Sod farming · North Carolina
Buy Sod - Sandhill
Eagle Springs, NC · ~29 workers · 2 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.
- C
- Average Safety Record
- 5.1
- Avg TCR
- 4.5
- Industry avg
- 0
- Fatalities
The verdict
Buy Sod - Sandhill runs at 113% of its industry's injury rate - about level with the typical Sod farming workplace, earning a grade C.
Buy Sod - Sandhill: 5.1 TCR = 113% of Sod farming BLS 4.5 · 2y Form 300A (see methodology below)
Buy Sod - Sandhill safety composite
Buy Sod - Sandhill scores strongest on fatalities (safer than 51% of same-industry peers) and weakest on dart rate (safer than 38%), 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).
45/100
Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures
- Total Case Rate (TCR)
- D 5.09 per 100 workers
Safer than 47% of industry peers
- DART rate
- D 3.23 per 100 workers
Safer than 38% 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
−3.7
2023→2024
Buy Sod - Sandhill injury rate improved
Buy Sod - Sandhill's TCR fell 3.7 from 7.0 in 2023 to 3.2 in 2024. Peak filing year was 2023 at 7.0 TCR. In 2024, DART was 0.63× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).
2023=7.0 · 2024=3.2
OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard
Establishment book 111421 · Eagle Springs, NC ABOVE-IND · SMALL
Grade C · TCR 5.1 · 113% of ind
- DART 3.2 DART
- RANK #10/17
- PHOTO Treesap Farms LLC - …
- BOOK 2y book
- INJ 3 inj
- SIZE ~29 FTE
Nearest TCR peer: Treesap Farms LLC - Bunnell (0.0 TCR gap)
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Buy Sod - Sandhill in the TCR neighbourhood
Average Total Case Rate among this establishment and nearest same-industry peers
- This site
Buy Sod - Sandhill
5.1 TCR
- Treesap Farms
Treesap Farms LLC - Bunnell
5.1 TCR
- AMERICAN FARMS
AMERICAN FARMS LLC
5.1 TCR
- Griggs Wholesa
Griggs Wholesale Gardens, Inc.
5.1 TCR
- Treeland BTN
Treeland BTN
5.1 TCR
What this shows Buy Sod - Sandhill averages 5.1 TCR (113% of the Sod farming BLS benchmark).
Buy Sod - Sandhill TCR series: 2023=7 · 2024=3.2 · BLS 4.5
Where Buy Sod - Sandhill falls in its industry
386 Sod farming establishmentsSafer than 47% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 4.9.
Narrower to North Carolina alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #10 safest of 17 Sod farming employers in North Carolina.
Buy Sod - Sandhill has fewer employees than the Sod farming median and a higher injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 4.9. 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 | 3.2 | 3.2 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 2023 | 7.0 | 7.0 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
OSHA ITA peer cross-reference
Establishment peer ledger
111421 · NC · Eagle Springs
386 Sod farming employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 16,981 rated employers in North Carolina with headcount on file · 5 employers in Eagle Springs, 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 | Treesap Farms LLC - Bunnell | 5.1 TCR |
| NAICS-TCR | AMERICAN FARMS LLC | 5.1 TCR |
| NAICS-TCR | Griggs Wholesale Gardens, Inc. | 5.1 TCR |
| NAICS-TCR | Treeland BTN | 5.1 TCR |
| STATE-SIZE | Black Gold Farms - NCC | 29 FTE |
| STATE-SIZE | Cowans Ford | 29 FTE |
| STATE-SIZE | Craven County Wood Energy | 29 FTE |
| STATE-SIZE | Brunswick Electric Membership Cooperative - 2 | 29 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | Candor Feedmill | 56 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | Sandhill Turf | 41 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | John William Carter III | 25 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | Candor Growout | 19 FTE |
| NAT-TCR | Home Path Financial | 5.1 TCR |
| NAT-TCR | Appeeling Fruit Holdings, LLC. | 5.1 TCR |
| NAT-TCR | Khm Inc | 5.1 TCR |
| NAT-TCR | Blue Ridge Industries Inc. | 5.1 TCR |
| NAT-SIZE | Pioneer College Caterers, Inc. - Unit 028/McMurry University | 29 FTE |
| NAT-SIZE | Crotona Parkway West HDFC | 29 FTE |
| NAT-SIZE | Williamson Development LLC | 29 FTE |
| NAT-SIZE | Benning | 29 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.