Ornamental plant growing · Florida

Southern Gardens Citrus Nursery, LLC

Name: Southern Gardens Citrus Nursery, LLC Workplace Safety Data
Creator: PlainSafetyScore
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Trenton, FL · ~29 workers · 5 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

Compiled by PlainSafetyScore · August 25, 2026

B
Good Safety Record: 2.6
Avg TCR: 4.5
Industry avg: 0
Fatalities

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The verdict

Southern Gardens Citrus Nursery, LLC runs at 59% of its industry's injury rate - safer than the typical Ornamental plant growing workplace, earning a grade B.

Southern Gardens Citrus Nursery, LLC: 2.6 TCR = 59% of Ornamental plant growing BLS 4.5 · 5y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Southern Gardens Citrus Nursery, LLC safety composite

Southern Gardens Citrus Nursery, LLC scores strongest on dart rate (safer than 86% 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).

73/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR): B 2.64 per 100 workers

Safer than 76% 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

−6.8

2016→2020

Southern Gardens Citrus Nursery, LLC injury rate improved

Southern Gardens Citrus Nursery, LLC's TCR fell 6.8 from 6.8 in 2016 to 0.0 in 2020. Peak filing year was 2016 at 6.8 TCR. In 2020, DART was 0× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2016=6.8 · 2017=0.0 · 2018=2.9 · 2019=3.4 · 2020=0.0

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

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

Grade B · TCR 2.6 · 59% of ind

DART 0.0 DART
RANK #8/14
PHOTO Raker-Roberta's Youn…
BOOK 5y book
INJ 4 inj
SIZE ~29 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: Raker-Roberta's Young Plants (0.0 TCR gap)

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2.6

What this shows Southern Gardens Citrus Nursery, LLC averages 2.6 TCR (59% of the Ornamental plant growing BLS benchmark).

Southern Gardens Citrus Nursery, LLC TCR series: 2016=6.8 · 2017=0 · 2018=2.9 · 2019=3.4 · 2020=0 · BLS 4.5

Where Southern Gardens Citrus Nursery, LLC falls in its industry

166 Ornamental plant growing establishments

Safer than 76% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 5.5.

Grade B

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to Florida alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #8 safest of 14 Ornamental plant growing employers in Florida.

Southern Gardens Citrus Nursery, LLC (29 employees, TCR 2.6) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 63 employees and a TCR of 5.5

Southern Gardens Citrus Nursery, LLC has fewer employees than the Ornamental plant 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
2020	0.0	0.0	0
2019	3.4	0.0	1
2018	2.9	0.0	1
2017	0.0	0.0	0
2016	6.8	3.4	2

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

111422 · FL · Trenton

166 Ornamental plant growing employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 26,569 rated employers in Florida with headcount on file · 13 employers in Trenton, FL · 4 cross-state NAT-TCR peers · 4 cross-state NAT-SIZE peers. Closest matches by relationship code are listed below.

Rel	Establishment	Place	Metric
NAICS-TCR	Raker-Roberta's Young Plants	LITCHFIELD, MI	2.6 TCR
NAICS-TCR	Pleasant Valley Farm Inc	VAN BUREN, AR	2.6 TCR
NAICS-TCR	C3 Industries, Inc - Webberville (Indoor)	WEBBERVILLE, MI	2.7 TCR
NAICS-TCR	Coastal Greenhouses - SC	GEORGETOWN, SC	2.8 TCR
STATE-SIZE	RB Farms, LLC	PALM CITY	29 FTE
STATE-SIZE	JW Turf Farms	PALM BEACH GARDENS	29 FTE
STATE-SIZE	Heart of Florida Greenhouses, Inc.	ZOLFO SPRINGS	29 FTE
STATE-SIZE	C & M RUCKS DAIRY, INC.	OKEECHOBEE	29 FTE
CITY-NEAR	Tri-County Nursing Home	Trenton	146 FTE
CITY-NEAR	Alliance Dairies	Trenton	136 FTE
CITY-NEAR	AYERS HEALTH AND REHABILITATION CENTER	Trenton	120 FTE
CITY-NEAR	Tri County Metals	Trenton	120 FTE
NAT-TCR	ABC Disposal Service, Inc. New Bedford Division	New Bedford, MA	2.6 TCR
NAT-TCR	Area Energy & Electric, Inc. Marysville Branch	Marysville, OH	2.6 TCR
NAT-TCR	Magnolia Village	Bowling Green, KY	2.6 TCR
NAT-TCR	ConGlobal Industries, Forest View	Forest View, IL	2.6 TCR
NAT-SIZE	Mercer County Surgery Center	Lawrenceville, NJ	29 FTE
NAT-SIZE	New Beginning, Inc	Waverly, VA	29 FTE
NAT-SIZE	Black Gold Farms - NCC	Columbia, NC	29 FTE
NAT-SIZE	Riddell Ontario	Ontario, CA	29 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: 2020, 2019, 2018, 2017, 2016. This is publicly available government data - not a legal determination of workplace conditions.

Read our methodology - how this data is sourced, computed, and verified.

Data sourced from official public datasets. See our methodology for details.