Frozen fruit and vegetable processing · Maine

Maine Wild Blueberry co

Machias, ME · ~91 workers · 2 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

F
Failing Safety Record
10.5
Avg TCR
3.3
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

Maine Wild Blueberry co runs at 317% of its industry's injury rate - far more dangerous than the typical Frozen fruit and vegetable processing workplace, earning a grade F.

Maine Wild Blueberry co: 10.5 TCR = 317% of Frozen fruit and vegetable processing BLS 3.3 · 2y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Maine Wild Blueberry co safety composite

Maine Wild Blueberry co scores strongest on fatalities (safer than 51% of same-industry peers) and weakest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 14%), 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

24/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
F 10.46 per 100 workers

Safer than 14% of industry peers

DART rate
F 6.92 per 100 workers

Safer than 15% 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

−3.6

2023→2024

Maine Wild Blueberry co injury rate improved

Maine Wild Blueberry co's TCR fell 3.6 from 12.3 in 2023 to 8.7 in 2024. Peak filing year was 2023 at 12.3 TCR. In 2024, DART was 0.66× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2023=12.3 · 2024=8.7

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 311411 · Machias, ME ABOVE-IND · SMALL

Grade F · TCR 10.5 · 317% of ind

  • DART 6.9 DART
  • RANK #4/7
  • PHOTO PNW Veg Co LLC dba N…
  • BOOK 2y book
  • INJ 9 inj
  • SIZE ~91 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: PNW Veg Co LLC dba Norpac (0.1 TCR gap)

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Maine Wild Blueberry co in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows Maine Wild Blueberry co averages 10.5 TCR (317% of the Frozen fruit and vegetable processing BLS benchmark).

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

Maine Wild Blueberry co TCR series: 2023=12.3 · 2024=8.7 · BLS 3.3

Where Maine Wild Blueberry co falls in its industry

224 Frozen fruit and vegetable pro establishments

Safer than 14% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 4.3.

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to Maine alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #4 safest of 7 Frozen fruit and vegetable pro employers in Maine.

Maine Wild Blueberry co (91 employees, TCR 10.5) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 161 employees and a TCR of 4.3 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 0200400600800 05101520 Average employees Total Case Rate Maine Wild Blueberry co
Maine Wild Blueberry co (91 employees, TCR 10.5) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 161 employees and a TCR of 4.3

Maine Wild Blueberry co has fewer employees than the Frozen fruit and vegetable processing median and a higher injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 4.3. 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 8.7 6.9 5 0 0
2023 12.3 8.8 4 3 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

311411 · ME · Machias

224 Frozen fruit and vegetable processing employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 2,397 rated employers in Maine with headcount on file · 10 employers in Machias, ME · 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 PNW Veg Co LLC dba Norpac 10.3 TCR
NAICS-TCR Cherryfield Plant 10.7 TCR
NAICS-TCR Edgar Location 10.2 TCR
NAICS-TCR Hancock Foods, Inc. 10.7 TCR
STATE-SIZE JF2, LLC 91 FTE
STATE-SIZE 5472-NAI-0033-0033-02547 91 FTE
STATE-SIZE 8439 91 FTE
STATE-SIZE NAI-0033-0033-00608 FAC-00608-FREEPORT-ME 91 FTE
CITY-NEAR 08128 - Store # 8128 Machias 123 FTE
CITY-NEAR Marshall Health Care 113 FTE
CITY-NEAR 8128 109 FTE
CITY-NEAR Marshall Healthcare 89 FTE
NAT-TCR Masbo - South Boston 10.5 TCR
NAT-TCR EB Meadows 10.5 TCR
NAT-TCR ABF Freight 152 10.5 TCR
NAT-TCR GLASTONBURY 10.5 TCR
NAT-SIZE Legend Companies 91 FTE
NAT-SIZE Lehigh Valley Plastics 91 FTE
NAT-SIZE Avanator.com LLC 91 FTE
NAT-SIZE Brandywine Living at Livingston 91 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.

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Data sourced from official public datasets. See our methodology for details.