Apple orchards · Pennsylvania

Soergel Orchards2

Wexford, PA · ~104 workers · 2 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

C
Average Safety Record
5.4
Avg TCR
4.5
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

Soergel Orchards2 runs at 119% of its industry's injury rate - about level with the typical Apple orchards workplace, earning a grade C.

Soergel Orchards2: 5.4 TCR = 119% of Apple orchards BLS 4.5 · 2y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Soergel Orchards2 safety composite

Soergel Orchards2 scores strongest on dart rate (safer than 84% 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

65/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
C 5.37 per 100 workers

Safer than 56% of industry peers

DART rate
B 0 per 100 workers

Safer than 84% 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%).

Soergel Orchards2 held a steady TCR band

Soergel Orchards2's TCR held near 0.1 from 5.3 in 2017 to 5.4 in 2018. In 2018, DART was 0× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2017=5.3 · 2018=5.4

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 111331 · Wexford, PA ABOVE-IND · MID

Grade C · TCR 5.4 · 119% of ind

  • DART 0.0 DART
  • RANK #4/7
  • PHOTO Waterworks, LLC
  • BOOK 2y book
  • INJ 6 inj
  • SIZE ~104 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: Waterworks, LLC (0.0 TCR gap)

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Soergel Orchards2 in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows Soergel Orchards2 averages 5.4 TCR (119% of the Apple orchards BLS benchmark).

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

Soergel Orchards2 TCR series: 2017=5.3 · 2018=5.4 · BLS 4.5

Where Soergel Orchards2 falls in its industry

90 Apple orchards establishments

Safer than 56% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 6.6.

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to Pennsylvania alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #4 safest of 7 Apple orchards employers in Pennsylvania.

Soergel Orchards2 (104 employees, TCR 5.4) 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 Soergel Orchards2
Soergel Orchards2 (104 employees, TCR 5.4) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 65 employees and a TCR of 6.6

Soergel Orchards2 has more 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
2018 5.4 0.0 3 0 0
2017 5.3 0.0 3 0 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

111331 · PA · Wexford

90 Apple orchards employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 22,692 rated employers in Pennsylvania with headcount on file · 38 employers in Wexford, PA · 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 Waterworks, LLC 5.4 TCR
NAICS-TCR Flat Top Ranch 5.3 TCR
NAICS-TCR Borton Fruit 5.3 TCR
NAICS-TCR Terrace Heights 5.1 TCR
STATE-SIZE Lennar - Philadelphia 104 FTE
STATE-SIZE Charles J. Merlo Inc. 104 FTE
STATE-SIZE Golden Eagle Construction Co. Inc. 104 FTE
STATE-SIZE Tustin Mechanical Services (Norristown) 104 FTE
CITY-NEAR Children's Community Care 1,161 FTE
CITY-NEAR WEXFORD HOSPITAL 755 FTE
CITY-NEAR InVision Customized Services 525 FTE
CITY-NEAR InVision Human Services 474 FTE
NAT-TCR Metal Coaters of Georgia 5.4 TCR
NAT-TCR Camp Verde (Azcam) 5.4 TCR
NAT-TCR Panama City (Flpan) 5.4 TCR
NAT-TCR Bakery Feeds Butler 5.4 TCR
NAT-SIZE Gary Alligood 104 FTE
NAT-SIZE Heritage Health - Mt. Zion 104 FTE
NAT-SIZE Orchids Paper Products Pryor Mill 104 FTE
NAT-SIZE Victoria Area 104 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: 2018, 2017. This is publicly available government data - not a legal determination of workplace conditions.
Data sourced from official public datasets. See our methodology for details.