Vegetable and melon farming, vegetable (except potato) and melon dominant crops, field, bedding plants and seed production · Massachusetts
Red Fire Farm
Montague, MA · ~63 workers · 7 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.
- F
- Failing Safety Record
- 11.3
- Avg TCR
- 4.5
- Industry avg
- 0
- Fatalities
The verdict
Red Fire Farm runs at 250% of its industry's injury rate - far more dangerous than the typical Vegetable and melon farming, vegetable (except potato) and melon dominant crops, field, bedding plants and seed production workplace, earning a grade F.
Red Fire Farm: 11.3 TCR = 250% of Vegetable and melon farming, vegetable (except potato) and melon dominant crops, field, bedding plants and seed production BLS 4.5 · 7y Form 300A (see methodology below)
Red Fire Farm safety composite
Red Fire Farm scores strongest on fatalities (safer than 52% of same-industry peers) and weakest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 10%), 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).
28/100
Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures
- Total Case Rate (TCR)
- F 11.26 per 100 workers
Safer than 10% of industry peers
- DART rate
- F 5.01 per 100 workers
Safer than 30% of industry peers
- Fatalities
- D 0
Safer than 52% 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
Red Fire Farm: 2.3 → 11.7 TCR
Peak year 2021 @ 20.9 TCR · DART/TCR 0.44× in 2023
Red Fire Farm's TCR rose 9.4 from 2.3 in 2017 to 11.7 in 2023. Peak filing year was 2021 at 20.9 TCR. In 2023, DART was 0.44× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).
OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard
Establishment book 111219 · Montague, MA ABOVE-IND · SMALL
Grade F · TCR 11.3 · 250% of ind
- DART 5.0 DART
- RANK P10
- PHOTO T&A Onions - Salinas…
- BOOK 7y book
- INJ 53 inj
- SIZE ~63 FTE
Nearest TCR peer: T&A Onions - Salinas - Harvest (0.0 TCR gap)
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Red Fire Farm in the TCR neighbourhood
Average Total Case Rate among this establishment and nearest same-industry peers
- This site
Red Fire Farm
11.3 TCR
- T&A Onions - S
T&A Onions - Salinas - Harvest
11.3 TCR
- Miller Farms,
Miller Farms, LLC
11.3 TCR
- Diamond D Farm
Diamond D Farm
11.3 TCR
- Featherstone F
Featherstone Fruits and Vegetables LLC.
11.2 TCR
What this shows Red Fire Farm averages 11.3 TCR (250% of the Vegetable and melon farming, vegetable (except potato) and melon dominant crops, field, bedding plants and seed production BLS benchmark).
Red Fire Farm TCR series: 2017=2.3 · 2018=15.6 · 2019=16.8 · 2020=11.1 · 2021=20.9 · 2022=0.3 · 2023=11.7 · BLS 4.5
Where Red Fire Farm falls in its industry
331 Vegetable and melon farming, v establishmentsSafer than 10% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 5.5.
Red Fire Farm has fewer employees than the Vegetable and melon farming, vegetable ( median and a higher injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 5.5. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2023 | 11.7 | 5.0 | 6 | 1 | 0 |
| 2022 | 0.3 | 0.3 | 20 | 2 | 0 |
| 2021 | 20.9 | 14.7 | 7 | 3 | 0 |
| 2020 | 11.1 | 11.1 | 6 | 0 | 0 |
| 2019 | 16.8 | 16.8 | 7 | 0 | 0 |
| 2018 | 15.6 | 7.8 | 6 | 0 | 0 |
| 2017 | 2.3 | 0.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
OSHA ITA peer cross-reference
Establishment peer ledger
111219 · MA · Montague
331 Vegetable and melon farming, vegetable (except potato) and melon dominant crops, field, bedding plants and seed production employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 10,108 rated employers in Massachusetts with headcount on file · 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 | T&A Onions - Salinas - Harvest | 11.3 TCR |
| NAICS-TCR | Miller Farms, LLC | 11.3 TCR |
| NAICS-TCR | Featherstone Fruits and Vegetables LLC. | 11.2 TCR |
| NAICS-TCR | Diamond D Farm | 11.3 TCR |
| STATE-SIZE | FGE | 63 FTE |
| STATE-SIZE | Window World Belchertown | 63 FTE |
| STATE-SIZE | C.C. Construction, Inc. | 63 FTE |
| STATE-SIZE | MAS Building & Bridge Inc. - Bridge & Dam | 63 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | FirstLight MA Hydro LLC | 15 FTE |
| NAT-TCR | Embassy Suites Hillsboro | 11.3 TCR |
| NAT-TCR | Food 4 Less - Atascadero | 11.3 TCR |
| NAT-TCR | Development Workshop, Inc. Rexburg | 11.3 TCR |
| NAT-TCR | Fairhope Health & Rehab | 11.3 TCR |
| NAT-SIZE | Lourdes Ambulatory-Camden | 63 FTE |
| NAT-SIZE | Eakas Arkansas Corporation | 63 FTE |
| NAT-SIZE | Sodexo at Ronald Reagan Library | 63 FTE |
| NAT-SIZE | Riley Industrial Services, Inc. - Morenci | 63 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.