Landscape contractors (except construction) · California

Oak Springs Nursery Inc

Sylmar, CA · ~95 workers · 8 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

D
Poor Safety Record
7.3
Avg TCR
4.5
Industry avg
1
Fatality
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The verdict

Oak Springs Nursery Inc runs at 163% of its industry's injury rate - more dangerous than the typical Landscape contractors (except construction) workplace, earning a grade D.

Oak Springs Nursery Inc: 7.3 TCR = 163% of Landscape contractors (except construction) BLS 4.5 · 8y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Oak Springs Nursery Inc safety composite

Oak Springs Nursery Inc scores strongest on dart rate (safer than 65% of same-industry peers) and weakest on fatalities (safer than 2%), 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

35/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
F 7.33 per 100 workers

Safer than 29% of industry peers

DART rate
C 0.57 per 100 workers

Safer than 65% of industry peers

Fatalities
F 1

Safer than 2% 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

−5.2

2017→2024

Oak Springs Nursery Inc injury rate improved

Oak Springs Nursery Inc's TCR fell 5.2 from 5.9 in 2017 to 0.7 in 2024. Peak filing year was 2022 at 14.3 TCR. In 2024, DART was 0.08× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2017=5.9 · 2018=12.2 · 2019=12.1 · 2020=12.2 · 2021=1.2 · 2022=14.3 · 2023=0.1 · 2024=0.7

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 561730 · Sylmar, CA ABOVE-IND · SMALL

Grade D · TCR 7.3 · 163% of ind

  • DART 0.6 DART
  • RANK #278/448
  • PHOTO Atlanta East (North)
  • BOOK 8y book
  • INJ 53 inj
  • SIZE ~95 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: Atlanta East (North) (0.0 TCR gap)

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Oak Springs Nursery Inc in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows Oak Springs Nursery Inc averages 7.3 TCR (163% of the Landscape contractors (except construction) BLS benchmark).

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

Oak Springs Nursery Inc TCR series: 2017=5.9 · 2018=12.2 · 2019=12.1 · 2020=12.2 · 2021=1.2 · 2022=14.3 · 2023=0.1 · 2024=0.7 · BLS 4.5

Where Oak Springs Nursery Inc falls in its industry

2,875 Landscape contractors (except establishments

Safer than 29% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 4.7.

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to California alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #278 safest of 448 Landscape contractors (except employers in California.

Oak Springs Nursery Inc (95 employees, TCR 7.3) 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 Oak Springs Nursery Inc
Oak Springs Nursery Inc (95 employees, TCR 7.3) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 53 employees and a TCR of 4.7

Oak Springs Nursery Inc has more employees than the Landscape contractors (except constructi 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 0.7 0.6 7 2 0
2023 0.1 0.1 6 0 0
2022 14.3 9.1 8 3 1
2021 1.2 1.1 8 1 0
2020 12.2 12.2 5 3 0
2019 12.1 10.4 7 0 0
2018 12.2 10.9 8 1 0
2017 5.9 2.9 4 0 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

561730 · CA · Sylmar

2,875 Landscape contractors (except construction) employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 51,834 rated employers in California with headcount on file · 112 employers in Sylmar, CA · 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 Atlanta East (North) 7.3 TCR
NAICS-TCR Mead Tree & Turf Care, Inc. 7.3 TCR
NAICS-TCR 676555 7.3 TCR
NAICS-TCR RECREATION AND PARKS, SEPULVEDA GOLF COURSE MAINTENANCE 7.3 TCR
STATE-SIZE Del Llano Farms 95 FTE
STATE-SIZE Los Altos Farms, LLC 95 FTE
STATE-SIZE TreeSource 95 FTE
STATE-SIZE Costa View Farms 2 (Madera) 95 FTE
CITY-NEAR Olive View-UCLA Medical Center 2,600 FTE
CITY-NEAR CRM Sylmar CA 1,331 FTE
CITY-NEAR California Department of Transportation Facility 405 1,319 FTE
CITY-NEAR CN Sylmar 1,270 FTE
NAT-TCR West Haven 7.3 TCR
NAT-TCR Staff Services LLC 7.3 TCR
NAT-TCR New York Branch 7.3 TCR
NAT-TCR E A Sween Company-Chicago 7/11 7.3 TCR
NAT-SIZE Prinsco, Inc. - Willmar 95 FTE
NAT-SIZE Rockford 060 95 FTE
NAT-SIZE Dean Distributing, Inc. 95 FTE
NAT-SIZE Stericycle - Southampton,PA 95 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, 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.