Garden centers · Texas

Nelson Water Gardens & Nursery, Inc

Katy, TX · ~27 workers · 3 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

B
Good Safety Record
1.8
Avg TCR
3.4
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

Nelson Water Gardens & Nursery, Inc runs at 52% of its industry's injury rate - safer than the typical Garden centers workplace, earning a grade B.

Nelson Water Gardens & Nursery, Inc: 1.8 TCR = 52% of Garden centers BLS 3.4 · 3y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Nelson Water Gardens & Nursery, Inc safety composite

Nelson Water Gardens & Nursery, Inc scores strongest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 93% of same-industry peers) and weakest on fatalities (safer than 50%), 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).

B

78/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
A 1.76 per 100 workers

Safer than 93% of industry peers

DART rate
B 0 per 100 workers

Safer than 82% 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

−5.3

2022→2024

Nelson Water Gardens & Nursery, Inc injury rate improved

Nelson Water Gardens & Nursery, Inc's TCR fell 5.3 from 5.3 in 2022 to 0.0 in 2024. Peak filing year was 2022 at 5.3 TCR. In 2024, DART was 0× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2022=5.3 · 2023=0.0 · 2024=0.0

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 444220 · Katy, TX AT/BELOW-IND · SMALL

Grade B · TCR 1.8 · 52% of ind

  • DART 0.0 DART
  • RANK #8/35
  • PHOTO Southern States Char…
  • BOOK 3y book
  • INJ 1 inj
  • SIZE ~27 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: Southern States Charles Town Service (0.0 TCR gap)

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Nelson Water Gardens & Nursery, Inc in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows Nelson Water Gardens & Nursery, Inc averages 1.8 TCR (52% of the Garden centers BLS benchmark).

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

Nelson Water Gardens & Nursery, Inc TCR series: 2022=5.3 · 2023=0 · 2024=0 · BLS 3.4

Where Nelson Water Gardens & Nursery, Inc falls in its industry

642 Garden centers establishments

Safer than 93% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 5.9.

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to Texas alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #8 safest of 35 Garden centers employers in Texas.

Nelson Water Gardens & Nursery, Inc (27 employees, TCR 1.8) 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 Nelson Water Gardens & Nursery, Inc
Nelson Water Gardens & Nursery, Inc (27 employees, TCR 1.8) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 48 employees and a TCR of 5.9

Nelson Water Gardens & Nursery, Inc 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
2024 0.0 0.0 0 0 0
2023 0.0 0.0 0 0 0
2022 5.3 5.3 1 0 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

444220 · TX · Katy

642 Garden centers employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 38,394 rated employers in Texas with headcount on file · 240 employers in Katy, TX · 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 Southern States Charles Town Service 1.7 TCR
NAICS-TCR World Outdoor Emporium STC 1.7 TCR
NAICS-TCR FFH Services, Inc - Corporate 1.7 TCR
NAICS-TCR The Mill of Blackhorse 1.7 TCR
STATE-SIZE TLM - Tree Farm 27 FTE
STATE-SIZE Heifer Ranch @ Arroyo Seco 27 FTE
STATE-SIZE Dean Cluck Feedyard, Inc. 27 FTE
STATE-SIZE CanTex Feeders LP 27 FTE
CITY-NEAR Manufacturing 2,743 FTE
CITY-NEAR Amazon.com Services LLC - HOU5 1,775 FTE
CITY-NEAR Igloo Products Corp 1,464 FTE
CITY-NEAR Katy DC - Katy TX 1,215 FTE
NAT-TCR Daybrook Fisheries, Inc. 1.8 TCR
NAT-TCR Ergon Asphalt & Emulsions, Inc. - Vicksburg 1.8 TCR
NAT-TCR Skoda Contracting Company 1.8 TCR
NAT-TCR J And R Bluffton #32 1.8 TCR
NAT-SIZE Delta Air Lines - ONT 27 FTE
NAT-SIZE Delta Air Lines - ABQ 27 FTE
NAT-SIZE TownePlace Suites by Marriott 27 FTE
NAT-SIZE Delta Air Lines - DAY 27 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.

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