Nursery stock growing · California

Western Star Nurseries - Galt Location

Galt, CA · ~25 workers · 7 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

C
Average Safety Record
4.0
Avg TCR
4.5
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

Western Star Nurseries - Galt Location runs at 89% of its industry's injury rate - about level with the typical Nursery stock growing workplace, earning a grade C.

Western Star Nurseries - Galt Location: 4.0 TCR = 89% of Nursery stock growing BLS 4.5 · 7y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Western Star Nurseries - Galt Location safety composite

Western Star Nurseries - Galt Location scores strongest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 62% of same-industry peers) and weakest on dart rate (safer than 33%), 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

49/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
C 4.02 per 100 workers

Safer than 62% of industry peers

DART rate
F 3.7 per 100 workers

Safer than 33% 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

−2.3

2018→2024

Western Star Nurseries - Galt Location injury rate improved

Western Star Nurseries - Galt Location's TCR fell 2.3 from 6.0 in 2018 to 3.7 in 2024. Peak filing year was 2021 at 9.6 TCR. In 2024, DART was 0.92× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2018=6.0 · 2019=4.0 · 2020=4.8 · 2021=9.6 · 2022=0.0 · 2023=0.0 · 2024=3.7

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

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

Grade C · TCR 4.0 · 89% of ind

  • DART 3.7 DART
  • RANK #34/120
  • PHOTO Village Nurseries Mi…
  • BOOK 7y book
  • INJ 6 inj
  • SIZE ~25 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: Village Nurseries Miramar Yard (0.0 TCR gap)

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Western Star Nurseries - Galt Location in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows Western Star Nurseries - Galt Location averages 4.0 TCR (89% of the Nursery stock growing BLS benchmark).

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

Western Star Nurseries - Galt Location TCR series: 2018=6 · 2019=4 · 2020=4.8 · 2021=9.6 · 2022=0 · 2023=0 · 2024=3.7 · BLS 4.5

Where Western Star Nurseries - Galt Location falls in its industry

386 Nursery stock growing establishments

Safer than 62% 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 #34 safest of 120 Nursery stock growing employers in California.

Western Star Nurseries - Galt Location (25 employees, TCR 4.0) 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 Western Star Nurseries - Galt Location
Western Star Nurseries - Galt Location (25 employees, TCR 4.0) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 52 employees and a TCR of 4.9

Western Star Nurseries - Galt Location has fewer employees than the Nursery stock growing 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
2024 3.7 3.7 1 0 0
2023 0.0 0.0 0 0 0
2022 0.0 0.0 0 0 0
2021 9.6 9.6 2 0 0
2020 4.8 4.8 1 0 0
2019 4.0 4.0 1 0 0
2018 6.0 6.0 1 0 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

111421 · CA · Galt

386 Nursery stock growing employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 51,834 rated employers in California with headcount on file · 31 employers in Galt, 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 Village Nurseries Miramar Yard 4.0 TCR
NAICS-TCR SunnySlope Tree Farm, Inc. 4.0 TCR
NAICS-TCR Grass Farm, William Y. Gil Inc. 4.0 TCR
NAICS-TCR Morales & Miller, Inc., dba Monterey Bay Nursery, Inc. 4.0 TCR
STATE-SIZE Conservation Farms Ranches 25 FTE
STATE-SIZE GM Ag Services, Inc. 25 FTE
STATE-SIZE Farm Shop 25 FTE
STATE-SIZE Dougherty Brothers 25 FTE
CITY-NEAR CDCR R. A. McGee Training Center - 048 1,028 FTE
CITY-NEAR State of California - 048 965 FTE
CITY-NEAR 5231 272 FTE
CITY-NEAR WM 5231 255 FTE
NAT-TCR WellStar Laundry Services 4.0 TCR
NAT-TCR Best Choice - Brooklyn 4.0 TCR
NAT-TCR International Masonry , Inc. 4.0 TCR
NAT-TCR Todd Wenzel Buick GMC of Westland 4.0 TCR
NAT-SIZE O&E Matias Electrical Service, LLC. 25 FTE
NAT-SIZE Harrison Redi-Mix Corp. 25 FTE
NAT-SIZE Victory Tool 25 FTE
NAT-SIZE Georgia Locations 25 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: 2024, 2023, 2022, 2021, 2020, 2019, 2018. This is publicly available government data - not a legal determination of workplace conditions.
Data sourced from official public datasets. See our methodology for details.