Garden centers · California
Armstrong Garden Centers 707
Torrance, CA · ~34 workers · 7 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.
- D
- Poor Safety Record
- 6.3
- Avg TCR
- 3.4
- Industry avg
- 0
- Fatalities
The verdict
Armstrong Garden Centers 707 runs at 186% of its industry's injury rate - more dangerous than the typical Garden centers workplace, earning a grade D.
Armstrong Garden Centers 707: 6.3 TCR = 186% of Garden centers BLS 3.4 · 7y Form 300A (see methodology below)
Armstrong Garden Centers 707 safety composite
Armstrong Garden Centers 707 scores strongest on fatalities (safer than 50% of same-industry peers) and weakest on dart rate (safer than 5%), 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).
33/100
Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures
- Total Case Rate (TCR)
- D 6.32 per 100 workers
Safer than 46% of industry peers
- DART rate
- F 15.02 per 100 workers
Safer than 5% 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%).
Rising injury rate
Armstrong Garden Centers 707: 0.0 → 15.0 TCR
Peak year 2023 @ 15.0 TCR · DART/TCR 2.38× in 2023
Armstrong Garden Centers 707's TCR rose 15.0 from 0.0 in 2017 to 15.0 in 2023. In 2023, DART was 2.38× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).
OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard
Establishment book 444220 · Torrance, CA ABOVE-IND · SMALL
Grade D · TCR 6.3 · 186% of ind
- DART 15.0 DART
- RANK #35/75
- PHOTO Producers Cooperativ…
- BOOK 7y book
- INJ 10 inj
- SIZE ~34 FTE
Nearest TCR peer: Producers Cooperative Association-Agronomy Department (0.0 TCR gap)
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Armstrong Garden Centers 707 in the TCR neighbourhood
Average Total Case Rate among this establishment and nearest same-industry peers
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Armstrong Garden Centers 707
6.3 TCR
- Producers Coop
Producers Cooperative Association-Agronomy Department
6.3 TCR
- 23 - Theisen's
23 - Theisen's - Black River Falls
6.3 TCR
- RK-089-Bluefie
RK-089-Bluefield ( RK-089 )
6.3 TCR
- RK-126-Avon (R
RK-126-Avon (RK-126)
6.3 TCR
What this shows Armstrong Garden Centers 707 averages 6.3 TCR (186% of the Garden centers BLS benchmark).
Armstrong Garden Centers 707 TCR series: 2017=0 · 2018=0 · 2019=5.3 · 2020=9.6 · 2021=4.4 · 2022=9.8 · 2023=15 · BLS 3.4
Where Armstrong Garden Centers 707 falls in its industry
642 Garden centers establishmentsSafer than 46% 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 #35 safest of 75 Garden centers employers in California.
Armstrong Garden Centers 707 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 | 15.0 | 15.0 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| 2022 | 9.8 | 9.8 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| 2021 | 4.4 | 4.4 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 2020 | 9.6 | 9.6 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| 2019 | 5.3 | 5.3 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 2018 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2017 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
OSHA ITA peer cross-reference
Establishment peer ledger
444220 · CA · Torrance
642 Garden centers employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 51,834 rated employers in California with headcount on file · 332 employers in Torrance, 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 | Producers Cooperative Association-Agronomy Department | 6.3 TCR |
| NAICS-TCR | 23 - Theisen's - Black River Falls | 6.3 TCR |
| NAICS-TCR | RK-089-Bluefield ( RK-089 ) | 6.3 TCR |
| NAICS-TCR | RK-126-Avon (RK-126) | 6.3 TCR |
| STATE-SIZE | Ardent Mills Yuba City | 34 FTE |
| STATE-SIZE | Filice Farms, L.P. | 34 FTE |
| STATE-SIZE | Alexander Ranch, Inc. | 34 FTE |
| STATE-SIZE | MFarms | 34 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | Harbor-UCLA Medical Center | 4,144 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | Torrance Memorial Medical Center | 3,808 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | Los Angeles | 3,229 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | California Department of Transportation Facility 494 | 2,621 FTE |
| NAT-TCR | Plainwell Pines Nursing & Rehabilitation Community | 6.3 TCR |
| NAT-TCR | American Keeper Corporation | 6.3 TCR |
| NAT-TCR | Southern States Georgetown Coop | 6.3 TCR |
| NAT-TCR | Manafort-Precision, LLC | 6.3 TCR |
| NAT-SIZE | Double E | 34 FTE |
| NAT-SIZE | Groendyke Transport - Phoenix | 34 FTE |
| NAT-SIZE | Phoenix Data Inc | 34 FTE |
| NAT-SIZE | NMC Franchising | 34 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.