Farm and Garden Machinery and Equipment Merchant Wholesalers · California
Turf Star, Inc- Brea
Brea, CA · ~35 workers · 6 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.
- F
- Failing Safety Record
- 11.8
- Avg TCR
- 2.2
- Industry avg
- 0
- Fatalities
The verdict
Turf Star, Inc- Brea runs at 537% of its industry's injury rate - far more dangerous than the typical Farm and Garden Machinery and Equipment Merchant Wholesalers workplace, earning a grade F.
Turf Star, Inc- Brea: 11.8 TCR = 537% of Farm and Garden Machinery and Equipment Merchant Wholesalers BLS 2.2 · 6y Form 300A (see methodology below)
Turf Star, Inc- Brea safety composite
Turf Star, Inc- Brea scores strongest on fatalities (safer than 51% of same-industry peers) and weakest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 4%), 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).
20/100
Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures
- Total Case Rate (TCR)
- F 11.82 per 100 workers
Safer than 4% of industry peers
- DART rate
- F 4.93 per 100 workers
Safer than 17% 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
Turf Star, Inc- Brea: 3.8 → 7.4 TCR
Peak year 2020 @ 30.1 TCR · DART/TCR 0.42× in 2024
Turf Star, Inc- Brea's TCR rose 3.6 from 3.8 in 2019 to 7.4 in 2024. Peak filing year was 2020 at 30.1 TCR. In 2024, DART was 0.42× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).
OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard
Establishment book 423820 · Brea, CA ABOVE-IND · SMALL
Grade F · TCR 11.8 · 537% of ind
- DART 4.9 DART
- RANK #26/27
- PHOTO Berchtold Equipment …
- BOOK 6y book
- INJ 13 inj
- SIZE ~35 FTE
Nearest TCR peer: Berchtold Equipment Company - Delano (0.1 TCR gap)
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Turf Star, Inc- Brea in the TCR neighbourhood
Average Total Case Rate among this establishment and nearest same-industry peers
- Howard Lake St
Howard Lake Store
12.1 TCR
- Berchtold Equi
Berchtold Equipment Company - Delano
11.9 TCR
- This site
Turf Star, Inc- Brea
11.8 TCR
- HTI - JEFFERSO
HTI - JEFFERSON CITY
11.6 TCR
- 11-Macedon
11-Macedon
11.6 TCR
What this shows Turf Star, Inc- Brea averages 11.8 TCR (537% of the Farm and Garden Machinery and Equipment Merchant Wholesalers BLS benchmark).
Turf Star, Inc- Brea TCR series: 2019=3.8 · 2020=30.1 · 2021=2.9 · 2022=13.4 · 2023=13.3 · 2024=7.4 · BLS 2.2
Where Turf Star, Inc- Brea falls in its industry
700 Farm and Garden Machinery and establishmentsSafer than 4% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 4.2.
Narrower to California alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #26 safest of 27 Farm and Garden Machinery and employers in California.
Turf Star, Inc- Brea has more employees than the Farm and Garden Machinery and Equipment median and a higher injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 4.2. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 7.4 | 4.9 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| 2023 | 13.3 | 10.6 | 4 | 1 | 0 |
| 2022 | 13.4 | 8.0 | 2 | 3 | 0 |
| 2021 | 2.9 | 2.9 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 2020 | 30.1 | 23.4 | 2 | 7 | 0 |
| 2019 | 3.8 | 3.8 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
OSHA ITA peer cross-reference
Establishment peer ledger
423820 · CA · Brea
700 Farm and Garden Machinery and Equipment Merchant Wholesalers employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 51,834 rated employers in California with headcount on file · 150 employers in Brea, CA · 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 | Berchtold Equipment Company - Delano | 11.9 TCR |
| NAICS-TCR | HTI - JEFFERSON CITY | 11.6 TCR |
| NAICS-TCR | Howard Lake Store | 12.1 TCR |
| NAICS-TCR | 11-Macedon | 11.6 TCR |
| STATE-SIZE | CONSTRUCTION FABRICATION/CARPENTRY/PAINTING/ELECTRIC/PIPE | 35 FTE |
| STATE-SIZE | Meek Ranches LLC | 35 FTE |
| STATE-SIZE | Dresick Farms, Inc. - Farm | 35 FTE |
| STATE-SIZE | Wolfsen Inc | 35 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | Winpin 85C | 1,570 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | Brea Distribution Center | 1,350 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | ABS-0029-0028-06758 FAC-06758-BREA-CA | 1,143 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | California Department of Transportation Facility 464 | 917 FTE |
| NAT-TCR | Ellington Assisted Living Services, LLC - Watertown | 11.8 TCR |
| NAT-TCR | Essentia Living Center | 11.8 TCR |
| NAT-TCR | Kre-Bsl Husky Kensignton Operation LLC | 11.8 TCR |
| NAT-TCR | Brookdale Utica Memory Care | 11.8 TCR |
| NAT-SIZE | WA Trucking - Aberdeen | 35 FTE |
| NAT-SIZE | National Coating Corporation | 35 FTE |
| NAT-SIZE | Putnam County Emergency Medical Services | 35 FTE |
| NAT-SIZE | Bale Breaker Brewing Company, LLC | 35 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.