Lawn care services (e.g., fertilizing, mowing, seeding, spraying) · Kansas

Next to Nature Landscape

Olathe, KS · ~113 workers · 7 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

D
Poor Safety Record
6.7
Avg TCR
4.5
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

Next to Nature Landscape runs at 148% of its industry's injury rate - more dangerous than the typical Lawn care services (e.g., fertilizing, mowing, seeding, spraying) workplace, earning a grade D.

Next to Nature Landscape: 6.7 TCR = 148% of Lawn care services (e.g., fertilizing, mowing, seeding, spraying) BLS 4.5 · 7y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Next to Nature Landscape safety composite

Next to Nature Landscape scores strongest on dart rate (safer than 60% of same-industry peers) and weakest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 34%), 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).

D

48/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
F 6.68 per 100 workers

Safer than 34% of industry peers

DART rate
C 1.19 per 100 workers

Safer than 60% 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

−9.8

2017→2024

Next to Nature Landscape injury rate improved

Next to Nature Landscape's TCR fell 9.8 from 11.6 in 2017 to 1.8 in 2024. Peak filing year was 2021 at 11.7 TCR. In 2024, DART was 0.18× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2017=11.6 · 2018=9.3 · 2019=6.4 · 2020=5.3 · 2021=11.7 · 2023=0.8 · 2024=1.8

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 561730 · Olathe, KS ABOVE-IND · MID

Grade D · TCR 6.7 · 148% of ind

  • DART 1.2 DART
  • RANK #11/20
  • PHOTO Meehan's Lawn Servic…
  • BOOK 7y book
  • INJ 45 inj
  • SIZE ~113 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: Meehan's Lawn Service Inc. (0.0 TCR gap)

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Next to Nature Landscape in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows Next to Nature Landscape averages 6.7 TCR (148% of the Lawn care services (e.g., fertilizing, mowing, seeding, spraying) BLS benchmark).

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

Next to Nature Landscape TCR series: 2017=11.6 · 2018=9.3 · 2019=6.4 · 2020=5.3 · 2021=11.7 · 2023=0.8 · 2024=1.8 · BLS 4.5

Where Next to Nature Landscape falls in its industry

2,875 Lawn care services (e.g., fert establishments

Safer than 34% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 4.7.

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to Kansas alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #11 safest of 20 Lawn care services (e.g., fert employers in Kansas.

Next to Nature Landscape (113 employees, TCR 6.7) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 53 employees and a TCR of 4.7 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 0200400600800 051015 Average employees Total Case Rate Next to Nature Landscape
Next to Nature Landscape (113 employees, TCR 6.7) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 53 employees and a TCR of 4.7

Next to Nature Landscape has more employees than the Lawn care services (e.g., fertilizing, m 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 Fatalities
2024 1.8 1.2 3 0 0
2023 0.8 0.8 1 0 0
2021 11.7 8.1 12 1 0
2020 5.3 1.8 5 1 0
2019 6.4 5.5 7 0 0
2018 9.3 8.1 8 0 0
2017 11.6 6.4 9 0 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

561730 · KS · Olathe

2,875 Lawn care services (e.g., fertilizing, mowing, seeding, spraying) employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 5,228 rated employers in Kansas with headcount on file · 232 employers in Olathe, KS · 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 Meehan's Lawn Service Inc. 6.7 TCR
NAICS-TCR Osterville, MA 6.7 TCR
NAICS-TCR Annapolis, MD 6.7 TCR
NAICS-TCR Wilson Landscape Associates 6.7 TCR
STATE-SIZE Mahaney Group 113 FTE
STATE-SIZE USA KS Lenexa 113 FTE
STATE-SIZE Topeka Foundry & Iron Works 113 FTE
STATE-SIZE Superior Boiler Technologies, Inc. 113 FTE
CITY-NEAR Garmin International - Olathe 7,006 FTE
CITY-NEAR Terracon Consultants Inc 4,405 FTE
CITY-NEAR DH Pace Company Inc. 893 FTE
CITY-NEAR TVH Parts Co. America's HQ 719 FTE
NAT-TCR Lci - 004 6.7 TCR
NAT-TCR RRS Farms a California General Partnership 6.7 TCR
NAT-TCR Firebaugh Packinghouse 6.7 TCR
NAT-TCR el super #31 foothill 6.7 TCR
NAT-SIZE Bionostics 113 FTE
NAT-SIZE OSR Enterprises, Inc. 113 FTE
NAT-SIZE Berkeley Square Retirement 113 FTE
NAT-SIZE Masterson Staffing Solutions, Inc 113 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, 2021, 2020, 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.