Vegetable and potato farming, vegetable (except potato) dominant crops, field, bedding plants and seed production · North Carolina
Bottomley Evergreens & Farms
Sparta, NC · ~626 workers · 4 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.
- B
- Good Safety Record
- 2.3
- Avg TCR
- 4.5
- Industry avg
- 1
- Fatality
The verdict
Bottomley Evergreens & Farms runs at 51% of its industry's injury rate - safer than the typical Vegetable and potato farming, vegetable (except potato) dominant crops, field, bedding plants and seed production workplace, earning a grade B.
Bottomley Evergreens & Farms: 2.3 TCR = 51% of Vegetable and potato farming, vegetable (except potato) dominant crops, field, bedding plants and seed production BLS 4.5 · 4y Form 300A (see methodology below)
Bottomley Evergreens & Farms safety composite
Bottomley Evergreens & Farms scores strongest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 83% of same-industry peers) and weakest on fatalities (safer than 2%), 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).
57/100
Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures
- Total Case Rate (TCR)
- B 2.28 per 100 workers
Safer than 83% of industry peers
- DART rate
- C 1.07 per 100 workers
Safer than 67% of industry peers
- Fatalities
- F 1
Safer than 2% 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%).
Bottomley Evergreens & Farms held a steady TCR band
Bottomley Evergreens & Farms's TCR held near 0.2 from 3.0 in 2021 to 2.8 in 2024. Peak filing year was 2021 at 3.0 TCR. In 2024, DART was 0.47× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).
2021=3.0 · 2022=2.0 · 2023=1.3 · 2024=2.8
OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard
Establishment book 111219 · Sparta, NC AT/BELOW-IND · MID
Grade B · TCR 2.3 · 51% of ind
- DART 1.1 DART
- RANK #3/4
- PHOTO Siri and Son Farms, …
- BOOK 4y book
- INJ 69 inj
- SIZE ~626 FTE
Nearest TCR peer: Siri and Son Farms, Inc. (0.0 TCR gap)
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Bottomley Evergreens & Farms in the TCR neighbourhood
Average Total Case Rate among this establishment and nearest same-industry peers
- This site
Bottomley Evergreens & Farms
2.3 TCR
- Siri and Son F
Siri and Son Farms, Inc.
2.3 TCR
- Broccoli
Broccoli
2.3 TCR
- Bud of Califor
Bud of California Celery
2.3 TCR
- Patrick Family
Patrick Family Farms LLC
2.2 TCR
What this shows Bottomley Evergreens & Farms averages 2.3 TCR (51% of the Vegetable and potato farming, vegetable (except potato) dominant crops, field, bedding plants and seed production BLS benchmark).
Bottomley Evergreens & Farms TCR series: 2021=3 · 2022=2 · 2023=1.3 · 2024=2.8 · BLS 4.5
Where Bottomley Evergreens & Farms falls in its industry
331 Vegetable and potato farming, establishmentsSafer than 83% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 5.5.
Narrower to North Carolina alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #3 safest of 4 Vegetable and potato farming, employers in North Carolina.
Bottomley Evergreens & Farms has more employees than the Vegetable and potato farming, vegetable median and a lower injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 5.5. 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 | 2.8 | 1.1 | 15 | 1 | 0 |
| 2023 | 1.3 | 1.0 | 10 | 0 | 0 |
| 2022 | 2.0 | 0.8 | 15 | 0 | 1 |
| 2021 | 3.0 | 0.6 | 29 | 0 | 0 |
OSHA ITA peer cross-reference
Establishment peer ledger
111219 · NC · Sparta
331 Vegetable and potato farming, vegetable (except potato) dominant crops, field, bedding plants and seed production employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 16,981 rated employers in North Carolina with headcount on file · 14 employers in Sparta, 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 | Siri and Son Farms, Inc. | 2.3 TCR |
| NAICS-TCR | Broccoli | 2.3 TCR |
| NAICS-TCR | Bud of California Celery | 2.3 TCR |
| NAICS-TCR | Patrick Family Farms LLC | 2.2 TCR |
| STATE-SIZE | Kinston 2 Packaged | 626 FTE |
| STATE-SIZE | 1420 LOWE S MID-ATLANTIC RDC | 625 FTE |
| STATE-SIZE | WFBMC - Lexington Medical Center | 627 FTE |
| STATE-SIZE | Maiden Upholstery Division | 624 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | Plant 36-37 | 197 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | Parkdale Mills, Inc. Plant 36-37 | 167 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | Alleghany Health | 128 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | Amano Pioneer Eclipse | 122 FTE |
| NAT-TCR | Noble Excavating, Inc | 2.3 TCR |
| NAT-TCR | Aloe Vera of America,Inc- Dallas | 2.3 TCR |
| NAT-TCR | RICHFIELD | 2.3 TCR |
| NAT-TCR | Pennington County Government Center | 2.3 TCR |
| NAT-SIZE | El Paso | 626 FTE |
| NAT-SIZE | Building 4 | 626 FTE |
| NAT-SIZE | Case Farms Processing | 626 FTE |
| NAT-SIZE | B&D Industries | 626 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.