Field nurseries (i.e., growing of flowers and shrubbery) · California

United Plant Growers

Long Beach, CA · ~39 workers · 5 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

A
Excellent Safety Record
1.2
Avg TCR
4.5
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

United Plant Growers runs at 26% of its industry's injury rate - far safer than the typical Field nurseries (i.e., growing of flowers and shrubbery) workplace, earning a grade A.

United Plant Growers: 1.2 TCR = 26% of Field nurseries (i.e., growing of flowers and shrubbery) BLS 4.5 · 5y Form 300A (see methodology below)

United Plant Growers safety composite

United Plant Growers scores strongest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 95% 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).

B

79/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
A 1.17 per 100 workers

Safer than 95% of industry peers

DART rate
B 0 per 100 workers

Safer than 82% 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

−5.8

2017→2021

United Plant Growers injury rate improved

United Plant Growers's TCR fell 5.8 from 5.8 in 2017 to 0.0 in 2021. Peak filing year was 2017 at 5.8 TCR. In 2021, DART was 0× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2017=5.8 · 2018=0.0 · 2019=0.0 · 2020=0.0 · 2021=0.0

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 111421 · Long Beach, CA AT/BELOW-IND · SMALL

Grade A · TCR 1.2 · 26% of ind

  • DART 0.0 DART
  • RANK #4/120
  • PHOTO Hines Growers
  • BOOK 5y book
  • INJ 2 inj
  • SIZE ~39 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: Hines Growers (0.0 TCR gap)

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United Plant Growers in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows United Plant Growers averages 1.2 TCR (26% of the Field nurseries (i.e., growing of flowers and shrubbery) BLS benchmark).

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

United Plant Growers TCR series: 2017=5.8 · 2018=0 · 2019=0 · 2020=0 · 2021=0 · BLS 4.5

Where United Plant Growers falls in its industry

386 Field nurseries (i.e., growing establishments

Safer than 95% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 4.9.

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to California alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #4 safest of 120 Field nurseries (i.e., growing employers in California.

United Plant Growers (39 employees, TCR 1.2) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 52 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 0510152025 Average employees Total Case Rate United Plant Growers
United Plant Growers (39 employees, TCR 1.2) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 52 employees and a TCR of 4.9

United Plant Growers has fewer employees than the Field nurseries (i.e., growing of flower median and a lower 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
2021 0.0 0.0 0 0 0
2020 0.0 0.0 0 0 0
2019 0.0 0.0 0 0 0
2018 0.0 0.0 0 0 0
2017 5.8 5.8 2 0 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

111421 · CA · Long Beach

386 Field nurseries (i.e., growing of flowers and shrubbery) employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 51,834 rated employers in California with headcount on file · 614 employers in Long Beach, 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 Hines Growers 1.2 TCR
NAICS-TCR East Coast Nurseries Inc. 1.2 TCR
NAICS-TCR LANE CITY SOD FARM 1.1 TCR
NAICS-TCR Fallbrook 1.2 TCR
STATE-SIZE San Felipe Farms 39 FTE
STATE-SIZE Schreiner Brothers Farms 39 FTE
STATE-SIZE TLC Custom Farming Company LLC 39 FTE
STATE-SIZE Sonoma Valley Vineyards 39 FTE
CITY-NEAR Memorialcare Long Beach Medical Center 3,755 FTE
CITY-NEAR LBM00 LONG BEACH MEMORIAL MED CENTER 3,552 FTE
CITY-NEAR Total Terminals International, LLC. 2,683 FTE
CITY-NEAR California Department of Transportation Facility 300 2,621 FTE
NAT-TCR Carroll County Memorial Hospital 1.2 TCR
NAT-TCR Jewell Marble Falls 1.2 TCR
NAT-TCR AVFX - Boston 1.2 TCR
NAT-TCR Diamond Plastics Corp - CG 1.2 TCR
NAT-SIZE Superior Aerospace Main 39 FTE
NAT-SIZE Ambler Industries, LLC 39 FTE
NAT-SIZE Presque Isle Store 39 FTE
NAT-SIZE EJ 39 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: 2021, 2020, 2019, 2018, 2017. This is publicly available government data - not a legal determination of workplace conditions.
Data sourced from official public datasets. See our methodology for details.