Fruit sorting, grading, and packing · Washington

Sakuma Brothers Processing, Inc.

Name: Sakuma Brothers Processing, Inc. Workplace Safety Data
Creator: PlainSafetyScore
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Burlington, WA · ~145 workers · 2 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

Compiled by PlainSafetyScore · August 25, 2026

C
Average Safety Record: 4.5
Avg TCR: 4.5
Industry avg: 0
Fatalities

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The verdict

Sakuma Brothers Processing, Inc. runs at 100% of its industry's injury rate - about level with the typical Fruit sorting, grading, and packing workplace, earning a grade C.

Sakuma Brothers Processing, Inc.: 4.5 TCR = 100% of Fruit sorting, grading, and packing BLS 4.5 · 2y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Sakuma Brothers Processing, Inc. safety composite

Sakuma Brothers Processing, Inc. scores strongest on fatalities (safer than 51% of same-industry peers) and weakest on dart rate (safer than 14%), 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).

33/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR): D 4.49 per 100 workers

Safer than 38% of industry peers
DART rate: F 5.99 per 100 workers

Safer than 14% 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%).

Rising injury rate

Sakuma Brothers Processing, Inc.: 3.0 → 6.0 TCR

Peak year 2024 @ 6.0 TCR · DART/TCR 1.33× in 2024

Sakuma Brothers Processing, Inc.'s TCR rose 3.0 from 3.0 in 2023 to 6.0 in 2024. In 2024, DART was 1.33× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 115114 · Burlington, WA AT/BELOW-IND · MID

Grade C · TCR 4.5 · 100% of ind

DART 6.0 DART
RANK #10/37
PHOTO SVC BERRY
BOOK 2y book
INJ 9 inj
SIZE ~145 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: SVC BERRY (0.0 TCR gap)

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SVC BERRY

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Lubbock, TX-R&

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Texas

4.5
2404-DeForest,

4.5

What this shows Sakuma Brothers Processing, Inc. averages 4.5 TCR (100% of the Fruit sorting, grading, and packing BLS benchmark).

Sakuma Brothers Processing, Inc. TCR series: 2023=3 · 2024=6 · BLS 4.5

Where Sakuma Brothers Processing, Inc. falls in its industry

666 Fruit sorting, grading, and pa establishments

Safer than 38% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 3.2.

Grade C

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to Washington alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #10 safest of 37 Fruit sorting, grading, and pa employers in Washington.

Sakuma Brothers Processing, Inc. (145 employees, TCR 4.5) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 72 employees and a TCR of 3.2

Sakuma Brothers Processing, Inc. has more employees than the Fruit sorting, grading, and packing median and a higher injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 3.2. 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	6.0	6.0	6	0	0
2023	3.0	2.0	3	0	0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

115114 · WA · Burlington

666 Fruit sorting, grading, and packing employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 10,147 rated employers in Washington with headcount on file · 67 employers in Burlington, WA · 4 cross-state NAT-TCR peers · 4 cross-state NAT-SIZE peers. Closest matches by relationship code are listed below.

Rel	Establishment	Place	Metric
NAICS-TCR	SVC BERRY	SALINAS, CA	4.5 TCR
NAICS-TCR	Lubbock, TX-R&D	LUBBOCK, TX	4.5 TCR
NAICS-TCR	Texas	GRAND PRAIRIE, TX	4.5 TCR
NAICS-TCR	2404-DeForest, WI	DEFOREST, WI	4.5 TCR
STATE-SIZE	Mayor Construction LLC	SPOKANE VALLEY	145 FTE
STATE-SIZE	Schmitt Electric, Inc.	WENATCHEE	145 FTE
STATE-SIZE	Mehrer Drywall, Inc	SEATTLE	145 FTE
STATE-SIZE	Bellevue Warehouse	BELLEVUE	145 FTE
CITY-NEAR	Sakuma Brothers Farms, Inc	Burlington	384 FTE
CITY-NEAR	701-00024	Burlington	340 FTE
CITY-NEAR	0662 - BURLINGTON WA WHSE	Burlington	336 FTE
CITY-NEAR	Fisher Construction Group, Inc.	Burlington	331 FTE
NAT-TCR	California Mission Inn	Rosemead, CA	4.5 TCR
NAT-TCR	Chemence Medical, Inc.	Alpharetta, GA	4.5 TCR
NAT-TCR	Generac Power Systems	Oshkosh, WI	4.5 TCR
NAT-TCR	Mergon Corporation	Anderson, SC	4.5 TCR
NAT-SIZE	Navitor Labelworks - 0021	North Mankato, MN	145 FTE
NAT-SIZE	Southfield Westin	Southfield, MI	145 FTE
NAT-SIZE	Farm Operations	Decatur, AR	145 FTE
NAT-SIZE	Otis Elevator Company-San Diego	San Diego, CA	145 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. This is publicly available government data - not a legal determination of workplace conditions.

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Data sourced from official public datasets. See our methodology for details.