Hydroponic crop farming · Florida

The Villages Grown Farm

The Villages, FL · ~40 workers · 3 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

D
Poor Safety Record
6.5
Avg TCR
4.5
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

The Villages Grown Farm runs at 145% of its industry's injury rate - more dangerous than the typical Hydroponic crop farming workplace, earning a grade D.

The Villages Grown Farm: 6.5 TCR = 145% of Hydroponic crop farming BLS 4.5 · 3y Form 300A (see methodology below)

The Villages Grown Farm safety composite

The Villages Grown Farm scores strongest on dart rate (safer than 54% of same-industry peers) and weakest on total case rate (tcr) (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

45/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
F 6.51 per 100 workers

Safer than 33% of industry peers

DART rate
D 1.88 per 100 workers

Safer than 54% 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%).

TCR Δ

−5.1

2022→2024

The Villages Grown Farm injury rate improved

The Villages Grown Farm's TCR fell 5.1 from 7.0 in 2022 to 1.9 in 2024. Peak filing year was 2023 at 10.7 TCR. In 2024, DART was 0.29× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2022=7.0 · 2023=10.7 · 2024=1.9

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 111419 · The Villages, FL ABOVE-IND · SMALL

Grade D · TCR 6.5 · 145% of ind

  • DART 1.9 DART
  • RANK #12/17
  • PHOTO MaryMed, LLC - Massey
  • BOOK 3y book
  • INJ 11 inj
  • SIZE ~40 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: MaryMed, LLC - Massey (0.0 TCR gap)

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The Villages Grown Farm in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows The Villages Grown Farm averages 6.5 TCR (145% of the Hydroponic crop farming BLS benchmark).

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

The Villages Grown Farm TCR series: 2022=7 · 2023=10.7 · 2024=1.9 · BLS 4.5

Where The Villages Grown Farm falls in its industry

251 Hydroponic crop farming establishments

Safer than 33% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 4.9.

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to Florida alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #12 safest of 17 Hydroponic crop farming employers in Florida.

The Villages Grown Farm (40 employees, TCR 6.5) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 75 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 05101520 Average employees Total Case Rate The Villages Grown Farm
The Villages Grown Farm (40 employees, TCR 6.5) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 75 employees and a TCR of 4.9

The Villages Grown Farm has fewer employees than the Hydroponic crop farming 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 1.9 1.9 1 0 0
2023 10.7 9.3 7 1 0
2022 7.0 7.0 3 0 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

111419 · FL · The Villages

251 Hydroponic crop farming employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 26,569 rated employers in Florida with headcount on file · 46 employers in The Villages, FL · 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 MaryMed, LLC - Massey 6.5 TCR
NAICS-TCR Salubrious Wellness Clinic Inc 6.7 TCR
NAICS-TCR Kynd 6.3 TCR
NAICS-TCR Verano CPG IL - Ataraxia 6.8 TCR
STATE-SIZE Triple D Farm 40 FTE
STATE-SIZE IMG Citrus Happy Food 40 FTE
STATE-SIZE Village farms Heathrow Florida 40 FTE
STATE-SIZE Land's Palm Trees, Inc. 40 FTE
CITY-NEAR The Villages Regional Hospital 1,177 FTE
CITY-NEAR Rainey Construction 491 FTE
CITY-NEAR WM 4262 405 FTE
CITY-NEAR Freedom Pointe at The Villages 392 FTE
NAT-TCR The Foret Companies 6.5 TCR
NAT-TCR Amazon.com Services LLC - WMO1 6.5 TCR
NAT-TCR HC Bullhead City 6.5 TCR
NAT-TCR BCSD 6.5 TCR
NAT-SIZE P&S Transportation Shoals, IN 40 FTE
NAT-SIZE Kilgore TX 40 FTE
NAT-SIZE Mesa Spirit RV 40 FTE
NAT-SIZE The Inn at Ashland Woods 40 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. This is publicly available government data - not a legal determination of workplace conditions.
Data sourced from official public datasets. See our methodology for details.