Garden centers · Virginia

Meadows Farms- Fredericksburg, VA

Fredericksburg, VA · ~20 workers · 3 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

F
Failing Safety Record
12.0
Avg TCR
3.4
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

Meadows Farms- Fredericksburg, VA runs at 354% of its industry's injury rate - far more dangerous than the typical Garden centers workplace, earning a grade F.

Meadows Farms- Fredericksburg, VA: 12.0 TCR = 354% of Garden centers BLS 3.4 · 3y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Meadows Farms- Fredericksburg, VA safety composite

Meadows Farms- Fredericksburg, VA scores strongest on fatalities (safer than 50% of same-industry peers) and weakest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 11%), 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).

F

25/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
F 12.03 per 100 workers

Safer than 11% of industry peers

DART rate
F 7.34 per 100 workers

Safer than 22% 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

−21.4

2022→2024

Meadows Farms- Fredericksburg, VA injury rate improved

Meadows Farms- Fredericksburg, VA's TCR fell 21.4 from 28.8 in 2022 to 7.3 in 2024. Peak filing year was 2022 at 28.8 TCR. In 2024, DART was 0.61× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2022=28.8 · 2023=0.0 · 2024=7.3

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 444220 · Fredericksburg, VA ABOVE-IND · SMALL

Grade F · TCR 12.0 · 354% of ind

  • DART 7.3 DART
  • RANK #25/32
  • PHOTO Bachman's Apple Valley
  • BOOK 3y book
  • INJ 5 inj
  • SIZE ~20 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: Bachman's Apple Valley (0.0 TCR gap)

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Meadows Farms- Fredericksburg, VA in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows Meadows Farms- Fredericksburg, VA averages 12.0 TCR (354% of the Garden centers BLS benchmark).

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

Meadows Farms- Fredericksburg, VA TCR series: 2022=28.8 · 2023=0 · 2024=7.3 · BLS 3.4

Where Meadows Farms- Fredericksburg, VA falls in its industry

642 Garden centers establishments

Safer than 11% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 5.9.

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to Virginia alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #25 safest of 32 Garden centers employers in Virginia.

Meadows Farms- Fredericksburg, VA (20 employees, TCR 12.0) 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 Meadows Farms- Fredericksburg, VA
Meadows Farms- Fredericksburg, VA (20 employees, TCR 12.0) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 48 employees and a TCR of 5.9

Meadows Farms- Fredericksburg, VA has fewer employees than the Garden centers 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
2024 7.3 7.3 1 0 0
2023 0.0 0.0 0 0 0
2022 28.8 28.8 4 0 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

444220 · VA · Fredericksburg

642 Garden centers employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 12,673 rated employers in Virginia with headcount on file · 279 employers in Fredericksburg, VA · 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 Bachman's Apple Valley 12.1 TCR
NAICS-TCR Armstrong Garden Centers 702 12.0 TCR
NAICS-TCR 22 - Theisen's - Sparta 11.9 TCR
NAICS-TCR Terrain 3003 12.1 TCR
STATE-SIZE Richmond Hatchery 20 FTE
STATE-SIZE Richmond Growout 20 FTE
STATE-SIZE NAES : Gordonsville 20 FTE
STATE-SIZE Gordonsville 20 FTE
CITY-NEAR SPOTSYLVANIA COUNTY SCHOOLS 2,863 FTE
CITY-NEAR MARY WASHINGTON HOSPITAL 1,476 FTE
CITY-NEAR GERMANNA COMMUNITY COLLEGE 865 FTE
CITY-NEAR Brookdale Fredericksburg 848 FTE
NAT-TCR Mission Wall Systems 12.0 TCR
NAT-TCR Vanderbilt Wilson Co 12.0 TCR
NAT-TCR Labak - Baker 12.0 TCR
NAT-TCR Hughes Exterminators 3011 12.0 TCR
NAT-SIZE Moore Lumber & Hardware Bennett 20 FTE
NAT-SIZE Kenedy 6552 20 FTE
NAT-SIZE The Bungalows at Springfield East 20 FTE
NAT-SIZE Public Works- Utilities 20 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. 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.