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

Bell Nursery - Springfield

Springfield, OH · ~72 workers · 7 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

F
Failing Safety Record
6.3
Avg TCR
2.2
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

Bell Nursery - Springfield runs at 289% of its industry's injury rate - far more dangerous than the typical Nursery stock (except plant bulbs, seeds) merchant wholesalers workplace, earning a grade F.

Bell Nursery - Springfield: 6.3 TCR = 289% of Nursery stock (except plant bulbs, seeds) merchant wholesalers BLS 2.2 · 7y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Bell Nursery - Springfield safety composite

Bell Nursery - Springfield scores strongest on dart rate (safer than 66% of same-industry peers) and weakest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 40%), 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

52/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
D 6.35 per 100 workers

Safer than 40% of industry peers

DART rate
C 1.56 per 100 workers

Safer than 66% 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

−15.4

2018→2024

Bell Nursery - Springfield injury rate improved

Bell Nursery - Springfield's TCR fell 15.4 from 18.5 in 2018 to 3.1 in 2024. Peak filing year was 2018 at 18.5 TCR. In 2024, DART was 0.25× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2018=18.5 · 2019=9.9 · 2020=3.9 · 2021=2.2 · 2022=1.1 · 2023=5.7 · 2024=3.1

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 424930 · Springfield, OH ABOVE-IND · SMALL

Grade F · TCR 6.3 · 289% of ind

  • DART 1.6 DART
  • RANK #4/4
  • PHOTO 21-CLA
  • BOOK 7y book
  • INJ 28 inj
  • SIZE ~72 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: 21-CLA (0.0 TCR gap)

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Bell Nursery - Springfield in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows Bell Nursery - Springfield averages 6.3 TCR (289% 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 - Springfield TCR series: 2018=18.5 · 2019=9.9 · 2020=3.9 · 2021=2.2 · 2022=1.1 · 2023=5.7 · 2024=3.1 · BLS 2.2

Where Bell Nursery - Springfield falls in its industry

185 Nursery stock (except plant bu establishments

Safer than 40% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 5.7.

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to Ohio alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #4 safest of 4 Nursery stock (except plant bu employers in Ohio.

Bell Nursery - Springfield (72 employees, TCR 6.3) 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 - Springfield
Bell Nursery - Springfield (72 employees, TCR 6.3) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 63 employees and a TCR of 5.7

Bell Nursery - Springfield has more employees than the Nursery stock (except plant bulbs, seeds median and a higher 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 3.1 1.6 2 0 0
2023 5.7 2.9 4 0 0
2022 1.1 0.0 1 0 0
2021 2.2 2.2 2 0 0
2020 3.9 2.6 3 0 0
2019 9.9 3.7 7 1 0
2018 18.5 11.1 9 1 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

424930 · OH · Springfield

185 Nursery stock (except plant bulbs, seeds) merchant wholesalers employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 22,650 rated employers in Ohio with headcount on file · 186 employers in Springfield, OH · 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 21-CLA 6.3 TCR
NAICS-TCR WASHINGTON FLORAL SERVICE, INC. 6.4 TCR
NAICS-TCR Mount Dora 6.3 TCR
NAICS-TCR Bill Doran LLC - San Antonio 6.4 TCR
STATE-SIZE 300A 72 FTE
STATE-SIZE Simonson Construction Services, Inc. 72 FTE
STATE-SIZE GB Fabrication 72 FTE
STATE-SIZE Danbert, Inc. 72 FTE
CITY-NEAR Navistar Springfield Assembly Plant 1,573 FTE
CITY-NEAR Mercy Health Springfield Regional Medical Center 1,516 FTE
CITY-NEAR Springfield Regional Medical Center 1,512 FTE
CITY-NEAR VA Springfield 843 FTE
NAT-TCR Citizens Memorial Home Health Services 6.3 TCR
NAT-TCR Cedar City Day Program 2 6.3 TCR
NAT-TCR Kalas Plant 2 - K2 6.3 TCR
NAT-TCR QACC ALP Home Care LLC 6.3 TCR
NAT-SIZE US Mechanical, LLC - Utah Office 72 FTE
NAT-SIZE Franklin Iron LLC 72 FTE
NAT-SIZE Goose Creek Transportation 72 FTE
NAT-SIZE Main Location 72 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.
Data sourced from official public datasets. See our methodology for details.