Landscape contractors (except construction) · Michigan

Esch Landscaping, LLC

Pigeon, MI · ~35 workers · 3 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

F
Failing Safety Record
10.9
Avg TCR
4.5
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

Esch Landscaping, LLC runs at 242% of its industry's injury rate - far more dangerous than the typical Landscape contractors (except construction) workplace, earning a grade F.

Esch Landscaping, LLC: 10.9 TCR = 242% of Landscape contractors (except construction) BLS 4.5 · 3y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Esch Landscaping, LLC safety composite

Esch Landscaping, LLC scores strongest on fatalities (safer than 52% of same-industry peers) and weakest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 13%), 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 10.88 per 100 workers

Safer than 13% of industry peers

DART rate
D 3.91 per 100 workers

Safer than 35% 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%).

Rising injury rate

Esch Landscaping, LLC: 12.4 → 15.6 TCR

Peak year 2024 @ 15.6 TCR · DART/TCR 0.36× in 2024

Esch Landscaping, LLC's TCR rose 3.2 from 12.4 in 2022 to 15.6 in 2024. In 2024, DART was 0.36× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 561730 · Pigeon, MI ABOVE-IND · SMALL

Grade F · TCR 10.9 · 242% of ind

  • DART 3.9 DART
  • RANK #80/91
  • PHOTO Top Cut Lawn Services
  • BOOK 3y book
  • INJ 8 inj
  • SIZE ~35 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: Top Cut Lawn Services (0.0 TCR gap)

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Esch Landscaping, LLC in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows Esch Landscaping, LLC averages 10.9 TCR (242% of the Landscape contractors (except construction) BLS benchmark).

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

Esch Landscaping, LLC TCR series: 2022=12.4 · 2023=4.6 · 2024=15.6 · BLS 4.5

Where Esch Landscaping, LLC falls in its industry

2,875 Landscape contractors (except establishments

Safer than 13% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 4.7.

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to Michigan alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #80 safest of 91 Landscape contractors (except employers in Michigan.

Esch Landscaping, LLC (35 employees, TCR 10.9) 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 Esch Landscaping, LLC
Esch Landscaping, LLC (35 employees, TCR 10.9) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 53 employees and a TCR of 4.7

Esch Landscaping, LLC has fewer employees than the Landscape contractors (except constructi 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 15.6 3.9 4 0 0
2023 4.6 4.6 1 0 0
2022 12.4 8.3 3 0 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

561730 · MI · Pigeon

2,875 Landscape contractors (except construction) employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 16,393 rated employers in Michigan with headcount on file · 8 employers in Pigeon, MI · 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 Top Cut Lawn Services 10.9 TCR
NAICS-TCR Essential Vegetation Management Services 10.8 TCR
NAICS-TCR The New Tip Top Arborists, Inc 10.8 TCR
NAICS-TCR Desert Classic Landscaping 10.9 TCR
STATE-SIZE Heeren, LLC - 42 North Apples 35 FTE
STATE-SIZE Harbor Farmz, North LLC 35 FTE
STATE-SIZE Willow Point Dairy 35 FTE
STATE-SIZE POWER & UTILITIES OPERATIONS - ROB 35 FTE
CITY-NEAR Scheurer Hospital 382 FTE
CITY-NEAR Huron Casting Inc 362 FTE
CITY-NEAR Blue Diamond Steel Casting LLC 301 FTE
CITY-NEAR Axis Machining Inc. 106 FTE
NAT-TCR The Saint Paul Hotel 10.9 TCR
NAT-TCR Ignite Medical Resort Bartlesville LLC 10.9 TCR
NAT-TCR Hess Contracting, Inc. 10.9 TCR
NAT-TCR RWJ University Hospital Somerset 10.9 TCR
NAT-SIZE Beyer Services 35 FTE
NAT-SIZE 1335 Building 35 FTE
NAT-SIZE Courtyard by Marriott Charlotte Fort Mill 35 FTE
NAT-SIZE Forreston Fire Protection District 35 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. 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.