Nursery with tree production (except for reforestation) · California

Frantz Nursery

Name: Frantz Nursery Workplace Safety Data
Creator: PlainSafetyScore
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Hickman, CA · ~253 workers · 2 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

Compiled by PlainSafetyScore · August 25, 2026

B
Good Safety Record: 2.8
Avg TCR: 4.5
Industry avg: 0
Fatalities

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The verdict

Frantz Nursery runs at 61% of its industry's injury rate - safer than the typical Nursery with tree production (except for reforestation) workplace, earning a grade B.

Frantz Nursery: 2.8 TCR = 61% of Nursery with tree production (except for reforestation) BLS 4.5 · 2y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Frantz Nursery safety composite

Frantz Nursery scores strongest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 76% of same-industry peers) and weakest on dart rate (safer than 47%), 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).

60/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR): B 2.75 per 100 workers

Safer than 76% of industry peers
DART rate: D 2.45 per 100 workers

Safer than 47% 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%).

Rising injury rate

Frantz Nursery: 2.2 → 3.3 TCR

Peak year 2019 @ 3.3 TCR · DART/TCR 0.89× in 2019

Frantz Nursery's TCR rose 1.0 from 2.2 in 2018 to 3.3 in 2019. In 2019, DART was 0.89× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 111421 · Hickman, CA AT/BELOW-IND · MID

Grade B · TCR 2.8 · 61% of ind

DART 2.5 DART
RANK #18/120
PHOTO Orangeburg
BOOK 2y book
INJ 14 inj
SIZE ~253 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: Orangeburg (0.0 TCR gap)

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2.8
Orangeburg

2.8
Winters

2.8
Fernlea Nurser

2.7
Atlas Manufact

2.7

What this shows Frantz Nursery averages 2.8 TCR (61% of the Nursery with tree production (except for reforestation) BLS benchmark).

Frantz Nursery TCR series: 2018=2.2 · 2019=3.3 · BLS 4.5

Where Frantz Nursery falls in its industry

386 Nursery with tree production ( 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 California alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #18 safest of 120 Nursery with tree production ( employers in California.

Frantz Nursery (253 employees, TCR 2.8) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 52 employees and a TCR of 4.9

Frantz Nursery has more employees than the Nursery with tree production (except for 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
2019	3.3	2.5	8	0	0
2018	2.2	1.9	6	0	0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

111421 · CA · Hickman

386 Nursery with tree production (except for reforestation) employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 51,834 rated employers in California with headcount on file · 7 employers in Hickman, CA · 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	Fernlea Nurseries - STU	PALM CITY, FL	2.7 TCR
NAICS-TCR	Atlas Manufacturing, Inc.	ALAPAHA, GA	2.7 TCR
NAICS-TCR	Winters	WINTERS, CA	2.8 TCR
STATE-SIZE	Sierra Farms, LLC	MOSS LANDING	253 FTE
STATE-SIZE	Castaneda & Sons, Inc.	NIPOMO	253 FTE
STATE-SIZE	Mid-Coast Transit Constructors - Mid-Coast LRT Extension	SAN DIEGO	253 FTE
STATE-SIZE	The Cheesecake Factory Bakery	CALABASAS	253 FTE
CITY-NEAR	Frantz Wholesale Nursery LLC	Hickman	273 FTE
CITY-NEAR	3225_6213	Hickman	263 FTE
CITY-NEAR	Dave Wilson Nursery	Hickman	131 FTE
CITY-NEAR	Stackhouse Brothers	Hickman	40 FTE
NAT-TCR	Four Seasons	Chesterfield, MO	2.8 TCR
NAT-TCR	Walsh Harness & Saddlery	Brookfield, WI	2.8 TCR
NAT-TCR	Interfor	Gilchrist, OR	2.8 TCR
NAT-TCR	East Akron Neighborhood Dev Corp	Akron, OH	2.8 TCR
NAT-SIZE	Blommer Chocolate Chicago	Chicago, IL	253 FTE
NAT-SIZE	Sysco St. Louis	St. Charles, MO	253 FTE
NAT-SIZE	Marriott Richmond	Richmond, VA	253 FTE
NAT-SIZE	Sales - Branson Meadows	Branson, MO	253 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: 2019, 2018. 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.