Apple orchards · Washington

King Organics Inc

Richland, WA · ~122 workers · 5 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

D
Poor Safety Record
7.1
Avg TCR
4.5
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

King Organics Inc runs at 158% of its industry's injury rate - more dangerous than the typical Apple orchards workplace, earning a grade D.

King Organics Inc: 7.1 TCR = 158% of Apple orchards BLS 4.5 · 5y Form 300A (see methodology below)

King Organics Inc safety composite

King Organics Inc scores strongest on fatalities (safer than 51% of same-industry peers) and weakest on dart rate (safer than 6%), 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

32/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
D 7.12 per 100 workers

Safer than 44% of industry peers

DART rate
F 12.85 per 100 workers

Safer than 6% 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

King Organics Inc: 3.1 → 12.8 TCR

Peak year 2024 @ 12.8 TCR · DART/TCR 1.8× in 2024

King Organics Inc's TCR rose 9.7 from 3.1 in 2020 to 12.8 in 2024. In 2024, DART was 1.8× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 111331 · Richland, WA ABOVE-IND · MID

Grade D · TCR 7.1 · 158% of ind

  • DART 12.8 DART
  • RANK #20/51
  • PHOTO Bushel Basket Orchar…
  • BOOK 5y book
  • INJ 12 inj
  • SIZE ~122 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: Bushel Basket Orchards, Inc (0.0 TCR gap)

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King Organics Inc in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows King Organics Inc averages 7.1 TCR (158% of the Apple orchards BLS benchmark).

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

King Organics Inc TCR series: 2020=3.1 · 2021=7.5 · 2022=5.3 · 2023=6.8 · 2024=12.8 · BLS 4.5

Where King Organics Inc falls in its industry

90 Apple orchards establishments

Safer than 44% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 6.6.

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to Washington alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #20 safest of 51 Apple orchards employers in Washington.

King Organics Inc (122 employees, TCR 7.1) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 65 employees and a TCR of 6.6 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 050100150200250 0510152025 Average employees Total Case Rate King Organics Inc
King Organics Inc (122 employees, TCR 7.1) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 65 employees and a TCR of 6.6

King Organics Inc has more employees than the Apple orchards median and a higher 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 12.8 12.8 4 0 0
2023 6.8 4.5 3 0 0
2022 5.3 2.6 2 0 0
2021 7.5 7.5 2 0 0
2020 3.1 0.0 1 0 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

111331 · WA · Richland

90 Apple orchards employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 10,147 rated employers in Washington with headcount on file · 83 employers in Richland, 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 Bushel Basket Orchards, Inc 7.1 TCR
NAICS-TCR WACO 7.2 TCR
NAICS-TCR Mt Clifton Fruit Company 7.2 TCR
NAICS-TCR BM Administrative Services 7.2 TCR
STATE-SIZE America's Finest Fishing LLC 122 FTE
STATE-SIZE FV American Dynasty 122 FTE
STATE-SIZE Stacy and Witbeck/Kuney, A Joint Venture - Redmond Link Extension 122 FTE
STATE-SIZE Richland 122 FTE
CITY-NEAR 2252-00000320 4,577 FTE
CITY-NEAR WA566 KADLEC REGIONAL MEDICAL CTR-RICHLAND HR 2,150 FTE
CITY-NEAR Waste Treatment Completion Company (WTCC) 1,978 FTE
CITY-NEAR Waste Treatment Plant (WTP) 673 FTE
NAT-TCR 1221 - York Galleria 7.1 TCR
NAT-TCR Treasure Coast FL Yard 7.1 TCR
NAT-TCR Guyoungtech USA, Inc. 7.1 TCR
NAT-TCR Fenceworks Inc. (All Locations) 7.1 TCR
NAT-SIZE Holman Logistics - GE Commerce 122 FTE
NAT-SIZE Hardy Diagnostics 122 FTE
NAT-SIZE HIVA - Eugene 122 FTE
NAT-SIZE Viasat - Germantown, MD 122 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, 2022, 2021, 2020. 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.