Growing Media Manufacturing Packaging · Alabama

The Scotts Company - Vance

Vance, AL · ~63 workers · 6 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

A
Excellent Safety Record
1.6
Avg TCR
3.3
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

The Scotts Company - Vance runs at 48% of its industry's injury rate - far safer than the typical Growing Media Manufacturing Packaging workplace, earning a grade A.

The Scotts Company - Vance: 1.6 TCR = 48% of Growing Media Manufacturing Packaging BLS 3.3 · 6y Form 300A (see methodology below)

The Scotts Company - Vance safety composite

The Scotts Company - Vance scores strongest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 82% of same-industry peers) and weakest on dart rate (safer than 29%), 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

56/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
B 1.57 per 100 workers

Safer than 82% of industry peers

DART rate
F 3.07 per 100 workers

Safer than 29% 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 - Vance: 2.7 → 3.1 TCR

Peak year 2024 @ 3.1 TCR · DART/TCR 1.96× in 2024

The Scotts Company - Vance's TCR rose 0.4 from 2.7 in 2018 to 3.1 in 2024. In 2024, DART was 1.96× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 325314 · Vance, AL AT/BELOW-IND · SMALL

Grade A · TCR 1.6 · 48% of ind

  • DART 3.1 DART
  • RANK #3/5
  • PHOTO The Scotts Company -…
  • BOOK 6y book
  • INJ 6 inj
  • SIZE ~63 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: The Scotts Company - Cresson (0.0 TCR gap)

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The Scotts Company - Vance in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows The Scotts Company - Vance averages 1.6 TCR (48% of the Growing Media Manufacturing Packaging BLS benchmark).

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

The Scotts Company - Vance TCR series: 2018=2.7 · 2019=0 · 2021=1.3 · 2022=1.3 · 2023=1.1 · 2024=3.1 · BLS 3.3

Where The Scotts Company - Vance falls in its industry

163 Growing Media Manufacturing establishments

Safer than 82% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 3.3.

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to Alabama alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #3 safest of 5 Growing Media Manufacturing employers in Alabama.

The Scotts Company - Vance (63 employees, TCR 1.6) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 43 employees and a TCR of 3.3 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 051015 Average employees Total Case Rate The Scotts Company - Vance
The Scotts Company - Vance (63 employees, TCR 1.6) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 43 employees and a TCR of 3.3

The Scotts Company - Vance has more 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 3.1 3.1 3 0 0
2023 1.1 0.0 1 0 0
2022 1.3 0.0 1 0 0
2021 1.3 1.3 1 0 0
2019 0.0 0.0 0 0 0
2018 2.7 2.7 0 1 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

325314 · AL · Vance

163 Growing Media Manufacturing Packaging employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 7,418 rated employers in Alabama with headcount on file · 27 employers in Vance, AL · 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 The Scotts Company - Cresson 1.6 TCR
NAICS-TCR Sungro Quincy 1.6 TCR
NAICS-TCR The Scotts Company - Tyler 1.6 TCR
NAICS-TCR Harrell's LLC 1.6 TCR
STATE-SIZE Central Generation 63 FTE
STATE-SIZE Southern Directional 63 FTE
STATE-SIZE BESDB Fairhope 63 FTE
STATE-SIZE ABRAMSON LLC 63 FTE
CITY-NEAR Mercedes Benz US. International 6,181 FTE
CITY-NEAR Lear Corporation - Tuscaloosa 765 FTE
CITY-NEAR Brose Tuscaloosa` 751 FTE
CITY-NEAR Ard Logistics, LLC 563 FTE
NAT-TCR C&L Contractors, LTD. 1.6 TCR
NAT-TCR Lester & Rosalie Anixter Center 1.6 TCR
NAT-TCR Middlesex Baekland 1.6 TCR
NAT-TCR Independent School District 2897 1.6 TCR
NAT-SIZE Women's Health Center of Southern Oregon 63 FTE
NAT-SIZE Phibro/Osprey Biotechnics 63 FTE
NAT-SIZE 30634 Capstone - Harris Teeter Indian Trail Nc 63 FTE
NAT-SIZE Utility Solutions Inc. 63 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, 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.