Tree and brush trimming, overhead utility line · Minnesota

Carrs Tree Service - Ottertail

Name: Carrs Tree Service - Ottertail Workplace Safety Data
Creator: PlainSafetyScore
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Ottertail, MN · ~141 workers · 2 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

Compiled by PlainSafetyScore · August 25, 2026

C
Average Safety Record: 5.3
Avg TCR: 4.5
Industry avg: 0
Fatalities

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The verdict

Carrs Tree Service - Ottertail runs at 119% of its industry's injury rate - about level with the typical Tree and brush trimming, overhead utility line workplace, earning a grade C.

Carrs Tree Service - Ottertail: 5.3 TCR = 119% of Tree and brush trimming, overhead utility line BLS 4.5 · 2y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Carrs Tree Service - Ottertail safety composite

Carrs Tree Service - Ottertail scores strongest on dart rate (safer than 64% of same-industry peers) and weakest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 44%), 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).

53/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR): D 5.34 per 100 workers

Safer than 44% of industry peers
DART rate: C 0.7 per 100 workers

Safer than 64% 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

−0.9

2022→2023

Carrs Tree Service - Ottertail injury rate improved

Carrs Tree Service - Ottertail's TCR fell 0.9 from 5.8 in 2022 to 4.9 in 2023. Peak filing year was 2022 at 5.8 TCR. In 2023, DART was 0.13× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2022=5.8 · 2023=4.9

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 561730 · Ottertail, MN ABOVE-IND · MID

Grade C · TCR 5.3 · 119% of ind

DART 0.7 DART
RANK #27/64
PHOTO Fairway Lawns & Rain…
BOOK 2y book
INJ 13 inj
SIZE ~141 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: Fairway Lawns & Rainscapes Knoxville (0.0 TCR gap)

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What this shows Carrs Tree Service - Ottertail averages 5.3 TCR (119% of the Tree and brush trimming, overhead utility line BLS benchmark).

Carrs Tree Service - Ottertail TCR series: 2022=5.8 · 2023=4.9 · BLS 4.5

Where Carrs Tree Service - Ottertail falls in its industry

2,875 Tree and brush trimming, overh establishments

Safer than 44% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 4.7.

Grade C

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to Minnesota alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #27 safest of 64 Tree and brush trimming, overh employers in Minnesota.

Carrs Tree Service - Ottertail (141 employees, TCR 5.3) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 53 employees and a TCR of 4.7

Carrs Tree Service - Ottertail has more employees than the Tree and brush trimming, overhead utilit 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	Fatalities
2023	4.9	0.7	7	0	0
2022	5.8	0.0	6	0	0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

561730 · MN · Ottertail

2,875 Tree and brush trimming, overhead utility line employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 15,828 rated employers in Minnesota with headcount on file · 6 employers in Ottertail, MN · 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	Fairway Lawns & Rainscapes Knoxville	LOUISVILLE, TN	5.3 TCR
NAICS-TCR	Allweather Landscape Inc	SANTA MARIA, CA	5.3 TCR
NAICS-TCR	ANNCO Services 760	DELRAY BEACH, FL	5.3 TCR
NAICS-TCR	5455 - Oklahoma City	OKLAHOMA CITY, OK	5.3 TCR
STATE-SIZE	Evergreen MNF2	COON RAPIDS	141 FTE
STATE-SIZE	Wieser Brothers General Contractor, Inc.	LA CRESCENT	141 FTE
STATE-SIZE	Riley Bros Construction Inc	MORRIS	141 FTE
STATE-SIZE	Peterson Companies, Inc.	CHISAGO CITY	141 FTE
CITY-NEAR	Thumper Pond Resort	Ottertail	71 FTE
CITY-NEAR	Hilltop Lumber Ottertail	Ottertail	45 FTE
CITY-NEAR	10 Sheriff's Operations Center	Ottertail	34 FTE
CITY-NEAR	Ottertail Fire & Rescue	Ottertail	23 FTE
NAT-TCR	Wheatland Terrace	Grand Forks, ND	5.3 TCR
NAT-TCR	American Innotek Inc.	Oceanside, CA	5.3 TCR
NAT-TCR	Select Event Group, INC	Laurel, MD	5.3 TCR
NAT-TCR	Brandt Construction Co.	Milan, IL	5.3 TCR
NAT-SIZE	Madill Horse Trailer Plant	Madill, OK	141 FTE
NAT-SIZE	Norgren Inc.	Farmington, CT	141 FTE
NAT-SIZE	High Mountains	Boone, NC	141 FTE
NAT-SIZE	Spee Dee Delivery Service, Inc - Stevens Point	Plover, WI	141 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: 2023, 2022. 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.