Lawn supply stores · Ohio

Kurtz Bros, Inc.

Independence, OH · ~121 workers · 7 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

F
Failing Safety Record
8.7
Avg TCR
3.4
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

Kurtz Bros, Inc. runs at 255% of its industry's injury rate - far more dangerous than the typical Lawn supply stores workplace, earning a grade F.

Kurtz Bros, Inc.: 8.7 TCR = 255% of Lawn supply stores BLS 3.4 · 7y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Kurtz Bros, Inc. safety composite

Kurtz Bros, Inc. scores strongest on dart rate (safer than 82% of same-industry peers) and weakest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 25%), 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

51/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
F 8.68 per 100 workers

Safer than 25% of industry peers

DART rate
B 0 per 100 workers

Safer than 82% of industry peers

Fatalities
D 0

Safer than 50% 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

−3.4

2017→2023

Kurtz Bros, Inc. injury rate improved

Kurtz Bros, Inc.'s TCR fell 3.4 from 3.4 in 2017 to 0.0 in 2023. Peak filing year was 2019 at 44.4 TCR. In 2023, DART was 0× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2017=3.4 · 2018=5.8 · 2019=44.4 · 2020=5.2 · 2021=2.0 · 2022=0.0 · 2023=0.0

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 444220 · Independence, OH ABOVE-IND · MID

Grade F · TCR 8.7 · 255% of ind

  • DART 0.0 DART
  • RANK #49/62
  • PHOTO RK-107-Maryville ( R…
  • BOOK 7y book
  • INJ 23 inj
  • SIZE ~121 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: RK-107-Maryville ( RK-107 ) (0.0 TCR gap)

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Kurtz Bros, Inc. in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows Kurtz Bros, Inc. averages 8.7 TCR (255% of the Lawn supply stores BLS benchmark).

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

Kurtz Bros, Inc. TCR series: 2017=3.4 · 2018=5.8 · 2019=44.4 · 2020=5.2 · 2021=2 · 2022=0 · 2023=0 · BLS 3.4

Where Kurtz Bros, Inc. falls in its industry

642 Lawn supply stores establishments

Safer than 25% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 5.9.

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to Ohio alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #49 safest of 62 Lawn supply stores employers in Ohio.

Kurtz Bros, Inc. (121 employees, TCR 8.7) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 48 employees and a TCR of 5.9 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 050100150200 05101520 Average employees Total Case Rate Kurtz Bros, Inc.
Kurtz Bros, Inc. (121 employees, TCR 8.7) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 48 employees and a TCR of 5.9

Kurtz Bros, Inc. has more employees than the Lawn supply stores median and a higher injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 5.9. 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
2023 0.0 0.0 0 0 0
2022 0.0 0.0 0 0 0
2021 2.0 2.0 2 0 0
2020 5.2 5.2 5 0 0
2019 44.4 8.9 5 0 0
2018 5.8 0.8 7 0 0
2017 3.4 1.7 4 0 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

444220 · OH · Independence

642 Lawn supply stores employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 22,650 rated employers in Ohio with headcount on file · 73 employers in Independence, OH · 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 RK-107-Maryville ( RK-107 ) 8.7 TCR
NAICS-TCR Terre Haute, IN Rural King Supply Inc. 8.7 TCR
NAICS-TCR RK-112-Dothan ( RK-112 ) 8.7 TCR
NAICS-TCR RK-114-Mt Vernon ( RK - 114 ) 8.7 TCR
STATE-SIZE Dana Avenue 121 FTE
STATE-SIZE Thomas & Marker Construction 121 FTE
STATE-SIZE Hammond Construction, Inc. 121 FTE
STATE-SIZE Kokosing-McLean-JV 121 FTE
CITY-NEAR CC Business Operations Center 1,575 FTE
CITY-NEAR Life Line Screening 901 FTE
CITY-NEAR CC Business Operations Ctr 827 FTE
CITY-NEAR Independence Excavating 695 FTE
NAT-TCR The Covington 8.7 TCR
NAT-TCR Dominion Louisville, LLC 8.7 TCR
NAT-TCR Ohio Rod 8.7 TCR
NAT-TCR Addington Place of Shoal Creek 8.7 TCR
NAT-SIZE Woodbridge INOAC Technical Products, LLC 121 FTE
NAT-SIZE Ceres Port Hueneme 121 FTE
NAT-SIZE Eliason Industries, aka Senneca Holdings 121 FTE
NAT-SIZE Guardian Angels Health and Rehabilitation Center 121 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, 2021, 2020, 2019, 2018, 2017. 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.