Nursery stock (except plant bulbs, seeds) merchant wholesalers · Oregon

Alpha Nursery Inc

Salem, OR · ~43 workers · 7 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

D
Poor Safety Record
3.0
Avg TCR
2.2
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

Alpha Nursery Inc runs at 136% of its industry's injury rate - more dangerous than the typical Nursery stock (except plant bulbs, seeds) merchant wholesalers workplace, earning a grade D.

Alpha Nursery Inc: 3.0 TCR = 136% of Nursery stock (except plant bulbs, seeds) merchant wholesalers BLS 2.2 · 7y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Alpha Nursery Inc safety composite

Alpha Nursery Inc scores strongest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 82% of same-industry peers) and weakest on dart rate (safer than 36%), 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

58/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
B 3 per 100 workers

Safer than 82% of industry peers

DART rate
D 3.95 per 100 workers

Safer than 36% 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

Alpha Nursery Inc: 1.9 → 4.0 TCR

Peak year 2020 @ 6.7 TCR · DART/TCR 1.32× in 2024

Alpha Nursery Inc's TCR rose 2.1 from 1.9 in 2018 to 4.0 in 2024. Peak filing year was 2020 at 6.7 TCR. In 2024, DART was 1.32× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 424930 · Salem, OR ABOVE-IND · SMALL

Grade D · TCR 3.0 · 136% of ind

  • DART 4.0 DART
  • RANK #3/12
  • PHOTO 03-FL
  • BOOK 7y book
  • INJ 10 inj
  • SIZE ~43 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: 03-FL (0.1 TCR gap)

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Alpha Nursery Inc in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows Alpha Nursery Inc averages 3.0 TCR (136% of the Nursery stock (except plant bulbs, seeds) merchant wholesalers BLS benchmark).

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

Alpha Nursery Inc TCR series: 2018=1.9 · 2019=0 · 2020=6.7 · 2021=2.1 · 2022=4.3 · 2023=2.1 · 2024=4 · BLS 2.2

Where Alpha Nursery Inc falls in its industry

185 Nursery stock (except plant bu establishments

Safer than 82% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 5.7.

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to Oregon alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #3 safest of 12 Nursery stock (except plant bu employers in Oregon.

Alpha Nursery Inc (43 employees, TCR 3.0) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 63 employees and a TCR of 5.7 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 05001,0001,500 0510152025 Average employees Total Case Rate Alpha Nursery Inc
Alpha Nursery Inc (43 employees, TCR 3.0) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 63 employees and a TCR of 5.7

Alpha Nursery Inc has fewer employees than the Nursery stock (except plant bulbs, seeds median and a lower injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 5.7. 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 4.0 4.0 2 0 0
2023 2.1 0.0 1 0 0
2022 4.3 0.0 2 0 0
2021 2.1 0.0 1 0 0
2020 6.7 4.5 3 0 0
2019 0.0 0.0 0 0 0
2018 1.9 0.0 1 0 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

424930 · OR · Salem

185 Nursery stock (except plant bulbs, seeds) merchant wholesalers employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 8,031 rated employers in Oregon with headcount on file · 471 employers in Salem, OR · 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 03-FL 3.1 TCR
NAICS-TCR DMWN - Orange 2.9 TCR
NAICS-TCR TDH Nurseries LLC 3.1 TCR
NAICS-TCR FDI Omaha 2.9 TCR
STATE-SIZE Dahle Orchards LLC 43 FTE
STATE-SIZE Creekside Valley Farms LLC 43 FTE
STATE-SIZE Slegers, Inc 43 FTE
STATE-SIZE L&B Reforestation, INC. 43 FTE
CITY-NEAR Oregon State Hospital-Salem Campus 2,036 FTE
CITY-NEAR North America Fulfillment Centers (FCs) : PDX7 1,559 FTE
CITY-NEAR Chemeketa Community College 1,551 FTE
CITY-NEAR Human Service Building ODHS 1,402 FTE
NAT-TCR Senior Solutions At Home Inc 3.0 TCR
NAT-TCR Utlkc - Salt Lake City 3.0 TCR
NAT-TCR Gemini Industries 3.0 TCR
NAT-TCR Carol Stream 3.0 TCR
NAT-SIZE BOSS Construction, Incorporated 43 FTE
NAT-SIZE UHM/Vanguard Center/HPC 43 FTE
NAT-SIZE Milud - Ludington 43 FTE
NAT-SIZE The Pointe at Jacksonville 43 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, 2022, 2021, 2020, 2019, 2018. This is publicly available government data - not a legal determination of workplace conditions.

Read our methodology - how this data is sourced, computed, and verified.

Data sourced from official public datasets. See our methodology for details.