Packaging fresh or farm-dried fruits and vegetables · Idaho

Free From

Caldwell, ID · ~62 workers · 3 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

F
Failing Safety Record
9.7
Avg TCR
4.5
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

Free From runs at 216% of its industry's injury rate - far more dangerous than the typical Packaging fresh or farm-dried fruits and vegetables workplace, earning a grade F.

Free From: 9.7 TCR = 216% of Packaging fresh or farm-dried fruits and vegetables BLS 4.5 · 3y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Free From safety composite

Free From scores strongest on fatalities (safer than 51% of same-industry peers) and weakest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 9%), 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

28/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
F 9.72 per 100 workers

Safer than 9% of industry peers

DART rate
F 2.99 per 100 workers

Safer than 34% 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

−4.3

2016→2019

Free From injury rate improved

Free From's TCR fell 4.3 from 9.3 in 2016 to 5.0 in 2019. Peak filing year was 2017 at 14.9 TCR. In 2019, DART was 0.31× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2016=9.3 · 2017=14.9 · 2019=5.0

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 115114 · Caldwell, ID ABOVE-IND · SMALL

Grade F · TCR 9.7 · 216% of ind

  • DART 3.0 DART
  • RANK #22/23
  • PHOTO Garcia Farms Produce
  • BOOK 3y book
  • INJ 16 inj
  • SIZE ~62 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: Garcia Farms Produce (0.0 TCR gap)

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Free From in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows Free From averages 9.7 TCR (216% of the Packaging fresh or farm-dried fruits and vegetables BLS benchmark).

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

Free From TCR series: 2016=9.3 · 2017=14.9 · 2019=5 · BLS 4.5

Where Free From falls in its industry

666 Packaging fresh or farm-dried establishments

Safer than 9% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 3.2.

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to Idaho alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #22 safest of 23 Packaging fresh or farm-dried employers in Idaho.

Free From (62 employees, TCR 9.7) 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 Free From
Free From (62 employees, TCR 9.7) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 72 employees and a TCR of 3.2

Free From has fewer employees than the Packaging fresh or farm-dried fruits and median and a higher 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
2019 5.0 3.0 5 0 0
2017 14.9 1.9 8 0 0
2016 9.3 9.3 3 0 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

115114 · ID · Caldwell

666 Packaging fresh or farm-dried fruits and vegetables employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 2,774 rated employers in Idaho with headcount on file · 118 employers in Caldwell, ID · 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 Garcia Farms Produce 9.8 TCR
NAICS-TCR ITCS- WA 9.7 TCR
NAICS-TCR M & R Company 9.8 TCR
NAICS-TCR Jones Produce Inc 9.6 TCR
STATE-SIZE Central Paving Co., Inc. 62 FTE
STATE-SIZE Stimson Lumber, St. Maries Operation 62 FTE
STATE-SIZE GARGOYLE GRANITE & MARBLE 62 FTE
STATE-SIZE R & M Steel Company 62 FTE
CITY-NEAR West Valley Medical Center 564 FTE
CITY-NEAR FG Idaho Plant - Caldwell 519 FTE
CITY-NEAR JR Simplot - Food - Idaho Plant 510 FTE
CITY-NEAR WM 2780 439 FTE
NAT-TCR CA Steel & Tube CST 9.7 TCR
NAT-TCR Bridge and Decking Constrution 9.7 TCR
NAT-TCR 490 High Street 9.7 TCR
NAT-TCR 4054-Abs 0018 3593 9.7 TCR
NAT-SIZE PMG-Isleta 62 FTE
NAT-SIZE Seattle Airport SeaTac Custodial 62 FTE
NAT-SIZE Tremont House 62 FTE
NAT-SIZE Westland Orchids 62 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, 2017, 2016. This is publicly available government data - not a legal determination of workplace conditions.
Data sourced from official public datasets. See our methodology for details.