Sod farming · Florida

Cocoa Sod

Melbourne, FL · ~27 workers · 6 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

F
Failing Safety Record
11.0
Avg TCR
4.5
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

Cocoa Sod runs at 244% of its industry's injury rate - far more dangerous than the typical Sod farming workplace, earning a grade F.

Cocoa Sod: 11.0 TCR = 244% of Sod farming BLS 4.5 · 6y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Cocoa Sod safety composite

Cocoa Sod scores strongest on fatalities (safer than 51% of same-industry peers) and weakest on dart rate (safer than 5%), 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).

F

19/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
F 10.98 per 100 workers

Safer than 10% of industry peers

DART rate
F 9.96 per 100 workers

Safer than 5% 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

−23.2

2019→2024

Cocoa Sod injury rate improved

Cocoa Sod's TCR fell 23.2 from 36.5 in 2019 to 13.3 in 2024. Peak filing year was 2019 at 36.5 TCR. In 2024, DART was 0.91× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2019=36.5 · 2020=2.9 · 2021=6.6 · 2022=6.7 · 2023=0.0 · 2024=13.3

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 111421 · Melbourne, FL ABOVE-IND · SMALL

Grade F · TCR 11.0 · 244% of ind

  • DART 10.0 DART
  • RANK #33/35
  • PHOTO Bailey Nurseries, Inc.
  • BOOK 6y book
  • INJ 13 inj
  • SIZE ~27 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: Bailey Nurseries, Inc. (0.1 TCR gap)

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Cocoa Sod in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows Cocoa Sod averages 11.0 TCR (244% of the Sod farming BLS benchmark).

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

Cocoa Sod TCR series: 2019=36.5 · 2020=2.9 · 2021=6.6 · 2022=6.7 · 2023=0 · 2024=13.3 · BLS 4.5

Where Cocoa Sod falls in its industry

386 Sod farming establishments

Safer than 10% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 4.9.

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to Florida alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #33 safest of 35 Sod farming employers in Florida.

Cocoa Sod (27 employees, TCR 11.0) 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 Cocoa Sod
Cocoa Sod (27 employees, TCR 11.0) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 52 employees and a TCR of 4.9

Cocoa Sod 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 13.3 10.0 4 0 0
2023 0.0 0.0 0 0 0
2022 6.7 0.0 2 0 0
2021 6.6 3.3 2 0 0
2020 2.9 0.0 1 0 0
2019 36.5 18.3 4 0 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

111421 · FL · Melbourne

386 Sod farming employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 26,569 rated employers in Florida with headcount on file · 305 employers in Melbourne, FL · 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 Bailey Nurseries, Inc. 11.1 TCR
NAICS-TCR Yakima Chief Ranches 11.1 TCR
NAICS-TCR Taylor's Nursery-Louisburg 11.2 TCR
NAICS-TCR 3417_6605 11.3 TCR
STATE-SIZE C. ELTON CREWS, INC. 27 FTE
STATE-SIZE Treesap Farms LLC - Homestead 27 FTE
STATE-SIZE Treesap Farms LLC - Oasis 27 FTE
STATE-SIZE Classic Growers/A Division of The Cottage Gardens Inc 27 FTE
CITY-NEAR NGAS-A458 4,719 FTE
CITY-NEAR HOLMES REGIONAL MEDICAL CENTER 2,725 FTE
CITY-NEAR Nextech HVACR 2,358 FTE
CITY-NEAR Health First Medical Group 1,787 FTE
NAT-TCR 0930 - St Cloud East 11.0 TCR
NAT-TCR 2496 - Uwchlan Township 11.0 TCR
NAT-TCR Mid-Ohio Tubing, LLC 11.0 TCR
NAT-TCR Craig Industries 11.0 TCR
NAT-SIZE Shanco Companies 27 FTE
NAT-SIZE TMG Arlington Office 27 FTE
NAT-SIZE Canon Pullet Farm 27 FTE
NAT-SIZE Hyde County Pullet Farm 27 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, 2019. This is publicly available government data - not a legal determination of workplace conditions.

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