Noncitrus fruit farming · Massachusetts

Smolak Farms

North Andover, MA · ~56 workers · 2 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

F
Failing Safety Record
22.8
Avg TCR
4.5
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

Smolak Farms runs at 508% of its industry's injury rate - far more dangerous than the typical Noncitrus fruit farming workplace, earning a grade F.

Smolak Farms: 22.8 TCR = 508% of Noncitrus fruit farming BLS 4.5 · 2y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Smolak Farms safety composite

Smolak Farms scores strongest on fatalities (safer than 53% 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).

F

15/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
F 22.84 per 100 workers

Safer than 0% of industry peers

DART rate
F 15.84 per 100 workers

Safer than 5% of industry peers

Fatalities
D 0

Safer than 53% 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

Smolak Farms: 14.0 → 31.7 TCR

Peak year 2024 @ 31.7 TCR · DART/TCR 0.69× in 2024

Smolak Farms's TCR rose 17.7 from 14.0 in 2023 to 31.7 in 2024. In 2024, DART was 0.69× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 111339 · North Andover, MA ABOVE-IND · SMALL

Grade F · TCR 22.8 · 508% of ind

  • DART 15.8 DART
  • RANK P0
  • PHOTO Bear Mountain Orchar…
  • BOOK 2y book
  • INJ 11 inj
  • SIZE ~56 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: Bear Mountain Orchards, Inc. (1.7 TCR gap)

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Smolak Farms in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows Smolak Farms averages 22.8 TCR (508% of the Noncitrus fruit farming BLS benchmark).

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

Smolak Farms TCR series: 2023=14 · 2024=31.7 · BLS 4.5

Where Smolak Farms falls in its industry

90 Noncitrus fruit farming establishments

Safer than 0% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 6.2.

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers
Smolak Farms (56 employees, TCR 22.8) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 60 employees and a TCR of 6.2 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 05001,0001,5002,0002,500 0510152025 Average employees Total Case Rate Smolak Farms
Smolak Farms (56 employees, TCR 22.8) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 60 employees and a TCR of 6.2

Smolak Farms has fewer employees than the Noncitrus fruit farming median and a higher injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 6.2. 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 31.7 15.8 8 0 0
2023 14.0 9.3 3 0 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

111339 · MA · North Andover

90 Noncitrus fruit farming employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 10,108 rated employers in Massachusetts with headcount on file · 53 employers in North Andover, MA · 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 Bear Mountain Orchards, Inc. 21.1 TCR
NAICS-TCR E & A Ag Management Inc 20.0 TCR
NAICS-TCR Simbra Finca Ciclon LLC 19.0 TCR
NAICS-TCR Cherry Mountain Orchards, Inc. 16.9 TCR
STATE-SIZE Liberty Utilities Fifth Street 56 FTE
STATE-SIZE 7238_16578 56 FTE
STATE-SIZE Fontaine Bros. Inc. 56 FTE
STATE-SIZE NA-US-MA-Wilmington-240 Ballardvale 56 FTE
CITY-NEAR Amazon.com Services LLC - BOS3 1,743 FTE
CITY-NEAR Market Basket #12 420 FTE
CITY-NEAR Edgewood Retirement Community, Inc. 287 FTE
CITY-NEAR Gourmet Specialty Foods, LLC 283 FTE
NAT-TCR 2592 Far6 22.8 TCR
NAT-TCR Chelsea at Bridgewater 22.8 TCR
NAT-TCR KOTAK Express LLC 22.8 TCR
NAT-TCR Trader Joe's 0300 Denver 22.8 TCR
NAT-SIZE Warminster 56 FTE
NAT-SIZE Metro Fabricating, LLC 56 FTE
NAT-SIZE Shakopee Public Utilities 56 FTE
NAT-SIZE USA Oklahoma City 5201 S Meridian Ave 56 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.