Tree services (e.g., bracing, planting, pruning, removal, spraying, surgery, trimming) · California

Commercial Tree Care

San Jose, CA · ~70 workers · 3 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

D
Poor Safety Record
8.4
Avg TCR
4.5
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

Commercial Tree Care runs at 186% of its industry's injury rate - more dangerous than the typical Tree services (e.g., bracing, planting, pruning, removal, spraying, surgery, trimming) workplace, earning a grade D.

Commercial Tree Care: 8.4 TCR = 186% of Tree services (e.g., bracing, planting, pruning, removal, spraying, surgery, trimming) BLS 4.5 · 3y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Commercial Tree Care safety composite

Commercial Tree Care scores strongest on fatalities (safer than 52% of same-industry peers) and weakest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 23%), 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).

F

30/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
F 8.38 per 100 workers

Safer than 23% of industry peers

DART rate
F 5.81 per 100 workers

Safer than 23% 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

−5.1

2017→2019

Commercial Tree Care injury rate improved

Commercial Tree Care's TCR fell 5.1 from 12.1 in 2017 to 7.0 in 2019. Peak filing year was 2017 at 12.1 TCR. In 2019, DART was 0.69× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2017=12.1 · 2018=6.0 · 2019=7.0

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 561730 · San Jose, CA ABOVE-IND · SMALL

Grade D · TCR 8.4 · 186% of ind

  • DART 5.8 DART
  • RANK #302/448
  • PHOTO 132131
  • BOOK 3y book
  • INJ 20 inj
  • SIZE ~70 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: 132131 (0.0 TCR gap)

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Commercial Tree Care in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows Commercial Tree Care averages 8.4 TCR (186% of the Tree services (e.g., bracing, planting, pruning, removal, spraying, surgery, trimming) BLS benchmark).

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

Commercial Tree Care TCR series: 2017=12.1 · 2018=6 · 2019=7 · BLS 4.5

Where Commercial Tree Care falls in its industry

2,875 Tree services (e.g., bracing, establishments

Safer than 23% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 4.7.

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to California alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #302 safest of 448 Tree services (e.g., bracing, employers in California.

Commercial Tree Care (70 employees, TCR 8.4) 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 Commercial Tree Care
Commercial Tree Care (70 employees, TCR 8.4) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 53 employees and a TCR of 4.7

Commercial Tree Care has more employees than the Tree services (e.g., bracing, planting, 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
2019 7.0 5.8 5 1 0
2018 6.0 3.6 5 0 0
2017 12.1 4.8 10 0 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

561730 · CA · San Jose

2,875 Tree services (e.g., bracing, planting, pruning, removal, spraying, surgery, trimming) employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 51,834 rated employers in California with headcount on file · 1,102 employers in San Jose, CA · 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 132131 8.4 TCR
NAICS-TCR Portland South 8.4 TCR
NAICS-TCR Small's Garden Center 8.4 TCR
NAICS-TCR Artistic Maintenance, Inc. - OC 8.4 TCR
STATE-SIZE Heritage Land Company 70 FTE
STATE-SIZE Ceballos Ag Services, Inc. 70 FTE
STATE-SIZE NRTHN 70 FTE
STATE-SIZE EW Merritt Farms 70 FTE
CITY-NEAR 2636-CALIFORNIA.SAN JOSE 11,308 FTE
CITY-NEAR Santa Clara Valley Healthcare, Valley Medical Center (Hospital & Clinics) 7,299 FTE
CITY-NEAR Rosendin - Main 6,964 FTE
CITY-NEAR Santa Clara Valley Medical Center (SCVMC & Clinics) 6,576 FTE
NAT-TCR Temple University New Library 8.4 TCR
NAT-TCR Freedom 8.4 TCR
NAT-TCR Regency House 8.4 TCR
NAT-TCR Senior Care of Edinburg 8.4 TCR
NAT-SIZE Saint Joseph Jessamine 70 FTE
NAT-SIZE Comm HVAC NA and EMEA : SVC-Mid America District : SVC-OMAHA NE-USA 70 FTE
NAT-SIZE Interstate Blood Bank - Chicago, IL 70 FTE
NAT-SIZE Terminix Service, Inc. Inc. 88- 1 70 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: 2019, 2018, 2017. This is publicly available government data - not a legal determination of workplace conditions.
Data sourced from official public datasets. See our methodology for details.