Nursery with tree production (except for reforestation) · Maryland

Bell Nursery - Burtonsville

Burtonsville, MD · ~50 workers · 6 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

D
Poor Safety Record
6.3
Avg TCR
4.5
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

Bell Nursery - Burtonsville runs at 139% of its industry's injury rate - more dangerous than the typical Nursery with tree production (except for reforestation) workplace, earning a grade D.

Bell Nursery - Burtonsville: 6.3 TCR = 139% of Nursery with tree production (except for reforestation) BLS 4.5 · 6y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Bell Nursery - Burtonsville safety composite

Bell Nursery - Burtonsville scores strongest on fatalities (safer than 51% of same-industry peers) and weakest on dart rate (safer than 29%), 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).

D

35/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
F 6.27 per 100 workers

Safer than 31% of industry peers

DART rate
F 3.95 per 100 workers

Safer than 29% 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%).

TCR Δ

−6.1

2018→2023

Bell Nursery - Burtonsville injury rate improved

Bell Nursery - Burtonsville's TCR fell 6.1 from 12.0 in 2018 to 5.9 in 2023. Peak filing year was 2021 at 15.6 TCR. In 2023, DART was 0.63× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2018=12.0 · 2019=0.4 · 2020=0.0 · 2021=15.6 · 2022=3.7 · 2023=5.9

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 111421 · Burtonsville, MD ABOVE-IND · SMALL

Grade D · TCR 6.3 · 139% of ind

  • DART 4.0 DART
  • RANK #4/4
  • PHOTO MORTELLARO'S NURSERY…
  • BOOK 6y book
  • INJ 21 inj
  • SIZE ~50 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: MORTELLARO'S NURSERY LTD SCHERTZ, TX (0.0 TCR gap)

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Bell Nursery - Burtonsville in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows Bell Nursery - Burtonsville averages 6.3 TCR (139% of the Nursery with tree production (except for reforestation) BLS benchmark).

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

Bell Nursery - Burtonsville TCR series: 2018=12 · 2019=0.4 · 2020=0 · 2021=15.6 · 2022=3.7 · 2023=5.9 · BLS 4.5

Where Bell Nursery - Burtonsville falls in its industry

386 Nursery with tree production ( establishments

Safer than 31% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 4.9.

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to Maryland alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #4 safest of 4 Nursery with tree production ( employers in Maryland.

Bell Nursery - Burtonsville (50 employees, TCR 6.3) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 52 employees and a TCR of 4.9 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 0200400600 0510152025 Average employees Total Case Rate Bell Nursery - Burtonsville
Bell Nursery - Burtonsville (50 employees, TCR 6.3) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 52 employees and a TCR of 4.9

Bell Nursery - Burtonsville has fewer employees than the Nursery with tree production (except for median and a higher injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 4.9. 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 5.9 4.0 3 0 0
2022 3.7 3.7 2 0 0
2021 15.6 15.6 9 0 0
2020 0.0 0.0 0 0 0
2019 0.4 0.0 2 0 0
2018 12.0 9.6 5 0 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

111421 · MD · Burtonsville

386 Nursery with tree production (except for reforestation) employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 7,213 rated employers in Maryland with headcount on file · 15 employers in Burtonsville, MD · 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 MORTELLARO'S NURSERY LTD SCHERTZ, TX 6.2 TCR
NAICS-TCR Village Nurseries Orange Yard 6.3 TCR
NAICS-TCR Bushnell 6.2 TCR
NAICS-TCR A & F Growers, Inc. 6.2 TCR
STATE-SIZE Green Leaf Extracts LLC dba gLeaf 50 FTE
STATE-SIZE MS - Annapolis Junction, MD - 1AJMD 50 FTE
STATE-SIZE Gilbane Building Company TPM 50 FTE
STATE-SIZE UNDERGROUND WATER/SEWER UTILITIES 50 FTE
CITY-NEAR Sanctuary at Holy Cross 185 FTE
CITY-NEAR Oak Manor Healthcare Center LLC 165 FTE
CITY-NEAR Autumn Lake Healthcare at Oak Manor 152 FTE
CITY-NEAR SUPER GIANT LANDOVER 2301 138 FTE
NAT-TCR Pauls Valley Terminal 6.3 TCR
NAT-TCR Big Lots Store #1570 BELLE VERNON, PA 6.3 TCR
NAT-TCR Mr. T Carting Corp 6.3 TCR
NAT-TCR Wallace Midle School 6.3 TCR
NAT-SIZE North Park Fire Protection District 50 FTE
NAT-SIZE Pompei 50 FTE
NAT-SIZE Interstate Group Glyn Lyn Plant 50 FTE
NAT-SIZE Omaha Terminal - Hunt Transportation 50 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: 2023, 2022, 2021, 2020, 2019, 2018. This is publicly available government data - not a legal determination of workplace conditions.
Data sourced from official public datasets. See our methodology for details.