Arborist services · New York

Nelson Tree Service, LLC 463

Name: Nelson Tree Service, LLC 463 Workplace Safety Data
Creator: PlainSafetyScore
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Afton, NY · ~306 workers · 2 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

Compiled by PlainSafetyScore · August 25, 2026

A
Excellent Safety Record: 1.8
Avg TCR: 4.5
Industry avg: 0
Fatalities

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The verdict

Nelson Tree Service, LLC 463 runs at 40% of its industry's injury rate - far safer than the typical Arborist services workplace, earning a grade A.

Nelson Tree Service, LLC 463: 1.8 TCR = 40% of Arborist services BLS 4.5 · 2y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Nelson Tree Service, LLC 463 safety composite

Nelson Tree Service, LLC 463 scores strongest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 82% 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).

68/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR): B 1.81 per 100 workers

Safer than 82% of industry peers
DART rate: C 0.69 per 100 workers

Safer than 64% 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

−1.6

2020→2021

Nelson Tree Service, LLC 463 injury rate improved

Nelson Tree Service, LLC 463's TCR fell 1.6 from 2.6 in 2020 to 1.0 in 2021. Peak filing year was 2020 at 2.6 TCR. In 2021, DART was 0.38× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2020=2.6 · 2021=1.0

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 561730 · Afton, NY AT/BELOW-IND · MID

Grade A · TCR 1.8 · 40% of ind

DART 0.7 DART
RANK #23/92
PHOTO 273001
BOOK 2y book
INJ 11 inj
SIZE ~306 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: 273001 (0.0 TCR gap)

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1.8

What this shows Nelson Tree Service, LLC 463 averages 1.8 TCR (40% of the Arborist services BLS benchmark).

Nelson Tree Service, LLC 463 TCR series: 2020=2.6 · 2021=1 · BLS 4.5

Where Nelson Tree Service, LLC 463 falls in its industry

2,875 Arborist services establishments

Safer than 82% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 4.7.

Grade A

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to New York alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #23 safest of 92 Arborist services employers in New York.

Nelson Tree Service, LLC 463 (306 employees, TCR 1.8) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 53 employees and a TCR of 4.7

Nelson Tree Service, LLC 463 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
2021	1.0	0.7	3	0	0
2020	2.6	1.3	8	0	0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

561730 · NY · Afton

2,875 Arborist services employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 21,008 rated employers in New York with headcount on file · 4 employers in Afton, NY · 4 cross-state NAT-TCR peers · 4 cross-state NAT-SIZE peers. Closest matches by relationship code are listed below.

Rel	Establishment	Place	Metric
NAICS-TCR	273001	LIVERMORE, CA	1.8 TCR
NAICS-TCR	Tree Servants, LLC	BREMEN, IN	1.8 TCR
NAICS-TCR	Carlsbad 47220	CARLSBAD, CA	1.8 TCR
NAICS-TCR	TTS - Indiana	MUNCIE, IN	1.8 TCR
STATE-SIZE	NY Corporate Office	NEW YORK	306 FTE
STATE-SIZE	Bush Industries.com	JAMESTOWN	306 FTE
STATE-SIZE	0241 - NEW ROCHELLE NY WHSE	NEW ROCHELLE	306 FTE
STATE-SIZE	6458-ZERC	FARMINGTON	306 FTE
CITY-NEAR	Nelson Tree Service LLC	Afton	420 FTE
CITY-NEAR	Nelson Tree Service, LLC 464	Afton	151 FTE
CITY-NEAR	McDowell & Walker, Inc.	Afton	20 FTE
NAT-TCR	MN Field	Savage, MN	1.8 TCR
NAT-TCR	Bear Materials - Walther Road	Newark, DE	1.8 TCR
NAT-TCR	Carlsbad 47220	Carlsbad, CA	1.8 TCR
NAT-TCR	NGAS-W528	Charlotte, NC	1.8 TCR
NAT-SIZE	Northern Labs	Manitowoc, WI	306 FTE
NAT-SIZE	Customized - FL - 0804	Gainesville, FL	306 FTE
NAT-SIZE	Carry On Trailer	Lavonia, GA	306 FTE
NAT-SIZE	Dickinson Frozen Foods Fruitland	Fruitland, ID	306 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: 2021, 2020. This is publicly available government data - not a legal determination of workplace conditions.

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Data sourced from official public datasets. See our methodology for details.