Sod farming · Georgia

North Georgia Turf, Inc

Name: North Georgia Turf, Inc Workplace Safety Data
Creator: PlainSafetyScore
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Whitesburg, GA · ~130 workers · 6 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

Compiled by PlainSafetyScore · August 25, 2026

B
Good Safety Record: 2.5
Avg TCR: 4.5
Industry avg: 0
Fatalities

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The verdict

North Georgia Turf, Inc runs at 54% of its industry's injury rate - safer than the typical Sod farming workplace, earning a grade B.

North Georgia Turf, Inc: 2.5 TCR = 54% of Sod farming BLS 4.5 · 6y Form 300A (see methodology below)

North Georgia Turf, Inc safety composite

North Georgia Turf, Inc scores strongest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 81% of same-industry peers) and weakest on fatalities (safer than 51%), 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).

67/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR): B 2.45 per 100 workers

Safer than 81% of industry peers
DART rate: C 0.81 per 100 workers

Safer than 62% 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

−3.1

2016→2023

North Georgia Turf, Inc injury rate improved

North Georgia Turf, Inc's TCR fell 3.1 from 3.9 in 2016 to 0.8 in 2023. Peak filing year was 2016 at 3.9 TCR. In 2023, DART was 0.33× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2016=3.9 · 2017=3.6 · 2018=3.5 · 2021=0.9 · 2022=1.9 · 2023=0.8

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 111421 · Whitesburg, GA AT/BELOW-IND · MID

Grade B · TCR 2.5 · 54% of ind

DART 0.8 DART
RANK #2/10
PHOTO Nourse Farms, Inc.
BOOK 6y book
INJ 17 inj
SIZE ~130 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: Nourse Farms, Inc. (0.0 TCR gap)

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2.5
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2.5
SMR Farms

2.5
Palmer Westbro

2.5
Sustainably Gr

2.5

What this shows North Georgia Turf, Inc averages 2.5 TCR (54% of the Sod farming BLS benchmark).

North Georgia Turf, Inc TCR series: 2016=3.9 · 2017=3.6 · 2018=3.5 · 2021=0.9 · 2022=1.9 · 2023=0.8 · BLS 4.5

Where North Georgia Turf, Inc falls in its industry

386 Sod farming establishments

Safer than 81% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 4.9.

Grade B

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to Georgia alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #2 safest of 10 Sod farming employers in Georgia.

North Georgia Turf, Inc (130 employees, TCR 2.5) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 52 employees and a TCR of 4.9

North Georgia Turf, Inc has more employees than the Sod farming median and a lower injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 4.9. 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
2023	0.8	0.8	1
2022	1.9	0.9	2
2021	0.9	0.9	1
2018	3.5	3.5	4
2017	3.6	1.8	4
2016	3.9	0.8	5

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

111421 · GA · Whitesburg

386 Sod farming employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 14,941 rated employers in Georgia with headcount on file · 4 employers in Whitesburg, GA · 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	Nourse Farms, Inc.	SOUTH DEERFIELD, MA	2.5 TCR
NAICS-TCR	SMR Farms	LAKEWOOD RANCH, FL	2.5 TCR
NAICS-TCR	Palmer Westbrook Inc.	SMITH RIVER, CA	2.5 TCR
NAICS-TCR	Sustainably Green LLC	SEBASTOPOL, CA	2.5 TCR
STATE-SIZE	Rome Operating 224 Holmes Rd Rome	ATLANTA	130 FTE
STATE-SIZE	Carmichael Development LLC	WOODSTOCK	130 FTE
STATE-SIZE	Southern Concrete Construction Co., Inc.	ALBANY	130 FTE
STATE-SIZE	MetroPower Inc BR8	TUCKER	130 FTE
CITY-NEAR	8945-Georgia Power	Whitesburg	298 FTE
CITY-NEAR	JAH Power Services	Whitesburg	55 FTE
CITY-NEAR	NG Turf LLC	Whitesburg	24 FTE
NAT-TCR	Black Avenue Service Center-198	Eau Claire, WI	2.5 TCR
NAT-TCR	Lubbock Operations Center-119	Lubbock, TX	2.5 TCR
NAT-TCR	Ireco, LLC	Elmhurst, IL	2.5 TCR
NAT-TCR	Store 0150	Hudsonville, MI	2.5 TCR
NAT-SIZE	HPS Helping People Succeed, Inc.	Jensen Beach, FL	130 FTE
NAT-SIZE	Louisiana Sugarcane Coop	St. Martinville, LA	130 FTE
NAT-SIZE	Rexco Inc.	Port Lavaca, TX	130 FTE
NAT-SIZE	Levering Regional Health Care Center	Hannibal, MO	130 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: 2023, 2022, 2021, 2018, 2017, 2016. 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.