Nursery with tree production (except for reforestation) · Oregon

Surface Nursery Inc

Gresham, OR · ~51 workers · 6 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

D
Poor Safety Record
5.5
Avg TCR
4.5
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

Surface Nursery Inc runs at 121% of its industry's injury rate - more dangerous than the typical Nursery with tree production (except for reforestation) workplace, earning a grade D.

Surface Nursery Inc: 5.5 TCR = 121% of Nursery with tree production (except for reforestation) BLS 4.5 · 6y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Surface Nursery Inc safety composite

Surface Nursery Inc scores strongest on dart rate (safer than 82% of same-industry peers) and weakest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 41%), 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).

C

58/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
D 5.46 per 100 workers

Safer than 41% of industry peers

DART rate
B 0 per 100 workers

Safer than 82% 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%).

TCR Δ

−5.3

2016→2024

Surface Nursery Inc injury rate improved

Surface Nursery Inc's TCR fell 5.3 from 7.1 in 2016 to 1.8 in 2024. Peak filing year was 2022 at 9.3 TCR. In 2024, DART was 0× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2016=7.1 · 2017=4.3 · 2018=1.9 · 2022=9.3 · 2023=8.3 · 2024=1.8

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 111421 · Gresham, OR ABOVE-IND · SMALL

Grade D · TCR 5.5 · 121% of ind

  • DART 0.0 DART
  • RANK #31/46
  • PHOTO Gustine
  • BOOK 6y book
  • INJ 16 inj
  • SIZE ~51 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: Gustine (0.0 TCR gap)

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Surface Nursery Inc in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows Surface Nursery Inc averages 5.5 TCR (121% of the Nursery with tree production (except for reforestation) BLS benchmark).

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

Surface Nursery Inc TCR series: 2016=7.1 · 2017=4.3 · 2018=1.9 · 2022=9.3 · 2023=8.3 · 2024=1.8 · BLS 4.5

Where Surface Nursery Inc falls in its industry

386 Nursery with tree production ( establishments

Safer than 41% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 4.9.

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to Oregon alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #31 safest of 46 Nursery with tree production ( employers in Oregon.

Surface Nursery Inc (51 employees, TCR 5.5) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 52 employees and a TCR of 4.9 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 0200400600 0510152025 Average employees Total Case Rate Surface Nursery Inc
Surface Nursery Inc (51 employees, TCR 5.5) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 52 employees and a TCR of 4.9

Surface Nursery Inc has fewer employees than the Nursery with tree production (except for median and a higher 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
2024 1.8 0.0 0 1 0
2023 8.3 1.7 5 0 0
2022 9.3 3.7 5 0 0
2018 1.9 0.0 1 0 0
2017 4.3 0.0 2 0 0
2016 7.1 2.4 3 0 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

111421 · OR · Gresham

386 Nursery with tree production (except for reforestation) employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 8,031 rated employers in Oregon with headcount on file · 98 employers in Gresham, OR · 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 Gustine 5.5 TCR
NAICS-TCR Wayside Nurseries Inc 5.5 TCR
NAICS-TCR Plug Connection - Lodi 5.5 TCR
NAICS-TCR The Conard-Pyle Co. 5.4 TCR
STATE-SIZE SJJD Consulting 51 FTE
STATE-SIZE Springfield 51 FTE
STATE-SIZE 00448 PORTLAND METRO OP CTR 51 FTE
STATE-SIZE Melvin Mark Properties 51 FTE
CITY-NEAR 6994-PL350 934 FTE
CITY-NEAR 6994-MH 899 FTE
CITY-NEAR 350 874 FTE
CITY-NEAR ON Semiconductor Gresham 839 FTE
NAT-TCR Nu-Way Warehouse I 5.5 TCR
NAT-TCR 483008-Coraopolis | PA | COR-000 5.5 TCR
NAT-TCR Henry Repeating Arms - Rice Lake 5.5 TCR
NAT-TCR Master Construction Co. Inc 5.5 TCR
NAT-SIZE HC Warren 51 FTE
NAT-SIZE Sweet Manufacturing Company 51 FTE
NAT-SIZE Nekoosa Coated Products (LV) 51 FTE
NAT-SIZE Westlake Pipe & Fittings 51 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, 2018, 2017, 2016. This is publicly available government data - not a legal determination of workplace conditions.
Data sourced from official public datasets. See our methodology for details.