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
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.
- D
- Poor Safety Record
- 7.3
- avg TCR · per 100 workers
- 4.5
- industry benchmark (BLS)
- 1
- worker fatalities on record
Grade compares Oak Springs Nursery Inc's OSHA Total Case Rate of 7.3 to the Landscape contractors (except construction) BLS benchmark of 4.5 (163% of benchmark) across 8 years of Form 300A filings (2016–2024). <a href="/methodology">See methodology</a> for reporting-limitation caveats.
Injury rate over time
Oak Springs Nursery Inc's yearly Total Case Rate, against the 4.5 industry benchmark.
Where Oak Springs Nursery Inc falls in its industry
3,112 Landscape contractors (except establishmentsSafer than 27% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 4.3.
Narrower to California alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #297 safest of 471 Landscape contractors (except employers in California.
Trend analysis for Oak Springs Nursery Inc
Between 2017 and 2024, Oak Springs Nursery Inc's Total Case Rate improved from 5.9 to 0.7 recordable injuries per 100 full-time workers, a 88% decrease across 7 years of OSHA reporting.
The safest year on record was 2023, at a TCR of 0.1, while 2022 saw the highest rate, at 14.3, a spread of 14.2 points between the best and worst reporting years. That's a wide swing relative to the establishment's overall rate, worth checking the year-by-year table below for whether a single severe year is driving the average, rather than a sustained trend.
Summed across those 8 reporting years, Oak Springs Nursery Inc recorded 53 total injuries and illnesses and 1 fatality. Readers comparing establishments should weigh the 8-year trend above alongside establishment size, since a larger workforce naturally accumulates more raw incidents even at a lower per-100-worker rate.
Verify This Employer with OSHA
The 53 injuries, 10 illnesses, and 1 fatality shown on this page for Oak Springs Nursery Inc are sourced from its own 8 years of mandatory OSHA Form 300A summaries. Cross-check the underlying establishment record directly against the federal source, name, NAICS classification, recordable case totals, and inspection history are all searchable on OSHA's Establishment-Specific Injury and Illness Data system.
Verify on OSHA Establishment SearchSource: U.S. Department of Labor, OSHA Establishment-Specific Injury and Illness Data. NAICS 561730 - Landscape contractors (except construction).
DART Rate, Transparent Calculation (2024)
What is the DART rate formula?
DART (Days Away, Restricted, or Transferred) is computed by OSHA as incidents × 200,000 ÷ hours worked. The 200,000-hour denominator equals roughly 100 full-time workers, which lets establishments of very different sizes be compared directly.
7 DART incidents × 200,000 ÷ 2,450,154 hours worked = 0.57 DART
Methodology: 29 CFR 1904, OSHA Form 300A recordkeeping
Cross-Validating Context, Establishment vs Industry vs State
| Benchmark | TCR | Source |
|---|---|---|
| Oak Springs Nursery Inc (this establishment) | 7.33 | OSHA ITA Form 300A, 8-year avg |
| Seasonal property maintenance services (i.e., snow plowing in winter, landscaping during other seasons) industry avg | 4.50 | BLS IIF, NAICS 561730 |
| California state avg (all industries) | 5.64 | OSHA ITA, state-level rollup |
Industry benchmarks: Bureau of Labor Statistics, Injuries, Illnesses, and Fatalities (IIF) program
Reportable Incident Timeline
Year-by-year reportable incidents (recordable injuries + illnesses + fatalities) submitted by Oak Springs Nursery Inc to OSHA's Injury Tracking Application. Each row anchors to OSHA's inspection records search where you can pull the underlying inspection case numbers and citations for that establishment-year.
- 2024: 9 reportable incidents · 7 injuries, 2 illnesses, 0 fatalities - OSHA inspection records (case numbers)
- 2023: 6 reportable incidents · 6 injuries, 0 illnesses, 0 fatalities - OSHA inspection records (case numbers)
- 2022: 12 reportable incidents · 8 injuries, 3 illnesses, 1 fatality - OSHA inspection records (case numbers)
- 2021: 9 reportable incidents · 8 injuries, 1 illnesses, 0 fatalities - OSHA inspection records (case numbers)
- 2020: 8 reportable incidents · 5 injuries, 3 illnesses, 0 fatalities - OSHA inspection records (case numbers)
- 2019: 7 reportable incidents · 7 injuries, 0 illnesses, 0 fatalities - OSHA inspection records (case numbers)
- 2018: 9 reportable incidents · 8 injuries, 1 illnesses, 0 fatalities - OSHA inspection records (case numbers)
- 2017: 4 reportable incidents · 4 injuries, 0 illnesses, 0 fatalities - OSHA inspection records (case numbers)
Source: OSHA Inspection Information System (IMIS) - inspection case-number records
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 |
What this grade means for you
Use this grade as a relative read on Oak Springs Nursery Inc's reported OSHA injury record versus its Landscape contractors (except construction) peers, not a verdict on whether any single site is safe today.
- At 163% of the Landscape contractors (except construction) benchmark, Oak Springs Nursery Inc reports more injuries than typical peers, ask specifically how the employer is reducing them. Know your rights
- Judge this record against the wider Landscape contractors (except construction) sector, where injury rates vary widely, before comparing it in isolation. See the industry
- Grades reflect 2016–2024 filings; check the latest establishment record straight from OSHA, or look up a different employer. Look up another
Safety grades reflect employers' self-reported OSHA Form 300A filings from 2016 to 2024 and can lag current conditions. A grade is not a guarantee that any specific workplace is safe or unsafe today. See our methodology and disclaimer.
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Every figure and grade on PlainSafetyScore is computed directly from OSHA's published Injury Tracking Application data and BLS industry benchmarks, no number is typed in by an editor. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these safety grades, or report a data error. Data current as of 2016-2024 OSHA ITA release.