Garden centers · Nebraska
Earl May Seed & Nursery Garden Center #2
Lincoln, NE · ~30 workers · 6 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.
- D
- Poor Safety Record
- 6.2
- Avg TCR
- 3.4
- Industry avg
- 0
- Fatalities
The verdict
Earl May Seed & Nursery Garden Center #2 runs at 181% of its industry's injury rate - more dangerous than the typical Garden centers workplace, earning a grade D.
Earl May Seed & Nursery Garden Center #2: 6.2 TCR = 181% of Garden centers BLS 3.4 · 6y Form 300A (see methodology below)
Earl May Seed & Nursery Garden Center #2 safety composite
Earl May Seed & Nursery Garden Center #2 scores strongest on fatalities (safer than 50% of same-industry peers) and weakest on dart rate (safer than 26%), 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).
41/100
Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures
- Total Case Rate (TCR)
- D 6.16 per 100 workers
Safer than 48% of industry peers
- DART rate
- F 6.69 per 100 workers
Safer than 26% of industry peers
- Fatalities
- D 0
Safer than 50% 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%).
Rising injury rate
Earl May Seed & Nursery Garden Center #2: 5.2 → 6.7 TCR
Peak year 2019 @ 12.7 TCR · DART/TCR 1.09× in 2021
Earl May Seed & Nursery Garden Center #2's TCR rose 1.5 from 5.2 in 2016 to 6.7 in 2021. Peak filing year was 2019 at 12.7 TCR. In 2021, DART was 1.09× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).
OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard
Establishment book 444220 · Lincoln, NE ABOVE-IND · SMALL
Grade D · TCR 6.2 · 181% of ind
- DART 6.7 DART
- RANK #1/5
- PHOTO Armstrong Garden Cen…
- BOOK 6y book
- INJ 6 inj
- SIZE ~30 FTE
Nearest TCR peer: Armstrong Garden Centers 758 (0.0 TCR gap)
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Earl May Seed & Nursery Garden Center #2 in the TCR neighbourhood
Average Total Case Rate among this establishment and nearest same-industry peers
- This site
Earl May Seed & Nursery Garden Center #2
6.2 TCR
- Armstrong Gard
Armstrong Garden Centers 758
6.2 TCR
- Stein's Garden
Stein's Garden & Home Kenosha
6.2 TCR
- RK-895-Wavery
RK-895-Wavery TAC (RK-895)
6.2 TCR
- Main Operation
Main Operations
6.2 TCR
What this shows Earl May Seed & Nursery Garden Center #2 averages 6.2 TCR (181% of the Garden centers BLS benchmark).
Earl May Seed & Nursery Garden Center #2 TCR series: 2016=5.2 · 2017=5.6 · 2018=0 · 2019=12.7 · 2020=6.8 · 2021=6.7 · BLS 3.4
Where Earl May Seed & Nursery Garden Center #2 falls in its industry
642 Garden centers establishmentsSafer than 48% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 5.9.
Narrower to Nebraska alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #1 safest of 5 Garden centers employers in Nebraska.
Earl May Seed & Nursery Garden Center #2 has fewer employees than the Garden centers median and a higher injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 5.9. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2021 | 6.7 | 6.7 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 2020 | 6.8 | 6.8 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 2019 | 12.7 | 12.7 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| 2018 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2017 | 5.6 | 0.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 2016 | 5.2 | 0.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
OSHA ITA peer cross-reference
Establishment peer ledger
444220 · NE · Lincoln
642 Garden centers employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 3,594 rated employers in Nebraska with headcount on file · 496 employers in Lincoln, NE · 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 | Armstrong Garden Centers 758 | 6.2 TCR |
| NAICS-TCR | Stein's Garden & Home Kenosha | 6.2 TCR |
| NAICS-TCR | RK-895-Wavery TAC (RK-895) | 6.2 TCR |
| NAICS-TCR | Main Operations | 6.2 TCR |
| STATE-SIZE | Whitetail, LLC | 30 FTE |
| STATE-SIZE | Lost Island, Inc. | 30 FTE |
| STATE-SIZE | MTZ Construction, LLC | 30 FTE |
| STATE-SIZE | Western Engineering- North Platte | 30 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | Nelnet Servicing LLC | 2,850 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | Nelnet - Lincoln HQ | 2,491 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | Bryan East Campus | 2,358 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | FACTS Education Corporation | 1,986 FTE |
| NAT-TCR | Bed Bath and Beyond Mechanicsburg | 6.2 TCR |
| NAT-TCR | PHS - Harmony River | 6.2 TCR |
| NAT-TCR | 0330 - Frederick Md Whse | 6.2 TCR |
| NAT-TCR | Belmont Confections Plant | 6.2 TCR |
| NAT-SIZE | Arnegard, ND Warehouse | 30 FTE |
| NAT-SIZE | Floating Docks Mfg Co | 30 FTE |
| NAT-SIZE | Infinite Glass and Metal, Inc. | 30 FTE |
| NAT-SIZE | F.M. Acoustical Tile Inc. | 30 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.