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
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.
- C
- Average Safety Record
- 4.4
- avg TCR · per 100 workers
- 4.5
- industry benchmark (BLS)
- 7
- recordable injuries tracked
Grade compares Silver Creek Orchards, Inc.'s OSHA Total Case Rate of 4.4 to the Apple orchards BLS benchmark of 4.5 (98% of benchmark) across 5 years of Form 300A filings (2016–2024). <a href="/methodology">See methodology</a> for reporting-limitation caveats.
Injury rate over time
Silver Creek Orchards, Inc.'s yearly Total Case Rate, against the 4.5 industry benchmark.
Where Silver Creek Orchards, Inc. falls in its industry
96 Apple orchards establishmentsSafer than 60% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 6.0.
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.
Trend analysis for Silver Creek Orchards, Inc.
Between 2020 and 2024, Silver Creek Orchards, Inc.'s Total Case Rate improved from 9.8 to 2.4 recordable injuries per 100 full-time workers, a 75% decrease across 4 years of OSHA reporting.
The safest year on record was 2024, at a TCR of 2.4, while 2020 saw the highest rate, at 9.8, a spread of 7.3 points between the best and worst reporting years. That's a wide swing relative to the establishment's overall rate, worth checking the year-by-year table below for whether a single severe year is driving the average, rather than a sustained trend.
Summed across those 5 reporting years, Silver Creek Orchards, Inc. recorded 7 total injuries and illnesses, with no fatalities reported in any of those years. Readers comparing establishments should weigh the 5-year trend above alongside establishment size, since a larger workforce naturally accumulates more raw incidents even at a lower per-100-worker rate.
Verify This Employer with OSHA
The 7 injuries shown on this page for Silver Creek Orchards, Inc. are sourced from its own 5 years of mandatory OSHA Form 300A summaries. Cross-check the underlying establishment record directly against the federal source, name, NAICS classification, recordable case totals, and inspection history are all searchable on OSHA's Establishment-Specific Injury and Illness Data system.
Verify on OSHA Establishment SearchSource: U.S. Department of Labor, OSHA Establishment-Specific Injury and Illness Data. NAICS 111331 - Apple orchards.
DART Rate, Transparent Calculation (2024)
What is the DART rate formula?
DART (Days Away, Restricted, or Transferred) is computed by OSHA as incidents × 200,000 ÷ hours worked. The 200,000-hour denominator equals roughly 100 full-time workers, which lets establishments of very different sizes be compared directly.
1 DART incidents × 200,000 ÷ 81,924 hours worked = 2.44 DART
Methodology: 29 CFR 1904, OSHA Form 300A recordkeeping
Cross-Validating Context, Establishment vs Industry vs State
| Benchmark | TCR | Source |
|---|---|---|
| Silver Creek Orchards, Inc. (this establishment) | 4.42 | OSHA ITA Form 300A, 5-year avg |
| Apple orchards industry avg | 4.50 | BLS IIF, NAICS 111331 |
| Virginia state avg (all industries) | 4.16 | OSHA ITA, state-level rollup |
Industry benchmarks: Bureau of Labor Statistics, Injuries, Illnesses, and Fatalities (IIF) program
Reportable Incident Timeline
Year-by-year reportable incidents (recordable injuries + illnesses + fatalities) submitted by Silver Creek Orchards, Inc. to OSHA's Injury Tracking Application. Each row anchors to OSHA's inspection records search where you can pull the underlying inspection case numbers and citations for that establishment-year.
- 2024: 1 reportable incidents · 1 injuries, 0 illnesses, 0 fatalities - OSHA inspection records (case numbers)
- 2023: 1 reportable incidents · 1 injuries, 0 illnesses, 0 fatalities - OSHA inspection records (case numbers)
- 2022: 1 reportable incidents · 1 injuries, 0 illnesses, 0 fatalities - OSHA inspection records (case numbers)
- 2021: 2 reportable incidents · 2 injuries, 0 illnesses, 0 fatalities - OSHA inspection records (case numbers)
- 2020: 2 reportable incidents · 2 injuries, 0 illnesses, 0 fatalities - OSHA inspection records (case numbers)
Source: OSHA Inspection Information System (IMIS) - inspection case-number records
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 |
What this grade means for you
Use this grade as a relative read on Silver Creek Orchards, Inc.'s reported OSHA injury record, strong versus its Apple orchards peers, but not a guarantee about any single site today.
- At 98% of the Apple orchards benchmark, Silver Creek Orchards, Inc. reports fewer injuries than typical peers, still worth asking how safety is managed day to day. Know your rights
- Judge this record against the wider Apple orchards sector, where injury rates vary widely, before comparing it in isolation. See the industry
- Grades reflect 2016–2024 filings; check the latest establishment record straight from OSHA, or look up a different employer. Look up another
Safety grades reflect employers' self-reported OSHA Form 300A filings from 2016 to 2024 and can lag current conditions. A grade is not a guarantee that any specific workplace is safe or unsafe today. See our methodology and disclaimer.
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Read our methodology - how this data is sourced, computed, and verified.
Every figure and grade on PlainSafetyScore is computed directly from OSHA's published Injury Tracking Application data and BLS industry benchmarks, no number is typed in by an editor. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these safety grades, or report a data error. Data current as of 2016-2024 OSHA ITA release.