Blueberry farming · Maine

R.T. Allen & Sons, Inc.

Ellsworth, ME · ~16 workers · 5 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

F
Failing Safety Record
13.5
Avg TCR
4.5
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

R.T. Allen & Sons, Inc. runs at 301% of its industry's injury rate - far more dangerous than the typical Blueberry farming workplace, earning a grade F.

R.T. Allen & Sons, Inc.: 13.5 TCR = 301% of Blueberry farming BLS 4.5 · 5y Form 300A (see methodology below)

R.T. Allen & Sons, Inc. safety composite

R.T. Allen & Sons, Inc. scores strongest on dart rate (safer than 79% of same-industry peers) and weakest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 0%), 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).

D

41/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
F 13.53 per 100 workers

Safer than 0% of industry peers

DART rate
B 0 per 100 workers

Safer than 79% 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%).

TCR Δ

−16.9

2016→2020

R.T. Allen & Sons, Inc. injury rate improved

R.T. Allen & Sons, Inc.'s TCR fell 16.9 from 16.9 in 2016 to 0.0 in 2020. Peak filing year was 2017 at 32.6 TCR. In 2020, DART was 0× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2016=16.9 · 2017=32.6 · 2018=7.9 · 2019=10.2 · 2020=0.0

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 111334 · Ellsworth, ME ABOVE-IND · SMALL

Grade F · TCR 13.5 · 301% of ind

  • DART 0.0 DART
  • RANK P0
  • PHOTO Ritter Production Fa…
  • BOOK 5y book
  • INJ 11 inj
  • SIZE ~16 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: Ritter Production Farms, Inc. (0.0 TCR gap)

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R.T. Allen & Sons, Inc. in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows R.T. Allen & Sons, Inc. averages 13.5 TCR (301% of the Blueberry farming BLS benchmark).

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

R.T. Allen & Sons, Inc. TCR series: 2016=16.9 · 2017=32.6 · 2018=7.9 · 2019=10.2 · 2020=0 · BLS 4.5

Where R.T. Allen & Sons, Inc. falls in its industry

41 Blueberry farming establishments

Safer than 0% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 5.6.

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers
R.T. Allen & Sons, Inc. (16 employees, TCR 13.5) among 26 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 74 employees and a TCR of 5.6 2×2 strategic matrix plotting 27 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 05001,0001,500 051015 Average employees Total Case Rate R.T. Allen & Sons, Inc.
R.T. Allen & Sons, Inc. (16 employees, TCR 13.5) among 26 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 74 employees and a TCR of 5.6

R.T. Allen & Sons, Inc. has fewer employees than the Blueberry farming median and a higher injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 5.6. 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
2020 0.0 0.0 0 0 0
2019 10.2 10.2 1 0 0
2018 7.9 0.0 1 0 0
2017 32.6 19.6 5 0 0
2016 16.9 12.7 4 0 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

111334 · ME · Ellsworth

41 Blueberry farming employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 2,397 rated employers in Maine with headcount on file · 33 employers in Ellsworth, ME · 4 cross-state NAT-TCR peers. Closest matches by relationship code are listed below.

Rel Establishment Metric
NAICS-TCR Ritter Production Farms, Inc. 13.5 TCR
NAICS-TCR Joseph J. White, Inc 13.5 TCR
NAICS-TCR Habelman Bros. Company 12.4 TCR
NAICS-TCR Bloomingdale MI Facility 11.8 TCR
STATE-SIZE WR Allen, Inc 16 FTE
STATE-SIZE Wellness Connection of Maine Portland 16 FTE
STATE-SIZE ME Office 16 FTE
STATE-SIZE PORTLAND NORTH TRUCK CENTER 16 FTE
CITY-NEAR Maine Coast Memorial Hospital 527 FTE
CITY-NEAR Northern Light Maine Coast Hospital 492 FTE
CITY-NEAR WM 1932 353 FTE
CITY-NEAR 1932 300 FTE
NAT-TCR EFWL 13.5 TCR
NAT-TCR Encinitas North/South 13.5 TCR
NAT-TCR Monarch Precast Concrete Corporation 13.5 TCR
NAT-TCR SunnyBrook of Fairfield 13.5 TCR

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: 2020, 2019, 2018, 2017, 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.