Hydroseeding services (e.g., decorative, erosion control purposes) · South Carolina

Seed Slingers

Galivants Ferry, SC · ~50 workers · 2 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

D
Poor Safety Record
9.0
Avg TCR
4.5
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

Seed Slingers runs at 200% of its industry's injury rate - more dangerous than the typical Hydroseeding services (e.g., decorative, erosion control purposes) workplace, earning a grade D.

Seed Slingers: 9.0 TCR = 200% of Hydroseeding services (e.g., decorative, erosion control purposes) BLS 4.5 · 2y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Seed Slingers safety composite

Seed Slingers scores strongest on fatalities (safer than 52% of same-industry peers) and weakest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 20%), 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).

F

33/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
F 9 per 100 workers

Safer than 20% of industry peers

DART rate
D 4 per 100 workers

Safer than 35% of industry peers

Fatalities
D 0

Safer than 52% 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

−2.0

2023→2024

Seed Slingers injury rate improved

Seed Slingers's TCR fell 2.0 from 10.0 in 2023 to 8.0 in 2024. Peak filing year was 2023 at 10.0 TCR. In 2024, DART was 0.44× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2023=10.0 · 2024=8.0

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 561730 · Galivants Ferry, SC ABOVE-IND · SMALL

Grade D · TCR 9.0 · 200% of ind

  • DART 4.0 DART
  • RANK #27/32
  • PHOTO Natorp's Inc.
  • BOOK 2y book
  • INJ 9 inj
  • SIZE ~50 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: Natorp's Inc. (0.0 TCR gap)

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Seed Slingers in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows Seed Slingers averages 9.0 TCR (200% of the Hydroseeding services (e.g., decorative, erosion control purposes) BLS benchmark).

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

Seed Slingers TCR series: 2023=10 · 2024=8 · BLS 4.5

Where Seed Slingers falls in its industry

2,875 Hydroseeding services (e.g., d establishments

Safer than 20% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 4.7.

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to South Carolina alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #27 safest of 32 Hydroseeding services (e.g., d employers in South Carolina.

Seed Slingers (50 employees, TCR 9.0) 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 Seed Slingers
Seed Slingers (50 employees, TCR 9.0) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 53 employees and a TCR of 4.7

Seed Slingers has fewer employees than the Hydroseeding services (e.g., decorative, 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 8.0 4.0 4 0 0
2023 10.0 6.0 5 0 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

561730 · SC · Galivants Ferry

2,875 Hydroseeding services (e.g., decorative, erosion control purposes) employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 7,610 rated employers in South Carolina with headcount on file · 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 Natorp's Inc. 9.0 TCR
NAICS-TCR City of Rockville Parks & Facilities 9.0 TCR
NAICS-TCR James River Grounds Management 719 9.0 TCR
NAICS-TCR Deep Roots Landscape 9.0 TCR
STATE-SIZE Langley Electric Ops 50 FTE
STATE-SIZE BEC - Goose Creek Facility 50 FTE
STATE-SIZE Santee Cooper Cross 50 FTE
STATE-SIZE Cape Fear Utilities, LLC 50 FTE
NAT-TCR SunButter LLC 9.0 TCR
NAT-TCR Village of Buffalo Grove 9.0 TCR
NAT-TCR Bongards Creameries Perham 9.0 TCR
NAT-TCR North Central Correctional Facility 9.0 TCR
NAT-SIZE Maple Distribution LLC 50 FTE
NAT-SIZE H & L Tree Trimming Inc. 50 FTE
NAT-SIZE Haydon Bolts, Inc. 50 FTE
NAT-SIZE Cowin Equipment Company of Atlanta 50 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.