Potato farming, field and seed potato production · Michigan
Walther Farms UP
Newberry, MI · ~11 workers · 2 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.
- C
- Average Safety Record
- 4.9
- Avg TCR
- 4.5
- Industry avg
- 0
- Fatalities
The verdict
Walther Farms UP runs at 109% of its industry's injury rate - about level with the typical Potato farming, field and seed potato production workplace, earning a grade C.
Walther Farms UP: 4.9 TCR = 109% of Potato farming, field and seed potato production BLS 4.5 · 2y Form 300A (see methodology below)
Walther Farms UP safety composite
Walther Farms UP scores strongest on dart rate (safer than 82% of same-industry peers) and weakest on total case rate (tcr) (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).
63/100
Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures
- Total Case Rate (TCR)
- D 4.92 per 100 workers
Safer than 52% of industry peers
- DART rate
- B 0 per 100 workers
Safer than 82% of industry peers
- Fatalities
- D 0
Safer than 54% 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
−1.2
2022→2023
Walther Farms UP injury rate improved
Walther Farms UP's TCR fell 1.2 from 5.5 in 2022 to 4.3 in 2023. Peak filing year was 2022 at 5.5 TCR. In 2023, DART was 0× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).
2022=5.5 · 2023=4.3
OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard
Establishment book 111211 · Newberry, MI ABOVE-IND · SMALL
Grade C · TCR 4.9 · 109% of ind
- DART 0.0 DART
- RANK #2/6
- PHOTO CSS Farms, LLC Pasco…
- BOOK 2y book
- INJ 2 inj
- SIZE ~11 FTE
Nearest TCR peer: CSS Farms, LLC Pasco, WA Farm (0.0 TCR gap)
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Walther Farms UP in the TCR neighbourhood
Average Total Case Rate among this establishment and nearest same-industry peers
- CSS Farms, LLC
CSS Farms, LLC Pasco, WA Farm
5 TCR
- Owyhee farming
Owyhee farming
5 TCR
- This site
Walther Farms UP
4.9 TCR
- Jentzsch Kearl
Jentzsch Kearl Farms
4.9 TCR
- Wayne Bailey I
Wayne Bailey Inc.
4.8 TCR
What this shows Walther Farms UP averages 4.9 TCR (109% of the Potato farming, field and seed potato production BLS benchmark).
Walther Farms UP TCR series: 2022=5.5 · 2023=4.3 · BLS 4.5
Where Walther Farms UP falls in its industry
153 Potato farming, field and seed establishmentsSafer than 52% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 5.1.
Narrower to Michigan alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #2 safest of 6 Potato farming, field and seed employers in Michigan.
Walther Farms UP has fewer employees than the Potato farming, field and seed potato pr median and a lower injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 5.1. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2023 | 4.3 | 0.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 2022 | 5.5 | 5.5 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
OSHA ITA peer cross-reference
Establishment peer ledger
111211 · MI · Newberry
153 Potato farming, field and seed potato production employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 16,393 rated employers in Michigan with headcount on file · 7 employers in Newberry, MI · 4 cross-state NAT-TCR peers. Closest matches by relationship code are listed below.
| Rel | Establishment | Metric |
|---|---|---|
| NAICS-TCR | CSS Farms, LLC Pasco, WA Farm | 5.0 TCR |
| NAICS-TCR | Jentzsch Kearl Farms | 4.9 TCR |
| NAICS-TCR | Owyhee farming | 5.0 TCR |
| NAICS-TCR | Wayne Bailey Inc. | 4.8 TCR |
| STATE-SIZE | RMS Cranes, LLC. - Detroit | 11 FTE |
| STATE-SIZE | Deckerville Piling Ground | 11 FTE |
| STATE-SIZE | Okemos | 11 FTE |
| STATE-SIZE | 1400 Buchanan SW | 11 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | Michigan Department of Corrections | 220 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | Newberry Correctional Facility | 195 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | Louisiana-Pacific Newberry | 116 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | Newberry | 69 FTE |
| NAT-TCR | Prospect Park Alliance | 4.9 TCR |
| NAT-TCR | Unit #1241 | 4.9 TCR |
| NAT-TCR | O'Neal Steel Incorporated_Shelbyville | 4.9 TCR |
| NAT-TCR | Moravian Village of Bethlehem | 4.9 TCR |
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.