Field nurseries (i.e., growing of flowers and shrubbery) · California

Don Howell

Salinas, CA · ~60 workers · 2 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

D
Poor Safety Record
6.1
Avg TCR
4.5
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

Don Howell runs at 136% of its industry's injury rate - more dangerous than the typical Field nurseries (i.e., growing of flowers and shrubbery) workplace, earning a grade D.

Don Howell: 6.1 TCR = 136% of Field nurseries (i.e., growing of flowers and shrubbery) BLS 4.5 · 2y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Don Howell safety composite

Don Howell scores strongest on dart rate (safer than 82% of same-industry peers) and weakest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 32%), 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).

D

54/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
F 6.11 per 100 workers

Safer than 32% 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

−3.0

2019→2020

Don Howell injury rate improved

Don Howell's TCR fell 3.0 from 7.6 in 2019 to 4.6 in 2020. Peak filing year was 2019 at 7.6 TCR. In 2020, DART was 0× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2019=7.6 · 2020=4.6

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 111421 · Salinas, CA ABOVE-IND · SMALL

Grade D · TCR 6.1 · 136% of ind

  • DART 0.0 DART
  • RANK #78/120
  • PHOTO Elegant Gardens Nurs…
  • BOOK 2y book
  • INJ 8 inj
  • SIZE ~60 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: Elegant Gardens Nursery Inc (0.0 TCR gap)

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Don Howell in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows Don Howell averages 6.1 TCR (136% of the Field nurseries (i.e., growing of flowers and shrubbery) BLS benchmark).

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

Don Howell TCR series: 2019=7.6 · 2020=4.6 · BLS 4.5

Where Don Howell falls in its industry

386 Field nurseries (i.e., growing establishments

Safer than 32% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 4.9.

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to California alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #78 safest of 120 Field nurseries (i.e., growing employers in California.

Don Howell (60 employees, TCR 6.1) 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 Don Howell
Don Howell (60 employees, TCR 6.1) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 52 employees and a TCR of 4.9

Don Howell has more employees than the Field nurseries (i.e., growing of flower 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
2020 4.6 0.0 3 0 0
2019 7.6 7.6 5 0 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

111421 · CA · Salinas

386 Field nurseries (i.e., growing of flowers and shrubbery) employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 51,834 rated employers in California with headcount on file · 337 employers in Salinas, CA · 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 Elegant Gardens Nursery Inc 6.1 TCR
NAICS-TCR Prides Corner Farms, Inc. 6.1 TCR
NAICS-TCR A & F Growers, Inc. 6.2 TCR
NAICS-TCR Skagit Horticulture - MB 6.2 TCR
STATE-SIZE North Coast Vineyards 60 FTE
STATE-SIZE Sun Pacific Farming Cooperative, Inc | Grapes Delano 60 FTE
STATE-SIZE Paiva Farm Management 60 FTE
STATE-SIZE Rocket Farms Herbs Inc Thermal 60 FTE
CITY-NEAR Foothill Packing 8,854 FTE
CITY-NEAR Foothill Packing-California 3,255 FTE
CITY-NEAR Salinas Valley Memorial Hospital 2,197 FTE
CITY-NEAR Salinas Valley Healthcare System 2,133 FTE
NAT-TCR Webb Concrete & Building Materials, Inc. Centre 6.1 TCR
NAT-TCR Store 0231 6.1 TCR
NAT-TCR Ross store 1416 6.1 TCR
NAT-TCR Bodycote Thermal Processing Inc - Canton Ronda 6.1 TCR
NAT-SIZE 1 Murray Road 60 FTE
NAT-SIZE PEP : CPP - Bridgeville 60 FTE
NAT-SIZE Ran Pro Farms 60 FTE
NAT-SIZE Muskego 60 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: 2020, 2019. This is publicly available government data - not a legal determination of workplace conditions.
Data sourced from official public datasets. See our methodology for details.