Sod farming · Oklahoma

CH Smith Const. Inc. dba Verdigris Valley Sod Farms

Claremore, OK · ~37 workers · 2 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

A
Excellent Safety Record
1.2
Avg TCR
4.5
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

CH Smith Const. Inc. dba Verdigris Valley Sod Farms runs at 27% of its industry's injury rate - far safer than the typical Sod farming workplace, earning a grade A.

CH Smith Const. Inc. dba Verdigris Valley Sod Farms: 1.2 TCR = 27% of Sod farming BLS 4.5 · 2y Form 300A (see methodology below)

CH Smith Const. Inc. dba Verdigris Valley Sod Farms safety composite

CH Smith Const. Inc. dba Verdigris Valley Sod Farms scores strongest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 95% of same-industry peers) and weakest on fatalities (safer than 51%), 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).

B

79/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
A 1.21 per 100 workers

Safer than 95% of industry peers

DART rate
B 0 per 100 workers

Safer than 82% 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

−2.4

2023→2024

CH Smith Const. Inc. dba Verdigris Valley Sod Farms injury rate improved

CH Smith Const. Inc. dba Verdigris Valley Sod Farms's TCR fell 2.4 from 2.4 in 2023 to 0.0 in 2024. Peak filing year was 2023 at 2.4 TCR. In 2024, DART was 0× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2023=2.4 · 2024=0.0

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 111421 · Claremore, OK AT/BELOW-IND · SMALL

Grade A · TCR 1.2 · 27% of ind

  • DART 0.0 DART
  • RANK P95
  • PHOTO Fallbrook
  • BOOK 2y book
  • INJ 1 inj
  • SIZE ~37 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: Fallbrook (0.0 TCR gap)

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CH Smith Const. Inc. dba Verdigris Valley Sod Farms in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows CH Smith Const. Inc. dba Verdigris Valley Sod Farms averages 1.2 TCR (27% of the Sod farming BLS benchmark).

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

CH Smith Const. Inc. dba Verdigris Valley Sod Farms TCR series: 2023=2.4 · 2024=0 · BLS 4.5

Where CH Smith Const. Inc. dba Verdigris Valley Sod Farms falls in its industry

386 Sod farming establishments

Safer than 95% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 4.9.

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers
CH Smith Const. Inc. dba Verdigris Valley Sod Farms (37 employees, TCR 1.2) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 52 employees and a TCR of 4.9 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 0200400600 0510152025 Average employees Total Case Rate CH Smith Const. Inc. dba Verdigris Valley Sod Farms
CH Smith Const. Inc. dba Verdigris Valley Sod Farms (37 employees, TCR 1.2) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 52 employees and a TCR of 4.9

CH Smith Const. Inc. dba Verdigris Valley Sod Farms has fewer employees than the Sod farming median and a lower 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 0.0 0.0 0 0 0
2023 2.4 0.0 1 0 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

111421 · OK · Claremore

386 Sod farming employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 5,320 rated employers in Oklahoma with headcount on file · 54 employers in Claremore, OK · 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 Fallbrook 1.2 TCR
NAICS-TCR Valley Sod Farms, Inc. 1.2 TCR
NAICS-TCR Pauma Valley 1.2 TCR
NAICS-TCR East Coast Nurseries Inc. 1.2 TCR
STATE-SIZE Quality Mushrooms, LLC 37 FTE
STATE-SIZE Panther Drilling Systems 37 FTE
STATE-SIZE R&R Workover Rig Services LLC. 37 FTE
STATE-SIZE Lawton OK Operations AK9G 37 FTE
CITY-NEAR AXH Air-Coolers 588 FTE
CITY-NEAR Baker Hughes - Claremore Pump Plant 534 FTE
CITY-NEAR Baker Hughes Pump Plant 509 FTE
CITY-NEAR Claremore Indian Hospital 472 FTE
NAT-TCR Pirelli Tire LLC 1.2 TCR
NAT-TCR Otis Elevator Company-Washington DC NE 1.2 TCR
NAT-TCR Thomas Instrument 1.2 TCR
NAT-TCR Derse Pittsburgh 1.2 TCR
NAT-SIZE Denton, TX 37 FTE
NAT-SIZE FIAT Products 37 FTE
NAT-SIZE Mobile Rosin Oil 37 FTE
NAT-SIZE Action Gypsum Supply West Phoenix 37 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. This is publicly available government data - not a legal determination of workplace conditions.

Read our methodology - how this data is sourced, computed, and verified.

Data sourced from official public datasets. See our methodology for details.