Landscaping services (except planning) · Alabama

Gardner Landscaping LLC

Name: Gardner Landscaping LLC Workplace Safety Data
Creator: PlainSafetyScore
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Birmingham, AL · ~29 workers · 4 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

Compiled by PlainSafetyScore · August 25, 2026

C
Average Safety Record: 4.4
Avg TCR: 4.5
Industry avg: 0
Fatalities

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The verdict

Gardner Landscaping LLC runs at 97% of its industry's injury rate - about level with the typical Landscaping services (except planning) workplace, earning a grade C.

Gardner Landscaping LLC: 4.4 TCR = 97% of Landscaping services (except planning) BLS 4.5 · 4y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Gardner Landscaping LLC safety composite

Gardner Landscaping LLC scores strongest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 53% of same-industry peers) and weakest on dart rate (safer than 43%), 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).

49/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR): D 4.38 per 100 workers

Safer than 53% of industry peers
DART rate: D 3.09 per 100 workers

Safer than 43% of industry peers
Fatalities: D 0

Safer than 52% 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 Landscaping LLC: 3.9 → 9.3 TCR

Peak year 2017 @ 533.3 TCR · DART/TCR 0.71× in 2020

Gardner Landscaping LLC's TCR rose 5.4 from 3.9 in 2016 to 9.3 in 2020. Peak filing year was 2017 at 533.3 TCR. In 2020, DART was 0.71× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 561730 · Birmingham, AL AT/BELOW-IND · SMALL

Grade C · TCR 4.4 · 97% of ind

DART 3.1 DART
RANK #23/34
PHOTO Bagley Landscape Con…
BOOK 4y book
INJ 8 inj
SIZE ~29 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: Bagley Landscape Construction Inc. (0.0 TCR gap)

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Ontario 32200

4.4
Bertog Landsca

4.4

What this shows Gardner Landscaping LLC averages 4.4 TCR (97% of the Landscaping services (except planning) BLS benchmark).

Gardner Landscaping LLC TCR series: 2016=3.9 · 2017=533.3 · 2019=0 · 2020=9.3 · BLS 4.5

Where Gardner Landscaping LLC falls in its industry

2,875 Landscaping services (except p establishments

Safer than 53% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 4.7.

Grade C

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to Alabama alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #23 safest of 34 Landscaping services (except p employers in Alabama.

Gardner Landscaping LLC (29 employees, TCR 4.4) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 53 employees and a TCR of 4.7

Gardner Landscaping LLC has fewer employees than the Landscaping services (except planning) median and a lower injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 4.7. 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
2020	9.3	3.1	3
2019	0.0	0.0	0
2017	533.3	533.3	4
2016	3.9	3.9	1

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

561730 · AL · Birmingham

2,875 Landscaping services (except planning) employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 7,418 rated employers in Alabama with headcount on file · 840 employers in Birmingham, AL · 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	Bagley Landscape Construction Inc.	PASCO, WA	4.4 TCR
NAICS-TCR	Debest Inc	SOUTH HAVEN, MI	4.4 TCR
NAICS-TCR	Ontario 32200	FONTANA, CA	4.4 TCR
NAICS-TCR	Bertog Landscape Company	WHEELING, IL	4.4 TCR
STATE-SIZE	Grand Bay	GRAND BAY	29 FTE
STATE-SIZE	Mid Star Wood Haulers	TOXEY	29 FTE
STATE-SIZE	Oak Grove - APC	SYLACAUGA	29 FTE
STATE-SIZE	Gardendale Crew Headquarters - APC	GARDENDALE	29 FTE
CITY-NEAR	USD	Birmingham	9,165 FTE
CITY-NEAR	CLASSIC FOODS	Birmingham	9,165 FTE
CITY-NEAR	Corporate	Birmingham	8,650 FTE
CITY-NEAR	BIRMINGHAM PACKERS	Birmingham	8,650 FTE
NAT-TCR	Survival Innovations, LLC	Mills River, NC	4.4 TCR
NAT-TCR	Broadway	Tempe, AZ	4.4 TCR
NAT-TCR	US Erectors Inc.	Pleasant Hill, IA	4.4 TCR
NAT-TCR	Bloomington 35	Bloomington, IN	4.4 TCR
NAT-SIZE	Schayes, Inc dba New York Sash	Whitesboro, NY	29 FTE
NAT-SIZE	Dixie Fence & Kennel, Inc.	Douglas, GA	29 FTE
NAT-SIZE	BT Jackson	Jackson, MS	29 FTE
NAT-SIZE	Kent Outlet	Kent, WA	29 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: 2020, 2019, 2017, 2016. 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.