Nursery and garden centers without tree production · Illinois

The Growing Place nursery & flower farm, inc.

Naperville, IL · ~60 workers · 2 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

F
Failing Safety Record
15.2
Avg TCR
3.4
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

The Growing Place nursery & flower farm, inc. runs at 448% of its industry's injury rate - far more dangerous than the typical Nursery and garden centers without tree production workplace, earning a grade F.

The Growing Place nursery & flower farm, inc.: 15.2 TCR = 448% of Nursery and garden centers without tree production BLS 3.4 · 2y Form 300A (see methodology below)

The Growing Place nursery & flower farm, inc. safety composite

The Growing Place nursery & flower farm, inc. scores strongest on fatalities (safer than 50% of same-industry peers) and weakest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 4%), 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

17/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
F 15.24 per 100 workers

Safer than 4% of industry peers

DART rate
F 11.8 per 100 workers

Safer than 9% 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%).

Rising injury rate

The Growing Place nursery & flower farm, inc.: 10.8 → 19.7 TCR

Peak year 2024 @ 19.7 TCR · DART/TCR 0.77× in 2024

The Growing Place nursery & flower farm, inc.'s TCR rose 8.9 from 10.8 in 2023 to 19.7 in 2024. In 2024, DART was 0.77× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 444220 · Naperville, IL ABOVE-IND · SMALL

Grade F · TCR 15.2 · 448% of ind

  • DART 11.8 DART
  • RANK #53/55
  • PHOTO North Spore
  • BOOK 2y book
  • INJ 10 inj
  • SIZE ~60 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: North Spore (0.0 TCR gap)

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The Growing Place nursery & flower farm, inc. in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows The Growing Place nursery & flower farm, inc. averages 15.2 TCR (448% of the Nursery and garden centers without tree production BLS benchmark).

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

The Growing Place nursery & flower farm, inc. TCR series: 2023=10.8 · 2024=19.7 · BLS 3.4

Where The Growing Place nursery & flower farm, inc. falls in its industry

642 Nursery and garden centers wit establishments

Safer than 4% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 5.9.

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to Illinois alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #53 safest of 55 Nursery and garden centers wit employers in Illinois.

The Growing Place nursery & flower farm, inc. (60 employees, TCR 15.2) 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 Growing Place nursery & flower farm, inc.
The Growing Place nursery & flower farm, inc. (60 employees, TCR 15.2) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 48 employees and a TCR of 5.9

The Growing Place nursery & flower farm, inc. has more employees than the Nursery and garden centers without tree 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
2024 19.7 11.8 5 0 0
2023 10.8 4.3 5 0 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

444220 · IL · Naperville

642 Nursery and garden centers without tree production employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 22,804 rated employers in Illinois with headcount on file · 241 employers in Naperville, IL · 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 North Spore 15.3 TCR
NAICS-TCR 7th Street 15.3 TCR
NAICS-TCR 9 - Theisen's - Iowa Falls 15.2 TCR
NAICS-TCR Abrahamson Nurseries - Stillwater 15.6 TCR
STATE-SIZE DAS Grand Ridge, IL 60 FTE
STATE-SIZE VDF Agriculture Department 60 FTE
STATE-SIZE AEP Energy - Chicago 60 FTE
STATE-SIZE Illinois American Water (Champaign) 60 FTE
CITY-NEAR Indian Prairie School District 3,568 FTE
CITY-NEAR Naperville Ill 1,349 FTE
CITY-NEAR Naperville Research Center 862 FTE
CITY-NEAR 2884 Cor3010 855 FTE
NAT-TCR Holy Family Hospital - Haverhill 15.2 TCR
NAT-TCR Fire Department 15.2 TCR
NAT-TCR Waycross Health and Rehabilitation 15.2 TCR
NAT-TCR Vinpak 15.2 TCR
NAT-SIZE Lakeview Nursing and Rehab 60 FTE
NAT-SIZE Dymax Inc. 60 FTE
NAT-SIZE Temperature Systems Inc 60 FTE
NAT-SIZE Alpha ProTech Engineered Products Inc 60 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. This is publicly available government data - not a legal determination of workplace conditions.
Data sourced from official public datasets. See our methodology for details.