Lawn maintenance machinery and equipment merchant wholesalers · Mississippi

Gardner, Inc. MS

Name: Gardner, Inc. MS Workplace Safety Data
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Olive Branch, MS · ~40 workers · 2 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

Compiled by PlainSafetyScore · August 25, 2026

B
Good Safety Record: 1.7
Avg TCR: 2.2
Industry avg: 0
Fatalities

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The verdict

Gardner, Inc. MS runs at 79% of its industry's injury rate - safer than the typical Lawn maintenance machinery and equipment merchant wholesalers workplace, earning a grade B.

Gardner, Inc. MS: 1.7 TCR = 79% of Lawn maintenance machinery and equipment merchant wholesalers BLS 2.2 · 2y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Gardner, Inc. MS safety composite

Gardner, Inc. MS scores strongest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 88% of same-industry peers) and weakest on dart rate (safer than 29%), 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).

58/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR): B 1.73 per 100 workers

Safer than 88% of industry peers
DART rate: F 3.45 per 100 workers

Safer than 29% 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

Gardner, Inc. MS: 0.0 → 3.5 TCR

Peak year 2024 @ 3.5 TCR · DART/TCR 1.99× in 2024

Gardner, Inc. MS's TCR rose 3.5 from 0.0 in 2023 to 3.5 in 2024. In 2024, DART was 1.99× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 423820 · Olive Branch, MS AT/BELOW-IND · SMALL

Grade B · TCR 1.7 · 79% of ind

DART 3.5 DART
RANK #1/4
PHOTO Chiefland FL
BOOK 2y book
INJ 1 inj
SIZE ~40 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: Chiefland FL (0.0 TCR gap)

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1.8
This site

1.7
Chiefland FL

1.7
Torgerson's-Le

1.7
Heritage Tract

1.7

What this shows Gardner, Inc. MS averages 1.7 TCR (79% of the Lawn maintenance machinery and equipment merchant wholesalers BLS benchmark).

Gardner, Inc. MS TCR series: 2023=0 · 2024=3.5 · BLS 2.2

Where Gardner, Inc. MS falls in its industry

700 Lawn maintenance machinery and establishments

Safer than 88% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 4.2.

Grade B

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to Mississippi alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #1 safest of 4 Lawn maintenance machinery and employers in Mississippi.

Gardner, Inc. MS (40 employees, TCR 1.7) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 32 employees and a TCR of 4.2

Gardner, Inc. MS has more employees than the Lawn maintenance machinery and equipment median and a lower injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 4.2. 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	3.5	3.5	1	0	0
2023	0.0	0.0	0	0	0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

423820 · MS · Olive Branch

700 Lawn maintenance machinery and equipment merchant wholesalers employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 4,083 rated employers in Mississippi with headcount on file · 154 employers in Olive Branch, MS · 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	Chiefland FL	CHIEFLAND, FL	1.7 TCR
NAICS-TCR	Torgerson's-Lewistown	LEWISTOWN, MT	1.7 TCR
NAICS-TCR	Heritage Tractor Rogersville	ROGERSVILLE, MO	1.7 TCR
NAICS-TCR	Bodensteiner Implement Company - Clermont Location	CLERMONT, IA	1.8 TCR
STATE-SIZE	Mendenhall Hatchery	MENDENHALL	40 FTE
STATE-SIZE	Sanderson Farms Laurel Hatchery	ELLISVILLE	40 FTE
STATE-SIZE	Brookhaven Network	BROOKHAVEN	40 FTE
STATE-SIZE	Picayune	PICAYUNE	40 FTE
CITY-NEAR	8807751-WILLIAMS SONOMA OLIVE BRANCH OB2	Olive Branch	2,549 FTE
CITY-NEAR	Olive Branch	Olive Branch	2,169 FTE
CITY-NEAR	6458-OLIV	Olive Branch	1,727 FTE
CITY-NEAR	Olive Branch 2	Olive Branch	1,580 FTE
NAT-TCR	Evonik Corporation Tippecanoe Laboratories	Lafayette, IN	1.7 TCR
NAT-TCR	North Raleigh Operations	Raleigh, NC	1.7 TCR
NAT-TCR	Hub Pen Company, LLC	Braintree, MA	1.7 TCR
NAT-TCR	Shultz Steel LLC	South Gate, CA	1.7 TCR
NAT-SIZE	Brookdale Union Hills	Peoria, AZ	40 FTE
NAT-SIZE	ABF Freight 220	Delray Beach, FL	40 FTE
NAT-SIZE	Doyle's Work Company, Inc.	Gilroy, CA	40 FTE
NAT-SIZE	ABF Freight 039	West Allis, WI	40 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. This is publicly available government data - not a legal determination of workplace conditions.

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