Distribution Center · Colorado

Hawthorne Gardening - Aurora

Name: Hawthorne Gardening - Aurora Workplace Safety Data
Creator: PlainSafetyScore
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Aurora, CO · ~42 workers · 3 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

Compiled by PlainSafetyScore · August 25, 2026

C
Average Safety Record: 2.6
Avg TCR: 2.2
Industry avg: 0
Fatalities

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The verdict

Hawthorne Gardening - Aurora runs at 118% of its industry's injury rate - about level with the typical Distribution Center workplace, earning a grade C.

Hawthorne Gardening - Aurora: 2.6 TCR = 118% of Distribution Center BLS 2.2 · 3y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Hawthorne Gardening - Aurora safety composite

Hawthorne Gardening - Aurora scores strongest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 65% 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).

49/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR): C 2.6 per 100 workers

Safer than 65% of industry peers
DART rate: F 3.8 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

Hawthorne Gardening - Aurora: 1.8 → 3.8 TCR

Peak year 2023 @ 3.8 TCR · DART/TCR 1.46× in 2023

Hawthorne Gardening - Aurora's TCR rose 2.0 from 1.8 in 2020 to 3.8 in 2023. In 2023, DART was 1.46× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 424910 · Aurora, CO ABOVE-IND · SMALL

Grade C · TCR 2.6 · 118% of ind

DART 3.8 DART
RANK #5/18
PHOTO Seedway - Hall
BOOK 3y book
INJ 3 inj
SIZE ~42 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: Seedway - Hall (0.0 TCR gap)

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2.6
Seedway - Hall

2.6
Meadowland Far

2.6
Bomgaars Suppl

2.6
Willard Agri-S

2.6

What this shows Hawthorne Gardening - Aurora averages 2.6 TCR (118% of the Distribution Center BLS benchmark).

Hawthorne Gardening - Aurora TCR series: 2020=1.8 · 2022=2.2 · 2023=3.8 · BLS 2.2

Where Hawthorne Gardening - Aurora falls in its industry

1,202 Distribution Center establishments

Safer than 65% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 3.5.

Grade C

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to Colorado alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #5 safest of 18 Distribution Center employers in Colorado.

Hawthorne Gardening - Aurora (42 employees, TCR 2.6) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 30 employees and a TCR of 3.5

Hawthorne Gardening - Aurora has more employees than the Distribution Center median and a lower injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 3.5. 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
2023	3.8	3.8	1
2022	2.2	2.2	1
2020	1.8	0.0	1

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

424910 · CO · Aurora

1,202 Distribution Center employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 9,007 rated employers in Colorado with headcount on file · 497 employers in Aurora, CO · 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	Seedway - Hall	HALL, NY	2.6 TCR
NAICS-TCR	Meadowland Farmers Coop - Echo	ECHO, MN	2.6 TCR
NAICS-TCR	Bomgaars Supply,Inc. - Warsaw	WARSAW, MO	2.6 TCR
NAICS-TCR	Willard Agri-Service of Lynch, Inc.	WORTON, MD	2.6 TCR
STATE-SIZE	MiNDFUL - Holly	DENVER	42 FTE
STATE-SIZE	WLM Limon Wind Plant	LIMON	42 FTE
STATE-SIZE	Sangre de Cristo Association	BUENA VISTA	42 FTE
STATE-SIZE	Sangre de Cristo Electric Association	BUENA VISTA	42 FTE
CITY-NEAR	Children's Hospital Colorado	Aurora	6,663 FTE
CITY-NEAR	Raytheon_Aurora_CO	Aurora	2,237 FTE
CITY-NEAR	Primoris Renewable Energy	Aurora	1,695 FTE
CITY-NEAR	Amazon.com Services LLC - DEN5	Aurora	1,601 FTE
NAT-TCR	Kerry Ingredients & Flavours	Fort Worth, TX	2.6 TCR
NAT-TCR	Wilsbach Distributors Inc	Harrisburg, PA	2.6 TCR
NAT-TCR	Raypak, Inc.	Oxnard, CA	2.6 TCR
NAT-TCR	N Richland Hills, Tx #00267	N Richland Hls, TX	2.6 TCR
NAT-SIZE	Sodexo at Chickasaw Riverwind Casino	Norman, OK	42 FTE
NAT-SIZE	Antebellum Grove Senior Living	Warner Robins, GA	42 FTE
NAT-SIZE	Hampton Inn & Suites at the Conference Center	Valdosta, GA	42 FTE
NAT-SIZE	Cordes Inc	Byron Center, MI	42 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: 2023, 2022, 2020. 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.