Logging · Maine

Gardner Logging Services Inc

Chester, ME · ~29 workers · 8 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

D
Poor Safety Record
5.6
Avg TCR
4.5
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

Gardner Logging Services Inc runs at 124% of its industry's injury rate - more dangerous than the typical Logging workplace, earning a grade D.

Gardner Logging Services Inc: 5.6 TCR = 124% of Logging BLS 4.5 · 8y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Gardner Logging Services Inc safety composite

Gardner Logging Services Inc scores strongest on fatalities (safer than 53% of same-industry peers) and weakest on dart rate (safer than 40%), 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

44/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
D 5.59 per 100 workers

Safer than 42% of industry peers

DART rate
D 2.79 per 100 workers

Safer than 40% of industry peers

Fatalities
D 0

Safer than 53% 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

−2.3

2017→2024

Gardner Logging Services Inc injury rate improved

Gardner Logging Services Inc's TCR fell 2.3 from 7.9 in 2017 to 5.6 in 2024. Peak filing year was 2022 at 8.7 TCR. In 2024, DART was 0.5× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2017=7.9 · 2018=5.4 · 2019=2.5 · 2020=4.2 · 2021=5.2 · 2022=8.7 · 2023=5.2 · 2024=5.6

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 113310 · Chester, ME ABOVE-IND · SMALL

Grade D · TCR 5.6 · 124% of ind

  • DART 2.8 DART
  • RANK #7/18
  • PHOTO John Wheeler Logging…
  • BOOK 8y book
  • INJ 17 inj
  • SIZE ~29 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: John Wheeler Logging, Inc. (0.0 TCR gap)

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Gardner Logging Services Inc in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows Gardner Logging Services Inc averages 5.6 TCR (124% of the Logging BLS benchmark).

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

Gardner Logging Services Inc TCR series: 2017=7.9 · 2018=5.4 · 2019=2.5 · 2020=4.2 · 2021=5.2 · 2022=8.7 · 2023=5.2 · 2024=5.6 · BLS 4.5

Where Gardner Logging Services Inc falls in its industry

177 Logging establishments

Safer than 42% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 4.8.

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to Maine alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #7 safest of 18 Logging employers in Maine.

Gardner Logging Services Inc (29 employees, TCR 5.6) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 37 employees and a TCR of 4.8 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 05001,0001,500 05101520 Average employees Total Case Rate Gardner Logging Services Inc
Gardner Logging Services Inc (29 employees, TCR 5.6) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 37 employees and a TCR of 4.8

Gardner Logging Services Inc has fewer employees than the Logging median and a higher injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 4.8. 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 5.6 2.8 2 0 0
2023 5.2 2.6 2 0 0
2022 8.7 2.9 3 0 0
2021 5.2 2.6 2 0 0
2020 4.2 4.2 2 0 0
2019 2.5 2.5 1 0 0
2018 5.4 5.4 2 0 0
2017 7.9 2.6 3 0 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

113310 · ME · Chester

177 Logging employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 2,397 rated employers in Maine with headcount on file · 8 employers in Chester, ME · 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 John Wheeler Logging, Inc. 5.6 TCR
NAICS-TCR Dave Bekkevar Logging & Trucking, Inc 5.6 TCR
NAICS-TCR Robert S. Coleman Lumber Co., Inc 5.6 TCR
NAICS-TCR Robin A. Crawford & Son Woods 5.7 TCR
STATE-SIZE BU 220 NORTHEAST PAVING COMPANY EARTH 29 FTE
STATE-SIZE Hewes 3 Inc. dba Hewes & Company 29 FTE
STATE-SIZE Gendron Corp 29 FTE
STATE-SIZE Eastwood Contractors Inc. 29 FTE
CITY-NEAR Treeline Inc. 78 FTE
CITY-NEAR W.T. Gardner & Sons, Inc 64 FTE
CITY-NEAR WT Gardner & Sons Inc 61 FTE
CITY-NEAR DBI 24 FTE
NAT-TCR 7851-Pdllc-Valparaiso University 5.6 TCR
NAT-TCR New Hanover House 5.6 TCR
NAT-TCR Camelback Moving Inc. 5.6 TCR
NAT-TCR Lccb 1l12 New Windsor Ny Distribution Ctr 5.6 TCR
NAT-SIZE Davitt Design Build, Inc. 29 FTE
NAT-SIZE Pierre Store 29 FTE
NAT-SIZE Andersen Logistics - Denver 29 FTE
NAT-SIZE City of Woodbury - M Health Fairview Sports Center 29 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, 2019, 2018, 2017. 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.