Apple orchards · Georgia
Mercier Orchards
Blue Ridge, GA · ~106 workers · 5 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.
- F
- Failing Safety Record
- 14.4
- Avg TCR
- 4.5
- Industry avg
- 0
- Fatalities
The verdict
Mercier Orchards runs at 321% of its industry's injury rate - far more dangerous than the typical Apple orchards workplace, earning a grade F.
Mercier Orchards: 14.4 TCR = 321% of Apple orchards BLS 4.5 · 5y Form 300A (see methodology below)
Mercier Orchards safety composite
Mercier Orchards scores strongest on dart rate (safer than 84% of same-industry peers) and weakest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 3%), 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).
43/100
Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures
- Total Case Rate (TCR)
- F 14.43 per 100 workers
Safer than 3% of industry peers
- DART rate
- B 0 per 100 workers
Safer than 84% 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
−25.8
2019→2024
Mercier Orchards injury rate improved
Mercier Orchards's TCR fell 25.8 from 25.8 in 2019 to 0.0 in 2024. Peak filing year was 2019 at 25.8 TCR. In 2024, DART was 0× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).
2019=25.8 · 2021=22.8 · 2022=23.6 · 2023=0.0 · 2024=0.0
OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard
Establishment book 111331 · Blue Ridge, GA ABOVE-IND · MID
Grade F · TCR 14.4 · 321% of ind
- DART 0.0 DART
- RANK P3
- PHOTO MWR HOLDINGS LLC
- BOOK 5y book
- INJ 28 inj
- SIZE ~106 FTE
Nearest TCR peer: MWR HOLDINGS LLC (0.4 TCR gap)
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Mercier Orchards in the TCR neighbourhood
Average Total Case Rate among this establishment and nearest same-industry peers
- MWR HOLDINGS L
MWR HOLDINGS LLC
14.9 TCR
- This site
Mercier Orchards
14.4 TCR
- rowe farms inc
rowe farms inc
13.6 TCR
- George Jackson
George Jackson Farms, Inc.
13.2 TCR
- Above The Dirt
Above The Dirt, LLC
12.5 TCR
What this shows Mercier Orchards averages 14.4 TCR (321% of the Apple orchards BLS benchmark).
Mercier Orchards TCR series: 2019=25.8 · 2021=22.8 · 2022=23.6 · 2023=0 · 2024=0 · BLS 4.5
Where Mercier Orchards falls in its industry
90 Apple orchards establishmentsSafer than 3% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 6.6.
Mercier Orchards 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 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2023 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2022 | 23.6 | 3.0 | 16 | 0 | 0 |
| 2021 | 22.8 | 6.1 | 3 | 12 | 0 |
| 2019 | 25.8 | 0.0 | 9 | 0 | 0 |
OSHA ITA peer cross-reference
Establishment peer ledger
111331 · GA · Blue Ridge
90 Apple orchards employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 14,941 rated employers in Georgia with headcount on file · 23 employers in Blue Ridge, GA · 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 | MWR HOLDINGS LLC | 14.9 TCR |
| NAICS-TCR | rowe farms inc | 13.6 TCR |
| NAICS-TCR | George Jackson Farms, Inc. | 13.2 TCR |
| NAICS-TCR | Above The Dirt, LLC | 12.5 TCR |
| STATE-SIZE | Canon Egg Farm | 106 FTE |
| STATE-SIZE | SMITH DOUGLAS H | 106 FTE |
| STATE-SIZE | Structural Steel Erector | 106 FTE |
| STATE-SIZE | Construction | 106 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | WM 5812 | 249 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | 5812 | 231 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | Store 036 | 208 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | Fannin Regional Hospital | 203 FTE |
| NAT-TCR | Viking Engineering and Development | 14.4 TCR |
| NAT-TCR | City of Alton, IL - Fire | 14.4 TCR |
| NAT-TCR | Eisenberg Village Campus | 14.4 TCR |
| NAT-TCR | RWJ Health Network INC | 14.4 TCR |
| NAT-SIZE | EarthRoamer | 106 FTE |
| NAT-SIZE | ZFS Solutions | 106 FTE |
| NAT-SIZE | empirical technology, inc. - Corporate Office | 106 FTE |
| NAT-SIZE | New Hope Market LLC | 106 FTE |
Rel codes: NAICS-TCR · STATE-SIZE · CITY-NEAR · NAT-TCR/NAT-SIZE cross-state. Read with this employer →
Read our methodology - how this data is sourced, computed, and verified.