Fruit sorting, grading, and packing · Michigan

Elite Apple Company, LLC

Sparta, MI · ~72 workers · 3 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

A
Excellent Safety Record
1.0
Avg TCR
4.5
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

Elite Apple Company, LLC runs at 22% of its industry's injury rate - far safer than the typical Fruit sorting, grading, and packing workplace, earning a grade A.

Elite Apple Company, LLC: 1.0 TCR = 22% of Fruit sorting, grading, and packing BLS 4.5 · 3y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Elite Apple Company, LLC safety composite

Elite Apple Company, LLC scores strongest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 89% 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).

B

77/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
B 0.98 per 100 workers

Safer than 89% of industry peers

DART rate
B 0 per 100 workers

Safer than 81% 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%).

TCR Δ

−2.9

2019→2021

Elite Apple Company, LLC injury rate improved

Elite Apple Company, LLC's TCR fell 2.9 from 2.9 in 2019 to 0.0 in 2021. Peak filing year was 2019 at 2.9 TCR. In 2021, DART was 0× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2019=2.9 · 2020=0.0 · 2021=0.0

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 115114 · Sparta, MI AT/BELOW-IND · SMALL

Grade A · TCR 1.0 · 22% of ind

  • DART 0.0 DART
  • RANK #5/11
  • PHOTO Advanced Sunflower, …
  • BOOK 3y book
  • INJ 2 inj
  • SIZE ~72 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: Advanced Sunflower, LLC Huron (0.0 TCR gap)

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Elite Apple Company, LLC in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows Elite Apple Company, LLC averages 1.0 TCR (22% of the Fruit sorting, grading, and packing BLS benchmark).

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

Elite Apple Company, LLC TCR series: 2019=2.9 · 2020=0 · 2021=0 · BLS 4.5

Where Elite Apple Company, LLC falls in its industry

666 Fruit sorting, grading, and pa establishments

Safer than 89% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 3.2.

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to Michigan alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #5 safest of 11 Fruit sorting, grading, and pa employers in Michigan.

Elite Apple Company, LLC (72 employees, TCR 1.0) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 72 employees and a TCR of 3.2 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 05001,0001,5002,000 051015 Average employees Total Case Rate Elite Apple Company, LLC
Elite Apple Company, LLC (72 employees, TCR 1.0) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 72 employees and a TCR of 3.2

Elite Apple Company, LLC has more employees than the Fruit sorting, grading, and packing median and a lower injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 3.2. 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
2021 0.0 0.0 0 0 0
2020 0.0 0.0 0 0 0
2019 2.9 1.5 2 0 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

115114 · MI · Sparta

666 Fruit sorting, grading, and packing employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 16,393 rated employers in Michigan with headcount on file · 33 employers in Sparta, MI · 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 Advanced Sunflower, LLC Huron 1.0 TCR
NAICS-TCR Corteva Agriscience -York production West 1.0 TCR
NAICS-TCR 2358-Hollandale, MS 1.0 TCR
NAICS-TCR 2412-Nampa, ID 1.0 TCR
STATE-SIZE Driven Grow LLC 72 FTE
STATE-SIZE Lynn Mayer's Great Lakes Glads, Inc. 72 FTE
STATE-SIZE Navitas House 72 FTE
STATE-SIZE 4189_7988 72 FTE
CITY-NEAR Agrico Labor LLC 559 FTE
CITY-NEAR General Formulations 227 FTE
CITY-NEAR Federal-Mogul Powertrain 157 FTE
CITY-NEAR Great Lakes Division 149 FTE
NAT-TCR Honeywell Electronic Chemicals - Bryan 1.0 TCR
NAT-TCR ABC Cutting Contractors, Inc. 1.0 TCR
NAT-TCR Edina ISD #273 Edina Community Center 1.0 TCR
NAT-TCR Lehi Tea 1.0 TCR
NAT-SIZE Nutrition Bar Confectioners 72 FTE
NAT-SIZE Knoxville - VSHP 72 FTE
NAT-SIZE Sawbrook Steel Casting LLC 72 FTE
NAT-SIZE Inland Midwest Corporation DBA Medtorque 72 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: 2021, 2020, 2019. 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.