Bedding plant growing (except vegetable and melon bedding plants) · North Carolina

Tri-State Turf of NC

Name: Tri-State Turf of NC Workplace Safety Data
Creator: PlainSafetyScore
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Newton Grove, NC · ~73 workers · 2 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

Compiled by PlainSafetyScore · August 25, 2026

C
Average Safety Record: 5.1
Avg TCR: 4.5
Industry avg: 0
Fatalities

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The verdict

Tri-State Turf of NC runs at 113% of its industry's injury rate - about level with the typical Bedding plant growing (except vegetable and melon bedding plants) workplace, earning a grade C.

Tri-State Turf of NC: 5.1 TCR = 113% of Bedding plant growing (except vegetable and melon bedding plants) BLS 4.5 · 2y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Tri-State Turf of NC safety composite

Tri-State Turf of NC scores strongest on dart rate (safer than 86% of same-industry peers) and weakest on fatalities (safer than 51%), 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).

64/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR): D 5.09 per 100 workers

Safer than 54% of industry peers
DART rate: B 0 per 100 workers

Safer than 86% 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%).

TCR Δ

−10.2

2018→2019

Tri-State Turf of NC injury rate improved

Tri-State Turf of NC's TCR fell 10.2 from 10.2 in 2018 to 0.0 in 2019. Peak filing year was 2018 at 10.2 TCR. In 2019, DART was 0× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2018=10.2 · 2019=0.0

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 111422 · Newton Grove, NC ABOVE-IND · SMALL

Grade C · TCR 5.1 · 113% of ind

DART 0.0 DART
RANK #3/6
PHOTO DeJong Greenhouse LLC
BOOK 2y book
INJ 4 inj
SIZE ~73 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: DeJong Greenhouse LLC (0.0 TCR gap)

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5.1
DeJong Greenho

5.1
Greenhouse

5.1
Glad-A-Way Gar

5
Van Wingerden

4.9

What this shows Tri-State Turf of NC averages 5.1 TCR (113% of the Bedding plant growing (except vegetable and melon bedding plants) BLS benchmark).

Tri-State Turf of NC TCR series: 2018=10.2 · 2019=0 · BLS 4.5

Where Tri-State Turf of NC falls in its industry

166 Bedding plant growing (except establishments

Safer than 54% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 5.5.

Grade C

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to North Carolina alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #3 safest of 6 Bedding plant growing (except employers in North Carolina.

Tri-State Turf of NC (73 employees, TCR 5.1) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 63 employees and a TCR of 5.5

Tri-State Turf of NC has more employees than the Bedding plant growing (except vegetable median and a lower injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 5.5. 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
2019	0.0	0.0	0	0	0
2018	10.2	10.2	4	0	0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

111422 · NC · Newton Grove

166 Bedding plant growing (except vegetable and melon bedding plants) employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 16,981 rated employers in North Carolina with headcount on file · 5 employers in Newton Grove, NC · 4 cross-state NAT-TCR peers · 4 cross-state NAT-SIZE peers. Closest matches by relationship code are listed below.

Rel	Establishment	Place	Metric
NAICS-TCR	DeJong Greenhouse LLC	MADISON, IA	5.1 TCR
NAICS-TCR	Greenhouse	ST ELMO, IL	5.1 TCR
NAICS-TCR	Glad-A-Way Gardens, Inc.	SANTA MARIA, CA	5.0 TCR
NAICS-TCR	Van Wingerden International	MILLS RIVER, NC	4.9 TCR
STATE-SIZE	REC	AULANDER	73 FTE
STATE-SIZE	Haywood EMC-Combined Districts	WAYNESVILLE	73 FTE
STATE-SIZE	Public Utilities	ASHEBORO	73 FTE
STATE-SIZE	Bobbitt Construction, Inc.	RALEIGH	73 FTE
CITY-NEAR	WF Partnership	Newton Grove	138 FTE
CITY-NEAR	02595 - STORE # 2595 NEWTON GROVE	Newton Grove	65 FTE
CITY-NEAR	2595	Newton Grove	60 FTE
CITY-NEAR	Rolling Ridge	Newton Grove	33 FTE
NAT-TCR	Hmc P-1	Bay Springs, MS	5.1 TCR
NAT-TCR	The Markarian Family L.P.	Fresno, CA	5.1 TCR
NAT-TCR	Hestan Commercial Corp	Anaheim, CA	5.1 TCR
NAT-TCR	Hampton St. Auburn House	Webster, MA	5.1 TCR
NAT-SIZE	Api Ks Mfg	Lawrence, KS	73 FTE
NAT-SIZE	Oakland Collection	Oakland, CA	73 FTE
NAT-SIZE	30 New Hampshire Avenue, Portsmouth, NH 03801	Portsmouth, NH	73 FTE
NAT-SIZE	Deploy HR Chino	Chino, CA	73 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: 2019, 2018. 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.