Growing Media Manufacturing Packaging · Oregon
The Scotts Company - Independence
Independence, OR · ~41 workers · 7 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.
- C
- Average Safety Record
- 3.0
- Avg TCR
- 3.3
- Industry avg
- 0
- Fatalities
The verdict
The Scotts Company - Independence runs at 92% of its industry's injury rate - about level with the typical Growing Media Manufacturing Packaging workplace, earning a grade C.
The Scotts Company - Independence: 3.0 TCR = 92% of Growing Media Manufacturing Packaging BLS 3.3 · 7y Form 300A (see methodology below)
The Scotts Company - Independence safety composite
The Scotts Company - Independence scores strongest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 54% of same-industry peers) and weakest on dart rate (safer than 26%), 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).
43/100
Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures
- Total Case Rate (TCR)
- D 3.05 per 100 workers
Safer than 54% of industry peers
- DART rate
- F 3.48 per 100 workers
Safer than 26% 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%).
Rising injury rate
The Scotts Company - Independence: 0.0 → 5.2 TCR
Peak year 2024 @ 5.2 TCR · DART/TCR 1.14× in 2024
The Scotts Company - Independence's TCR rose 5.2 from 0.0 in 2018 to 5.2 in 2024. In 2024, DART was 1.14× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).
OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard
Establishment book 325314 · Independence, OR AT/BELOW-IND · SMALL
Grade C · TCR 3.0 · 92% of ind
- DART 3.5 DART
- RANK #3/5
- PHOTO Pennington Seed - Gr…
- BOOK 7y book
- INJ 10 inj
- SIZE ~41 FTE
Nearest TCR peer: Pennington Seed - GroTec I (0.0 TCR gap)
Read with this employer → · Industry book → · Oregon employers → · Look up another →
The Scotts Company - Independence in the TCR neighbourhood
Average Total Case Rate among this establishment and nearest same-industry peers
- Morral Compani
Morral Companies - Caledonia Facility
3.1 TCR
- This site
The Scotts Company - Independence
3 TCR
- Pennington See
Pennington Seed - GroTec I
3 TCR
- Florida Fertil
Florida Fertilizer Co., Inc
3 TCR
- Atlas Organics
Atlas Organics CU03 LLC
3 TCR
What this shows The Scotts Company - Independence averages 3.0 TCR (92% of the Growing Media Manufacturing Packaging BLS benchmark).
The Scotts Company - Independence TCR series: 2018=0 · 2019=0 · 2020=5.2 · 2021=2 · 2022=4 · 2023=4.9 · 2024=5.2 · BLS 3.3
Where The Scotts Company - Independence falls in its industry
163 Growing Media Manufacturing establishmentsSafer than 54% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 3.3.
Narrower to Oregon alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #3 safest of 5 Growing Media Manufacturing employers in Oregon.
The Scotts Company - Independence has fewer employees than the Growing Media Manufacturing Packaging median and a lower injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 3.3. 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 | 5.2 | 3.5 | 2 | 1 | 0 |
| 2023 | 4.9 | 0.0 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| 2022 | 4.0 | 0.0 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| 2021 | 2.0 | 2.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 2020 | 5.2 | 2.6 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| 2019 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2018 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
OSHA ITA peer cross-reference
Establishment peer ledger
325314 · OR · Independence
163 Growing Media Manufacturing Packaging employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 8,031 rated employers in Oregon with headcount on file · 17 employers in Independence, OR · 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 | Pennington Seed - GroTec I | 3.0 TCR |
| NAICS-TCR | Morral Companies - Caledonia Facility | 3.1 TCR |
| NAICS-TCR | Florida Fertilizer Co., Inc | 3.0 TCR |
| NAICS-TCR | Atlas Organics CU03 LLC | 3.0 TCR |
| STATE-SIZE | Schwope Brothers West Coast | 41 FTE |
| STATE-SIZE | JR Simplot Company-ZX Ranch | 41 FTE |
| STATE-SIZE | Logging | 41 FTE |
| STATE-SIZE | LBA Contract Cutting Inc | 41 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | Central School District | 476 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | Marquis Hot Tubs LLC | 226 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | Elkay Wood Products Company - Independence | 207 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | Cabinetworks Group | 202 FTE |
| NAT-TCR | 5328 - Monroeville | 3.0 TCR |
| NAT-TCR | Silver Lands Inc | 3.0 TCR |
| NAT-TCR | 10780 Glover Park | 3.0 TCR |
| NAT-TCR | Unaccompanied Children Steve Rogers Village | 3.0 TCR |
| NAT-SIZE | Borinquen Plaza | 41 FTE |
| NAT-SIZE | Roosevelt | 41 FTE |
| NAT-SIZE | BIC Precision Machine Co., Inc. | 41 FTE |
| NAT-SIZE | 5600 - K C Lenexa | 41 FTE |
Rel codes: NAICS-TCR · STATE-SIZE · CITY-NEAR · NAT-TCR/NAT-SIZE cross-state. Read with this employer →
Read our methodology - how this data is sourced, computed, and verified.