Field nurseries (i.e., growing of flowers and shrubbery) · North Carolina
Worthington Farms
Greenville, NC · ~74 workers · 9 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.
- F
- Failing Safety Record
- 12.3
- Avg TCR
- 4.5
- Industry avg
- 0
- Fatalities
The verdict
Worthington Farms runs at 274% of its industry's injury rate - far more dangerous than the typical Field nurseries (i.e., growing of flowers and shrubbery) workplace, earning a grade F.
Worthington Farms: 12.3 TCR = 274% of Field nurseries (i.e., growing of flowers and shrubbery) BLS 4.5 · 9y Form 300A (see methodology below)
Worthington Farms safety composite
Worthington Farms scores strongest on fatalities (safer than 51% of same-industry peers) and weakest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 7%), 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).
21/100
Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures
- Total Case Rate (TCR)
- F 12.32 per 100 workers
Safer than 7% of industry peers
- DART rate
- F 6.18 per 100 workers
Safer than 16% 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%).
Rising injury rate
Worthington Farms: 12.7 → 13.6 TCR
Peak year 2017 @ 19.0 TCR · DART/TCR 0.5× in 2024
Worthington Farms's TCR rose 0.9 from 12.7 in 2016 to 13.6 in 2024. Peak filing year was 2017 at 19.0 TCR. In 2024, DART was 0.5× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).
OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard
Establishment book 111421 · Greenville, NC ABOVE-IND · SMALL
Grade F · TCR 12.3 · 274% of ind
- DART 6.2 DART
- RANK #17/17
- PHOTO Larch Farm
- BOOK 9y book
- INJ 94 inj
- SIZE ~74 FTE
Nearest TCR peer: Larch Farm (0.1 TCR gap)
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Worthington Farms in the TCR neighbourhood
Average Total Case Rate among this establishment and nearest same-industry peers
- W. & E. Radtke
W. & E. Radtke, Inc.
12.6 TCR
- La Verne Nurse
La Verne Nursery, Inc.
12.6 TCR
- 2253_4037
2253_4037
12.5 TCR
- This site
Worthington Farms
12.3 TCR
- Larch Farm
Larch Farm
12.2 TCR
What this shows Worthington Farms averages 12.3 TCR (274% of the Field nurseries (i.e., growing of flowers and shrubbery) BLS benchmark).
Worthington Farms TCR series: 2016=12.7 · 2017=19 · 2018=10.1 · 2019=11.1 · 2020=10.1 · 2021=14.1 · 2022=13 · 2023=7.1 · 2024=13.6 · BLS 4.5
Where Worthington Farms falls in its industry
386 Field nurseries (i.e., growing establishmentsSafer than 7% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 4.9.
Narrower to North Carolina alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #17 safest of 17 Field nurseries (i.e., growing employers in North Carolina.
Worthington Farms has more employees than the Field nurseries (i.e., growing of flower 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 | 13.6 | 6.2 | 11 | 0 | 0 |
| 2023 | 7.1 | 4.7 | 6 | 0 | 0 |
| 2022 | 13.0 | 7.6 | 12 | 0 | 0 |
| 2021 | 14.1 | 10.9 | 13 | 0 | 0 |
| 2020 | 10.1 | 5.6 | 9 | 0 | 0 |
| 2019 | 11.1 | 7.8 | 10 | 0 | 0 |
| 2018 | 10.1 | 5.6 | 8 | 1 | 0 |
| 2017 | 19.0 | 1.1 | 17 | 0 | 0 |
| 2016 | 12.7 | 5.8 | 8 | 3 | 0 |
OSHA ITA peer cross-reference
Establishment peer ledger
111421 · NC · Greenville
386 Field nurseries (i.e., growing of flowers and shrubbery) employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 16,981 rated employers in North Carolina with headcount on file · 203 employers in Greenville, 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 | Larch Farm | 12.2 TCR |
| NAICS-TCR | 2253_4037 | 12.5 TCR |
| NAICS-TCR | W. & E. Radtke, Inc. | 12.6 TCR |
| NAICS-TCR | La Verne Nursery, Inc. | 12.6 TCR |
| STATE-SIZE | BLUE VIEW INC | 74 FTE |
| STATE-SIZE | 6271-508 | 74 FTE |
| STATE-SIZE | Baker Residential | 74 FTE |
| STATE-SIZE | United Workers Services, LLC | 74 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | Vidant Medical Center | 6,615 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | East Carolina Univeristy Core Campus | 6,489 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | ECU Health Medical Center | 6,070 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | Pitt County Schools | 3,499 FTE |
| NAT-TCR | Protein Products, Inc. | 12.3 TCR |
| NAT-TCR | Sun Retreats Shenandoah Valley | 12.3 TCR |
| NAT-TCR | Concrete Paving Overhead East (7101) | 12.3 TCR |
| NAT-TCR | Amazon.com Services LLC - DUT7 | 12.3 TCR |
| NAT-SIZE | Doan Building | 74 FTE |
| NAT-SIZE | SED | 74 FTE |
| NAT-SIZE | Hermitage Health Center | 74 FTE |
| NAT-SIZE | Essential Ford of Stuart | 74 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.