Gathering of forest products (e.g., barks, gums, needles, seeds) · Florida

Gaston Tree Debris & Recycling, LLC

Gainesville, FL · ~136 workers · 3 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

C
Average Safety Record
4.1
Avg TCR
4.5
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

Gaston Tree Debris & Recycling, LLC runs at 90% of its industry's injury rate - about level with the typical Gathering of forest products (e.g., barks, gums, needles, seeds) workplace, earning a grade C.

Gaston Tree Debris & Recycling, LLC: 4.1 TCR = 90% of Gathering of forest products (e.g., barks, gums, needles, seeds) BLS 4.5 · 3y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Gaston Tree Debris & Recycling, LLC safety composite

Gaston Tree Debris & Recycling, LLC scores strongest on dart rate (safer than 82% of same-industry peers) and weakest on fatalities (safer than 50%), 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).

C

67/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
C 4.07 per 100 workers

Safer than 64% of industry peers

DART rate
B 0 per 100 workers

Safer than 82% of industry peers

Fatalities
D 0

Safer than 50% 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

−6.1

2020→2023

Gaston Tree Debris & Recycling, LLC injury rate improved

Gaston Tree Debris & Recycling, LLC's TCR fell 6.1 from 6.8 in 2020 to 0.7 in 2023. Peak filing year was 2020 at 6.8 TCR. In 2023, DART was 0× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2020=6.8 · 2022=4.7 · 2023=0.7

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 113210 · Gainesville, FL AT/BELOW-IND · MID

Grade C · TCR 4.1 · 90% of ind

  • DART 0.0 DART
  • RANK P64
  • PHOTO Aurora
  • BOOK 3y book
  • INJ 15 inj
  • SIZE ~136 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: Aurora (0.0 TCR gap)

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Gaston Tree Debris & Recycling, LLC in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows Gaston Tree Debris & Recycling, LLC averages 4.1 TCR (90% of the Gathering of forest products (e.g., barks, gums, needles, seeds) BLS benchmark).

Source U.S. Department of Labor, OSHA Injury Tracking Application (Form 300A) As of 2026-09-26

Gaston Tree Debris & Recycling, LLC TCR series: 2020=6.8 · 2022=4.7 · 2023=0.7 · BLS 4.5

Where Gaston Tree Debris & Recycling, LLC falls in its industry

14 Gathering of forest products ( establishments

Safer than 64% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 8.2.

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers
Gaston Tree Debris & Recycling, LLC (136 employees, TCR 4.1) among 10 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 40 employees and a TCR of 8.2 2×2 strategic matrix plotting 11 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 050100150 05101520 Average employees Total Case Rate PRT HubbardHull Forest ProductsEI055 - Badoura NurseryElktonSS-Harvest SouthAuroraSS-Harvest WestPRT BrightonPRT Cottage GroveOREGON BERRY PACKING INC.Gaston Tree Debris & Recycling, LLC
Gaston Tree Debris & Recycling, LLC (136 employees, TCR 4.1) among 10 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 40 employees and a TCR of 8.2

Gaston Tree Debris & Recycling, LLC has more employees than the Gathering of forest products (e.g., bark median and a lower injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 8.2. 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 0.7 0.0 1 0 0
2022 4.7 4.7 6 0 0
2020 6.8 1.7 8 0 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

113210 · FL · Gainesville

14 Gathering of forest products (e.g., barks, gums, needles, seeds) employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 26,569 rated employers in Florida with headcount on file · 278 employers in Gainesville, FL · 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 Aurora 4.1 TCR
NAICS-TCR OREGON BERRY PACKING INC. 5.1 TCR
NAICS-TCR SS-Harvest West 2.9 TCR
NAICS-TCR Nisqually 2.7 TCR
STATE-SIZE East Lake Rehab & Care Center, LLC 136 FTE
STATE-SIZE Alliance Dairies 136 FTE
STATE-SIZE Club 135 136 FTE
STATE-SIZE FOUNTAINVIEW BY FIVE STAR SENIOR LIVING 136 FTE
CITY-NEAR Shands UF Hospital 9,178 FTE
CITY-NEAR Terrace Health & Rehabilitation Center 9,005 FTE
CITY-NEAR HCA Florida North Florida Hospital 2,414 FTE
CITY-NEAR NORTH FLORIDA REGIONAL MEDICAL CENTER 1,770 FTE
NAT-TCR Grand Haven Charter Township 4.1 TCR
NAT-TCR Charlotte Foam 4.1 TCR
NAT-TCR Skaalen Nursing & Rehabilitation Center 4.1 TCR
NAT-TCR Harlow's School Bus Service - Auburn 4.1 TCR
NAT-SIZE Hickory Heights Health and Rehab 136 FTE
NAT-SIZE *Einstein Center One 136 FTE
NAT-SIZE St. Luke's Jerome 136 FTE
NAT-SIZE Service Spring Corp. 136 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, 2020. This is publicly available government data - not a legal determination of workplace conditions.
Data sourced from official public datasets. See our methodology for details.