Nursery with tree production (except for reforestation) · Ohio

The Cottage Gardens, Inc.

Perry, OH · ~170 workers · 8 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

B
Good Safety Record
3.5
Avg TCR
4.5
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

The Cottage Gardens, Inc. runs at 77% of its industry's injury rate - safer than the typical Nursery with tree production (except for reforestation) workplace, earning a grade B.

The Cottage Gardens, Inc.: 3.5 TCR = 77% of Nursery with tree production (except for reforestation) BLS 4.5 · 8y Form 300A (see methodology below)

The Cottage Gardens, Inc. safety composite

The Cottage Gardens, Inc. scores strongest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 67% of same-industry peers) and weakest on dart rate (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).

D

51/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
C 3.48 per 100 workers

Safer than 67% of industry peers

DART rate
F 3.74 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%).

The Cottage Gardens, Inc. held a steady TCR band

The Cottage Gardens, Inc.'s TCR held near 0.3 from 3.4 in 2016 to 3.7 in 2023. Peak filing year was 2022 at 5.8 TCR. In 2023, DART was 1.07× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2016=3.4 · 2017=4.9 · 2018=4.7 · 2019=2.4 · 2020=2.3 · 2021=0.5 · 2022=5.8 · 2023=3.7

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 111421 · Perry, OH AT/BELOW-IND · MID

Grade B · TCR 3.5 · 77% of ind

  • DART 3.7 DART
  • RANK #10/18
  • PHOTO Willowbend Nurseries…
  • BOOK 8y book
  • INJ 54 inj
  • SIZE ~170 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: Willowbend Nurseries, LLC (0.0 TCR gap)

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The Cottage Gardens, Inc. in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows The Cottage Gardens, Inc. averages 3.5 TCR (77% 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

The Cottage Gardens, Inc. TCR series: 2016=3.4 · 2017=4.9 · 2018=4.7 · 2019=2.4 · 2020=2.3 · 2021=0.5 · 2022=5.8 · 2023=3.7 · BLS 4.5

Where The Cottage Gardens, Inc. falls in its industry

386 Nursery with tree production ( establishments

Safer than 67% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 4.9.

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to Ohio alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #10 safest of 18 Nursery with tree production ( employers in Ohio.

The Cottage Gardens, Inc. (170 employees, TCR 3.5) 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 The Cottage Gardens, Inc.
The Cottage Gardens, Inc. (170 employees, TCR 3.5) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 52 employees and a TCR of 4.9

The Cottage Gardens, Inc. has more employees than the Nursery with tree production (except for median and a lower 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
2023 3.7 3.7 4 0 0
2022 5.8 4.4 8 0 0
2021 0.5 0.3 7 0 0
2020 2.3 0.6 4 0 0
2019 2.4 0.9 8 0 0
2018 4.7 1.8 8 0 0
2017 4.9 3.3 9 0 0
2016 3.4 1.7 6 0 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

111421 · OH · Perry

386 Nursery with tree production (except for reforestation) employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 22,650 rated employers in Ohio with headcount on file · 11 employers in Perry, OH · 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 Willowbend Nurseries, LLC 3.5 TCR
NAICS-TCR DURLING NURSERY, INC. 3.5 TCR
NAICS-TCR Wonderful Nurseries 3.5 TCR
NAICS-TCR Scenery Hill 3.5 TCR
STATE-SIZE New Albany Transmission Op Ctr 170 FTE
STATE-SIZE 104844 - Yellowbud 364MWdc Solar 170 FTE
STATE-SIZE MWC Regional Office 170 FTE
STATE-SIZE Foundation Steel, LLC 170 FTE
CITY-NEAR Perry 663 FTE
CITY-NEAR Perry Nuclear Power Plant 592 FTE
CITY-NEAR Losely 67 FTE
CITY-NEAR Mid West Materials, Inc. 61 FTE
NAT-TCR All-Phase Electric Supply (Pc2500) 3.5 TCR
NAT-TCR Total Source Packaging 3.5 TCR
NAT-TCR Engineered Materials : Marion 3.5 TCR
NAT-TCR Highland Tank of North Carolina 3.5 TCR
NAT-SIZE Battle House Hotel and Spa 170 FTE
NAT-SIZE Humboldt House 170 FTE
NAT-SIZE Tecomet 115 170 FTE
NAT-SIZE WHSE-Appling, GA-USA 170 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: 2023, 2022, 2021, 2020, 2019, 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.