Garden maintenance services · California

Suma Landscaping, Inc.

Oakland, CA · ~31 workers · 7 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

F
Failing Safety Record
10.0
Avg TCR
4.5
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

Suma Landscaping, Inc. runs at 222% of its industry's injury rate - far more dangerous than the typical Garden maintenance services workplace, earning a grade F.

Suma Landscaping, Inc.: 10.0 TCR = 222% of Garden maintenance services BLS 4.5 · 7y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Suma Landscaping, Inc. safety composite

Suma Landscaping, Inc. scores strongest on fatalities (safer than 52% of same-industry peers) and weakest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 17%), 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

28/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
F 9.97 per 100 workers

Safer than 17% of industry peers

DART rate
F 5.94 per 100 workers

Safer than 23% 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

−1.7

2018→2024

Suma Landscaping, Inc. injury rate improved

Suma Landscaping, Inc.'s TCR fell 1.7 from 7.6 in 2018 to 5.9 in 2024. Peak filing year was 2019 at 18.8 TCR. In 2024, DART was 0.6× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2018=7.6 · 2019=18.8 · 2020=10.6 · 2021=6.5 · 2022=9.0 · 2023=11.4 · 2024=5.9

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 561730 · Oakland, CA ABOVE-IND · SMALL

Grade F · TCR 10.0 · 222% of ind

  • DART 5.9 DART
  • RANK #332/448
  • PHOTO LandWorks Sussex
  • BOOK 7y book
  • INJ 21 inj
  • SIZE ~31 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: LandWorks Sussex (0.0 TCR gap)

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Suma Landscaping, Inc. in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows Suma Landscaping, Inc. averages 10.0 TCR (222% of the Garden maintenance services BLS benchmark).

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

Suma Landscaping, Inc. TCR series: 2018=7.6 · 2019=18.8 · 2020=10.6 · 2021=6.5 · 2022=9 · 2023=11.4 · 2024=5.9 · BLS 4.5

Where Suma Landscaping, Inc. falls in its industry

2,875 Garden maintenance services establishments

Safer than 17% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 4.7.

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to California alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #332 safest of 448 Garden maintenance services employers in California.

Suma Landscaping, Inc. (31 employees, TCR 10.0) 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 Suma Landscaping, Inc.
Suma Landscaping, Inc. (31 employees, TCR 10.0) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 53 employees and a TCR of 4.7

Suma Landscaping, Inc. has fewer employees than the Garden 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 5.9 5.9 1 1 0
2023 11.4 5.7 4 0 0
2022 9.0 3.0 3 0 0
2021 6.5 6.5 2 0 0
2020 10.6 10.6 3 0 0
2019 18.8 18.8 6 0 0
2018 7.6 7.6 2 0 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

561730 · CA · Oakland

2,875 Garden maintenance services employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 51,834 rated employers in California with headcount on file · 458 employers in Oakland, 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 LandWorks Sussex 10.0 TCR
NAICS-TCR Peoria Landscaping Springfield 10.0 TCR
NAICS-TCR Davie Sports Turf 10.0 TCR
NAICS-TCR 5025 - Binghamton 10.0 TCR
STATE-SIZE GCF 31 FTE
STATE-SIZE Nielsen Farms 31 FTE
STATE-SIZE Western Star Nurseries LLC 31 FTE
STATE-SIZE Progressive Growers Inc 31 FTE
CITY-NEAR Oakland Unified School District 4,473 FTE
CITY-NEAR 2032-02120301 4,408 FTE
CITY-NEAR 0206-02620301 3,210 FTE
CITY-NEAR 2032-02620301 2,922 FTE
NAT-TCR Moman Lumber Inc 10.0 TCR
NAT-TCR TXD061 10.0 TCR
NAT-TCR Stoneyard Spec Pond 10.0 TCR
NAT-TCR MAT CV Braking Components, LLC - Dallas 10.0 TCR
NAT-SIZE CMC Rebar Birmingham 31 FTE
NAT-SIZE Nitterhouse Masonry Products 31 FTE
NAT-SIZE Oak Park Cleaners LP 31 FTE
NAT-SIZE CS Storage IV Inc. 31 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, 2022, 2021, 2020, 2019, 2018. 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.