Landscape contractors (except construction) · Illinois

Bergman Nurseries

Quincy, IL · ~21 workers · 8 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

C
Average Safety Record
5.3
Avg TCR
4.5
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

Bergman Nurseries runs at 117% of its industry's injury rate - about level with the typical Landscape contractors (except construction) workplace, earning a grade C.

Bergman Nurseries: 5.3 TCR = 117% of Landscape contractors (except construction) BLS 4.5 · 8y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Bergman Nurseries safety composite

Bergman Nurseries scores strongest on dart rate (safer than 84% of same-industry peers) and weakest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 44%), 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

60/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
D 5.28 per 100 workers

Safer than 44% of industry peers

DART rate
B 0 per 100 workers

Safer than 84% of industry peers

Fatalities
D 0

Safer than 52% 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%).

Bergman Nurseries held a steady TCR band

Bergman Nurseries's TCR held near 0.0 from 0.0 in 2016 to 0.0 in 2024. Peak filing year was 2023 at 18.9 TCR. In 2024, DART was 0× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2016=0.0 · 2017=4.7 · 2018=0.0 · 2020=5.6 · 2021=5.8 · 2022=7.3 · 2023=18.9 · 2024=0.0

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 561730 · Quincy, IL ABOVE-IND · SMALL

Grade C · TCR 5.3 · 117% of ind

  • DART 0.0 DART
  • RANK #69/133
  • PHOTO Botanical Designs, L…
  • BOOK 8y book
  • INJ 6 inj
  • SIZE ~21 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: Botanical Designs, LLC Seattle (0.0 TCR gap)

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Bergman Nurseries in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows Bergman Nurseries averages 5.3 TCR (117% of the Landscape contractors (except construction) BLS benchmark).

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

Bergman Nurseries TCR series: 2016=0 · 2017=4.7 · 2018=0 · 2020=5.6 · 2021=5.8 · 2022=7.3 · 2023=18.9 · 2024=0 · BLS 4.5

Where Bergman Nurseries falls in its industry

2,875 Landscape contractors (except establishments

Safer than 44% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 4.7.

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to Illinois alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #69 safest of 133 Landscape contractors (except employers in Illinois.

Bergman Nurseries (21 employees, TCR 5.3) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 53 employees and a TCR of 4.7 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 0200400600800 051015 Average employees Total Case Rate Bergman Nurseries
Bergman Nurseries (21 employees, TCR 5.3) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 53 employees and a TCR of 4.7

Bergman Nurseries has fewer employees than the Landscape contractors (except constructi median and a higher injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 4.7. 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 18.9 9.4 2 0 0
2022 7.3 7.3 1 0 0
2021 5.8 5.8 1 0 0
2020 5.6 5.6 1 0 0
2018 0.0 0.0 0 0 0
2017 4.7 4.7 1 0 0
2016 0.0 0.0 0 0 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

561730 · IL · Quincy

2,875 Landscape contractors (except construction) employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 22,804 rated employers in Illinois with headcount on file · 155 employers in Quincy, IL · 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 Botanical Designs, LLC Seattle 5.3 TCR
NAICS-TCR 5069 - Charleston 5.3 TCR
NAICS-TCR 1004134551 5.3 TCR
NAICS-TCR South Plainfield, NJ 5.3 TCR
STATE-SIZE Frank W. Lewis & Son Seed FArms, Inc 21 FTE
STATE-SIZE RAVENS LIVESTOCK & FARMS INC 21 FTE
STATE-SIZE Bushnell 21 FTE
STATE-SIZE 21st Century Sow Farm 21 FTE
CITY-NEAR Blessing Corporate Services Inc 2,993 FTE
CITY-NEAR The Knapheide Manufacturing Company 1,237 FTE
CITY-NEAR Blessing Business Center 514 FTE
CITY-NEAR John Wood Community College 380 FTE
NAT-TCR C&J Tech of Alabama 5.3 TCR
NAT-TCR Munson Medical Center 5.3 TCR
NAT-TCR Apex Control Systems 5.3 TCR
NAT-TCR 3064 Keystone Automotive Atlanta 5.3 TCR
NAT-SIZE 450-Omaha 21 FTE
NAT-SIZE Movin' Iron, Inc. 21 FTE
NAT-SIZE 560-Albuquerque 21 FTE
NAT-SIZE Hw Recreation Department 21 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, 2018, 2017, 2016. This is publicly available government data - not a legal determination of workplace conditions.
Data sourced from official public datasets. See our methodology for details.