Tree and brush trimming, overhead utility line · Minnesota
Carrs Tree Service - Courtland
Courtland, MN · ~60 workers · 2 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.
- C
- Average Safety Record
- 3.7
- Avg TCR
- 4.5
- Industry avg
- 0
- Fatalities
The verdict
Carrs Tree Service - Courtland runs at 82% of its industry's injury rate - about level with the typical Tree and brush trimming, overhead utility line workplace, earning a grade C.
- C
- Average Safety Record
- 3.7
- avg TCR · per 100 workers
- 4.5
- industry benchmark (BLS)
- 4
- recordable injuries tracked
Grade compares Carrs Tree Service - Courtland's OSHA Total Case Rate of 3.7 to the Tree and brush trimming, overhead utility line BLS benchmark of 4.5 (82% of benchmark) across 2 years of Form 300A filings (2016–2024). <a href="/methodology">See methodology</a> for reporting-limitation caveats.
Injury rate over time
Carrs Tree Service - Courtland's yearly Total Case Rate, against the 4.5 industry benchmark.
Where Carrs Tree Service - Courtland falls in its industry
3,112 Tree and brush trimming, overh establishmentsSafer than 56% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 4.3.
Narrower to Minnesota alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #21 safest of 68 Tree and brush trimming, overh employers in Minnesota.
Trend analysis for Carrs Tree Service - Courtland
Between 2022 and 2023, Carrs Tree Service - Courtland's Total Case Rate improved from 4.0 to 3.4 recordable injuries per 100 full-time workers, a 17% decrease across 1 year of OSHA reporting.
The safest year on record was 2023, at a TCR of 3.4, while 2022 saw the highest rate, at 4.0, a spread of 0.7 points between the best and worst reporting years. That's a comparatively narrow spread, suggesting a fairly consistent safety record across the 2 years with a usable rate on file, rather than one outlier year skewing the multi-year average.
Summed across those 2 reporting years, Carrs Tree Service - Courtland recorded 4 total injuries and illnesses, with no fatalities reported in any of those years. Readers comparing establishments should weigh the 2-year trend above alongside establishment size, since a larger workforce naturally accumulates more raw incidents even at a lower per-100-worker rate.
Verify This Employer with OSHA
The 4 injuries shown on this page for Carrs Tree Service - Courtland are sourced from its own 2 years of mandatory OSHA Form 300A summaries. Cross-check the underlying establishment record directly against the federal source, name, NAICS classification, recordable case totals, and inspection history are all searchable on OSHA's Establishment-Specific Injury and Illness Data system.
Verify on OSHA Establishment SearchSource: U.S. Department of Labor, OSHA Establishment-Specific Injury and Illness Data. NAICS 561730 - Tree and brush trimming, overhead utility line.
DART Rate, Transparent Calculation (2023)
What is the DART rate formula?
DART (Days Away, Restricted, or Transferred) is computed by OSHA as incidents × 200,000 ÷ hours worked. The 200,000-hour denominator equals roughly 100 full-time workers, which lets establishments of very different sizes be compared directly.
1 DART incidents × 200,000 ÷ 119,106 hours worked = 1.68 DART
Methodology: 29 CFR 1904, OSHA Form 300A recordkeeping
Cross-Validating Context, Establishment vs Industry vs State
| Benchmark | TCR | Source |
|---|---|---|
| Carrs Tree Service - Courtland (this establishment) | 3.71 | OSHA ITA Form 300A, 2-year avg |
| Seasonal property maintenance services (i.e., snow plowing in winter, landscaping during other seasons) industry avg | 4.50 | BLS IIF, NAICS 561730 |
| Minnesota state avg (all industries) | 5.18 | OSHA ITA, state-level rollup |
Industry benchmarks: Bureau of Labor Statistics, Injuries, Illnesses, and Fatalities (IIF) program
Reportable Incident Timeline
Year-by-year reportable incidents (recordable injuries + illnesses + fatalities) submitted by Carrs Tree Service - Courtland to OSHA's Injury Tracking Application. Each row anchors to OSHA's inspection records search where you can pull the underlying inspection case numbers and citations for that establishment-year.
- 2023: 2 reportable incidents · 2 injuries, 0 illnesses, 0 fatalities - OSHA inspection records (case numbers)
- 2022: 2 reportable incidents · 2 injuries, 0 illnesses, 0 fatalities - OSHA inspection records (case numbers)
Source: OSHA Inspection Information System (IMIS) - inspection case-number records
Year-by-Year Safety Data
| Year | TCR | DART | Injuries | Illnesses | Fatalities |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2023 | 3.4 | 1.7 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| 2022 | 4.0 | 0.0 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
What this grade means for you
Use this grade as a relative read on Carrs Tree Service - Courtland's reported OSHA injury record, strong versus its Tree and brush trimming, overhead utility line peers, but not a guarantee about any single site today.
- At 82% of the Tree and brush trimming, overhead utility line benchmark, Carrs Tree Service - Courtland reports fewer injuries than typical peers, still worth asking how safety is managed day to day. Know your rights
- Judge this record against the wider Tree and brush trimming, overhead utility line sector, where injury rates vary widely, before comparing it in isolation. See the industry
- Grades reflect 2016–2024 filings; check the latest establishment record straight from OSHA, or look up a different employer. Look up another
Safety grades reflect employers' self-reported OSHA Form 300A filings from 2016 to 2024 and can lag current conditions. A grade is not a guarantee that any specific workplace is safe or unsafe today. See our methodology and disclaimer.
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Read our methodology - how this data is sourced, computed, and verified.
Every figure and grade on PlainSafetyScore is computed directly from OSHA's published Injury Tracking Application data and BLS industry benchmarks, no number is typed in by an editor. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these safety grades, or report a data error. Data current as of 2016-2024 OSHA ITA release.