Landscape contractors (except construction) · North Carolina

Tate LS

Highlands, NC · ~49 workers · 6 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

F
Failing Safety Record
11.4
Avg TCR
4.5
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

Tate LS runs at 254% of its industry's injury rate - far more dangerous than the typical Landscape contractors (except construction) workplace, earning a grade F.

Tate LS: 11.4 TCR = 254% of Landscape contractors (except construction) BLS 4.5 · 6y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Tate LS safety composite

Tate LS scores strongest on fatalities (safer than 52% 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

26/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
F 11.41 per 100 workers

Safer than 12% of industry peers

DART rate
F 6.31 per 100 workers

Safer than 22% 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

−9.8

2016→2021

Tate LS injury rate improved

Tate LS's TCR fell 9.8 from 16.1 in 2016 to 6.3 in 2021. Peak filing year was 2017 at 20.6 TCR. In 2021, DART was 0.55× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2016=16.1 · 2017=20.6 · 2018=13.4 · 2019=3.2 · 2020=8.9 · 2021=6.3

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 561730 · Highlands, NC ABOVE-IND · SMALL

Grade F · TCR 11.4 · 254% of ind

  • DART 6.3 DART
  • RANK #60/74
  • PHOTO Office
  • BOOK 6y book
  • INJ 13 inj
  • SIZE ~49 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: Office (0.0 TCR gap)

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Tate LS in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows Tate LS averages 11.4 TCR (254% of the Landscape contractors (except construction) BLS benchmark).

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

Tate LS TCR series: 2016=16.1 · 2017=20.6 · 2018=13.4 · 2019=3.2 · 2020=8.9 · 2021=6.3 · BLS 4.5

Where Tate LS falls in its industry

2,875 Landscape contractors (except establishments

Safer than 12% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 4.7.

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to North Carolina alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #60 safest of 74 Landscape contractors (except employers in North Carolina.

Tate LS (49 employees, TCR 11.4) 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 Tate LS
Tate LS (49 employees, TCR 11.4) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 53 employees and a TCR of 4.7

Tate LS has fewer employees than the Landscape contractors (except constructi 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
2021 6.3 6.3 2 0 0
2020 8.9 5.9 3 0 0
2019 3.2 0.0 1 0 0
2018 13.4 6.7 2 2 0
2017 20.6 10.3 3 3 0
2016 16.1 16.1 2 2 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

561730 · NC · Highlands

2,875 Landscape contractors (except construction) employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 16,981 rated employers in North Carolina with headcount on file · 4 employers in Highlands, NC · 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 Office 11.4 TCR
NAICS-TCR Becker Landscape 11.4 TCR
NAICS-TCR Tree Trust St. Louis Park 11.4 TCR
NAICS-TCR Impact Landscaping & Irrigation 11.3 TCR
STATE-SIZE Zackly Rite Farms 49 FTE
STATE-SIZE Taylor's Nursery-Raleigh 49 FTE
STATE-SIZE Butterball Hatchery # 3 49 FTE
STATE-SIZE Matthews Operations Center 49 FTE
CITY-NEAR MH Highlands-Cashiers Medical Center, LLLP 208 FTE
CITY-NEAR Bryson's Food Store 47 FTE
CITY-NEAR Reeves Hardware - Highlands 33 FTE
NAT-TCR The Village at Richardson 11.4 TCR
NAT-TCR Buckeye Diamond Logistics - Lakeland 11.4 TCR
NAT-TCR Public Safety 11.4 TCR
NAT-TCR Midwest Medical Transport Company - Iowa City Station 11.4 TCR
NAT-SIZE CHR- Center Street 49 FTE
NAT-SIZE Indi EV Inc. 49 FTE
NAT-SIZE Cargill/Pro Pet LLC 49 FTE
NAT-SIZE Troutdale Elementary 49 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: 2021, 2020, 2019, 2018, 2017, 2016. 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.