Tree trimming services · Indiana

H & L Tree Trimming Inc.

North Vernon, IN · ~50 workers · 8 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

C
Average Safety Record
3.8
Avg TCR
4.5
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

H & L Tree Trimming Inc. runs at 85% of its industry's injury rate - about level with the typical Tree trimming services workplace, earning a grade C.

H & L Tree Trimming Inc.: 3.8 TCR = 85% of Tree trimming services BLS 4.5 · 8y Form 300A (see methodology below)

H & L Tree Trimming Inc. safety composite

H & L Tree Trimming Inc. scores strongest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 58% of same-industry peers) and weakest on dart rate (safer than 42%), 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)
C 3.84 per 100 workers

Safer than 58% of industry peers

DART rate
D 3.1 per 100 workers

Safer than 42% 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

−8.9

2017→2024

H & L Tree Trimming Inc. injury rate improved

H & L Tree Trimming Inc.'s TCR fell 8.9 from 12.0 in 2017 to 3.1 in 2024. Peak filing year was 2017 at 12.0 TCR. In 2024, DART was 0.81× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2017=12.0 · 2018=0.0 · 2019=2.4 · 2020=3.5 · 2021=3.8 · 2022=0.0 · 2023=5.9 · 2024=3.1

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 561730 · North Vernon, IN AT/BELOW-IND · SMALL

Grade C · TCR 3.8 · 85% of ind

  • DART 3.1 DART
  • RANK #24/50
  • PHOTO 1004135041
  • BOOK 8y book
  • INJ 12 inj
  • SIZE ~50 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: 1004135041 (0.0 TCR gap)

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H & L Tree Trimming Inc. in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows H & L Tree Trimming Inc. averages 3.8 TCR (85% of the Tree trimming services BLS benchmark).

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

H & L Tree Trimming Inc. TCR series: 2017=12 · 2018=0 · 2019=2.4 · 2020=3.5 · 2021=3.8 · 2022=0 · 2023=5.9 · 2024=3.1 · BLS 4.5

Where H & L Tree Trimming Inc. falls in its industry

2,875 Tree trimming services establishments

Safer than 58% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 4.7.

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to Indiana alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #24 safest of 50 Tree trimming services employers in Indiana.

H & L Tree Trimming Inc. (50 employees, TCR 3.8) 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 H & L Tree Trimming Inc.
H & L Tree Trimming Inc. (50 employees, TCR 3.8) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 53 employees and a TCR of 4.7

H & L Tree Trimming Inc. has fewer employees than the Tree trimming services median and a lower 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 3.1 3.1 1 0 0
2023 5.9 0.0 2 0 0
2022 0.0 0.0 0 0 0
2021 3.8 3.8 2 0 0
2020 3.5 3.5 2 0 0
2019 2.4 0.0 1 0 0
2018 0.0 0.0 0 0 0
2017 12.0 7.2 4 1 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

561730 · IN · North Vernon

2,875 Tree trimming services employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 12,750 rated employers in Indiana with headcount on file · 39 employers in North Vernon, IN · 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 1004135041 3.8 TCR
NAICS-TCR Horizon Landscape Company, Inc. 3.8 TCR
NAICS-TCR 145501 3.8 TCR
NAICS-TCR Flax Creek Holdings inc 3.8 TCR
STATE-SIZE The Sergio Corporation 50 FTE
STATE-SIZE Smock Fansler Corporation 50 FTE
STATE-SIZE MacDougall Pierce Construction 50 FTE
STATE-SIZE McCrite Milling 50 FTE
CITY-NEAR 2807-0992 726 FTE
CITY-NEAR 0992 LOWE S INDIANA RDC 606 FTE
CITY-NEAR Martinrea Industries Inc 304 FTE
CITY-NEAR NORTH VERNON INDUSTRY CORP 284 FTE
NAT-TCR Putzmeister America Inc 3.8 TCR
NAT-TCR Lighting Maintenance, Inc. 3.8 TCR
NAT-TCR USA Reno 1625 National Guard Way 3.8 TCR
NAT-TCR Votaw Precision Technologies, Inc. 3.8 TCR
NAT-SIZE Cowin Equipment Company of Atlanta 50 FTE
NAT-SIZE Maple Distribution LLC 50 FTE
NAT-SIZE TRANSPORTATION 50 FTE
NAT-SIZE Symphony at Mentor 50 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.