Tomato farming (except under cover), field, bedding plant and seed production · Tennessee
Smoky Mountain Family Farms LLC - Newport TN Farm
Newport, TN · ~470 workers · 3 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.
- F
- Failing Safety Record
- 16.5
- Avg TCR
- 4.5
- Industry avg
- 0
- Fatalities
The verdict
Smoky Mountain Family Farms LLC - Newport TN Farm runs at 367% of its industry's injury rate - far more dangerous than the typical Tomato farming (except under cover), field, bedding plant and seed production workplace, earning a grade F.
Smoky Mountain Family Farms LLC - Newport TN Farm: 16.5 TCR = 367% of Tomato farming (except under cover), field, bedding plant and seed production BLS 4.5 · 3y Form 300A (see methodology below)
Smoky Mountain Family Farms LLC - Newport TN Farm safety composite
Smoky Mountain Family Farms LLC - Newport TN Farm scores strongest on fatalities (safer than 52% of same-industry peers) and weakest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 2%), 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).
15/100
Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures
- Total Case Rate (TCR)
- F 16.51 per 100 workers
Safer than 2% of industry peers
- DART rate
- F 14.6 per 100 workers
Safer than 3% 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%).
Rising injury rate
Smoky Mountain Family Farms LLC - Newport TN Farm: 11.4 → 14.6 TCR
Peak year 2023 @ 23.6 TCR · DART/TCR 0.88× in 2024
Smoky Mountain Family Farms LLC - Newport TN Farm's TCR rose 3.2 from 11.4 in 2022 to 14.6 in 2024. Peak filing year was 2023 at 23.6 TCR. In 2024, DART was 0.88× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).
OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard
Establishment book 111219 · Newport, TN ABOVE-IND · MID
Grade F · TCR 16.5 · 367% of ind
- DART 14.6 DART
- RANK #8/8
- PHOTO Potato PH
- BOOK 3y book
- INJ 61 inj
- SIZE ~470 FTE
Nearest TCR peer: Potato PH (0.3 TCR gap)
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Smoky Mountain Family Farms LLC - Newport TN Farm in the TCR neighbourhood
Average Total Case Rate among this establishment and nearest same-industry peers
- 1482 West Gene
1482 West Genesee Road, Baldwinsville NY
17.9 TCR
- Edlyn Jauregui
Edlyn Jauregui DBA Valdeja Ag.
17.1 TCR
- This site
Smoky Mountain Family Farms LLC - Newport TN Farm
16.5 TCR
- Potato PH
Potato PH
16.2 TCR
- Griffin Creek
Griffin Creek Farm
16.1 TCR
What this shows Smoky Mountain Family Farms LLC - Newport TN Farm averages 16.5 TCR (367% of the Tomato farming (except under cover), field, bedding plant and seed production BLS benchmark).
Smoky Mountain Family Farms LLC - Newport TN Farm TCR series: 2022=11.4 · 2023=23.6 · 2024=14.6 · BLS 4.5
Where Smoky Mountain Family Farms LLC - Newport TN Farm falls in its industry
331 Tomato farming (except under c establishmentsSafer than 2% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 5.5.
Narrower to Tennessee alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #8 safest of 8 Tomato farming (except under c employers in Tennessee.
Smoky Mountain Family Farms LLC - Newport TN Farm has more employees than the Tomato farming (except under cover), fie median and a higher injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 5.5. 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 | 14.6 | 14.6 | 26 | 0 | 0 |
| 2023 | 23.6 | 23.6 | 21 | 13 | 0 |
| 2022 | 11.4 | 4.7 | 14 | 3 | 0 |
OSHA ITA peer cross-reference
Establishment peer ledger
111219 · TN · Newport
331 Tomato farming (except under cover), field, bedding plant and seed production employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 10,743 rated employers in Tennessee with headcount on file · 38 employers in Newport, TN · 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 | Potato PH | 16.2 TCR |
| NAICS-TCR | Griffin Creek Farm | 16.1 TCR |
| NAICS-TCR | Edlyn Jauregui DBA Valdeja Ag. | 17.1 TCR |
| NAICS-TCR | 1482 West Genesee Road, Baldwinsville NY | 17.9 TCR |
| STATE-SIZE | Smoky Mountain Family Farms LLC - Midway TN Farm | 470 FTE |
| STATE-SIZE | Monterey Mushrooms | 470 FTE |
| STATE-SIZE | Carlex Glass | 470 FTE |
| STATE-SIZE | Pork Processing | 469 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | Pacific Tomato Growers, Ltd. - Newport TN Housing | 567 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | Newport | 456 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | Newport TN | 422 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | WM 678 | 345 FTE |
| NAT-TCR | Village of Streamwood Public Works | 16.5 TCR |
| NAT-TCR | The Landings of Westerville | 16.5 TCR |
| NAT-TCR | D & H Equipment, Ltd | 16.5 TCR |
| NAT-TCR | Aspirus Plover Hospital | 16.5 TCR |
| NAT-SIZE | Tunxis Community College | 470 FTE |
| NAT-SIZE | Valero Refining Company - Texas City | 470 FTE |
| NAT-SIZE | OSI Industries, LLC | 470 FTE |
| NAT-SIZE | Amazon.com Services LLC - SMO2 | 470 FTE |
Rel codes: NAICS-TCR · STATE-SIZE · CITY-NEAR · NAT-TCR/NAT-SIZE cross-state. Read with this employer →
Read our methodology - how this data is sourced, computed, and verified.