Vegetable and melon farming, vegetable (except potato) and melon dominant crops, field, bedding plants and seed production · North Carolina
T.C. Smith Produce Farm
Seven Springs, NC · ~32 workers · 4 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.
- A
- Excellent Safety Record
- 0.5
- Avg TCR
- 4.5
- Industry avg
- 0
- Fatalities
The verdict
T.C. Smith Produce Farm runs at 11% of its industry's injury rate - far safer than the typical Vegetable and melon farming, vegetable (except potato) and melon dominant crops, field, bedding plants and seed production workplace, earning a grade A.
T.C. Smith Produce Farm: 0.5 TCR = 11% of Vegetable and melon farming, vegetable (except potato) and melon dominant crops, field, bedding plants and seed production BLS 4.5 · 4y Form 300A (see methodology below)
T.C. Smith Produce Farm safety composite
T.C. Smith Produce Farm scores strongest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 99% of same-industry peers) and weakest on fatalities (safer than 52%), 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).
83/100
Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures
- Total Case Rate (TCR)
- A 0.48 per 100 workers
Safer than 99% of industry peers
- DART rate
- B 0 per 100 workers
Safer than 86% 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%).
TCR Δ
−1.9
2021→2024
T.C. Smith Produce Farm injury rate improved
T.C. Smith Produce Farm's TCR fell 1.9 from 1.9 in 2021 to 0.0 in 2024. Peak filing year was 2021 at 1.9 TCR. In 2024, DART was 0× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).
2021=1.9 · 2022=0.0 · 2023=0.0 · 2024=0.0
OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard
Establishment book 111219 · Seven Springs, NC AT/BELOW-IND · SMALL
Grade A · TCR 0.5 · 11% of ind
- DART 0.0 DART
- RANK #1/4
- PHOTO Reeves Farms LLC
- BOOK 4y book
- INJ 1 inj
- SIZE ~32 FTE
Nearest TCR peer: Reeves Farms LLC (0.0 TCR gap)
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T.C. Smith Produce Farm in the TCR neighbourhood
Average Total Case Rate among this establishment and nearest same-industry peers
- DiMare Homeste
DiMare Homestead Inc Tomato Shed
0.6 TCR
- GM Ag Services
GM Ag Services, Inc.
0.6 TCR
- This site
T.C. Smith Produce Farm
0.5 TCR
- Reeves Farms L
Reeves Farms LLC
0.5 TCR
- Rick Minkus Fa
Rick Minkus Farms
0.5 TCR
What this shows T.C. Smith Produce Farm averages 0.5 TCR (11% of the Vegetable and melon farming, vegetable (except potato) and melon dominant crops, field, bedding plants and seed production BLS benchmark).
T.C. Smith Produce Farm TCR series: 2021=1.9 · 2022=0 · 2023=0 · 2024=0 · BLS 4.5
Where T.C. Smith Produce Farm falls in its industry
331 Vegetable and melon farming, v establishmentsSafer than 99% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 5.5.
Narrower to North Carolina alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #1 safest of 4 Vegetable and melon farming, v employers in North Carolina.
T.C. Smith Produce Farm has fewer employees than the Vegetable and melon farming, vegetable ( median and a lower 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 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2023 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2022 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2021 | 1.9 | 1.9 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
OSHA ITA peer cross-reference
Establishment peer ledger
111219 · NC · Seven Springs
331 Vegetable and melon farming, vegetable (except potato) and melon dominant crops, field, bedding plants and seed production employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 16,981 rated employers in North Carolina with headcount on file · 3 employers in Seven Springs, NC · 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 | Reeves Farms LLC | 0.5 TCR |
| NAICS-TCR | Rick Minkus Farms | 0.5 TCR |
| NAICS-TCR | DiMare Homestead Inc Tomato Shed | 0.6 TCR |
| NAICS-TCR | GM Ag Services, Inc. | 0.6 TCR |
| STATE-SIZE | LATHAMS NURSERY INC. - MONROE, NC | 32 FTE |
| STATE-SIZE | Lake Wendell Farming Co. LLC | 32 FTE |
| STATE-SIZE | Case Farms Goldsboro Hatchery | 32 FTE |
| STATE-SIZE | Edwards Farm Equipment, LLC | 32 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | CUC, LLC | 23 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | Tidewater Energy - Seven Springs | 22 FTE |
| NAT-TCR | Allen Industries, LLC | 0.5 TCR |
| NAT-TCR | American-Iowa Manufacturing, Inc. | 0.5 TCR |
| NAT-TCR | BorgWarner Propulsion Technical Center | 0.5 TCR |
| NAT-TCR | NG Field Construction | 0.5 TCR |
| NAT-SIZE | Mid Atlantic Construction Group | 32 FTE |
| NAT-SIZE | Garbage to Garden | 32 FTE |
| NAT-SIZE | Southern New Jersey Steel Company Inc. | 32 FTE |
| NAT-SIZE | Styrotech, Inc. | 32 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.