House plant growing · North Carolina
Van Wingerden International
Mills River, NC · ~184 workers · 9 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.
- C
- Average Safety Record
- 4.9
- Avg TCR
- 4.5
- Industry avg
- 0
- Fatalities
The verdict
Van Wingerden International runs at 109% of its industry's injury rate - about level with the typical House plant growing workplace, earning a grade C.
Van Wingerden International: 4.9 TCR = 109% of House plant growing BLS 4.5 · 9y Form 300A (see methodology below)
Van Wingerden International safety composite
Van Wingerden International scores strongest on dart rate (safer than 64% 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).
57/100
Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures
- Total Case Rate (TCR)
- C 4.91 per 100 workers
Safer than 55% of industry peers
- DART rate
- C 0.97 per 100 workers
Safer than 64% 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
−4.1
2016→2024
Van Wingerden International injury rate improved
Van Wingerden International's TCR fell 4.1 from 6.1 in 2016 to 1.9 in 2024. Peak filing year was 2020 at 7.3 TCR. In 2024, DART was 0.2× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).
2016=6.1 · 2017=4.3 · 2018=4.8 · 2019=6.5 · 2020=7.3 · 2021=3.8 · 2022=3.8 · 2023=5.7 · 2024=1.9
OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard
Establishment book 111422 · Mills River, NC ABOVE-IND · MID
Grade C · TCR 4.9 · 109% of ind
- DART 1.0 DART
- RANK #2/6
- PHOTO Costa Layman, LLC
- BOOK 9y book
- INJ 77 inj
- SIZE ~184 FTE
Nearest TCR peer: Costa Layman, LLC (0.0 TCR gap)
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Van Wingerden International in the TCR neighbourhood
Average Total Case Rate among this establishment and nearest same-industry peers
- Glad-A-Way Gar
Glad-A-Way Gardens, Inc.
5 TCR
- This site
Van Wingerden International
4.9 TCR
- Costa Layman,
Costa Layman, LLC
4.9 TCR
- Emerald Coast
Emerald Coast Growers LLC
4.9 TCR
- Costa Delray,
Costa Delray, LLC
4.8 TCR
What this shows Van Wingerden International averages 4.9 TCR (109% of the House plant growing BLS benchmark).
Van Wingerden International TCR series: 2016=6.1 · 2017=4.3 · 2018=4.8 · 2019=6.5 · 2020=7.3 · 2021=3.8 · 2022=3.8 · 2023=5.7 · 2024=1.9 · BLS 4.5
Where Van Wingerden International falls in its industry
166 House plant growing establishmentsSafer than 55% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 5.5.
Narrower to North Carolina alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #2 safest of 6 House plant growing employers in North Carolina.
Van Wingerden International has more employees than the House plant growing 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 1.9 | 1.0 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| 2023 | 5.7 | 3.8 | 6 | 0 | 0 |
| 2022 | 3.8 | 2.3 | 5 | 0 | 0 |
| 2021 | 3.8 | 0.6 | 6 | 0 | 0 |
| 2020 | 7.3 | 6.1 | 12 | 0 | 0 |
| 2019 | 6.5 | 4.5 | 10 | 0 | 0 |
| 2018 | 4.8 | 0.9 | 11 | 0 | 0 |
| 2017 | 4.3 | 2.1 | 10 | 0 | 0 |
| 2016 | 6.1 | 2.4 | 15 | 0 | 0 |
OSHA ITA peer cross-reference
Establishment peer ledger
111422 · NC · Mills River
166 House plant growing employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 16,981 rated employers in North Carolina with headcount on file · 33 employers in Mills River, 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 | Costa Layman, LLC | 4.9 TCR |
| NAICS-TCR | Emerald Coast Growers LLC | 4.9 TCR |
| NAICS-TCR | Glad-A-Way Gardens, Inc. | 5.0 TCR |
| NAICS-TCR | Costa Delray, LLC | 4.8 TCR |
| STATE-SIZE | Preferred Electric Company Inc | 184 FTE |
| STATE-SIZE | Frontier Spinning Mills, Inc Plant 3 | 184 FTE |
| STATE-SIZE | Burnsville Plant | 184 FTE |
| STATE-SIZE | Champion Home Builders 023 | 184 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | Linamar Light Metals-MR | 566 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | Mills River | 372 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | UPM Raflatac Mills River | 280 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | UPM Raflatac, Inc | 259 FTE |
| NAT-TCR | Bosk Corporation | 4.9 TCR |
| NAT-TCR | CV Tool Company | 4.9 TCR |
| NAT-TCR | Saint Augustine Renaissance | 4.9 TCR |
| NAT-TCR | Primrose Retirement Community of Wausau | 4.9 TCR |
| NAT-SIZE | UT Health Henderson | 184 FTE |
| NAT-SIZE | Renaissance Seattle Hotel | 184 FTE |
| NAT-SIZE | Futures Recovery Healthcare | 184 FTE |
| NAT-SIZE | The Hearthstone | 184 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.