Lawn care services (e.g., fertilizing, mowing, seeding, spraying) · North Carolina

Witherspoon Rose Culture

Name: Witherspoon Rose Culture Workplace Safety Data
Creator: PlainSafetyScore
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Durham, NC · ~46 workers · 4 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

Compiled by PlainSafetyScore · August 25, 2026

D
Poor Safety Record: 6.7
Avg TCR: 4.5
Industry avg: 0
Fatalities

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The verdict

Witherspoon Rose Culture runs at 149% of its industry's injury rate - more dangerous than the typical Lawn care services (e.g., fertilizing, mowing, seeding, spraying) workplace, earning a grade D.

Witherspoon Rose Culture: 6.7 TCR = 149% of Lawn care services (e.g., fertilizing, mowing, seeding, spraying) BLS 4.5 · 4y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Witherspoon Rose Culture safety composite

Witherspoon Rose Culture scores strongest on dart rate (safer than 84% of same-industry peers) and weakest on total case rate (tcr) (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).

56/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR): F 6.72 per 100 workers

Safer than 33% of industry peers
DART rate: B 0 per 100 workers

Safer than 84% of industry peers
Fatalities: D 0

Safer than 52% 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

−5.2

2019→2022

Witherspoon Rose Culture injury rate improved

Witherspoon Rose Culture's TCR fell 5.2 from 10.1 in 2019 to 4.9 in 2022. Peak filing year was 2019 at 10.1 TCR. In 2022, DART was 0× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2019=10.1 · 2020=9.7 · 2021=2.2 · 2022=4.9

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 561730 · Durham, NC ABOVE-IND · SMALL

Grade D · TCR 6.7 · 149% of ind

DART 0.0 DART
RANK #45/74
PHOTO 1004135221
BOOK 4y book
INJ 12 inj
SIZE ~46 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: 1004135221 (0.0 TCR gap)

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What this shows Witherspoon Rose Culture averages 6.7 TCR (149% of the Lawn care services (e.g., fertilizing, mowing, seeding, spraying) BLS benchmark).

Witherspoon Rose Culture TCR series: 2019=10.1 · 2020=9.7 · 2021=2.2 · 2022=4.9 · BLS 4.5

Where Witherspoon Rose Culture falls in its industry

2,875 Lawn care services (e.g., fert establishments

Safer than 33% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 4.7.

Grade D

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to North Carolina alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #45 safest of 74 Lawn care services (e.g., fert employers in North Carolina.

Witherspoon Rose Culture (46 employees, TCR 6.7) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 53 employees and a TCR of 4.7

Witherspoon Rose Culture has fewer employees than the Lawn care services (e.g., fertilizing, m median and a higher injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 4.7. 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
2022	4.9	0.0	2	0
2021	2.2	2.2	1	0
2020	9.7	3.9	5	0
2019	10.1	2.0	4	1

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

561730 · NC · Durham

2,875 Lawn care services (e.g., fertilizing, mowing, seeding, spraying) employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 16,981 rated employers in North Carolina with headcount on file · 530 employers in Durham, NC · 4 cross-state NAT-TCR peers · 4 cross-state NAT-SIZE peers. Closest matches by relationship code are listed below.

Rel	Establishment	Place	Metric
NAICS-TCR	1004135221	KENT, OH	6.7 TCR
NAICS-TCR	Premier Service	OAK BROOK, IL	6.7 TCR
NAICS-TCR	ec	MURRIETA, CA	6.7 TCR
NAICS-TCR	Salsbery Brothers Landscaping, Inc.	CARMEL, IN	6.7 TCR
STATE-SIZE	Harrells Facility	HARRELLS	46 FTE
STATE-SIZE	Buy Sod, Inc.	PINEHURST	46 FTE
STATE-SIZE	Buck Steam Station	SALISBURY	46 FTE
STATE-SIZE	KITTY HAWK AREA	KITTY HAWK	46 FTE
CITY-NEAR	Duke University	Durham	23,871 FTE
CITY-NEAR	Duke University Hospital	Durham	11,048 FTE
CITY-NEAR	BCBSNC Telecommuters	Durham	3,033 FTE
CITY-NEAR	Wolfspeed - Durham, NC	Durham	3,013 FTE
NAT-TCR	Allied Omaha Oil & Tire	Omaha, NE	6.7 TCR
NAT-TCR	Hilltop Ranch	Ballico, CA	6.7 TCR
NAT-TCR	Agropur-Le Sueur Cheese Company	Le Sueur, MN	6.7 TCR
NAT-TCR	Amthor International	Gretna, VA	6.7 TCR
NAT-SIZE	Hawkeye, Baillie Lumber	Trempealeau, WI	46 FTE
NAT-SIZE	C&F Steel Hamilton	Hamilton, TX	46 FTE
NAT-SIZE	Sweet and Dried Cranberry Plant	Pittsville, WI	46 FTE
NAT-SIZE	Continental Manufacturing Company	Fenton, MO	46 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: 2022, 2021, 2020, 2019. This is publicly available government data - not a legal determination of workplace conditions.

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