Farm supply stores · Maine
North Spore
Portland, ME · ~58 workers · 3 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.
- F
- Failing Safety Record
- 15.3
- Avg TCR
- 3.4
- Industry avg
- 0
- Fatalities
The verdict
North Spore runs at 449% of its industry's injury rate - far more dangerous than the typical Farm supply stores workplace, earning a grade F.
North Spore: 15.3 TCR = 449% of Farm supply stores BLS 3.4 · 3y Form 300A (see methodology below)
North Spore safety composite
North Spore scores strongest on fatalities (safer than 50% of same-industry peers) and weakest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 4%), 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).
16/100
Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures
- Total Case Rate (TCR)
- F 15.27 per 100 workers
Safer than 4% of industry peers
- DART rate
- F 15.53 per 100 workers
Safer than 4% 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%).
Rising injury rate
North Spore: 10.0 → 15.5 TCR
Peak year 2023 @ 20.3 TCR · DART/TCR 1.02× in 2024
North Spore's TCR rose 5.5 from 10.0 in 2022 to 15.5 in 2024. Peak filing year was 2023 at 20.3 TCR. In 2024, DART was 1.02× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).
OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard
Establishment book 444220 · Portland, ME ABOVE-IND · SMALL
Grade F · TCR 15.3 · 449% of ind
- DART 15.5 DART
- RANK P4
- PHOTO The Growing Place nu…
- BOOK 3y book
- INJ 21 inj
- SIZE ~58 FTE
Nearest TCR peer: The Growing Place nursery & flower farm, inc. (0.0 TCR gap)
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North Spore in the TCR neighbourhood
Average Total Case Rate among this establishment and nearest same-industry peers
- Abrahamson Nur
Abrahamson Nurseries - Stillwater
15.6 TCR
- This site
North Spore
15.3 TCR
- 7th Street
7th Street
15.3 TCR
- The Growing Pl
The Growing Place nursery & flower farm, inc.
15.2 TCR
- 9 - Theisen's
9 - Theisen's - Iowa Falls
15.2 TCR
What this shows North Spore averages 15.3 TCR (449% of the Farm supply stores BLS benchmark).
North Spore TCR series: 2022=10 · 2023=20.3 · 2024=15.5 · BLS 3.4
Where North Spore falls in its industry
642 Farm supply stores establishmentsSafer than 4% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 5.9.
North Spore has more employees than the Farm supply stores median and a higher 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 | 15.5 | 15.5 | 7 | 1 | 0 |
| 2023 | 20.3 | 11.0 | 10 | 1 | 0 |
| 2022 | 10.0 | 10.0 | 4 | 0 | 0 |
OSHA ITA peer cross-reference
Establishment peer ledger
444220 · ME · Portland
642 Farm supply stores employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 2,397 rated employers in Maine with headcount on file · 244 employers in Portland, ME · 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 | The Growing Place nursery & flower farm, inc. | 15.2 TCR |
| NAICS-TCR | 7th Street | 15.3 TCR |
| NAICS-TCR | 9 - Theisen's - Iowa Falls | 15.2 TCR |
| NAICS-TCR | Abrahamson Nurseries - Stillwater | 15.6 TCR |
| STATE-SIZE | Irving Woodlands LLC | 58 FTE |
| STATE-SIZE | Hebert Construction Lewiston | 58 FTE |
| STATE-SIZE | H.B. Fleming | 58 FTE |
| STATE-SIZE | Electrical Systems of Maine | 58 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | MMC | 8,437 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | MMC- 22 Bram | 5,535 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | Point32Health Portland | 4,440 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | MMP Practices | 2,063 FTE |
| NAT-TCR | W&P Ventures LLC dba PuroClean of Lafayette | 15.3 TCR |
| NAT-TCR | Capital City Construction, Inc. | 15.3 TCR |
| NAT-TCR | Akfar - Fairbanks Center | 15.3 TCR |
| NAT-TCR | Lancaster Leaf Tobacco Company, Inc. - Storage | 15.3 TCR |
| NAT-SIZE | X-Cel Tooling, Inc. | 58 FTE |
| NAT-SIZE | National Container Group | 58 FTE |
| NAT-SIZE | HLWW High School | 58 FTE |
| NAT-SIZE | Performance Office Papers | 58 FTE |
Rel codes: NAICS-TCR · STATE-SIZE · CITY-NEAR · NAT-TCR/NAT-SIZE cross-state. Read with this employer →
Read our methodology - how this data is sourced, computed, and verified.