Field nurseries (i.e., growing of flowers and shrubbery) · Tennessee

The Cottage Gardens Inc.

Smithville, TN · ~117 workers · 5 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

C
Average Safety Record
4.9
Avg TCR
4.5
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

The Cottage Gardens Inc. runs at 110% of its industry's injury rate - about level with the typical Field nurseries (i.e., growing of flowers and shrubbery) workplace, earning a grade C.

The Cottage Gardens Inc.: 4.9 TCR = 110% of Field nurseries (i.e., growing of flowers and shrubbery) BLS 4.5 · 5y Form 300A (see methodology below)

The Cottage Gardens Inc. safety composite

The Cottage Gardens Inc. scores strongest on fatalities (safer than 51% of same-industry peers) and weakest on dart rate (safer than 33%), 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

44/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
D 4.94 per 100 workers

Safer than 49% of industry peers

DART rate
F 3.69 per 100 workers

Safer than 33% 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

−2.5

2020→2024

The Cottage Gardens Inc. injury rate improved

The Cottage Gardens Inc.'s TCR fell 2.5 from 6.2 in 2020 to 3.7 in 2024. Peak filing year was 2020 at 6.2 TCR. In 2024, DART was 0.75× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2020=6.2 · 2021=4.9 · 2022=5.2 · 2023=4.7 · 2024=3.7

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 111421 · Smithville, TN ABOVE-IND · MID

Grade C · TCR 4.9 · 110% of ind

  • DART 3.7 DART
  • RANK P49
  • PHOTO Park Avenue Turf, Inc
  • BOOK 5y book
  • INJ 31 inj
  • SIZE ~117 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: Park Avenue Turf, Inc (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 4.9 TCR (110% of the Field nurseries (i.e., growing of flowers and shrubbery) 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: 2020=6.2 · 2021=4.9 · 2022=5.2 · 2023=4.7 · 2024=3.7 · BLS 4.5

Where The Cottage Gardens Inc. falls in its industry

386 Field nurseries (i.e., growing establishments

Safer than 49% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 4.9.

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers
The Cottage Gardens Inc. (117 employees, TCR 4.9) 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. (117 employees, TCR 4.9) 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 Field nurseries (i.e., growing of flower 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 3.7 3.7 4 0 0
2023 4.7 4.0 6 1 0
2022 5.2 5.2 8 0 0
2021 4.9 4.9 7 0 0
2020 6.2 3.9 6 2 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

111421 · TN · Smithville

386 Field nurseries (i.e., growing of flowers and shrubbery) employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 10,743 rated employers in Tennessee with headcount on file · 25 employers in Smithville, TN · 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 Park Avenue Turf, Inc 5.0 TCR
NAICS-TCR Steele Valley 4.9 TCR
NAICS-TCR 4829-13797 5.0 TCR
NAICS-TCR Benton 4.9 TCR
STATE-SIZE United Elevator Services, LLC 117 FTE
STATE-SIZE Precision Walls Inc-Nashville 117 FTE
STATE-SIZE Holliston Holdings, LLC 117 FTE
STATE-SIZE 2807-0536 117 FTE
CITY-NEAR Federal-Mogul Motorparts 533 FTE
CITY-NEAR Tenneco Smithville 481 FTE
CITY-NEAR Federal-Mogul Corporation 438 FTE
CITY-NEAR SHIROKI North America - Smithville 423 FTE
NAT-TCR Passavant 4.9 TCR
NAT-TCR Casa Grande AZ Yard 4.9 TCR
NAT-TCR Mercy Hospital Fairfield 4.9 TCR
NAT-TCR Michigan 4.9 TCR
NAT-SIZE Biewer Sawmill-Winona 117 FTE
NAT-SIZE Trader Joe's 0121 Torrance (Hawthorne) 117 FTE
NAT-SIZE Lifestar Response of Maryland, Inc. - Salisbury Base 117 FTE
NAT-SIZE UFPI/ Universal Ventures II 117 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, 2021, 2020. 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.