Landscape care and maintenance services · Maryland

Metro Grounds Management, LLC

Name: Metro Grounds Management, LLC Workplace Safety Data
Creator: PlainSafetyScore
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Silver Spring, MD · ~93 workers · 4 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

Compiled by PlainSafetyScore · August 25, 2026

F
Failing Safety Record: 9.8
Avg TCR: 4.5
Industry avg: 0
Fatalities

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The verdict

Metro Grounds Management, LLC runs at 218% of its industry's injury rate - far more dangerous than the typical Landscape care and maintenance services workplace, earning a grade F.

Metro Grounds Management, LLC: 9.8 TCR = 218% of Landscape care and maintenance services BLS 4.5 · 4y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Metro Grounds Management, LLC safety composite

Metro Grounds Management, LLC scores strongest on fatalities (safer than 52% of same-industry peers) and weakest on dart rate (safer than 17%), 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).

26/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR): F 9.8 per 100 workers

Safer than 18% of industry peers
DART rate: F 7.16 per 100 workers

Safer than 17% of industry peers
Fatalities: D 0

Safer than 52% 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

−3.6

2018→2021

Metro Grounds Management, LLC injury rate improved

Metro Grounds Management, LLC's TCR fell 3.6 from 10.7 in 2018 to 7.2 in 2021. Peak filing year was 2020 at 11.8 TCR. In 2021, DART was 0.73× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2018=10.7 · 2019=9.5 · 2020=11.8 · 2021=7.2

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 561730 · Silver Spring, MD ABOVE-IND · SMALL

Grade F · TCR 9.8 · 218% of ind

DART 7.2 DART
RANK #55/59
PHOTO Mountainside
BOOK 4y book
INJ 27 inj
SIZE ~93 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: Mountainside (0.0 TCR gap)

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9.8
Maldonado Nurs

9.8
Vinita NRS (RO

9.8

What this shows Metro Grounds Management, LLC averages 9.8 TCR (218% of the Landscape care and maintenance services BLS benchmark).

Metro Grounds Management, LLC TCR series: 2018=10.7 · 2019=9.5 · 2020=11.8 · 2021=7.2 · BLS 4.5

Where Metro Grounds Management, LLC falls in its industry

2,875 Landscape care and maintenance establishments

Safer than 18% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 4.7.

Grade F

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to Maryland alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #55 safest of 59 Landscape care and maintenance employers in Maryland.

Metro Grounds Management, LLC (93 employees, TCR 9.8) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 53 employees and a TCR of 4.7

Metro Grounds Management, LLC has more employees than the Landscape care and maintenance services median and a higher injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 4.7. 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
2021	7.2	7.2	4	0
2020	11.8	3.0	6	2
2019	9.5	6.3	7	2
2018	10.7	2.1	10	0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

561730 · MD · Silver Spring

2,875 Landscape care and maintenance services employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 7,213 rated employers in Maryland with headcount on file · 160 employers in Silver Spring, MD · 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	Mountainside	MOUNTAINSIDE, NJ	9.8 TCR
NAICS-TCR	Smyrna	SMYRNA, GA	9.8 TCR
NAICS-TCR	Maldonado Nursery & Landscaping, Inc. - San Antonio	SAN ANTONIO, TX	9.8 TCR
NAICS-TCR	Vinita NRS (ROW)	VINITA, OK	9.8 TCR
STATE-SIZE	Main Office	BALTIMORE	93 FTE
STATE-SIZE	The Berg Corporation	BALTIMORE	93 FTE
STATE-SIZE	ELKRIDGE MD DEPOT	ELKRIDGE	93 FTE
STATE-SIZE	2807-4517	LAUREL	93 FTE
CITY-NEAR	Holy Cross Hospital-Silver Spring	Silver Spring	3,228 FTE
CITY-NEAR	Holy Cross Hospital-Silver Spring-HCH-MD	Silver Spring	2,537 FTE
CITY-NEAR	Adventist HealthCare, Inc., d/b/a Adventist HealthCare White Oak Medical Center	Silver Spring	1,496 FTE
CITY-NEAR	Riderwood Village	Silver Spring	1,375 FTE
NAT-TCR	Parrish & Co, Inc.	San Antonio, TX	9.8 TCR
NAT-TCR	Saint Paul Police Headquarters	Saint Paul, MN	9.8 TCR
NAT-TCR	Chandler	Chandler, IN	9.8 TCR
NAT-TCR	Novipax Inc	La Verne, CA	9.8 TCR
NAT-SIZE	Tiger Tower	Conroe, TX	93 FTE
NAT-SIZE	Rockwell American - Plant 45	Seagoville, TX	93 FTE
NAT-SIZE	Sedano's Supermarket #32	Miami, FL	93 FTE
NAT-SIZE	Atlas Putty Products Company	Tinley Park, IL	93 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: 2021, 2020, 2019, 2018. This is publicly available government data - not a legal determination of workplace conditions.

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Data sourced from official public datasets. See our methodology for details.