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

Fernlea Nurseries - Carp

Carpenteria, CA · ~18 workers · 4 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

F
Failing Safety Record
13.1
Avg TCR
4.5
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

Fernlea Nurseries - Carp runs at 291% of its industry's injury rate - far more dangerous than the typical Field nurseries (i.e., growing of flowers and shrubbery) workplace, earning a grade F.

Fernlea Nurseries - Carp: 13.1 TCR = 291% of Field nurseries (i.e., growing of flowers and shrubbery) BLS 4.5 · 4y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Fernlea Nurseries - Carp safety composite

Fernlea Nurseries - Carp scores strongest on dart rate (safer than 82% of same-industry peers) and weakest on total case rate (tcr) (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).

D

43/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
F 13.08 per 100 workers

Safer than 5% 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

−19.5

2021→2024

Fernlea Nurseries - Carp injury rate improved

Fernlea Nurseries - Carp's TCR fell 19.5 from 19.5 in 2021 to 0.0 in 2024. Peak filing year was 2021 at 19.5 TCR. In 2024, DART was 0× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2021=19.5 · 2022=15.8 · 2023=17.1 · 2024=0.0

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

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

Grade F · TCR 13.1 · 291% of ind

  • DART 0.0 DART
  • RANK #114/120
  • PHOTO Growest
  • BOOK 4y book
  • INJ 13 inj
  • SIZE ~18 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: Growest (0.0 TCR gap)

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Fernlea Nurseries - Carp in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows Fernlea Nurseries - Carp averages 13.1 TCR (291% 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

Fernlea Nurseries - Carp TCR series: 2021=19.5 · 2022=15.8 · 2023=17.1 · 2024=0 · BLS 4.5

Where Fernlea Nurseries - Carp falls in its industry

386 Field nurseries (i.e., growing establishments

Safer than 5% 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 #114 safest of 120 Field nurseries (i.e., growing employers in California.

Fernlea Nurseries - Carp (18 employees, TCR 13.1) 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 Fernlea Nurseries - Carp
Fernlea Nurseries - Carp (18 employees, TCR 13.1) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 52 employees and a TCR of 4.9

Fernlea Nurseries - Carp has fewer 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
2024 0.0 0.0 0 0 0
2023 17.1 17.1 3 0 0
2022 15.8 15.8 4 0 0
2021 19.5 16.2 6 0 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

111421 · CA · Carpenteria

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 · 5 employers in Carpenteria, CA · 4 cross-state NAT-TCR peers. Closest matches by relationship code are listed below.

Rel Establishment Metric
NAICS-TCR Growest 13.1 TCR
NAICS-TCR Weston Nurseries 13.2 TCR
NAICS-TCR A-G Sod Farms of Fresno 12.9 TCR
NAICS-TCR Nursery 13.3 TCR
STATE-SIZE Henry Hibino Farms LLC 18 FTE
STATE-SIZE BATAVIA, INC. 18 FTE
STATE-SIZE Gold Coast Farms 18 FTE
STATE-SIZE HM.CLAUSE Davis East Research Station 18 FTE
CITY-NEAR 2050-20500002-915 84 FTE
CITY-NEAR 2050-915 82 FTE
CITY-NEAR UCP WORK, Inc. - Supported Employment Group/Individual 54 FTE
CITY-NEAR 20500002-915 STORE 915 - CARPENTERIA 52 FTE
NAT-TCR Foodservice Boston - 0561 13.1 TCR
NAT-TCR Pik Rite, Inc. 13.1 TCR
NAT-TCR 47 - St. Louis 13.1 TCR
NAT-TCR NEO003 13.1 TCR

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. 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.