Plug (i.e., floriculture products) growing · Minnesota

Nelson Nursery

Zimmerman, MN · ~30 workers · 3 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

D
Poor Safety Record
5.5
Avg TCR
4.5
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

Nelson Nursery runs at 122% of its industry's injury rate - more dangerous than the typical Plug (i.e., floriculture products) growing workplace, earning a grade D.

Nelson Nursery: 5.5 TCR = 122% of Plug (i.e., floriculture products) growing BLS 4.5 · 3y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Nelson Nursery safety composite

Nelson Nursery scores strongest on dart rate (safer than 86% of same-industry peers) and weakest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 49%), 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

62/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
D 5.49 per 100 workers

Safer than 49% 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%).

Nelson Nursery held a steady TCR band

Nelson Nursery's TCR held near 0.0 from 0.0 in 2022 to 0.0 in 2024. Peak filing year was 2023 at 16.5 TCR. In 2024, DART was 0× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2022=0.0 · 2023=16.5 · 2024=0.0

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 111422 · Zimmerman, MN ABOVE-IND · SMALL

Grade D · TCR 5.5 · 122% of ind

  • DART 0.0 DART
  • RANK P49
  • PHOTO Ernst Nursery & Farms
  • BOOK 3y book
  • INJ 4 inj
  • SIZE ~30 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: Ernst Nursery & Farms (0.0 TCR gap)

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Nelson Nursery in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows Nelson Nursery averages 5.5 TCR (122% of the Plug (i.e., floriculture products) growing BLS benchmark).

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

Nelson Nursery TCR series: 2022=0 · 2023=16.5 · 2024=0 · BLS 4.5

Where Nelson Nursery falls in its industry

166 Plug (i.e., floriculture produ establishments

Safer than 49% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 5.5.

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers
Nelson Nursery (30 employees, TCR 5.5) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 63 employees and a TCR of 5.5 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 01,0002,0003,000 0510152025 Average employees Total Case Rate Nelson Nursery
Nelson Nursery (30 employees, TCR 5.5) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 63 employees and a TCR of 5.5

Nelson Nursery has fewer employees than the Plug (i.e., floriculture products) growi median and a higher injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 5.5. 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 0.0 0.0 0 0 0
2023 16.5 16.5 4 0 0
2022 0.0 0.0 0 0 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

111422 · MN · Zimmerman

166 Plug (i.e., floriculture products) growing employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 15,828 rated employers in Minnesota with headcount on file · 13 employers in Zimmerman, MN · 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 Ernst Nursery & Farms 5.5 TCR
NAICS-TCR Coldwater 5.5 TCR
NAICS-TCR Andy Mast Greenhouses 5.4 TCR
NAICS-TCR Edwards Greenhouse & Flowershop, LLC 5.6 TCR
STATE-SIZE Northern Plains Dairy 30 FTE
STATE-SIZE United Dairy, Westland Dairy 30 FTE
STATE-SIZE Pipestone Grow Finish 30 FTE
STATE-SIZE C70 30 FTE
CITY-NEAR Community Living Options 394 FTE
CITY-NEAR Zimmerman Middle High School 146 FTE
CITY-NEAR ISD 728 Zimmerman Middle/High School 134 FTE
CITY-NEAR ISD 728 Zimmerman Elementary 73 FTE
NAT-TCR Magnolia Estates 5.5 TCR
NAT-TCR Price Chopper #900 5.5 TCR
NAT-TCR Mears Fertilizer Inc 5.5 TCR
NAT-TCR Charlie Yates Golf Course 5.5 TCR
NAT-SIZE Goodwill Industries Inc-Bellevue 30 FTE
NAT-SIZE Goodwill Industries Inc-Madison 30 FTE
NAT-SIZE Calvin Electric LLC 30 FTE
NAT-SIZE Sheffield Container Corporation 30 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.