Ornamental plant growing · Florida
Sun City Nursery
Sun City, FL · ~77 workers · 9 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.
- D
- Poor Safety Record
- 6.9
- Avg TCR
- 4.5
- Industry avg
- 0
- Fatalities
The verdict
Sun City Nursery runs at 154% of its industry's injury rate - more dangerous than the typical Ornamental plant growing workplace, earning a grade D.
Sun City Nursery: 6.9 TCR = 154% of Ornamental plant growing BLS 4.5 · 9y Form 300A (see methodology below)
Sun City Nursery safety composite
Sun City Nursery scores strongest on fatalities (safer than 51% of same-industry peers) and weakest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 32%), 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).
37/100
Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures
- Total Case Rate (TCR)
- F 6.94 per 100 workers
Safer than 32% of industry peers
- DART rate
- F 4.13 per 100 workers
Safer than 32% 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
Sun City Nursery: 2.1 → 5.5 TCR
Peak year 2021 @ 11.1 TCR · DART/TCR 0.6× in 2024
Sun City Nursery's TCR rose 3.4 from 2.1 in 2016 to 5.5 in 2024. Peak filing year was 2021 at 11.1 TCR. In 2024, DART was 0.6× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).
OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard
Establishment book 111422 · Sun City, FL ABOVE-IND · SMALL
Grade D · TCR 6.9 · 154% of ind
- DART 4.1 DART
- RANK #13/14
- PHOTO Robinson Nursery, Inc.
- BOOK 9y book
- INJ 52 inj
- SIZE ~77 FTE
Nearest TCR peer: Robinson Nursery, Inc. (0.0 TCR gap)
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Sun City Nursery in the TCR neighbourhood
Average Total Case Rate among this establishment and nearest same-industry peers
- Kendall Farms
Kendall Farms LP
7.2 TCR
- This site
Sun City Nursery
6.9 TCR
- Robinson Nurse
Robinson Nursery, Inc.
6.9 TCR
- Neal Mast Gree
Neal Mast Greenhouses
6.8 TCR
- Ball Tagawa Gr
Ball Tagawa Growers
6.6 TCR
What this shows Sun City Nursery averages 6.9 TCR (154% of the Ornamental plant growing BLS benchmark).
Sun City Nursery TCR series: 2016=2.1 · 2017=7.2 · 2018=10.6 · 2019=9.3 · 2020=7 · 2021=11.1 · 2022=8.5 · 2023=1.2 · 2024=5.5 · BLS 4.5
Where Sun City Nursery falls in its industry
166 Ornamental plant growing establishmentsSafer than 32% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 5.5.
Narrower to Florida alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #13 safest of 14 Ornamental plant growing employers in Florida.
Sun City Nursery has more employees than the Ornamental plant growing median and a higher injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 5.5. 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 | 5.5 | 4.1 | 4 | 0 | 0 |
| 2023 | 1.2 | 0.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 2022 | 8.5 | 1.1 | 7 | 1 | 0 |
| 2021 | 11.1 | 3.7 | 9 | 0 | 0 |
| 2020 | 7.0 | 2.3 | 6 | 0 | 0 |
| 2019 | 9.3 | 3.1 | 7 | 2 | 0 |
| 2018 | 10.6 | 3.2 | 10 | 0 | 0 |
| 2017 | 7.2 | 4.8 | 6 | 0 | 0 |
| 2016 | 2.1 | 2.1 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
OSHA ITA peer cross-reference
Establishment peer ledger
111422 · FL · Sun City
166 Ornamental plant growing employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 26,569 rated employers in Florida with headcount on file · 3 employers in Sun City, 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 | Robinson Nursery, Inc. | 6.9 TCR |
| NAICS-TCR | Neal Mast Greenhouses | 6.8 TCR |
| NAICS-TCR | Kendall Farms LP | 7.2 TCR |
| NAICS-TCR | Ball Tagawa Growers | 6.6 TCR |
| STATE-SIZE | IMMOKALEE HARVESTING | 77 FTE |
| STATE-SIZE | Winter Garden Complex | 77 FTE |
| STATE-SIZE | Sauer Incorporated - Federal | 77 FTE |
| STATE-SIZE | Walker & Company | 77 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | Welch Tennis Courts, Inc. | 49 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | 5498 | 22 FTE |
| NAT-TCR | Vecellio & Grogan | 6.9 TCR |
| NAT-TCR | Northland Living Center | 6.9 TCR |
| NAT-TCR | Kollmar Inc | 6.9 TCR |
| NAT-TCR | Charlestown | 6.9 TCR |
| NAT-SIZE | Mitchell | 77 FTE |
| NAT-SIZE | Pember Companies, Inc. | 77 FTE |
| NAT-SIZE | Kramer Tree Specialists, Inc. | 77 FTE |
| NAT-SIZE | Hunter Truck - Butler | 77 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.