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

Bell Nursery - Montpelier

Montpelier, VA · ~51 workers · 7 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

D
Poor Safety Record
3.4
Avg TCR
2.2
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

Bell Nursery - Montpelier runs at 155% 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 - Montpelier: 3.4 TCR = 155% of Nursery stock (except plant bulbs, seeds) merchant wholesalers BLS 2.2 · 7y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Bell Nursery - Montpelier safety composite

Bell Nursery - Montpelier 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

73/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
B 3.41 per 100 workers

Safer than 76% 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

−2.6

2018→2024

Bell Nursery - Montpelier injury rate improved

Bell Nursery - Montpelier's TCR fell 2.6 from 2.6 in 2018 to 0.0 in 2024. Peak filing year was 2020 at 7.3 TCR. In 2024, DART was 0× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2018=2.6 · 2019=5.9 · 2020=7.3 · 2021=3.9 · 2022=2.0 · 2023=2.2 · 2024=0.0

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 424930 · Montpelier, VA ABOVE-IND · SMALL

Grade D · TCR 3.4 · 155% of ind

  • DART 0.0 DART
  • RANK P76
  • PHOTO FF-Texas
  • BOOK 7y book
  • INJ 12 inj
  • SIZE ~51 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: FF-Texas (0.0 TCR gap)

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Bell Nursery - Montpelier in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows Bell Nursery - Montpelier averages 3.4 TCR (155% 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 - Montpelier TCR series: 2018=2.6 · 2019=5.9 · 2020=7.3 · 2021=3.9 · 2022=2 · 2023=2.2 · 2024=0 · BLS 2.2

Where Bell Nursery - Montpelier falls in its industry

185 Nursery stock (except plant bu establishments

Safer than 76% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 5.7.

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers
Bell Nursery - Montpelier (51 employees, TCR 3.4) 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 - Montpelier
Bell Nursery - Montpelier (51 employees, TCR 3.4) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 63 employees and a TCR of 5.7

Bell Nursery - Montpelier has fewer 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 2.2 0.0 1 0 0
2022 2.0 2.0 1 0 0
2021 3.9 1.9 2 0 0
2020 7.3 3.7 4 0 0
2019 5.9 2.0 3 0 0
2018 2.6 2.6 1 0 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

424930 · VA · Montpelier

185 Nursery stock (except plant bulbs, seeds) merchant wholesalers employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 12,673 rated employers in Virginia with headcount on file · 5 employers in Montpelier, VA · 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 FF-Texas 3.4 TCR
NAICS-TCR Brehob Nurseries, LLC 3.4 TCR
NAICS-TCR Texas - Huntsville - 07-H 3.4 TCR
NAICS-TCR ProGro Partners LLC 3.5 TCR
STATE-SIZE Glade Spring Svc Ctr 51 FTE
STATE-SIZE Charlottesville - Gas 51 FTE
STATE-SIZE Lionberger Construction 51 FTE
STATE-SIZE purcell construction inc. Virginia 51 FTE
CITY-NEAR 02663 - STORE # 2663 MONTPELIER 89 FTE
CITY-NEAR 2663 82 FTE
CITY-NEAR C.T. Purcell Inc. 50 FTE
CITY-NEAR C.T. Purcell Excavating, Inc. 49 FTE
NAT-TCR Surface Solutions Group, LLC 3.4 TCR
NAT-TCR FLP002 3.4 TCR
NAT-TCR TEAM Industries Bagley 3.4 TCR
NAT-TCR Belvidere Assembly Plant 3.4 TCR
NAT-SIZE Cummins Onan 51 FTE
NAT-SIZE SII 51 FTE
NAT-SIZE Wire Mesh Sales 51 FTE
NAT-SIZE Piggly Wiggly 194 51 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.