Landscape care and maintenance services · North Carolina
Bland Landscaping Co Inc. - Apex
Apex, NC · ~172 workers · 2 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.
- D
- Poor Safety Record
- 7.9
- Avg TCR
- 4.5
- Industry avg
- 0
- Fatalities
The verdict
Bland Landscaping Co Inc. - Apex runs at 176% of its industry's injury rate - more dangerous than the typical Landscape care and maintenance services workplace, earning a grade D.
Bland Landscaping Co Inc. - Apex: 7.9 TCR = 176% of Landscape care and maintenance services BLS 4.5 · 2y Form 300A (see methodology below)
Bland Landscaping Co Inc. - Apex safety composite
Bland Landscaping Co Inc. - Apex scores strongest on fatalities (safer than 52% of same-industry peers) and weakest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 25%), 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).
36/100
Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures
- Total Case Rate (TCR)
- F 7.94 per 100 workers
Safer than 25% of industry peers
- DART rate
- D 3.71 per 100 workers
Safer than 37% 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%).
Bland Landscaping Co Inc. - Apex held a steady TCR band
Bland Landscaping Co Inc. - Apex's TCR held near 0.2 from 7.8 in 2023 to 8.0 in 2024. In 2024, DART was 0.47× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).
2023=7.8 · 2024=8.0
OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard
Establishment book 561730 · Apex, NC ABOVE-IND · MID
Grade D · TCR 7.9 · 176% of ind
- DART 3.7 DART
- RANK #49/74
- PHOTO Main Overland Park-T…
- BOOK 2y book
- INJ 21 inj
- SIZE ~172 FTE
Nearest TCR peer: Main Overland Park-Turf/PHC (0.0 TCR gap)
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Bland Landscaping Co Inc. - Apex in the TCR neighbourhood
Average Total Case Rate among this establishment and nearest same-industry peers
- Main Overland
Main Overland Park-Turf/PHC
8 TCR
- MMC Land Manag
MMC Land Management - Gibsonia branch
8 TCR
- North Point Ou
North Point Outdoors
8 TCR
- This site
Bland Landscaping Co Inc. - Apex
7.9 TCR
- Hoppe Tree Ser
Hoppe Tree Service (West Allis)
7.9 TCR
What this shows Bland Landscaping Co Inc. - Apex averages 7.9 TCR (176% of the Landscape care and maintenance services BLS benchmark).
Bland Landscaping Co Inc. - Apex TCR series: 2023=7.8 · 2024=8 · BLS 4.5
Where Bland Landscaping Co Inc. - Apex falls in its industry
2,875 Landscape care and maintenance establishmentsSafer than 25% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 4.7.
Narrower to North Carolina alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #49 safest of 74 Landscape care and maintenance employers in North Carolina.
Bland Landscaping Co Inc. - Apex has more employees than the Landscape care and maintenance services 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 | 8.0 | 3.7 | 9 | 4 | 0 |
| 2023 | 7.8 | 4.5 | 12 | 2 | 0 |
OSHA ITA peer cross-reference
Establishment peer ledger
561730 · NC · Apex
2,875 Landscape care and maintenance services employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 16,981 rated employers in North Carolina with headcount on file · 92 employers in Apex, NC · 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 | Main Overland Park-Turf/PHC | 8.0 TCR |
| NAICS-TCR | MMC Land Management - Gibsonia branch | 8.0 TCR |
| NAICS-TCR | North Point Outdoors | 8.0 TCR |
| NAICS-TCR | Hoppe Tree Service (West Allis) | 7.9 TCR |
| STATE-SIZE | Little Rock Operations Center | 172 FTE |
| STATE-SIZE | West Fraser Inc - Armour Lumber Mill | 172 FTE |
| STATE-SIZE | Teijin Automotive Technologies North Carolina Composites, LLC | 172 FTE |
| STATE-SIZE | The Budd Group Production | 172 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | Apex Tool Group - Apex Operation | 457 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | Apex Tool Group - Apex Operations | 445 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | Crowder Construction Company - Civil & Environmental Division | 361 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | Donley's Concrete Group LLC | 321 FTE |
| NAT-TCR | Diplomat Healthcare | 7.9 TCR |
| NAT-TCR | Cupertino Main St | 7.9 TCR |
| NAT-TCR | Midstate Medical Center | 7.9 TCR |
| NAT-TCR | Amanda Manufacturing | 7.9 TCR |
| NAT-SIZE | ShopRite of Thornwood | 172 FTE |
| NAT-SIZE | GBC Concrete and Masonry Construction | 172 FTE |
| NAT-SIZE | Worthington Steel Columbus | 172 FTE |
| NAT-SIZE | Careone at the Cupola | 172 FTE |
Rel codes: NAICS-TCR · STATE-SIZE · CITY-NEAR · NAT-TCR/NAT-SIZE cross-state. Read with this employer →
Read our methodology - how this data is sourced, computed, and verified.