Landscape contractors (except construction) · California

Groundworks inc.

Brentwood, CA · ~67 workers · 4 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

A
Excellent Safety Record
2.1
Avg TCR
4.5
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

Groundworks inc. runs at 47% of its industry's injury rate - far safer than the typical Landscape contractors (except construction) workplace, earning a grade A.

Groundworks inc.: 2.1 TCR = 47% of Landscape contractors (except construction) BLS 4.5 · 4y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Groundworks inc. safety composite

Groundworks inc. scores strongest on dart rate (safer than 84% of same-industry peers) and weakest on fatalities (safer than 52%), 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).

C

74/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
B 2.1 per 100 workers

Safer than 79% of industry peers

DART rate
B 0 per 100 workers

Safer than 84% 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%).

TCR Δ

−576.9

2020→2024

Groundworks inc. injury rate improved

Groundworks inc.'s TCR fell 576.9 from 576.9 in 2020 to 0.0 in 2024. Peak filing year was 2020 at 576.9 TCR. In 2024, DART was 0× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2020=576.9 · 2022=4.1 · 2023=2.2 · 2024=0.0

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 561730 · Brentwood, CA AT/BELOW-IND · SMALL

Grade A · TCR 2.1 · 47% of ind

  • DART 0.0 DART
  • RANK #84/448
  • PHOTO Hudson Highlands 44350
  • BOOK 4y book
  • INJ 12 inj
  • SIZE ~67 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: Hudson Highlands 44350 (0.0 TCR gap)

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Groundworks inc. in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows Groundworks inc. averages 2.1 TCR (47% of the Landscape contractors (except construction) BLS benchmark).

Source U.S. Department of Labor, OSHA Injury Tracking Application (Form 300A) As of 2026-08-25

Groundworks inc. TCR series: 2020=576.9 · 2022=4.1 · 2023=2.2 · 2024=0 · BLS 4.5

Where Groundworks inc. falls in its industry

2,875 Landscape contractors (except establishments

Safer than 79% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 4.7.

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to California alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #84 safest of 448 Landscape contractors (except employers in California.

Groundworks inc. (67 employees, TCR 2.1) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 53 employees and a TCR of 4.7 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 0200400600800 051015 Average employees Total Case Rate Groundworks inc.
Groundworks inc. (67 employees, TCR 2.1) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 53 employees and a TCR of 4.7

Groundworks inc. has more employees than the Landscape contractors (except constructi 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 Illnesses Fatalities
2024 0.0 0.0 0 0 0
2023 2.2 0.7 3 0 0
2022 4.1 2.8 3 0 0
2020 576.9 576.9 6 0 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

561730 · CA · Brentwood

2,875 Landscape contractors (except construction) employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 51,834 rated employers in California with headcount on file · 49 employers in Brentwood, CA · 4 cross-state NAT-TCR peers · 4 cross-state NAT-SIZE peers. Closest matches by relationship code are listed below.

Rel Establishment Metric
NAICS-TCR Hudson Highlands 44350 2.1 TCR
NAICS-TCR Charlotte 36030 2.1 TCR
NAICS-TCR Horizon Environmental Services, Inc. 2.1 TCR
NAICS-TCR Ruppert Landscape - Lilburn 2.1 TCR
STATE-SIZE Sonoma GVIC Ranches 67 FTE
STATE-SIZE MUGU RANCH PARTNERSHIP 67 FTE
STATE-SIZE Travaille and Phippen, Inc. 67 FTE
STATE-SIZE Nurseries 67 FTE
CITY-NEAR 6962-SWY-0025-0025-02621 226 FTE
CITY-NEAR SWY-0025-0025-02621 FAC-02621-BRENTWOOD-CA 203 FTE
CITY-NEAR 6962-SWY 0025 2621 189 FTE
CITY-NEAR Thorpe Design Inc 182 FTE
NAT-TCR City of Pine Island 2.1 TCR
NAT-TCR Aristocrat Technologies Inc. Birtcher 2.1 TCR
NAT-TCR Charlotte Dry 2.1 TCR
NAT-TCR Des Moines Performing Arts 2.1 TCR
NAT-SIZE Chestnut Street 67 FTE
NAT-SIZE Brs - Mr 67 FTE
NAT-SIZE M Spiegel & Sons Oil Corp 67 FTE
NAT-SIZE Washington Administrative Services 67 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, 2020. This is publicly available government data - not a legal determination of workplace conditions.

Read our methodology - how this data is sourced, computed, and verified.

Data sourced from official public datasets. See our methodology for details.