Apple orchards · Michigan

Ridgeview Orchards

Conklin, MI · ~65 workers · 4 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

B
Good Safety Record
2.9
Avg TCR
4.5
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

Ridgeview Orchards runs at 64% of its industry's injury rate - safer than the typical Apple orchards workplace, earning a grade B.

Ridgeview Orchards: 2.9 TCR = 64% of Apple orchards BLS 4.5 · 4y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Ridgeview Orchards safety composite

Ridgeview Orchards scores strongest on dart rate (safer than 84% 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

73/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
B 2.86 per 100 workers

Safer than 78% 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

−1.3

2019→2024

Ridgeview Orchards injury rate improved

Ridgeview Orchards's TCR fell 1.3 from 3.6 in 2019 to 2.4 in 2024. Peak filing year was 2023 at 5.4 TCR. In 2024, DART was 0× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2019=3.6 · 2022=0.0 · 2023=5.4 · 2024=2.4

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 111331 · Conklin, MI AT/BELOW-IND · SMALL

Grade B · TCR 2.9 · 64% of ind

  • DART 0.0 DART
  • RANK #3/4
  • PHOTO Dawson's Orchards
  • BOOK 4y book
  • INJ 9 inj
  • SIZE ~65 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: Dawson's Orchards (0.1 TCR gap)

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Ridgeview Orchards in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows Ridgeview Orchards averages 2.9 TCR (64% of the Apple orchards BLS benchmark).

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

Ridgeview Orchards TCR series: 2019=3.6 · 2022=0 · 2023=5.4 · 2024=2.4 · BLS 4.5

Where Ridgeview Orchards falls in its industry

90 Apple orchards establishments

Safer than 78% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 6.6.

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to Michigan alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #3 safest of 4 Apple orchards employers in Michigan.

Ridgeview Orchards (65 employees, TCR 2.9) 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 Ridgeview Orchards
Ridgeview Orchards (65 employees, TCR 2.9) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 65 employees and a TCR of 6.6

Ridgeview 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 2.4 0.0 2 0 0
2023 5.4 2.2 5 0 0
2022 0.0 0.0 0 0 0
2019 3.6 3.6 2 0 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

111331 · MI · Conklin

90 Apple orchards employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 16,393 rated employers in Michigan with headcount on file · 4 employers in Conklin, MI · 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 Dawson's Orchards 2.8 TCR
NAICS-TCR Giroux Orchards, LLC 2.8 TCR
NAICS-TCR Ferguson's Morningside Orchard LLC 3.0 TCR
NAICS-TCR ORCHARDS 3.1 TCR
STATE-SIZE PG Manufacturing 65 FTE
STATE-SIZE Marquette Board of Light and Power 65 FTE
STATE-SIZE SunGlo 65 FTE
STATE-SIZE Hoekstra Roofing Company 65 FTE
CITY-NEAR Manzana LLC 1,408 FTE
CITY-NEAR Ridgeview Packing, LLC 167 FTE
CITY-NEAR Van Hydraulics Inc. 33 FTE
NAT-TCR GCS, Inc. 2.9 TCR
NAT-TCR WVUH Center for Hope and Healing 2.9 TCR
NAT-TCR AeroRepair Corp NH 2.9 TCR
NAT-TCR Highland Commercial Roofing, LLC 2.9 TCR
NAT-SIZE Colgate- Greenville, SC 65 FTE
NAT-SIZE The Idaho Foodbank Warehouse Inc. - Boise ID 65 FTE
NAT-SIZE Ineos Styrolution - Decatur, AL Site 65 FTE
NAT-SIZE ACA Environmental Services, Inc. 65 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, 2019. 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.