Sod farming · Florida
Star Farms Corp
Belle Glade, FL · ~100 workers · 5 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.
- A
- Excellent Safety Record
- 1.7
- Avg TCR
- 4.5
- Industry avg
- 0
- Fatalities
The verdict
Star Farms Corp runs at 39% of its industry's injury rate - far safer than the typical Sod farming workplace, earning a grade A.
Star Farms Corp: 1.7 TCR = 39% of Sod farming BLS 4.5 · 5y Form 300A (see methodology below)
Star Farms Corp safety composite
Star Farms Corp scores strongest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 88% 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).
70/100
Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures
- Total Case Rate (TCR)
- B 1.74 per 100 workers
Safer than 88% of industry peers
- DART rate
- C 0.63 per 100 workers
Safer than 62% 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%).
Rising injury rate
Star Farms Corp: 0.0 → 0.6 TCR
Peak year 2022 @ 4.3 TCR · DART/TCR 0.36× in 2023
Star Farms Corp's TCR rose 0.6 from 0.0 in 2019 to 0.6 in 2023. Peak filing year was 2022 at 4.3 TCR. In 2023, DART was 0.36× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).
OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard
Establishment book 111421 · Belle Glade, FL AT/BELOW-IND · MID
Grade A · TCR 1.7 · 39% of ind
- DART 0.6 DART
- RANK #6/35
- PHOTO 4605_15228
- BOOK 5y book
- INJ 10 inj
- SIZE ~100 FTE
Nearest TCR peer: 4605_15228 (0.0 TCR gap)
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Star Farms Corp in the TCR neighbourhood
Average Total Case Rate among this establishment and nearest same-industry peers
- Plantel Nurser
Plantel Nurseries Inc.
1.8 TCR
- TLG TURF
TLG TURF
1.8 TCR
- This site
Star Farms Corp
1.7 TCR
- 4605_15228
4605_15228
1.7 TCR
- Bluebird Nurse
Bluebird Nursery Inc
1.7 TCR
What this shows Star Farms Corp averages 1.7 TCR (39% of the Sod farming BLS benchmark).
Star Farms Corp TCR series: 2019=0 · 2020=3.8 · 2021=0 · 2022=4.3 · 2023=0.6 · BLS 4.5
Where Star Farms Corp falls in its industry
386 Sod farming establishmentsSafer than 88% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 4.9.
Narrower to Florida alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #6 safest of 35 Sod farming employers in Florida.
Star Farms Corp has more employees than the Sod farming median and a lower injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 4.9. 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 | 0.6 | 0.6 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 2022 | 4.3 | 0.9 | 5 | 0 | 0 |
| 2021 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2020 | 3.8 | 2.8 | 4 | 0 | 0 |
| 2019 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
OSHA ITA peer cross-reference
Establishment peer ledger
111421 · FL · Belle Glade
386 Sod farming employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 26,569 rated employers in Florida with headcount on file · 25 employers in Belle Glade, 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 | 4605_15228 | 1.7 TCR |
| NAICS-TCR | Bluebird Nursery Inc | 1.7 TCR |
| NAICS-TCR | Plantel Nurseries Inc. | 1.8 TCR |
| NAICS-TCR | TLG TURF | 1.8 TCR |
| STATE-SIZE | Apopka Complex | 100 FTE |
| STATE-SIZE | 460 | 100 FTE |
| STATE-SIZE | Gator Grading & Paving | 100 FTE |
| STATE-SIZE | Atlantic Coast Asphalt | 100 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | McNeill Labor Management, Inc. | 1,070 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | Sugar Cane Growers Cooperative of Florida | 564 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | Sugar Farms CO-OP | 377 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | Pioneer Growers Cooperative | 158 FTE |
| NAT-TCR | Igt Solutions | 1.7 TCR |
| NAT-TCR | Unit #1823 | 1.7 TCR |
| NAT-TCR | Unit #2689 | 1.7 TCR |
| NAT-TCR | Houston Federal, Tx #00378 | 1.7 TCR |
| NAT-SIZE | Wolfgang Operations LLC - NY | 100 FTE |
| NAT-SIZE | Completecare@Laurelton | 100 FTE |
| NAT-SIZE | Homecrest Outdoor Living | 100 FTE |
| NAT-SIZE | Regency at the Park | 100 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.