Landscape care and maintenance services · California
Special Gardens Inc
Redwood City, CA · ~42 workers · 3 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.
- F
- Failing Safety Record
- 11.5
- Avg TCR
- 4.5
- Industry avg
- 0
- Fatalities
The verdict
Special Gardens Inc runs at 256% of its industry's injury rate - far more dangerous than the typical Landscape care and maintenance services workplace, earning a grade F.
Special Gardens Inc: 11.5 TCR = 256% of Landscape care and maintenance services BLS 4.5 · 3y Form 300A (see methodology below)
Special Gardens Inc safety composite
Special Gardens Inc scores strongest on fatalities (safer than 52% of same-industry peers) and weakest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 12%), 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).
34/100
Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures
- Total Case Rate (TCR)
- F 11.5 per 100 workers
Safer than 12% of industry peers
- DART rate
- D 2.61 per 100 workers
Safer than 47% 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
−4.5
2022→2024
Special Gardens Inc injury rate improved
Special Gardens Inc's TCR fell 4.5 from 7.1 in 2022 to 2.6 in 2024. Peak filing year was 2023 at 24.8 TCR. In 2024, DART was 0.23× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).
2022=7.1 · 2023=24.8 · 2024=2.6
OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard
Establishment book 561730 · Redwood City, CA ABOVE-IND · SMALL
Grade F · TCR 11.5 · 256% of ind
- DART 2.6 DART
- RANK #363/448
- PHOTO Marsan & Son Enterpr…
- BOOK 3y book
- INJ 8 inj
- SIZE ~42 FTE
Nearest TCR peer: Marsan & Son Enterprises DBA Carpenter & Costin (0.0 TCR gap)
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Special Gardens Inc in the TCR neighbourhood
Average Total Case Rate among this establishment and nearest same-industry peers
- Steve Hanson L
Steve Hanson Landscaping Inc
11.6 TCR
- This site
Special Gardens Inc
11.5 TCR
- Marsan & Son E
Marsan & Son Enterprises DBA Carpenter & Costin
11.5 TCR
- Master Landsca
Master Landscape Inc.
11.5 TCR
- Central Landsc
Central Landscaping Inc
11.5 TCR
What this shows Special Gardens Inc averages 11.5 TCR (256% of the Landscape care and maintenance services BLS benchmark).
Special Gardens Inc TCR series: 2022=7.1 · 2023=24.8 · 2024=2.6 · BLS 4.5
Where Special Gardens Inc falls in its industry
2,875 Landscape care and maintenance establishmentsSafer than 12% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 4.7.
Narrower to California alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #363 safest of 448 Landscape care and maintenance employers in California.
Special Gardens Inc has fewer 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 2.6 | 2.6 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 2023 | 24.8 | 24.8 | 5 | 5 | 0 |
| 2022 | 7.1 | 7.1 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
OSHA ITA peer cross-reference
Establishment peer ledger
561730 · CA · Redwood City
2,875 Landscape care and maintenance services employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 51,834 rated employers in California with headcount on file · 116 employers in Redwood City, CA · 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 | Marsan & Son Enterprises DBA Carpenter & Costin | 11.5 TCR |
| NAICS-TCR | Master Landscape Inc. | 11.5 TCR |
| NAICS-TCR | Central Landscaping Inc | 11.5 TCR |
| NAICS-TCR | Steve Hanson Landscaping Inc | 11.6 TCR |
| STATE-SIZE | Quad H | 42 FTE |
| STATE-SIZE | CJJ Farming, Inc | 42 FTE |
| STATE-SIZE | Oceano Packing Company LLC | 42 FTE |
| STATE-SIZE | Connell Ranch | 42 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | California Department of Transportation Facility 141 | 2,891 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | Guardant Health | 1,513 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | 2032-02120851 | 1,471 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | 0206-02620851 | 1,382 FTE |
| NAT-TCR | Freightliner Western Star of Maine - Bangor | 11.5 TCR |
| NAT-TCR | Pomps Tire - Portland 205 | 11.5 TCR |
| NAT-TCR | The Mount, Edith Wharton's Home | 11.5 TCR |
| NAT-TCR | Harold R Henrich Inc. | 11.5 TCR |
| NAT-SIZE | B & L Wood Creation, Inc | 42 FTE |
| NAT-SIZE | POR-Piedmont Orthopedics | 42 FTE |
| NAT-SIZE | Rogue Community Health - White City Clinic | 42 FTE |
| NAT-SIZE | Seasons at Southpoint | 42 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.