Foliage growing · Florida

Richard Hagstrom Ferneries

Pierson, FL · ~74 workers · 2 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

A
Excellent Safety Record
1.4
Avg TCR
4.5
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

Richard Hagstrom Ferneries runs at 32% of its industry's injury rate - far safer than the typical Foliage growing workplace, earning a grade A.

Richard Hagstrom Ferneries: 1.4 TCR = 32% of Foliage growing BLS 4.5 · 2y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Richard Hagstrom Ferneries safety composite

Richard Hagstrom Ferneries scores strongest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 90% 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).

B

79/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
A 1.44 per 100 workers

Safer than 90% of industry peers

DART rate
B 0 per 100 workers

Safer than 86% 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

−2.9

2023→2024

Richard Hagstrom Ferneries injury rate improved

Richard Hagstrom Ferneries's TCR fell 2.9 from 2.9 in 2023 to 0.0 in 2024. Peak filing year was 2023 at 2.9 TCR. In 2024, DART was 0× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2023=2.9 · 2024=0.0

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 111422 · Pierson, FL AT/BELOW-IND · SMALL

Grade A · TCR 1.4 · 32% of ind

  • DART 0.0 DART
  • RANK #3/14
  • PHOTO Esbenshade's Greenho…
  • BOOK 2y book
  • INJ 2 inj
  • SIZE ~74 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: Esbenshade's Greenhouses, Inc. - Lititz (0.1 TCR gap)

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Richard Hagstrom Ferneries in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows Richard Hagstrom Ferneries averages 1.4 TCR (32% of the Foliage growing BLS benchmark).

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

Richard Hagstrom Ferneries TCR series: 2023=2.9 · 2024=0 · BLS 4.5

Where Richard Hagstrom Ferneries falls in its industry

166 Foliage growing establishments

Safer than 90% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 5.5.

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to Florida alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #3 safest of 14 Foliage growing employers in Florida.

Richard Hagstrom Ferneries (74 employees, TCR 1.4) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 63 employees and a TCR of 5.5 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 01,0002,0003,000 0510152025 Average employees Total Case Rate Richard Hagstrom Ferneries
Richard Hagstrom Ferneries (74 employees, TCR 1.4) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 63 employees and a TCR of 5.5

Richard Hagstrom Ferneries has more employees than the Foliage growing median and a lower injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 5.5. 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 0.0 0.0 0 0 0
2023 2.9 2.9 2 0 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

111422 · FL · Pierson

166 Foliage growing employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 26,569 rated employers in Florida with headcount on file · 5 employers in Pierson, FL · 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 Esbenshade's Greenhouses, Inc. - Lititz 1.5 TCR
NAICS-TCR White Pond Gardens Inc 1.6 TCR
NAICS-TCR Cyma Orchids 1.6 TCR
NAICS-TCR Green Valley Floral, Inc 1.7 TCR
STATE-SIZE Perrine Svc Cntr & Str 74 FTE
STATE-SIZE Florida Distribution Control Center 74 FTE
STATE-SIZE PC1 Panama City Administration Line Service Center 74 FTE
STATE-SIZE SHELLEY'S ENVIRONMENTAL SYSTEMS 74 FTE
CITY-NEAR Armellini Pierson 44 FTE
CITY-NEAR PIERSON 38 FTE
CITY-NEAR Prime Floral, LLC-Pierson FL 32 FTE
CITY-NEAR Youth Camp 17 FTE
NAT-TCR Royster's Machine Shop LLC 1.4 TCR
NAT-TCR Enlinx 1.4 TCR
NAT-TCR Denso Manufacturing Tennessee, Inc.- DLNT 1.4 TCR
NAT-TCR New Jersey Performing Arts Center 1.4 TCR
NAT-SIZE Buckley & Co INC 74 FTE
NAT-SIZE ufp Folkston LLC 74 FTE
NAT-SIZE Kyhpv - Hopkinsville Center 74 FTE
NAT-SIZE Iabur - Burlington 74 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. 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.