Arborist services · New Jersey

Kevin Downes Tree Service Co., Inc.

Hawthorne, NJ · ~67 workers · 7 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

A
Excellent Safety Record
1.3
Avg TCR
4.5
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

Kevin Downes Tree Service Co., Inc. runs at 28% of its industry's injury rate - far safer than the typical Arborist services workplace, earning a grade A.

Kevin Downes Tree Service Co., Inc.: 1.3 TCR = 28% of Arborist services BLS 4.5 · 7y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Kevin Downes Tree Service Co., Inc. safety composite

Kevin Downes Tree Service Co., Inc. scores strongest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 90% of same-industry peers) and weakest on fatalities (safer than 52%), 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).

B

78/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
A 1.26 per 100 workers

Safer than 90% of industry peers

DART rate
B 0 per 100 workers

Safer than 84% 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

−0.4

2017→2024

Kevin Downes Tree Service Co., Inc. injury rate improved

Kevin Downes Tree Service Co., Inc.'s TCR fell 0.4 from 1.6 in 2017 to 1.2 in 2024. Peak filing year was 2017 at 1.6 TCR. In 2024, DART was 0× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2017=1.6 · 2019=1.4 · 2020=1.6 · 2021=0.0 · 2022=1.6 · 2023=1.4 · 2024=1.2

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 561730 · Hawthorne, NJ AT/BELOW-IND · SMALL

Grade A · TCR 1.3 · 28% of ind

  • DART 0.0 DART
  • RANK #5/55
  • PHOTO Rost Inc.
  • BOOK 7y book
  • INJ 6 inj
  • SIZE ~67 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: Rost Inc. (0.0 TCR gap)

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Kevin Downes Tree Service Co., Inc. in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows Kevin Downes Tree Service Co., Inc. averages 1.3 TCR (28% of the Arborist services BLS benchmark).

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

Kevin Downes Tree Service Co., Inc. TCR series: 2017=1.6 · 2019=1.4 · 2020=1.6 · 2021=0 · 2022=1.6 · 2023=1.4 · 2024=1.2 · BLS 4.5

Where Kevin Downes Tree Service Co., Inc. falls in its industry

2,875 Arborist services establishments

Safer than 90% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 4.7.

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to New Jersey alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #5 safest of 55 Arborist services employers in New Jersey.

Kevin Downes Tree Service Co., Inc. (67 employees, TCR 1.3) 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 Kevin Downes Tree Service Co., Inc.
Kevin Downes Tree Service Co., Inc. (67 employees, TCR 1.3) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 53 employees and a TCR of 4.7

Kevin Downes Tree Service Co., Inc. has more employees than the Arborist 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 1.2 0.0 1 0 0
2023 1.4 1.4 1 0 0
2022 1.6 1.6 1 0 0
2021 0.0 0.0 0 0 0
2020 1.6 1.6 1 0 0
2019 1.4 1.4 1 0 0
2017 1.6 0.0 1 0 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

561730 · NJ · Hawthorne

2,875 Arborist services employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 11,201 rated employers in New Jersey with headcount on file · 24 employers in Hawthorne, NJ · 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 Rost Inc. 1.3 TCR
NAICS-TCR Smith Lawnscapes LLC 1.3 TCR
NAICS-TCR Asplundh Tree Expert LLC - 067 1.3 TCR
NAICS-TCR GEO Surfaces 1.3 TCR
STATE-SIZE Gloucester 67 FTE
STATE-SIZE Atlantic Capes Fisheries 67 FTE
STATE-SIZE Duke Farms Foundation 67 FTE
STATE-SIZE PSEG Power ER&T 67 FTE
CITY-NEAR Premio Foods Inc - Hawthorne 459 FTE
CITY-NEAR Churchill Living LLC 314 FTE
CITY-NEAR Hawthorne 238 FTE
CITY-NEAR Fisk Alloy Wire 116 FTE
NAT-TCR SpawGlass Contractors Inc. - Austin 1.3 TCR
NAT-TCR Amarillo Cotton Warehouse, L.P. 1.3 TCR
NAT-TCR Dawson Terminal 1.3 TCR
NAT-TCR Location 12 1.3 TCR
NAT-SIZE Pyramid Air Conditioning Inc. 67 FTE
NAT-SIZE The Vets 67 FTE
NAT-SIZE International Grains and Cereal 67 FTE
NAT-SIZE Ancira KIA 67 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, 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.