Landscape care and maintenance services · South Carolina
Southern Shade Tree Co. Inc.
Fort Mill, SC · ~134 workers · 6 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.
- D
- Poor Safety Record
- 7.5
- Avg TCR
- 4.5
- Industry avg
- 0
- Fatalities
The verdict
Southern Shade Tree Co. Inc. runs at 168% of its industry's injury rate - more dangerous than the typical Landscape care and maintenance services workplace, earning a grade D.
Southern Shade Tree Co. Inc.: 7.5 TCR = 168% of Landscape care and maintenance services BLS 4.5 · 6y Form 300A (see methodology below)
Southern Shade Tree Co. Inc. safety composite
Southern Shade Tree Co. Inc. scores strongest on fatalities (safer than 52% of same-industry peers) and weakest on dart rate (safer than 24%), 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).
33/100
Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures
- Total Case Rate (TCR)
- F 7.54 per 100 workers
Safer than 28% of industry peers
- DART rate
- F 5.74 per 100 workers
Safer than 24% 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
−7.1
2018→2023
Southern Shade Tree Co. Inc. injury rate improved
Southern Shade Tree Co. Inc.'s TCR fell 7.1 from 12.8 in 2018 to 5.7 in 2023. Peak filing year was 2018 at 12.8 TCR. In 2023, DART was 0.76× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).
2018=12.8 · 2019=7.9 · 2020=10.6 · 2021=5.5 · 2022=2.8 · 2023=5.7
OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard
Establishment book 561730 · Fort Mill, SC ABOVE-IND · MID
Grade D · TCR 7.5 · 168% of ind
- DART 5.7 DART
- RANK #24/32
- PHOTO Priority Landscape S…
- BOOK 6y book
- INJ 44 inj
- SIZE ~134 FTE
Nearest TCR peer: Priority Landscape Services LLC (0.0 TCR gap)
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Southern Shade Tree Co. Inc. in the TCR neighbourhood
Average Total Case Rate among this establishment and nearest same-industry peers
- This site
Southern Shade Tree Co. Inc.
7.5 TCR
- Priority Lands
Priority Landscape Services LLC
7.5 TCR
- 134031
134031
7.5 TCR
- 131931
131931
7.5 TCR
- Point Fermin M
Point Fermin Maintenance
7.5 TCR
What this shows Southern Shade Tree Co. Inc. averages 7.5 TCR (168% of the Landscape care and maintenance services BLS benchmark).
Southern Shade Tree Co. Inc. TCR series: 2018=12.8 · 2019=7.9 · 2020=10.6 · 2021=5.5 · 2022=2.8 · 2023=5.7 · BLS 4.5
Where Southern Shade Tree Co. Inc. falls in its industry
2,875 Landscape care and maintenance establishmentsSafer than 28% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 4.7.
Narrower to South Carolina alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #24 safest of 32 Landscape care and maintenance employers in South Carolina.
Southern Shade Tree Co. Inc. has more employees than the Landscape care and maintenance services 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2023 | 5.7 | 5.7 | 11 | 1 | 0 |
| 2022 | 2.8 | 1.7 | 5 | 0 | 0 |
| 2021 | 5.5 | 5.5 | 8 | 0 | 0 |
| 2020 | 10.6 | 5.3 | 11 | 1 | 0 |
| 2019 | 7.9 | 3.9 | 8 | 0 | 0 |
| 2018 | 12.8 | 8.9 | 1 | 12 | 0 |
OSHA ITA peer cross-reference
Establishment peer ledger
561730 · SC · Fort Mill
2,875 Landscape care and maintenance services employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 7,610 rated employers in South Carolina with headcount on file · 121 employers in Fort Mill, SC · 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 | Priority Landscape Services LLC | 7.5 TCR |
| NAICS-TCR | 134031 | 7.5 TCR |
| NAICS-TCR | 131931 | 7.5 TCR |
| NAICS-TCR | Point Fermin Maintenance | 7.5 TCR |
| STATE-SIZE | 2548 LOWE S OF E. SPARTANBURG SC | 134 FTE |
| STATE-SIZE | 2520 LOWE S OF NEWBERRY SC | 134 FTE |
| STATE-SIZE | Store 1812 | 134 FTE |
| STATE-SIZE | Lowes Foods #276 | 134 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | South East Distribution Center SEDC | 1,467 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | South East Distribution Center - SEDC | 1,078 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | Shutterfly Fort Mill | 841 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | US FOODS FORT MILL | 719 FTE |
| NAT-TCR | Monticello Flooring & Lumber Co | 7.5 TCR |
| NAT-TCR | OUI | 7.5 TCR |
| NAT-TCR | Clinton | 7.5 TCR |
| NAT-TCR | Triad Fabco | 7.5 TCR |
| NAT-SIZE | Orono ISD #278-Intermediate School | 134 FTE |
| NAT-SIZE | VRS St Paul, MN | 134 FTE |
| NAT-SIZE | Omaha Terminal - Hunt Transportation-DOT | 134 FTE |
| NAT-SIZE | RW Smith-Old Grove | 134 FTE |
Rel codes: NAICS-TCR · STATE-SIZE · CITY-NEAR · NAT-TCR/NAT-SIZE cross-state. Read with this employer →
Read our methodology - how this data is sourced, computed, and verified.