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

Bell Nursery - Elkridge

Elkridge, MD · ~68 workers · 7 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

D
Poor Safety Record
4.3
Avg TCR
2.2
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

Bell Nursery - Elkridge runs at 195% of its industry's injury rate - more dangerous than the typical Nursery stock (except plant bulbs, seeds) merchant wholesalers workplace, earning a grade D.

Bell Nursery - Elkridge: 4.3 TCR = 195% of Nursery stock (except plant bulbs, seeds) merchant wholesalers BLS 2.2 · 7y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Bell Nursery - Elkridge safety composite

Bell Nursery - Elkridge scores strongest on dart rate (safer than 86% of same-industry peers) and weakest on fatalities (safer than 51%), 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

70/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
C 4.3 per 100 workers

Safer than 68% of industry peers

DART rate
B 0 per 100 workers

Safer than 86% 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

−15.9

2018→2024

Bell Nursery - Elkridge injury rate improved

Bell Nursery - Elkridge's TCR fell 15.9 from 15.9 in 2018 to 0.0 in 2024. Peak filing year was 2018 at 15.9 TCR. In 2024, DART was 0× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2018=15.9 · 2019=6.7 · 2020=1.6 · 2021=3.7 · 2022=2.3 · 2023=0.0 · 2024=0.0

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 424930 · Elkridge, MD ABOVE-IND · SMALL

Grade D · TCR 4.3 · 195% of ind

  • DART 0.0 DART
  • RANK P68
  • PHOTO Bill Doran LLC - Her…
  • BOOK 7y book
  • INJ 14 inj
  • SIZE ~68 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: Bill Doran LLC - Herrin (0.1 TCR gap)

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Bell Nursery - Elkridge in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows Bell Nursery - Elkridge averages 4.3 TCR (195% 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

Bell Nursery - Elkridge TCR series: 2018=15.9 · 2019=6.7 · 2020=1.6 · 2021=3.7 · 2022=2.3 · 2023=0 · 2024=0 · BLS 2.2

Where Bell Nursery - Elkridge falls in its industry

185 Nursery stock (except plant bu establishments

Safer than 68% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 5.7.

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers
Bell Nursery - Elkridge (68 employees, TCR 4.3) 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 Bell Nursery - Elkridge
Bell Nursery - Elkridge (68 employees, TCR 4.3) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 63 employees and a TCR of 5.7

Bell Nursery - Elkridge has more 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 0.0 0.0 0 0 0
2023 0.0 0.0 0 0 0
2022 2.3 1.1 2 0 0
2021 3.7 3.7 3 0 0
2020 1.6 0.0 1 0 0
2019 6.7 1.7 4 0 0
2018 15.9 4.0 4 0 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

424930 · MD · Elkridge

185 Nursery stock (except plant bulbs, seeds) merchant wholesalers employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 7,213 rated employers in Maryland with headcount on file · 90 employers in Elkridge, 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 Bill Doran LLC - Herrin 4.4 TCR
NAICS-TCR PanAmerican Seed Guadlupe 4.4 TCR
NAICS-TCR 01-FALLBROOK 4.2 TCR
NAICS-TCR 36-50-51-Chicago 4.4 TCR
STATE-SIZE Pumphrey Training Center 68 FTE
STATE-SIZE Humphrey Rich Construction Group, Inc. 68 FTE
STATE-SIZE Gradeline Construction Company, Inc. 68 FTE
STATE-SIZE JES Baltimore 68 FTE
CITY-NEAR Bell Nursery - Store Employees 557 FTE
CITY-NEAR Amazon.com Services LLC - SMD1 424 FTE
CITY-NEAR Executive Maintenance, Inc. 420 FTE
CITY-NEAR Center for Social Change 419 FTE
NAT-TCR TXD020 4.3 TCR
NAT-TCR PACCAR Parts - Renton 4.3 TCR
NAT-TCR New Hudson 4.3 TCR
NAT-TCR Heritage Retirement Facilities, LLC 4.3 TCR
NAT-SIZE Cummings Properties - Beverly 68 FTE
NAT-SIZE Silverado Calabasas - 216 68 FTE
NAT-SIZE C&B Nashville, TN 160 68 FTE
NAT-SIZE AirCare Ambulance 68 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.