Staffing · Texas

8027202 Buddy s Plants Plus

Ballinger, TX · ~755 workers · 2 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

F
Failing Safety Record
8.6
Avg TCR
2.6
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

8027202 Buddy s Plants Plus runs at 330% of its industry's injury rate - far more dangerous than the typical Staffing workplace, earning a grade F.

8027202 Buddy s Plants Plus: 8.6 TCR = 330% of Staffing BLS 2.6 · 2y Form 300A (see methodology below)

8027202 Buddy s Plants Plus safety composite

8027202 Buddy s Plants Plus scores strongest on fatalities (safer than 51% of same-industry peers) and weakest on dart rate (safer than 6%), 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

20/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
F 8.58 per 100 workers

Safer than 13% of industry peers

DART rate
F 9.61 per 100 workers

Safer than 6% 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%).

Rising injury rate

8027202 Buddy s Plants Plus: 5.3 → 11.9 TCR

Peak year 2024 @ 11.9 TCR · DART/TCR 1.12× in 2024

8027202 Buddy s Plants Plus's TCR rose 6.6 from 5.3 in 2021 to 11.9 in 2024. In 2024, DART was 1.12× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 561320 · Ballinger, TX ABOVE-IND · MID

Grade F · TCR 8.6 · 330% of ind

  • DART 9.6 DART
  • RANK #41/42
  • PHOTO 8807848-Lowe's - Val…
  • BOOK 2y book
  • INJ 34 inj
  • SIZE ~755 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: 8807848-Lowe's - Valdosta (0.1 TCR gap)

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8027202 Buddy s Plants Plus in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows 8027202 Buddy s Plants Plus averages 8.6 TCR (330% of the Staffing BLS benchmark).

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

8027202 Buddy s Plants Plus TCR series: 2021=5.3 · 2024=11.9 · BLS 2.6

Where 8027202 Buddy s Plants Plus falls in its industry

652 Staffing establishments

Safer than 13% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 2.6.

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to Texas alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #41 safest of 42 Staffing employers in Texas.

8027202 Buddy s Plants Plus (755 employees, TCR 8.6) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 197 employees and a TCR of 2.6 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 01,0002,0003,0004,000 0246810 Average employees Total Case Rate 8027202 Buddy s Plants Plus
8027202 Buddy s Plants Plus (755 employees, TCR 8.6) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 197 employees and a TCR of 2.6

8027202 Buddy s Plants Plus has more employees than the Staffing median and a higher injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 2.6. 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
2024 11.9 9.6 18 3 0
2021 5.3 4.6 16 0 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

561320 · TX · Ballinger

652 Staffing employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 38,394 rated employers in Texas with headcount on file · 9 employers in Ballinger, TX · 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 8807848-Lowe's - Valdosta 8.5 TCR
NAICS-TCR NurseCore of Albany 8.7 TCR
NAICS-TCR OneStaff Medical 8.7 TCR
NAICS-TCR One Staff Medical 8.7 TCR
STATE-SIZE AMZL : DHO5 755 FTE
STATE-SIZE ExxonMobil Development Company Houston Campus 755 FTE
STATE-SIZE El Paso Children's Hospital 755 FTE
STATE-SIZE Mario Sinacola & Sons Excavation Inc. 756 FTE
CITY-NEAR Mueller Inc. (BMC) 352 FTE
CITY-NEAR Buddy's Plant Plus 304 FTE
CITY-NEAR Ballinger Healthcare and Rehabilitation Center 81 FTE
CITY-NEAR Ballinger Healthcare and Rehab Center 76 FTE
NAT-TCR Aristacare at Whiting 8.6 TCR
NAT-TCR 1673 Sxb29 8.6 TCR
NAT-TCR Moneysworth Linen Services 8.6 TCR
NAT-TCR Mulberry Creek Assisted Living 8.6 TCR
NAT-SIZE City of Carson 755 FTE
NAT-SIZE Omaha Reservation Center 755 FTE
NAT-SIZE Grande Ronde Hospital 755 FTE
NAT-SIZE 056835-San Jose Ca P&Dc 755 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, 2021. 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.