Garden centers · California
Armstrong Garden Centers 751
Costa Mesa, CA · ~26 workers · 7 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.
- F
- Failing Safety Record
- 11.8
- Avg TCR
- 3.4
- Industry avg
- 0
- Fatalities
The verdict
Armstrong Garden Centers 751 runs at 348% of its industry's injury rate - far more dangerous than the typical Garden centers workplace, earning a grade F.
Armstrong Garden Centers 751: 11.8 TCR = 348% of Garden centers BLS 3.4 · 7y Form 300A (see methodology below)
Armstrong Garden Centers 751 safety composite
Armstrong Garden Centers 751 scores strongest on fatalities (safer than 50% of same-industry peers) and weakest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 12%), 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).
24/100
Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures
- Total Case Rate (TCR)
- F 11.83 per 100 workers
Safer than 12% of industry peers
- DART rate
- F 7.99 per 100 workers
Safer than 19% 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
−19.3
2017→2023
Armstrong Garden Centers 751 injury rate improved
Armstrong Garden Centers 751's TCR fell 19.3 from 27.3 in 2017 to 8.0 in 2023. Peak filing year was 2017 at 27.3 TCR. In 2023, DART was 0.68× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).
2017=27.3 · 2018=9.0 · 2019=17.0 · 2020=8.0 · 2021=8.0 · 2022=5.6 · 2023=8.0
OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard
Establishment book 444220 · Costa Mesa, CA ABOVE-IND · SMALL
Grade F · TCR 11.8 · 348% of ind
- DART 8.0 DART
- RANK #65/75
- PHOTO RK-998-Charleston ( …
- BOOK 7y book
- INJ 10 inj
- SIZE ~26 FTE
Nearest TCR peer: RK-998-Charleston ( RK-998 ) (0.0 TCR gap)
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Armstrong Garden Centers 751 in the TCR neighbourhood
Average Total Case Rate among this establishment and nearest same-industry peers
- Armstrong Gard
Armstrong Garden Centers 702
12 TCR
- 22 - Theisen's
22 - Theisen's - Sparta
11.9 TCR
- This site
Armstrong Garden Centers 751
11.8 TCR
- RK-998-Charles
RK-998-Charleston ( RK-998 )
11.8 TCR
- Bachman's Mapl
Bachman's Maplewood
11.8 TCR
What this shows Armstrong Garden Centers 751 averages 11.8 TCR (348% of the Garden centers BLS benchmark).
Armstrong Garden Centers 751 TCR series: 2017=27.3 · 2018=9 · 2019=17 · 2020=8 · 2021=8 · 2022=5.6 · 2023=8 · BLS 3.4
Where Armstrong Garden Centers 751 falls in its industry
642 Garden centers establishmentsSafer than 12% 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 #65 safest of 75 Garden centers employers in California.
Armstrong Garden Centers 751 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 | 8.0 | 8.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 2022 | 5.6 | 5.6 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 2021 | 8.0 | 8.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 2020 | 8.0 | 8.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 2019 | 17.0 | 17.0 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| 2018 | 9.0 | 9.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 2017 | 27.3 | 27.3 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
OSHA ITA peer cross-reference
Establishment peer ledger
444220 · CA · Costa Mesa
642 Garden centers employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 51,834 rated employers in California with headcount on file · 185 employers in Costa Mesa, 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 | RK-998-Charleston ( RK-998 ) | 11.8 TCR |
| NAICS-TCR | Bachman's Maplewood | 11.8 TCR |
| NAICS-TCR | 22 - Theisen's - Sparta | 11.9 TCR |
| NAICS-TCR | Armstrong Garden Centers 702 | 12.0 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 | PACIFIC AMPHITHEATER | 863 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | OC Fair & Event Center | 861 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | City of Costa Mesa | 670 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | PACWEST Security Services | 567 FTE |
| NAT-TCR | OrePac Building Products - Denver | 11.8 TCR |
| NAT-TCR | Kuehne + Nagel Inc. (ELPC-6404) | 11.8 TCR |
| NAT-TCR | Eliason Industries, aka Senneca Holdings | 11.8 TCR |
| NAT-TCR | Goebel Fixture Company | 11.8 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.