Grass seed farming · North Carolina

Tri-State Turf of NC

Dunn, NC · ~40 workers · 2 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

C
Average Safety Record
5.0
Avg TCR
4.5
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

Tri-State Turf of NC runs at 112% of its industry's injury rate - about level with the typical Grass seed farming workplace, earning a grade C.

Tri-State Turf of NC: 5.0 TCR = 112% of Grass seed farming BLS 4.5 · 2y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Tri-State Turf of NC safety composite

Tri-State Turf of NC scores strongest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 51% of same-industry peers) and weakest on dart rate (safer than 23%), 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

41/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
D 5.04 per 100 workers

Safer than 51% of industry peers

DART rate
F 5.09 per 100 workers

Safer than 23% 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

Tri-State Turf of NC: 2.4 → 7.6 TCR

Peak year 2022 @ 7.6 TCR · DART/TCR 1.01× in 2022

Tri-State Turf of NC's TCR rose 5.2 from 2.4 in 2020 to 7.6 in 2022. In 2022, DART was 1.01× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 111998 · Dunn, NC ABOVE-IND · SMALL

Grade C · TCR 5.0 · 112% of ind

  • DART 5.1 DART
  • RANK #6/9
  • PHOTO Roth Farms, Inc
  • BOOK 2y book
  • INJ 4 inj
  • SIZE ~40 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: Roth Farms, Inc (0.0 TCR gap)

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Tri-State Turf of NC in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows Tri-State Turf of NC averages 5.0 TCR (112% of the Grass seed farming BLS benchmark).

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

Tri-State Turf of NC TCR series: 2020=2.4 · 2022=7.6 · BLS 4.5

Where Tri-State Turf of NC falls in its industry

128 Grass seed farming establishments

Safer than 51% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 5.2.

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to North Carolina alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #6 safest of 9 Grass seed farming employers in North Carolina.

Tri-State Turf of NC (40 employees, TCR 5.0) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 64 employees and a TCR of 5.2 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 05001,0001,500 0246810 Average employees Total Case Rate Tri-State Turf of NC
Tri-State Turf of NC (40 employees, TCR 5.0) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 64 employees and a TCR of 5.2

Tri-State Turf of NC has fewer employees than the Grass seed farming median and a lower injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 5.2. 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
2022 7.6 5.1 3 0 0
2020 2.4 2.4 1 0 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

111998 · NC · Dunn

128 Grass seed farming employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 16,981 rated employers in North Carolina with headcount on file · 80 employers in Dunn, NC · 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 Roth Farms, Inc 5.0 TCR
NAICS-TCR Albany 5.1 TCR
NAICS-TCR Goodness Gardens Inc 5.0 TCR
NAICS-TCR MARQUART BROS, LLC 5.0 TCR
STATE-SIZE Gary Thomas Farms 40 FTE
STATE-SIZE Fords Produce Company Inc 40 FTE
STATE-SIZE Pender Nursery Inc. 40 FTE
STATE-SIZE Sugar Hollow Solar, Inc. 40 FTE
CITY-NEAR Harnett Health System 920 FTE
CITY-NEAR 71041 725 FTE
CITY-NEAR ADUSA Dist DC 04 Dunn NC 703 FTE
CITY-NEAR Dunn Distribution Center #6010 324 FTE
NAT-TCR West Falls Church Rail Facility 5.0 TCR
NAT-TCR 6962-SWY-0029-0029-02125 5.0 TCR
NAT-TCR 350982-Bronx Po 5.0 TCR
NAT-TCR 418452-Titusville Po 5.0 TCR
NAT-SIZE Maccray West Elementary 40 FTE
NAT-SIZE Williamsburg Plantation 40 FTE
NAT-SIZE HG574 40 FTE
NAT-SIZE Senspa 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: 2022, 2020. This is publicly available government data - not a legal determination of workplace conditions.

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Data sourced from official public datasets. See our methodology for details.