Garden centers · North Carolina

Matthews

Name: Matthews Workplace Safety Data
Creator: PlainSafetyScore
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Matthews, NC · ~40 workers · 2 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

Compiled by PlainSafetyScore · August 25, 2026

D
Poor Safety Record: 4.6
Avg TCR: 3.4
Industry avg: 0
Fatalities

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The verdict

Matthews runs at 136% of its industry's injury rate - more dangerous than the typical Garden centers workplace, earning a grade D.

Matthews: 4.6 TCR = 136% of Garden centers BLS 3.4 · 2y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Matthews safety composite

Matthews scores strongest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 64% of same-industry peers) and weakest on dart rate (safer than 14%), 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).

43/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR): C 4.64 per 100 workers

Safer than 64% of industry peers
DART rate: F 9.28 per 100 workers

Safer than 14% 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%).

Rising injury rate

Matthews: 0.0 → 9.3 TCR

Peak year 2017 @ 9.3 TCR · DART/TCR 2× in 2017

Matthews's TCR rose 9.3 from 0.0 in 2016 to 9.3 in 2017. In 2017, DART was 2× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 444220 · Matthews, NC ABOVE-IND · SMALL

Grade D · TCR 4.6 · 136% of ind

DART 9.3 DART
RANK #6/12
PHOTO South Central FS - V…
BOOK 2y book
INJ 1 inj
SIZE ~40 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: South Central FS - Vandalia (0.0 TCR gap)

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Agri Supply of

4.7
Keller

4.7
This site

4.6
South Central

4.6
4 Wayland

4.6

What this shows Matthews averages 4.6 TCR (136% of the Garden centers BLS benchmark).

Matthews TCR series: 2016=0 · 2017=9.3 · BLS 3.4

Where Matthews falls in its industry

642 Garden centers establishments

Safer than 64% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 5.9.

Grade D

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to North Carolina alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #6 safest of 12 Garden centers employers in North Carolina.

Matthews (40 employees, TCR 4.6) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 48 employees and a TCR of 5.9

Matthews has fewer employees than the Garden centers median and a lower 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
2017	9.3	9.3	1	0	0
2016	0.0	0.0	0	0	0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

444220 · NC · Matthews

642 Garden centers employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 16,981 rated employers in North Carolina with headcount on file · 94 employers in Matthews, NC · 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	South Central FS - Vandalia	EFFINGHAM, IL	4.6 TCR
NAICS-TCR	Agri Supply of Statesboro	STATESBORO, GA	4.7 TCR
NAICS-TCR	Keller	SELMA, TX	4.7 TCR
NAICS-TCR	4 Wayland	WAYLAND, MI	4.6 TCR
STATE-SIZE	Gary Thomas Farms	SANFORD	40 FTE
STATE-SIZE	Tri-State Turf of NC	DUNN	40 FTE
STATE-SIZE	Fords Produce Company Inc	RALEIGH	40 FTE
STATE-SIZE	Pender Nursery Inc.	GARNER	40 FTE
CITY-NEAR	Novant Health Matthews Medical Center	Matthews	1,070 FTE
CITY-NEAR	6921-06000	Matthews	688 FTE
CITY-NEAR	DC201 DC201 MATTHEWS NC	Matthews	518 FTE
CITY-NEAR	4186-DC201	Matthews	353 FTE
NAT-TCR	0199 - Brick, Nj	Brick, NJ	4.6 TCR
NAT-TCR	5472-Swy 0035 3040	Wilmington, DE	4.6 TCR
NAT-TCR	Industrial Solutions : IS - SC - Evansville, IN, USA	Evansville, IN	4.6 TCR
NAT-TCR	Husqvarna Forestry Products N.A. Inc.	Shreveport, LA	4.6 TCR
NAT-SIZE	Land Jet Inc	Waterbury, CT	40 FTE
NAT-SIZE	N and R of Odessa LLC	Odessa, MO	40 FTE
NAT-SIZE	RailWorks Transit 63rd Street	New York, NY	40 FTE
NAT-SIZE	5029 St. Joseph Hospital	Ft. Wayne, IN	40 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: 2017, 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.