Nursery stock (except plant bulbs, seeds) merchant wholesalers · Connecticut

Grower Merchandising Service LLC

Somers, CT · ~114 workers · 3 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

F
Failing Safety Record
13.3
Avg TCR
2.2
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

Grower Merchandising Service LLC runs at 603% of its industry's injury rate - far more dangerous than the typical Nursery stock (except plant bulbs, seeds) merchant wholesalers workplace, earning a grade F.

Grower Merchandising Service LLC: 13.3 TCR = 603% of Nursery stock (except plant bulbs, seeds) merchant wholesalers BLS 2.2 · 3y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Grower Merchandising Service LLC safety composite

Grower Merchandising Service LLC scores strongest on fatalities (safer than 51% of same-industry peers) and weakest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 4%), 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).

F

30/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
F 13.27 per 100 workers

Safer than 4% of industry peers

DART rate
D 3.29 per 100 workers

Safer than 44% 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

−2.9

2022→2024

Grower Merchandising Service LLC injury rate improved

Grower Merchandising Service LLC's TCR fell 2.9 from 16.1 in 2022 to 13.2 in 2024. Peak filing year was 2022 at 16.1 TCR. In 2024, DART was 0.25× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2022=16.1 · 2023=10.6 · 2024=13.2

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 424930 · Somers, CT ABOVE-IND · MID

Grade F · TCR 13.3 · 603% of ind

  • DART 3.3 DART
  • RANK P4
  • PHOTO Tamara - 01-TL
  • BOOK 3y book
  • INJ 25 inj
  • SIZE ~114 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: Tamara - 01-TL (0.2 TCR gap)

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Grower Merchandising Service LLC in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows Grower Merchandising Service LLC averages 13.3 TCR (603% of the Nursery stock (except plant bulbs, seeds) merchant wholesalers BLS benchmark).

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

Grower Merchandising Service LLC TCR series: 2022=16.1 · 2023=10.6 · 2024=13.2 · BLS 2.2

Where Grower Merchandising Service LLC falls in its industry

185 Nursery stock (except plant bu establishments

Safer than 4% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 5.7.

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers
Grower Merchandising Service LLC (114 employees, TCR 13.3) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 63 employees and a TCR of 5.7 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 05001,0001,500 0510152025 Average employees Total Case Rate Grower Merchandising Service LLC
Grower Merchandising Service LLC (114 employees, TCR 13.3) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 63 employees and a TCR of 5.7

Grower Merchandising Service LLC has more employees than the Nursery stock (except plant bulbs, seeds median and a higher injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 5.7. 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 13.2 3.3 8 0 0
2023 10.6 3.5 6 0 0
2022 16.1 4.4 11 0 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

424930 · CT · Somers

185 Nursery stock (except plant bulbs, seeds) merchant wholesalers employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 7,008 rated employers in Connecticut with headcount on file · 13 employers in Somers, CT · 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 Tamara - 01-TL 13.4 TCR
NAICS-TCR PanAmerican Seed Santa Paula 13.7 TCR
NAICS-TCR DMWN - Petaluma 12.8 TCR
NAICS-TCR DMWN- Morgan Hill 12.7 TCR
STATE-SIZE Trelleborg Coated Systems US, Inc. dba Uretek 114 FTE
STATE-SIZE Allnex-Wallingford 114 FTE
STATE-SIZE The Gilman Brothers Company 114 FTE
STATE-SIZE ELG Utica Alloys 114 FTE
CITY-NEAR Osborn Correctional Institution 319 FTE
CITY-NEAR Headquarter 175 FTE
CITY-NEAR Northern Correctional Institution 168 FTE
CITY-NEAR Osborn Correctional institution - Health services 161 FTE
NAT-TCR 141 Tucson 13.3 TCR
NAT-TCR Bristol Farms - 019 - BF Palm Desert 13.3 TCR
NAT-TCR Cordova Health and Rehabilitation, LLC 13.3 TCR
NAT-TCR CMP-P1 13.3 TCR
NAT-SIZE Tell Tool 114 FTE
NAT-SIZE Tawas Tool Company 114 FTE
NAT-SIZE Cliffside Steam Station 114 FTE
NAT-SIZE Store 304 114 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. This is publicly available government data - not a legal determination of workplace conditions.
Data sourced from official public datasets. See our methodology for details.