has fewer employees than the Fruit and tree nut combination farming median and a higher injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 6.0. 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 3.6 3.6 2 0 0
2023 14.4 2.4 2 4 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

111336 · ME · Cherryfield

65 Fruit and tree nut combination farming employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 2,397 rated employers in Maine with headcount on file · 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 Henderson Farms Inc. 9.0 TCR
NAICS-TCR Smith Ranch 8.7 TCR
NAICS-TCR Royal Ridge Farms LLC 9.5 TCR
NAICS-TCR WA Farm Mgmt LLC 8.3 TCR
STATE-SIZE Wellness Connection of Maine Auburn 44 FTE
STATE-SIZE Khiel Logging - Home Base 44 FTE
STATE-SIZE AMC - Canco Road 44 FTE
STATE-SIZE Harry E. Nason Inc. dba Nason Mechanical Systems 44 FTE
CITY-NEAR Cherryfield Plant 97 FTE
NAT-TCR SunButter LLC 9.0 TCR
NAT-TCR Village of Buffalo Grove 9.0 TCR
NAT-TCR Bongards Creameries Perham 9.0 TCR
NAT-TCR North Central Correctional Facility 9.0 TCR
NAT-SIZE Walpole 44 FTE
NAT-SIZE Boucher Brothers Beach Management Fort Lauderdale, LLC 44 FTE
NAT-SIZE Commercial Carpet Logistics 44 FTE
NAT-SIZE Nathaniel House, Inc. 44 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. This is publicly available government data - not a legal determination of workplace conditions.
Data sourced from official public datasets. See our methodology for details.