Plant, ornamental, growing · North Carolina

Hawksridge Farms, Inc

Hickory, NC · ~51 workers · 6 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

D
Poor Safety Record
8.1
Avg TCR
4.5
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

Hawksridge Farms, Inc runs at 180% of its industry's injury rate - more dangerous than the typical Plant, ornamental, growing workplace, earning a grade D.

Hawksridge Farms, Inc: 8.1 TCR = 180% of Plant, ornamental, growing BLS 4.5 · 6y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Hawksridge Farms, Inc safety composite

Hawksridge Farms, Inc scores strongest on dart rate (safer than 56% of same-industry peers) and weakest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 27%), 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).

D

43/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
F 8.09 per 100 workers

Safer than 27% of industry peers

DART rate
C 1.83 per 100 workers

Safer than 56% 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

−3.3

2016→2024

Hawksridge Farms, Inc injury rate improved

Hawksridge Farms, Inc's TCR fell 3.3 from 8.8 in 2016 to 5.5 in 2024. Peak filing year was 2023 at 11.8 TCR. In 2024, DART was 0.23× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2016=8.8 · 2019=8.8 · 2021=8.0 · 2022=5.7 · 2023=11.8 · 2024=5.5

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 111422 · Hickory, NC ABOVE-IND · SMALL

Grade D · TCR 8.1 · 180% of ind

  • DART 1.8 DART
  • RANK #5/6
  • PHOTO Nishi Quality Flowers
  • BOOK 6y book
  • INJ 23 inj
  • SIZE ~51 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: Nishi Quality Flowers (0.0 TCR gap)

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Hawksridge Farms, Inc in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows Hawksridge Farms, Inc averages 8.1 TCR (180% of the Plant, ornamental, growing BLS benchmark).

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

Hawksridge Farms, Inc TCR series: 2016=8.8 · 2019=8.8 · 2021=8 · 2022=5.7 · 2023=11.8 · 2024=5.5 · BLS 4.5

Where Hawksridge Farms, Inc falls in its industry

166 Plant, ornamental, growing establishments

Safer than 27% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 5.5.

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to North Carolina alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #5 safest of 6 Plant, ornamental, growing employers in North Carolina.

Hawksridge Farms, Inc (51 employees, TCR 8.1) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 63 employees and a TCR of 5.5 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 01,0002,0003,000 0510152025 Average employees Total Case Rate Hawksridge Farms, Inc
Hawksridge Farms, Inc (51 employees, TCR 8.1) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 63 employees and a TCR of 5.5

Hawksridge Farms, Inc has fewer employees than the Plant, ornamental, growing median and a higher injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 5.5. 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 5.5 1.8 3 0 0
2023 11.8 2.0 6 0 0
2022 5.7 3.8 3 0 0
2021 8.0 2.7 3 0 0
2019 8.8 4.4 4 0 0
2016 8.8 0.0 4 0 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

111422 · NC · Hickory

166 Plant, ornamental, growing employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 16,981 rated employers in North Carolina with headcount on file · 240 employers in Hickory, NC · 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 Nishi Quality Flowers 8.1 TCR
NAICS-TCR River Ridge Farms 8.3 TCR
NAICS-TCR Teufel Holly Farms 8.3 TCR
NAICS-TCR Fessler Nursery Company 8.4 TCR
STATE-SIZE Burlington Operations Center 51 FTE
STATE-SIZE DRB Group North Carolina LLC - Charlotte Division 51 FTE
STATE-SIZE All other sites Gastonia 51 FTE
STATE-SIZE Alcami Morrisville Manufacturing 51 FTE
CITY-NEAR Catawba Valley Medical Center 2,012 FTE
CITY-NEAR Merchants Distributors LLC 1,480 FTE
CITY-NEAR Frye Regional Medical Center 1,363 FTE
CITY-NEAR Hickory Manufacturing & Technology Center 1,006 FTE
NAT-TCR Milwaukee, Wi 8.1 TCR
NAT-TCR Belmont Village Hollywood 8.1 TCR
NAT-TCR Caff Logistics LLC 8.1 TCR
NAT-TCR Hawthorne Hotel 8.1 TCR
NAT-SIZE STERIS IMS 3200 Machining 51 FTE
NAT-SIZE Plattsburgh NY Collection 51 FTE
NAT-SIZE Golden Glades Yard 411 51 FTE
NAT-SIZE Hilton Garden Inn 51 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, 2021, 2019, 2016. 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.