Christmas tree growing · North Carolina

Cracon, Inc.

West Jefferson, NC · ~45 workers · 3 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

B
Good Safety Record
2.3
Avg TCR
4.5
Industry avg
1
Fatality
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The verdict

Cracon, Inc. runs at 52% of its industry's injury rate - safer than the typical Christmas tree growing workplace, earning a grade B.

Cracon, Inc.: 2.3 TCR = 52% of Christmas tree growing BLS 4.5 · 3y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Cracon, Inc. safety composite

Cracon, Inc. scores strongest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 82% of same-industry peers) and weakest on fatalities (safer than 1%), 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).

C

62/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
B 2.34 per 100 workers

Safer than 82% of industry peers

DART rate
B 0 per 100 workers

Safer than 82% of industry peers

Fatalities
F 1

Safer than 1% 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

−2.6

2020→2023

Cracon, Inc. injury rate improved

Cracon, Inc.'s TCR fell 2.6 from 2.6 in 2020 to 0.0 in 2023. Peak filing year was 2022 at 4.5 TCR. In 2023, DART was 0× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2020=2.6 · 2022=4.5 · 2023=0.0

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 111421 · West Jefferson, NC AT/BELOW-IND · SMALL

Grade B · TCR 2.3 · 52% of ind

  • DART 0.0 DART
  • RANK #5/17
  • PHOTO Wooden Shoe Bulb Co …
  • BOOK 3y book
  • INJ 2 inj
  • SIZE ~45 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: Wooden Shoe Bulb Co dba Wooden Shoe Tulip Farm (0.0 TCR gap)

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Cracon, Inc. in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows Cracon, Inc. averages 2.3 TCR (52% of the Christmas tree growing BLS benchmark).

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

Cracon, Inc. TCR series: 2020=2.6 · 2022=4.5 · 2023=0 · BLS 4.5

Where Cracon, Inc. falls in its industry

386 Christmas tree growing establishments

Safer than 82% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 4.9.

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to North Carolina alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #5 safest of 17 Christmas tree growing employers in North Carolina.

Cracon, Inc. (45 employees, TCR 2.3) 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 Cracon, Inc.
Cracon, Inc. (45 employees, TCR 2.3) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 52 employees and a TCR of 4.9

Cracon, Inc. has fewer employees than the Christmas tree growing 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
2023 0.0 0.0 0 0 0
2022 4.5 4.5 2 0 0
2020 2.6 2.1 0 6 1

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

111421 · NC · West Jefferson

386 Christmas tree growing employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 16,981 rated employers in North Carolina with headcount on file · 15 employers in West Jefferson, 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 Wooden Shoe Bulb Co dba Wooden Shoe Tulip Farm 2.3 TCR
NAICS-TCR Blooming Nursery 2.3 TCR
NAICS-TCR The Source MO 2.3 TCR
NAICS-TCR 6801_15743 2.4 TCR
STATE-SIZE Happy Holiday Christmas Trees 45 FTE
STATE-SIZE GOMEZ HARVESTING 45 FTE
STATE-SIZE Lewisville Operations Center 45 FTE
STATE-SIZE Hickory Resource Center - PNG 45 FTE
CITY-NEAR Supply Chain West Jefferson NC 284 FTE
CITY-NEAR Supply Chain : West Jefferson, NC 279 FTE
CITY-NEAR WM 3289 248 FTE
CITY-NEAR 3289 237 FTE
NAT-TCR Big Lots Store #5387 Deland, FL 2.3 TCR
NAT-TCR Advanced Rehabilitation and Healthcare of Wichita Falls 2.3 TCR
NAT-TCR Mayo Clinic Health System-Owatonna 2.3 TCR
NAT-TCR TTI- Chicago, IL 2.3 TCR
NAT-SIZE Superior Quartz Products, Inc. 45 FTE
NAT-SIZE The Waterford at College Station 45 FTE
NAT-SIZE New Hope Police Department 45 FTE
NAT-SIZE Capy Machine Shop, Inc 45 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: 2023, 2022, 2020. This is publicly available government data - not a legal determination of workplace conditions.
Data sourced from official public datasets. See our methodology for details.