Tree and brush trimming, overhead utility line · New Hampshire

John C. Brown & Sons, Inc.

Weare, NH · ~61 workers · 9 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

B
Good Safety Record
2.8
Avg TCR
4.5
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

John C. Brown & Sons, Inc. runs at 62% of its industry's injury rate - safer than the typical Tree and brush trimming, overhead utility line workplace, earning a grade B.

John C. Brown & Sons, Inc.: 2.8 TCR = 62% of Tree and brush trimming, overhead utility line BLS 4.5 · 9y Form 300A (see methodology below)

John C. Brown & Sons, Inc. safety composite

John C. Brown & Sons, Inc. scores strongest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 70% of same-industry peers) and weakest on dart rate (safer than 38%), 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

54/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
C 2.79 per 100 workers

Safer than 70% of industry peers

DART rate
D 3.58 per 100 workers

Safer than 38% 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

John C. Brown & Sons, Inc.: 1.1 → 3.6 TCR

Peak year 2022 @ 6.8 TCR · DART/TCR 1.28× in 2024

John C. Brown & Sons, Inc.'s TCR rose 2.4 from 1.1 in 2016 to 3.6 in 2024. Peak filing year was 2022 at 6.8 TCR. In 2024, DART was 1.28× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 561730 · Weare, NH AT/BELOW-IND · SMALL

Grade B · TCR 2.8 · 62% of ind

  • DART 3.6 DART
  • RANK #5/13
  • PHOTO Main Office and Jani…
  • BOOK 9y book
  • INJ 17 inj
  • SIZE ~61 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: Main Office and Janitorial (0.0 TCR gap)

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John C. Brown & Sons, Inc. in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows John C. Brown & Sons, Inc. averages 2.8 TCR (62% of the Tree and brush trimming, overhead utility line BLS benchmark).

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

John C. Brown & Sons, Inc. TCR series: 2016=1.1 · 2017=1.1 · 2018=2.2 · 2019=4.1 · 2020=2.8 · 2021=1.5 · 2022=6.8 · 2023=1.9 · 2024=3.6 · BLS 4.5

Where John C. Brown & Sons, Inc. falls in its industry

2,875 Tree and brush trimming, overh establishments

Safer than 70% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 4.7.

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to New Hampshire alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #5 safest of 13 Tree and brush trimming, overh employers in New Hampshire.

John C. Brown & Sons, Inc. (61 employees, TCR 2.8) 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 John C. Brown & Sons, Inc.
John C. Brown & Sons, Inc. (61 employees, TCR 2.8) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 53 employees and a TCR of 4.7

John C. Brown & Sons, Inc. has more employees than the Tree and brush trimming, overhead utilit 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 3.6 3.6 2 0 0
2023 1.9 1.9 1 0 0
2022 6.8 5.1 4 0 0
2021 1.5 1.5 1 0 0
2020 2.8 1.4 2 0 0
2019 4.1 4.1 3 0 0
2018 2.2 2.2 2 0 0
2017 1.1 1.1 1 0 0
2016 1.1 0.0 1 0 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

561730 · NH · Weare

2,875 Tree and brush trimming, overhead utility line employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 2,718 rated employers in New Hampshire with headcount on file · 10 employers in Weare, NH · 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 Main Office and Janitorial 2.8 TCR
NAICS-TCR Mount Holly 2.8 TCR
NAICS-TCR Houston South 2.8 TCR
NAICS-TCR Vine & Branch, Inc. 2.8 TCR
STATE-SIZE Merrimack Station 61 FTE
STATE-SIZE Amherst Facility 61 FTE
STATE-SIZE Belmont Admin 61 FTE
STATE-SIZE Rowell's Services 61 FTE
CITY-NEAR Granite State Plumbing & Heating 153 FTE
CITY-NEAR Granite State Plumbing and Heating LLC 133 FTE
CITY-NEAR Granite State Communications 41 FTE
CITY-NEAR CKS Hardware Inc 35 FTE
NAT-TCR Birmingham 2.8 TCR
NAT-TCR Thomas W. Springer, Inc. 2.8 TCR
NAT-TCR CenterPoint Energy - Bloomington 2.8 TCR
NAT-TCR Hancock Wood Electric Cooperative, Inc. ( North Baltimore) 2.8 TCR
NAT-SIZE Ward Trucking LLC-Columbus 61 FTE
NAT-SIZE Salt Lake Shuttle/ Western Regional 61 FTE
NAT-SIZE R+L Carriers - HAG 61 FTE
NAT-SIZE Fond du Lac Division 61 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, 2016. This is publicly available government data - not a legal determination of workplace conditions.
Data sourced from official public datasets. See our methodology for details.