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

Fernlea Nurseries - STU

Name: Fernlea Nurseries - STU Workplace Safety Data
Creator: PlainSafetyScore
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Palm City, FL · ~43 workers · 4 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

Compiled by PlainSafetyScore · August 25, 2026

B
Good Safety Record: 2.7
Avg TCR: 4.5
Industry avg: 0
Fatalities

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The verdict

Fernlea Nurseries - STU runs at 61% of its industry's injury rate - safer than the typical Field nurseries (i.e., growing of flowers and shrubbery) workplace, earning a grade B.

Fernlea Nurseries - STU: 2.7 TCR = 61% of Field nurseries (i.e., growing of flowers and shrubbery) BLS 4.5 · 4y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Fernlea Nurseries - STU safety composite

Fernlea Nurseries - STU scores strongest on dart rate (safer than 82% of same-industry peers) and weakest on fatalities (safer than 51%), 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).

72/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR): B 2.73 per 100 workers

Safer than 76% 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

−6.3

2021→2024

Fernlea Nurseries - STU injury rate improved

Fernlea Nurseries - STU's TCR fell 6.3 from 6.3 in 2021 to 0.0 in 2024. Peak filing year was 2021 at 6.3 TCR. In 2024, DART was 0× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2021=6.3 · 2022=2.5 · 2023=2.1 · 2024=0.0

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 111421 · Palm City, FL AT/BELOW-IND · SMALL

Grade B · TCR 2.7 · 61% of ind

DART 0.0 DART
RANK #12/35
PHOTO Orangeburg
BOOK 4y book
INJ 5 inj
SIZE ~43 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: Orangeburg (0.0 TCR gap)

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Orangeburg

2.8
Frantz Nursery

2.8
This site

2.7
Atlas Manufact

2.7
Dutchman Tree

2.7

What this shows Fernlea Nurseries - STU averages 2.7 TCR (61% of the Field nurseries (i.e., growing of flowers and shrubbery) BLS benchmark).

Fernlea Nurseries - STU TCR series: 2021=6.3 · 2022=2.5 · 2023=2.1 · 2024=0 · BLS 4.5

Where Fernlea Nurseries - STU falls in its industry

386 Field nurseries (i.e., growing establishments

Safer than 76% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 4.9.

Grade B

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to Florida alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #12 safest of 35 Field nurseries (i.e., growing employers in Florida.

Fernlea Nurseries - STU (43 employees, TCR 2.7) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 52 employees and a TCR of 4.9

Fernlea Nurseries - STU has fewer employees than the Field nurseries (i.e., growing of flower 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
2024	0.0	0.0	0
2023	2.1	2.1	1
2022	2.5	2.5	1
2021	6.3	4.2	3

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

111421 · FL · Palm City

386 Field nurseries (i.e., growing of flowers and shrubbery) employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 26,569 rated employers in Florida with headcount on file · 38 employers in Palm City, FL · 4 cross-state NAT-TCR peers · 4 cross-state NAT-SIZE peers. Closest matches by relationship code are listed below.

Rel	Establishment	Place	Metric
NAICS-TCR	Orangeburg	ORANGEBURG, SC	2.8 TCR
NAICS-TCR	Frantz Nursery	HICKMAN, CA	2.8 TCR
NAICS-TCR	Atlas Manufacturing, Inc.	ALAPAHA, GA	2.7 TCR
NAICS-TCR	Dutchman Tree Farms LLC	MANTON, MI	2.7 TCR
STATE-SIZE	PINTO'S FARM	MIAMI	43 FTE
STATE-SIZE	DRP Boca Raton Service Center	BOCA RATON	43 FTE
STATE-SIZE	Stuart Office	STUART	43 FTE
STATE-SIZE	BA2 Whitfield Service Center	PALMETTO	43 FTE
CITY-NEAR	Armellini Palm City	Palm City	381 FTE
CITY-NEAR	Store 0577	Palm City	211 FTE
CITY-NEAR	Centerline, Inc.	Palm City	200 FTE
CITY-NEAR	LCS Sandhill Cove LLC	Palm City	199 FTE
NAT-TCR	122-AURORA	Aurora, CO	2.7 TCR
NAT-TCR	Store 1146	Athens, GA	2.7 TCR
NAT-TCR	Collier Warehouse, Inc.	San Francisco, CA	2.7 TCR
NAT-TCR	Ocean Ridge	Edisto Island, SC	2.7 TCR
NAT-SIZE	NRC Environmental Services, Inc. - Alameda	Alameda, CA	43 FTE
NAT-SIZE	South Park Maint	Los Angeles, CA	43 FTE
NAT-SIZE	Northridge District Maint.	Northridge, CA	43 FTE
NAT-SIZE	North Hollywood District Maint.	North Hollywood, CA	43 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. 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.