Tree surgery services · Alabama

Chris Francis Tree Care

Daphne, AL · ~23 workers · 5 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

D
Poor Safety Record
9.0
Avg TCR
4.5
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

Chris Francis Tree Care runs at 199% of its industry's injury rate - more dangerous than the typical Tree surgery services workplace, earning a grade D.

Chris Francis Tree Care: 9.0 TCR = 199% of Tree surgery services BLS 4.5 · 5y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Chris Francis Tree Care safety composite

Chris Francis Tree Care scores strongest on dart rate (safer than 84% of same-industry peers) and weakest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 21%), 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

51/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
F 8.96 per 100 workers

Safer than 21% 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

−10.9

2020→2024

Chris Francis Tree Care injury rate improved

Chris Francis Tree Care's TCR fell 10.9 from 15.5 in 2020 to 4.6 in 2024. Peak filing year was 2020 at 15.5 TCR. In 2024, DART was 0× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2020=15.5 · 2021=11.8 · 2022=3.9 · 2023=9.1 · 2024=4.6

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 561730 · Daphne, AL ABOVE-IND · SMALL

Grade D · TCR 9.0 · 199% of ind

  • DART 0.0 DART
  • RANK #29/34
  • PHOTO 887_1899
  • BOOK 5y book
  • INJ 9 inj
  • SIZE ~23 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: 887_1899 (0.0 TCR gap)

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Chris Francis Tree Care in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows Chris Francis Tree Care averages 9.0 TCR (199% of the Tree surgery services BLS benchmark).

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

Chris Francis Tree Care TCR series: 2020=15.5 · 2021=11.8 · 2022=3.9 · 2023=9.1 · 2024=4.6 · BLS 4.5

Where Chris Francis Tree Care falls in its industry

2,875 Tree surgery services establishments

Safer than 21% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 4.7.

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to Alabama alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #29 safest of 34 Tree surgery services employers in Alabama.

Chris Francis Tree Care (23 employees, TCR 9.0) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 53 employees and a TCR of 4.7 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 0200400600800 051015 Average employees Total Case Rate Chris Francis Tree Care
Chris Francis Tree Care (23 employees, TCR 9.0) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 53 employees and a TCR of 4.7

Chris Francis Tree Care has fewer employees than the Tree surgery services 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
2024 4.6 0.0 1 0 0
2023 9.1 4.5 2 0 0
2022 3.9 3.9 1 0 0
2021 11.8 11.8 3 0 0
2020 15.5 5.2 2 1 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

561730 · AL · Daphne

2,875 Tree surgery services employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 7,418 rated employers in Alabama with headcount on file · 39 employers in Daphne, AL · 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 887_1899 9.0 TCR
NAICS-TCR LandWest Design Group Inc 9.0 TCR
NAICS-TCR Elements Mountain Company Inc 9.0 TCR
NAICS-TCR Gerogia 9.0 TCR
STATE-SIZE Koch Foods Geraldine Breeder/Broilers 23 FTE
STATE-SIZE Ashland Breeder and Broiler 23 FTE
STATE-SIZE Decatur hatchery 23 FTE
STATE-SIZE Tenaska Central Alabama Generating Station 23 FTE
CITY-NEAR 934 341 FTE
CITY-NEAR WM 934 313 FTE
CITY-NEAR 2807-2251 175 FTE
CITY-NEAR 2251 LOWE S OF DAPHNE AL 167 FTE
NAT-TCR Ottawa County - Parks Operation Center 9.0 TCR
NAT-TCR Corn Pro, Inc. 9.0 TCR
NAT-TCR Snake River Truss 9.0 TCR
NAT-TCR 1001 - White Marsh 9.0 TCR
NAT-SIZE North Agronomy Center Division 23 FTE
NAT-SIZE P & L General Contractors, Inc. 23 FTE
NAT-SIZE 1664-Fairfield Inn Chicago River N 23 FTE
NAT-SIZE Crystal River FL 23 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, 2021, 2020. This is publicly available government data - not a legal determination of workplace conditions.

Read our methodology - how this data is sourced, computed, and verified.

Data sourced from official public datasets. See our methodology for details.