Garden centers · California
Armstrong Garden Centers 704
Thousand Oaks, CA · ~26 workers · 7 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.
- F
- Failing Safety Record
- 16.6
- Avg TCR
- 3.4
- Industry avg
- 0
- Fatalities
The verdict
Armstrong Garden Centers 704 runs at 489% of its industry's injury rate - far more dangerous than the typical Garden centers workplace, earning a grade F.
Armstrong Garden Centers 704: 16.6 TCR = 489% of Garden centers BLS 3.4 · 7y Form 300A (see methodology below)
Armstrong Garden Centers 704 safety composite
Armstrong Garden Centers 704 scores strongest on fatalities (safer than 50% of same-industry peers) and weakest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 2%), 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).
22/100
Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures
- Total Case Rate (TCR)
- F 16.62 per 100 workers
Safer than 2% of industry peers
- DART rate
- F 7.01 per 100 workers
Safer than 24% of industry peers
- Fatalities
- D 0
Safer than 50% 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
−26.4
2017→2023
Armstrong Garden Centers 704 injury rate improved
Armstrong Garden Centers 704's TCR fell 26.4 from 33.4 in 2017 to 7.0 in 2023. Peak filing year was 2021 at 42.4 TCR. In 2023, DART was 0.42× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).
2017=33.4 · 2018=8.8 · 2019=8.8 · 2020=0.0 · 2021=42.4 · 2022=16.0 · 2023=7.0
OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard
Establishment book 444220 · Thousand Oaks, CA ABOVE-IND · SMALL
Grade F · TCR 16.6 · 489% of ind
- DART 7.0 DART
- RANK #73/75
- PHOTO 90 Elyria
- BOOK 7y book
- INJ 15 inj
- SIZE ~26 FTE
Nearest TCR peer: 90 Elyria (0.1 TCR gap)
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Armstrong Garden Centers 704 in the TCR neighbourhood
Average Total Case Rate among this establishment and nearest same-industry peers
- This site
Armstrong Garden Centers 704
16.6 TCR
- 90 Elyria
90 Elyria
16.6 TCR
- Planters' Choi
Planters' Choice LLC
16.6 TCR
- Armstrong Gard
Armstrong Garden Centers 723
16.5 TCR
- RK-118-Huntsvi
RK-118-Huntsville ( RK-118 )
16.4 TCR
What this shows Armstrong Garden Centers 704 averages 16.6 TCR (489% of the Garden centers BLS benchmark).
Armstrong Garden Centers 704 TCR series: 2017=33.4 · 2018=8.8 · 2019=8.8 · 2020=0 · 2021=42.4 · 2022=16 · 2023=7 · BLS 3.4
Where Armstrong Garden Centers 704 falls in its industry
642 Garden centers establishmentsSafer than 2% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 5.9.
Narrower to California alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #73 safest of 75 Garden centers employers in California.
Armstrong Garden Centers 704 has fewer employees than the Garden centers median and a higher injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 5.9. 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 | 7.0 | 7.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 2022 | 16.0 | 16.0 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| 2021 | 42.4 | 42.4 | 5 | 0 | 0 |
| 2020 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2019 | 8.8 | 8.8 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 2018 | 8.8 | 8.8 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 2017 | 33.4 | 33.4 | 4 | 0 | 0 |
OSHA ITA peer cross-reference
Establishment peer ledger
444220 · CA · Thousand Oaks
642 Garden centers employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 51,834 rated employers in California with headcount on file · 143 employers in Thousand Oaks, CA · 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 | 90 Elyria | 16.6 TCR |
| NAICS-TCR | Planters' Choice LLC | 16.6 TCR |
| NAICS-TCR | Armstrong Garden Centers 723 | 16.5 TCR |
| NAICS-TCR | RK-118-Huntsville ( RK-118 ) | 16.4 TCR |
| STATE-SIZE | HAULING & TRAILER SHOP | 26 FTE |
| STATE-SIZE | Seasholtz Co., LLC | 26 FTE |
| STATE-SIZE | Redwood Valley Vineyards | 26 FTE |
| STATE-SIZE | North Central Coast Vineyards | 26 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | Amgen Inc. (Thousand Oaks, CA) | 5,792 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | Amgen USA (Sales - Flex workers) | 2,803 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | California Department of Transportation Facility 472 | 2,621 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | Los Robles Hospital and Medical Center | 1,651 FTE |
| NAT-TCR | Copper Creek Landscaping, Inc | 16.6 TCR |
| NAT-TCR | Hearthstone Village | 16.6 TCR |
| NAT-TCR | Aculabs Inc | 16.6 TCR |
| NAT-TCR | Le Meridien Sheraton Charlotte | 16.6 TCR |
| NAT-SIZE | Groendyke Transport - Pueblo | 26 FTE |
| NAT-SIZE | Dependable Facility Services | 26 FTE |
| NAT-SIZE | TUP-ODFL | 26 FTE |
| NAT-SIZE | Kenosha Place Senior Living I | 26 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.