Farm supply stores · Florida

The Cottage Gardens Inc - Florida

Stuart, FL · ~24 workers · 4 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

The Cottage Gardens Inc - Florida runs at 344% of its industry's injury rate - far more dangerous than the typical Farm supply stores workplace, earning a grade F.

The Cottage Gardens Inc - Florida: 11.7 TCR = 344% of Farm supply stores BLS 3.4 · 4y Form 300A (see methodology below)

The Cottage Gardens Inc - Florida safety composite

The Cottage Gardens Inc - Florida scores strongest on dart rate (safer than 82% 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).

D

46/100

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
B 0 per 100 workers

Safer than 82% 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

−15.9

2019→2022

The Cottage Gardens Inc - Florida injury rate improved

The Cottage Gardens Inc - Florida's TCR fell 15.9 from 29.2 in 2019 to 13.3 in 2022. Peak filing year was 2019 at 29.2 TCR. In 2022, DART was 0× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2019=29.2 · 2020=0.0 · 2021=4.3 · 2022=13.3

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 444220 · Stuart, FL ABOVE-IND · SMALL

Grade F · TCR 11.7 · 344% of ind

  • DART 0.0 DART
  • RANK #14/15
  • PHOTO SUMMERWINDS NURSERY …
  • BOOK 4y book
  • INJ 11 inj
  • SIZE ~24 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: SUMMERWINDS NURSERY - CUPERTINO (0.0 TCR gap)

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The Cottage Gardens Inc - Florida in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows The Cottage Gardens Inc - Florida averages 11.7 TCR (344% of the Farm supply stores BLS benchmark).

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

The Cottage Gardens Inc - Florida TCR series: 2019=29.2 · 2020=0 · 2021=4.3 · 2022=13.3 · BLS 3.4

Where The Cottage Gardens Inc - Florida falls in its industry

642 Farm supply stores establishments

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

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to Florida alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #14 safest of 15 Farm supply stores employers in Florida.

The Cottage Gardens Inc - Florida (24 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 The Cottage Gardens Inc - Florida
The Cottage Gardens Inc - Florida (24 employees, TCR 11.7) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 48 employees and a TCR of 5.9

The Cottage Gardens Inc - Florida has fewer employees than the Farm supply stores 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
2022 13.3 0.0 3 0 0
2021 4.3 0.0 1 0 0
2020 0.0 0.0 0 0 0
2019 29.2 8.3 7 0 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

444220 · FL · Stuart

642 Farm supply stores employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 26,569 rated employers in Florida with headcount on file · 138 employers in Stuart, 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 SUMMERWINDS NURSERY - CUPERTINO 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 Stone Henge 24 FTE
STATE-SIZE Trulieve Calumet 24 FTE
STATE-SIZE Harplyn Inc 24 FTE
STATE-SIZE JW Turf Farms, Inc. 24 FTE
CITY-NEAR 2160 SE Ocean Blvd Bldg. 2 (Thrift Shop) (TCH5) 4,949 FTE
CITY-NEAR Martin Memorial Health Systems Inc 4,568 FTE
CITY-NEAR CC MARTIN HEALTH 1,836 FTE
CITY-NEAR NuCO2, LLC 1,136 FTE
NAT-TCR el super #49 long beach 11.7 TCR
NAT-TCR 173410-Greenfield Po 11.7 TCR
NAT-TCR 6962-SWY-0025-0025-02841 11.7 TCR
NAT-TCR 6962-SWY-0025-0025-00667 11.7 TCR
NAT-SIZE Dalton Area Office - 1289 Abutment Rd Dalton 24 FTE
NAT-SIZE Integrated Senior Living 24 FTE
NAT-SIZE Holyoke - 235 Maple Street 24 FTE
NAT-SIZE Tilson Technology Management Inc., Portland, OR 24 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: 2022, 2021, 2020, 2019. This is publicly available government data - not a legal determination of workplace conditions.
Data sourced from official public datasets. See our methodology for details.