Landscape care and maintenance services · Massachusetts

The GroundsKeeper, Inc.

Ashland, MA · ~50 workers · 4 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 GroundsKeeper, Inc. runs at 78% of its industry's injury rate - safer than the typical Landscape care and maintenance services workplace, earning a grade B.

The GroundsKeeper, Inc.: 3.5 TCR = 78% of Landscape care and maintenance services BLS 4.5 · 4y Form 300A (see methodology below)

The GroundsKeeper, Inc. safety composite

The GroundsKeeper, Inc. scores strongest on dart rate (safer than 84% of same-industry peers) and weakest on fatalities (safer than 52%), 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

67/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
C 3.5 per 100 workers

Safer than 62% of industry peers

DART rate
B 0 per 100 workers

Safer than 84% 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

−4.5

2018→2021

The GroundsKeeper, Inc. injury rate improved

The GroundsKeeper, Inc.'s TCR fell 4.5 from 4.5 in 2018 to 0.0 in 2021. Peak filing year was 2020 at 5.4 TCR. In 2021, DART was 0× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2018=4.5 · 2019=4.1 · 2020=5.4 · 2021=0.0

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 561730 · Ashland, MA AT/BELOW-IND · SMALL

Grade B · TCR 3.5 · 78% of ind

  • DART 0.0 DART
  • RANK #14/58
  • PHOTO 3032_7252
  • BOOK 4y book
  • INJ 5 inj
  • SIZE ~50 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: 3032_7252 (0.0 TCR gap)

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The GroundsKeeper, Inc. in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows The GroundsKeeper, Inc. averages 3.5 TCR (78% of the Landscape care and maintenance services BLS benchmark).

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

The GroundsKeeper, Inc. TCR series: 2018=4.5 · 2019=4.1 · 2020=5.4 · 2021=0 · BLS 4.5

Where The GroundsKeeper, Inc. falls in its industry

2,875 Landscape care and maintenance establishments

Safer than 62% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 4.7.

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to Massachusetts alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #14 safest of 58 Landscape care and maintenance employers in Massachusetts.

The GroundsKeeper, Inc. (50 employees, TCR 3.5) 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 The GroundsKeeper, Inc.
The GroundsKeeper, Inc. (50 employees, TCR 3.5) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 53 employees and a TCR of 4.7

The GroundsKeeper, Inc. has fewer employees than the Landscape care and maintenance services median and a lower 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 0.0 0.0 0 0 0
2020 5.4 5.4 1 1 0
2019 4.1 4.1 2 0 0
2018 4.5 2.3 2 0 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

561730 · MA · Ashland

2,875 Landscape care and maintenance services employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 10,108 rated employers in Massachusetts with headcount on file · 21 employers in Ashland, MA · 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 3032_7252 3.5 TCR
NAICS-TCR South Bay 32180 3.5 TCR
NAICS-TCR Trautman Lawn and Landscape 3.5 TCR
NAICS-TCR Santa Clara 31090 3.5 TCR
STATE-SIZE Bountiful Farms Cultivation 50 FTE
STATE-SIZE C3 Industries, Inc - Franklin 50 FTE
STATE-SIZE Allegrone Construction Co., Inc. 50 FTE
STATE-SIZE Acella 50 FTE
CITY-NEAR Market Basket #46 321 FTE
CITY-NEAR Kidde-Fenwal, Inc 289 FTE
CITY-NEAR USA-MA-Kidde Fenwal-Ashland Factory 251 FTE
CITY-NEAR Terumo Cardiovascular Group 181 FTE
NAT-TCR Insulfoam - Chino 3.5 TCR
NAT-TCR Volvo Cars of Austin 3.5 TCR
NAT-TCR Covenant Home Services California 3.5 TCR
NAT-TCR Region 3- White City 3.5 TCR
NAT-SIZE Baltimore 50 FTE
NAT-SIZE Yoder Oil Co. Inc 50 FTE
NAT-SIZE Morgan Advanced Materials Bedford 50 FTE
NAT-SIZE Washington Georgia 50 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. This is publicly available government data - not a legal determination of workplace conditions.
Data sourced from official public datasets. See our methodology for details.