Apple orchards · Virginia

ORCHARDS

Covesville, VA · ~143 workers · 8 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

B
Good Safety Record
3.1
Avg TCR
4.5
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

ORCHARDS runs at 68% of its industry's injury rate - safer than the typical Apple orchards workplace, earning a grade B.

ORCHARDS: 3.1 TCR = 68% of Apple orchards BLS 4.5 · 8y Form 300A (see methodology below)

ORCHARDS safety composite

ORCHARDS scores strongest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 76% 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).

C

66/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
B 3.06 per 100 workers

Safer than 76% of industry peers

DART rate
C 1.12 per 100 workers

Safer than 65% 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

−2.7

2016→2024

ORCHARDS injury rate improved

ORCHARDS's TCR fell 2.7 from 4.4 in 2016 to 1.7 in 2024. Peak filing year was 2018 at 5.0 TCR. In 2024, DART was 0.37× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2016=4.4 · 2018=5.0 · 2019=3.6 · 2020=3.5 · 2021=1.1 · 2022=2.5 · 2023=2.9 · 2024=1.7

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 111331 · Covesville, VA AT/BELOW-IND · MID

Grade B · TCR 3.1 · 68% of ind

  • DART 1.1 DART
  • RANK #2/5
  • PHOTO Crist Bros. Orchards…
  • BOOK 8y book
  • INJ 37 inj
  • SIZE ~143 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: Crist Bros. Orchards, Inc. (0.0 TCR gap)

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ORCHARDS in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows ORCHARDS averages 3.1 TCR (68% of the Apple orchards BLS benchmark).

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

ORCHARDS TCR series: 2016=4.4 · 2018=5 · 2019=3.6 · 2020=3.5 · 2021=1.1 · 2022=2.5 · 2023=2.9 · 2024=1.7 · BLS 4.5

Where ORCHARDS falls in its industry

90 Apple orchards establishments

Safer than 76% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 6.6.

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to Virginia alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #2 safest of 5 Apple orchards employers in Virginia.

ORCHARDS (143 employees, TCR 3.1) 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 ORCHARDS
ORCHARDS (143 employees, TCR 3.1) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 65 employees and a TCR of 6.6

ORCHARDS has more employees than the Apple orchards median and a lower 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 1.7 1.1 2 1 0
2023 2.9 1.7 5 0 0
2022 2.5 1.2 4 0 0
2021 1.1 0.0 2 0 0
2020 3.5 2.3 6 0 0
2019 3.6 1.8 6 0 0
2018 5.0 1.4 7 0 0
2016 4.4 0.9 5 0 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

111331 · VA · Covesville

90 Apple orchards employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 12,673 rated employers in Virginia with headcount on file · 4 employers in Covesville, VA · 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 Crist Bros. Orchards, Inc. 3.1 TCR
NAICS-TCR Ferguson's Morningside Orchard LLC 3.0 TCR
NAICS-TCR Empey Orchards, Inc. 3.2 TCR
NAICS-TCR Ridgeview Orchards 2.9 TCR
STATE-SIZE PENINSULA-HAMPTON 143 FTE
STATE-SIZE Anderson Mechanical Services Inc 143 FTE
STATE-SIZE Kerry 143 FTE
STATE-SIZE Unique Wholesale Distributors - VA South Hill 143 FTE
CITY-NEAR PACKING HOUSE 56 FTE
CITY-NEAR Everidge, LLC Covesville 31 FTE
CITY-NEAR CARTER MT. FRUIT STAND 29 FTE
NAT-TCR Rice Drywall, INC. 3.1 TCR
NAT-TCR Andersen Interior Contracting, Inc. 3.1 TCR
NAT-TCR Warehouse 3.1 TCR
NAT-TCR Mizzy Construction, Inc. 3.1 TCR
NAT-SIZE Tupelo Pouring Plant 143 FTE
NAT-SIZE AWRC-Industrial FW 143 FTE
NAT-SIZE Fibergrate Composite Structures Incorporated 143 FTE
NAT-SIZE Associated Hardwoods, Inc. 143 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, 2019, 2018, 2016. 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.