Nursery stock (except plant bulbs, seeds) merchant wholesalers · Ohio

Means Nursery of Ohio, LLC

Springfield, OH · ~35 workers · 7 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

F
Failing Safety Record
6.0
Avg TCR
2.2
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

Means Nursery of Ohio, LLC runs at 273% of its industry's injury rate - far more dangerous than the typical Nursery stock (except plant bulbs, seeds) merchant wholesalers workplace, earning a grade F.

Means Nursery of Ohio, LLC: 6.0 TCR = 273% of Nursery stock (except plant bulbs, seeds) merchant wholesalers BLS 2.2 · 7y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Means Nursery of Ohio, LLC safety composite

Means Nursery of Ohio, LLC scores strongest on dart rate (safer than 86% 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).

C

60/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
D 6 per 100 workers

Safer than 44% of industry peers

DART rate
B 0 per 100 workers

Safer than 86% 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

−1.7

2017→2024

Means Nursery of Ohio, LLC injury rate improved

Means Nursery of Ohio, LLC's TCR fell 1.7 from 4.6 in 2017 to 2.9 in 2024. Peak filing year was 2018 at 14.4 TCR. In 2024, DART was 0× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2017=4.6 · 2018=14.4 · 2019=3.6 · 2021=6.5 · 2022=6.7 · 2023=3.0 · 2024=2.9

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 424930 · Springfield, OH ABOVE-IND · SMALL

Grade F · TCR 6.0 · 273% of ind

  • DART 0.0 DART
  • RANK #3/4
  • PHOTO Devil Mountain Whole…
  • BOOK 7y book
  • INJ 9 inj
  • SIZE ~35 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: Devil Mountain Wholesale Nursery-Petaluma (0.0 TCR gap)

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Means Nursery of Ohio, LLC in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows Means Nursery of Ohio, LLC averages 6.0 TCR (273% of the Nursery stock (except plant bulbs, seeds) merchant wholesalers BLS benchmark).

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

Means Nursery of Ohio, LLC TCR series: 2017=4.6 · 2018=14.4 · 2019=3.6 · 2021=6.5 · 2022=6.7 · 2023=3 · 2024=2.9 · BLS 2.2

Where Means Nursery of Ohio, LLC falls in its industry

185 Nursery stock (except plant bu establishments

Safer than 44% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 5.7.

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to Ohio alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #3 safest of 4 Nursery stock (except plant bu employers in Ohio.

Means Nursery of Ohio, LLC (35 employees, TCR 6.0) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 63 employees and a TCR of 5.7 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 05001,0001,500 0510152025 Average employees Total Case Rate Means Nursery of Ohio, LLC
Means Nursery of Ohio, LLC (35 employees, TCR 6.0) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 63 employees and a TCR of 5.7

Means Nursery of Ohio, LLC has fewer employees than the Nursery stock (except plant bulbs, seeds median and a higher injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 5.7. 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 2.9 0.0 1 0 0
2023 3.0 0.0 0 1 0
2022 6.7 6.7 2 0 0
2021 6.5 6.5 2 0 0
2019 3.6 3.6 0 1 0
2018 14.4 4.8 3 0 0
2017 4.6 0.0 1 0 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

424930 · OH · Springfield

185 Nursery stock (except plant bulbs, seeds) merchant wholesalers employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 22,650 rated employers in Ohio with headcount on file · 186 employers in Springfield, 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 Devil Mountain Wholesale Nursery-Petaluma 6.0 TCR
NAICS-TCR Loen Nursery, Inc. - Woodburn 5.9 TCR
NAICS-TCR Bell Nursery - Culpepper 6.1 TCR
NAICS-TCR FALCON FARMS TX 5.9 TCR
STATE-SIZE Location 1 35 FTE
STATE-SIZE Nursery 35 FTE
STATE-SIZE Croton Pullet 3 35 FTE
STATE-SIZE Hatchery 1 35 FTE
CITY-NEAR Navistar Springfield Assembly Plant 1,573 FTE
CITY-NEAR Mercy Health Springfield Regional Medical Center 1,516 FTE
CITY-NEAR Springfield Regional Medical Center 1,512 FTE
CITY-NEAR VA Springfield 843 FTE
NAT-TCR E-Z Drill, Inc 6.0 TCR
NAT-TCR At Home Stores #163 6.0 TCR
NAT-TCR Alpena Power Company 6.0 TCR
NAT-TCR Community Support Services 6.0 TCR
NAT-SIZE Chemtrade Refinery Services Inc. Tulsa 35 FTE
NAT-SIZE Gratiot Advanced Orthopaedics 35 FTE
NAT-SIZE Austermiller, Inc. 35 FTE
NAT-SIZE A-1 Fence 35 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, 2021, 2019, 2018, 2017. This is publicly available government data - not a legal determination of workplace conditions.
Data sourced from official public datasets. See our methodology for details.