Nursery with tree production (except for reforestation) · Massachusetts

Weston Nurseries

Hopkinton, MA · ~91 workers · 5 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

F
Failing Safety Record
13.2
Avg TCR
4.5
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

Weston Nurseries runs at 293% of its industry's injury rate - far more dangerous than the typical Nursery with tree production (except for reforestation) workplace, earning a grade F.

Weston Nurseries: 13.2 TCR = 293% of Nursery with tree production (except for reforestation) BLS 4.5 · 5y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Weston Nurseries safety composite

Weston Nurseries scores strongest on dart rate (safer than 60% of same-industry peers) and weakest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 5%), 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

36/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
F 13.17 per 100 workers

Safer than 5% of industry peers

DART rate
C 1.07 per 100 workers

Safer than 60% 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

−19.7

2016→2024

Weston Nurseries injury rate improved

Weston Nurseries's TCR fell 19.7 from 25.1 in 2016 to 5.3 in 2024. Peak filing year was 2016 at 25.1 TCR. In 2024, DART was 0.08× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2016=25.1 · 2017=13.5 · 2022=11.7 · 2023=10.2 · 2024=5.3

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 111421 · Hopkinton, MA ABOVE-IND · SMALL

Grade F · TCR 13.2 · 293% of ind

  • DART 1.1 DART
  • RANK P5
  • PHOTO Fernlea Nurseries - …
  • BOOK 5y book
  • INJ 48 inj
  • SIZE ~91 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: Fernlea Nurseries - Carp (0.1 TCR gap)

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Weston Nurseries in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows Weston Nurseries averages 13.2 TCR (293% of the Nursery with tree production (except for reforestation) BLS benchmark).

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

Weston Nurseries TCR series: 2016=25.1 · 2017=13.5 · 2022=11.7 · 2023=10.2 · 2024=5.3 · BLS 4.5

Where Weston Nurseries falls in its industry

386 Nursery with tree production ( establishments

Safer than 5% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 4.9.

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers
Weston Nurseries (91 employees, TCR 13.2) 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 Weston Nurseries
Weston Nurseries (91 employees, TCR 13.2) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 52 employees and a TCR of 4.9

Weston Nurseries has more employees than the Nursery with tree production (except for median and a higher 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 5.3 1.1 5 0 0
2023 10.2 2.0 10 0 0
2022 11.7 4.3 11 0 0
2017 13.5 5.0 8 0 0
2016 25.1 0.0 14 0 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

111421 · MA · Hopkinton

386 Nursery with tree production (except for reforestation) employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 10,108 rated employers in Massachusetts with headcount on file · 36 employers in Hopkinton, MA · 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 Fernlea Nurseries - Carp 13.1 TCR
NAICS-TCR Growest 13.1 TCR
NAICS-TCR Nursery 13.3 TCR
NAICS-TCR Clinton Nurseries 13.4 TCR
STATE-SIZE Wise Construction 91 FTE
STATE-SIZE Atlantic Boston Construction 91 FTE
STATE-SIZE CSI NE 91 FTE
STATE-SIZE Chapman Waterproofing Company 91 FTE
CITY-NEAR Hopkinton 176 1,798 FTE
CITY-NEAR Hopkinton 171 991 FTE
CITY-NEAR Hopkinton 42 408 FTE
CITY-NEAR PerkinElmer 295 FTE
NAT-TCR 171 Devon 13.2 TCR
NAT-TCR AWS- Contra Costa County 13.2 TCR
NAT-TCR Event Rents Denver 13.2 TCR
NAT-TCR TruJacodi Delivery Express 13.2 TCR
NAT-SIZE Gallaway Health and rehab 91 FTE
NAT-SIZE Hoyt, Brumm & Link 91 FTE
NAT-SIZE Etowah Health Care Center 91 FTE
NAT-SIZE Tube Specialties, Inc. 91 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, 2017, 2016. 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.