Apple orchards · Virginia

Silver Creek Orchards, Inc.

Tyro, VA · ~37 workers · 5 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

C
Average Safety Record
4.4
Avg TCR
4.5
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

Silver Creek Orchards, Inc. runs at 98% of its industry's injury rate - about level with the typical Apple orchards workplace, earning a grade C.

Silver Creek Orchards, Inc.: 4.4 TCR = 98% of Apple orchards BLS 4.5 · 5y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Silver Creek Orchards, Inc. safety composite

Silver Creek Orchards, Inc. scores strongest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 64% 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

58/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
C 4.42 per 100 workers

Safer than 64% of industry peers

DART rate
C 2.44 per 100 workers

Safer than 57% 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

−7.3

2020→2024

Silver Creek Orchards, Inc. injury rate improved

Silver Creek Orchards, Inc.'s TCR fell 7.3 from 9.8 in 2020 to 2.4 in 2024. Peak filing year was 2020 at 9.8 TCR. In 2024, DART was 0.55× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2020=9.8 · 2021=4.4 · 2022=2.6 · 2023=2.9 · 2024=2.4

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 111331 · Tyro, VA AT/BELOW-IND · SMALL

Grade C · TCR 4.4 · 98% of ind

  • DART 2.4 DART
  • RANK #3/5
  • PHOTO Al's Apples Inc
  • BOOK 5y book
  • INJ 7 inj
  • SIZE ~37 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: Al's Apples Inc (0.2 TCR gap)

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Silver Creek Orchards, Inc. in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows Silver Creek Orchards, Inc. averages 4.4 TCR (98% of the Apple orchards BLS benchmark).

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

Silver Creek Orchards, Inc. TCR series: 2020=9.8 · 2021=4.4 · 2022=2.6 · 2023=2.9 · 2024=2.4 · BLS 4.5

Where Silver Creek Orchards, Inc. falls in its industry

90 Apple orchards establishments

Safer than 64% 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 #3 safest of 5 Apple orchards employers in Virginia.

Silver Creek Orchards, Inc. (37 employees, TCR 4.4) 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 Silver Creek Orchards, Inc.
Silver Creek Orchards, Inc. (37 employees, TCR 4.4) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 65 employees and a TCR of 6.6

Silver Creek Orchards, Inc. has fewer 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 2.4 1 0 0
2023 2.9 2.9 1 0 0
2022 2.6 2.6 1 0 0
2021 4.4 4.4 2 0 0
2020 9.8 4.9 2 0 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

111331 · VA · Tyro

90 Apple orchards employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 12,673 rated employers in Virginia 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 Al's Apples Inc 4.2 TCR
NAICS-TCR B W Bishop & Sons Inc 4.2 TCR
NAICS-TCR Bosma Ag Enterprises 4.7 TCR
NAICS-TCR John B. Peters Inc. 4.1 TCR
STATE-SIZE Robert S. Coleman Lumber Co., Inc 37 FTE
STATE-SIZE Pulaski Svc Ctr 37 FTE
STATE-SIZE Central District 37 FTE
STATE-SIZE Virginia American Water - Alexandria District 37 FTE
CITY-NEAR Silver Creek & Seamans Orchard, Inc 19 FTE
NAT-TCR Fresenius Kabi, LLC - North Las Vegas Distribution Center 4.4 TCR
NAT-TCR Clinton School District 4.4 TCR
NAT-TCR Store 0801 4.4 TCR
NAT-TCR Automotive Dealership 4.4 TCR
NAT-SIZE 027-CLARENDON 37 FTE
NAT-SIZE 047-Colorado City Tx 37 FTE
NAT-SIZE Trinity Logistics Group, Inc. #1182 37 FTE
NAT-SIZE Crown Cork & Seal USA, Inc. - Dubuque Plant 37 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. 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.