Garden centers · California

Summerwinds Nursery - Cupertino

Cupertino, CA · ~28 workers · 2 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

F
Failing Safety Record
11.7
Avg TCR
3.4
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

Summerwinds Nursery - Cupertino runs at 344% of its industry's injury rate - far more dangerous than the typical Garden centers workplace, earning a grade F.

Summerwinds Nursery - Cupertino: 11.7 TCR = 344% of Garden centers BLS 3.4 · 2y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Summerwinds Nursery - Cupertino safety composite

Summerwinds Nursery - Cupertino scores strongest on fatalities (safer than 50% 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).

F

24/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
F 11.68 per 100 workers

Safer than 12% of industry peers

DART rate
F 8.25 per 100 workers

Safer than 18% of industry peers

Fatalities
D 0

Safer than 50% 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

2017→2019

Summerwinds Nursery - Cupertino injury rate improved

Summerwinds Nursery - Cupertino's TCR fell 6.8 from 15.1 in 2017 to 8.3 in 2019. Peak filing year was 2017 at 15.1 TCR. In 2019, DART was 0.71× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2017=15.1 · 2019=8.3

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 444220 · Cupertino, CA ABOVE-IND · SMALL

Grade F · TCR 11.7 · 344% of ind

  • DART 8.3 DART
  • RANK #64/75
  • PHOTO The Cottage Gardens …
  • BOOK 2y book
  • INJ 3 inj
  • SIZE ~28 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: The Cottage Gardens Inc - Florida (0.0 TCR gap)

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Summerwinds Nursery - Cupertino in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows Summerwinds Nursery - Cupertino averages 11.7 TCR (344% of the Garden centers BLS benchmark).

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

Summerwinds Nursery - Cupertino TCR series: 2017=15.1 · 2019=8.3 · BLS 3.4

Where Summerwinds Nursery - Cupertino falls in its industry

642 Garden centers establishments

Safer than 12% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 5.9.

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to California alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #64 safest of 75 Garden centers employers in California.

Summerwinds Nursery - Cupertino (28 employees, TCR 11.7) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 48 employees and a TCR of 5.9 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 050100150200 05101520 Average employees Total Case Rate Summerwinds Nursery - Cupertino
Summerwinds Nursery - Cupertino (28 employees, TCR 11.7) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 48 employees and a TCR of 5.9

Summerwinds Nursery - Cupertino has fewer employees than the Garden centers median and a higher injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 5.9. 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
2019 8.3 8.3 1 0 0
2017 15.1 15.1 2 0 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

444220 · CA · Cupertino

642 Garden centers employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 51,834 rated employers in California with headcount on file · 47 employers in Cupertino, 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 The Cottage Gardens Inc - Florida 11.7 TCR
NAICS-TCR 74 Greenville 11.6 TCR
NAICS-TCR Bachman's Maplewood 11.8 TCR
NAICS-TCR Armstrong Garden Centers 781 11.6 TCR
STATE-SIZE Davis Ranch L.L.C. 28 FTE
STATE-SIZE Steinbeck Country Produce 28 FTE
STATE-SIZE Harlan Family Ranch 28 FTE
STATE-SIZE KKG Equipment Company, LLC32 28 FTE
CITY-NEAR 6017-Loc: CORP LOC - USA UNITED STATES - Santa Clara Valley 37,591 FTE
CITY-NEAR 6017-CORP LOC - USA UNITED STATES - SCV 31,225 FTE
CITY-NEAR 6017-USA UNITED STATES - WAH - CA 13,009 FTE
CITY-NEAR 6017-Loc: USA UNITED STATES - WAH - CA 8,703 FTE
NAT-TCR 4769-6229-West Elm 11.7 TCR
NAT-TCR Thor Motor Coach/Plant 450 11.7 TCR
NAT-TCR IN 2428 Chester Blvd. 11.7 TCR
NAT-TCR North America Fulfillment Centers (FCs) : STL4 11.7 TCR
NAT-SIZE Impact Fire Services (San Antonio Office) 28 FTE
NAT-SIZE Hawthorn Greensboro 28 FTE
NAT-SIZE Reb Enterprises Inc 28 FTE
NAT-SIZE Kansas City - Overland Park / Convention Ctr. (HP) 28 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: 2019, 2017. This is publicly available government data - not a legal determination of workplace conditions.

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