Sod farming · Florida
Lake Placid Sod
Lake Placid, FL · ~40 workers · 6 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.
- C
- Average Safety Record
- 5.3
- Avg TCR
- 4.5
- Industry avg
- 0
- Fatalities
The verdict
Lake Placid Sod runs at 117% of its industry's injury rate - about level with the typical Sod farming workplace, earning a grade C.
Lake Placid Sod: 5.3 TCR = 117% of Sod farming BLS 4.5 · 6y Form 300A (see methodology below)
Lake Placid Sod safety composite
Lake Placid Sod scores strongest on fatalities (safer than 51% of same-industry peers) and weakest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 44%), 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).
48/100
Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures
- Total Case Rate (TCR)
- D 5.26 per 100 workers
Safer than 44% of industry peers
- DART rate
- D 2.25 per 100 workers
Safer than 50% 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
−3.7
2019→2024
Lake Placid Sod injury rate improved
Lake Placid Sod's TCR fell 3.7 from 6.0 in 2019 to 2.3 in 2024. Peak filing year was 2020 at 14.0 TCR. In 2024, DART was 0.43× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).
2019=6.0 · 2020=14.0 · 2021=2.2 · 2022=4.7 · 2023=2.4 · 2024=2.3
OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard
Establishment book 111421 · Lake Placid, FL ABOVE-IND · SMALL
Grade C · TCR 5.3 · 117% of ind
- DART 2.3 DART
- RANK #21/35
- PHOTO Stanfield Farm
- BOOK 6y book
- INJ 14 inj
- SIZE ~40 FTE
Nearest TCR peer: Stanfield Farm (0.0 TCR gap)
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Lake Placid Sod in the TCR neighbourhood
Average Total Case Rate among this establishment and nearest same-industry peers
- This site
Lake Placid Sod
5.3 TCR
- Stanfield Farm
Stanfield Farm
5.3 TCR
- OFFICE
OFFICE
5.2 TCR
- Treeland TL
Treeland TL
5.2 TCR
- Olson's Greenh
Olson's Greenhouses of Colorado, LLC
5.2 TCR
What this shows Lake Placid Sod averages 5.3 TCR (117% of the Sod farming BLS benchmark).
Lake Placid Sod TCR series: 2019=6 · 2020=14 · 2021=2.2 · 2022=4.7 · 2023=2.4 · 2024=2.3 · BLS 4.5
Where Lake Placid Sod falls in its industry
386 Sod farming establishmentsSafer than 44% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 4.9.
Narrower to Florida alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #21 safest of 35 Sod farming employers in Florida.
Lake Placid Sod has fewer employees than the Sod farming median and a higher injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 4.9. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 2.3 | 2.3 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 2023 | 2.4 | 2.4 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 2022 | 4.7 | 2.4 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| 2021 | 2.2 | 0.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 2020 | 14.0 | 2.3 | 6 | 0 | 0 |
| 2019 | 6.0 | 6.0 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
OSHA ITA peer cross-reference
Establishment peer ledger
111421 · FL · Lake Placid
386 Sod farming employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 26,569 rated employers in Florida with headcount on file · 21 employers in Lake Placid, FL · 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 | Stanfield Farm | 5.3 TCR |
| NAICS-TCR | OFFICE | 5.2 TCR |
| NAICS-TCR | Treeland TL | 5.2 TCR |
| NAICS-TCR | Olson's Greenhouses of Colorado, LLC | 5.2 TCR |
| STATE-SIZE | Triple D Farm | 40 FTE |
| STATE-SIZE | IMG Citrus Happy Food | 40 FTE |
| STATE-SIZE | Village farms Heathrow Florida | 40 FTE |
| STATE-SIZE | The Villages Grown Farm | 40 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | Lake Placid Health and Rehabilitation Center | 255 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | Florida Hospital Lake Placid | 211 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | Store 1547 | 174 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | AdventHealth Lake Placid | 136 FTE |
| NAT-TCR | 0611 - Farmington Hills | 5.3 TCR |
| NAT-TCR | 3899 - Rialto FDC | 5.3 TCR |
| NAT-TCR | North Austin | 5.3 TCR |
| NAT-TCR | Columbia C | 5.3 TCR |
| NAT-SIZE | Adorn B410 | 40 FTE |
| NAT-SIZE | Palmer Logistics Warehouse 18 5121 | 40 FTE |
| NAT-SIZE | The Cedars | 40 FTE |
| NAT-SIZE | Total Door II, Inc. | 40 FTE |
Rel codes: NAICS-TCR · STATE-SIZE · CITY-NEAR · NAT-TCR/NAT-SIZE cross-state. Read with this employer →
Read our methodology - how this data is sourced, computed, and verified.