Tree and brush trimming, overhead utility line · Maine

Lucas Tree Experts

Falmouth, ME · ~444 workers · 2 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

D
Poor Safety Record
5.5
Avg TCR
4.5
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

Lucas Tree Experts runs at 123% of its industry's injury rate - more dangerous than the typical Tree and brush trimming, overhead utility line workplace, earning a grade D.

Lucas Tree Experts: 5.5 TCR = 123% of Tree and brush trimming, overhead utility line BLS 4.5 · 2y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Lucas Tree Experts safety composite

Lucas Tree Experts scores strongest on dart rate (safer than 57% of same-industry peers) and weakest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 43%), 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

50/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
D 5.52 per 100 workers

Safer than 43% of industry peers

DART rate
C 1.51 per 100 workers

Safer than 57% 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%).

Lucas Tree Experts held a steady TCR band

Lucas Tree Experts's TCR held near 0.2 from 5.4 in 2016 to 5.6 in 2018. In 2018, DART was 0.27× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2016=5.4 · 2018=5.6

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 561730 · Falmouth, ME ABOVE-IND · MID

Grade D · TCR 5.5 · 123% of ind

  • DART 1.5 DART
  • RANK #3/8
  • PHOTO Highway Landscapers,…
  • BOOK 2y book
  • INJ 53 inj
  • SIZE ~444 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: Highway Landscapers, Inc. (0.0 TCR gap)

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Lucas Tree Experts in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows Lucas Tree Experts averages 5.5 TCR (123% 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

Lucas Tree Experts TCR series: 2016=5.4 · 2018=5.6 · BLS 4.5

Where Lucas Tree Experts falls in its industry

2,875 Tree and brush trimming, overh establishments

Safer than 43% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 4.7.

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to Maine alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #3 safest of 8 Tree and brush trimming, overh employers in Maine.

Lucas Tree Experts (444 employees, TCR 5.5) 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 Lucas Tree Experts
Lucas Tree Experts (444 employees, TCR 5.5) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 53 employees and a TCR of 4.7

Lucas Tree Experts has more employees than the Tree and brush trimming, overhead utilit median and a higher 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
2018 5.6 1.5 25 1 0
2016 5.4 2.1 28 0 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

561730 · ME · Falmouth

2,875 Tree and brush trimming, overhead utility line employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 2,397 rated employers in Maine with headcount on file · 25 employers in Falmouth, 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 Highway Landscapers, Inc. 5.5 TCR
NAICS-TCR Main 5.5 TCR
NAICS-TCR SSS Brevard OPCO LLC 5.5 TCR
NAICS-TCR Accent TX 5.5 TCR
STATE-SIZE SOUTHERN MAINE_1443242 443 FTE
STATE-SIZE Gas Power Systems : Bangor, ME, USA 442 FTE
STATE-SIZE Corning Life Sciences 447 FTE
STATE-SIZE Mount Desert Island Hospital 450 FTE
CITY-NEAR OceanView Management 202 FTE
CITY-NEAR 8222 195 FTE
CITY-NEAR 08222 - Store # 8222 Falmouth 183 FTE
CITY-NEAR OceanView at Falmouth 161 FTE
NAT-TCR MTKA04 5.5 TCR
NAT-TCR USC Nycon 5.5 TCR
NAT-TCR Trenton Elevator 5.5 TCR
NAT-TCR All Power Manufacuturing Co. 5.5 TCR
NAT-SIZE 03-Brown Deer 444 FTE
NAT-SIZE Bernhard MCC L.L.C. LA 444 FTE
NAT-SIZE Arconic Technology Center (00160) 444 FTE
NAT-SIZE CHARLOTTESVILLE-RECREATION 444 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: 2018, 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.