Arborist services · New York

Nelson Tree Service, LLC 464

Name: Nelson Tree Service, LLC 464 Workplace Safety Data
Creator: PlainSafetyScore
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Afton, NY · ~151 workers · 3 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

Compiled by PlainSafetyScore · August 25, 2026

A
Excellent Safety Record: 1.2
Avg TCR: 4.5
Industry avg: 0
Fatalities

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The verdict

Nelson Tree Service, LLC 464 runs at 26% of its industry's injury rate - far safer than the typical Arborist services workplace, earning a grade A.

Nelson Tree Service, LLC 464: 1.2 TCR = 26% of Arborist services BLS 4.5 · 3y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Nelson Tree Service, LLC 464 safety composite

Nelson Tree Service, LLC 464 scores strongest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 91% 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).

73/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR): A 1.16 per 100 workers

Safer than 91% of industry peers
DART rate: C 0.48 per 100 workers

Safer than 66% 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

Nelson Tree Service, LLC 464: 0.0 → 1.9 TCR

Peak year 2021 @ 1.9 TCR · DART/TCR 0.41× in 2021

Nelson Tree Service, LLC 464's TCR rose 1.9 from 0.0 in 2019 to 1.9 in 2021. In 2021, DART was 0.41× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

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

Grade A · TCR 1.2 · 26% of ind

DART 0.5 DART
RANK #9/92
PHOTO Asplundh Tree Expert…
BOOK 3y book
INJ 7 inj
SIZE ~151 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: Asplundh Tree Expert LLC 443 (0.0 TCR gap)

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What this shows Nelson Tree Service, LLC 464 averages 1.2 TCR (26% of the Arborist services BLS benchmark).

Nelson Tree Service, LLC 464 TCR series: 2019=0 · 2020=1.6 · 2021=1.9 · BLS 4.5

Where Nelson Tree Service, LLC 464 falls in its industry

2,875 Arborist services establishments

Safer than 91% 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 #9 safest of 92 Arborist services employers in New York.

Nelson Tree Service, LLC 464 (151 employees, TCR 1.2) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 53 employees and a TCR of 4.7

Nelson Tree Service, LLC 464 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
2021	1.9	0.5	4
2020	1.6	1.1	3
2019	0.0	0.0	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	Asplundh Tree Expert LLC 443	EASTERN, KY	1.2 TCR
NAICS-TCR	Stano	MILWAUKEE, WI	1.2 TCR
NAICS-TCR	Asplundh Tree Expert, LLC- 046	EAST WINDSOR, CT	1.2 TCR
NAICS-TCR	Williams Tree Company	PARAGON, IN	1.2 TCR
STATE-SIZE	Ruttura and Sons Construction Co. Inc.	WEST BABYLON	151 FTE
STATE-SIZE	Halco	PHELPS	151 FTE
STATE-SIZE	Townsend Leather Company	NY	151 FTE
STATE-SIZE	EMCom Inc.	AUBURN	151 FTE
CITY-NEAR	Nelson Tree Service LLC	Afton	420 FTE
CITY-NEAR	Nelson Tree Service, LLC 463	Afton	306 FTE
CITY-NEAR	McDowell & Walker, Inc.	Afton	20 FTE
NAT-TCR	Higgs Welding - New Shop	Dieterich, IL	1.2 TCR
NAT-TCR	Richfield Municipal Center	Richfield, MN	1.2 TCR
NAT-TCR	49361w - West Valley Plant	Kearns, UT	1.2 TCR
NAT-TCR	43171q - Somerset Bin	Somerset, KY	1.2 TCR
NAT-SIZE	Dhaliwal Labs LLC	Dallas, TX	151 FTE
NAT-SIZE	Harper Limbach - Tampa	Tampa, FL	151 FTE
NAT-SIZE	IES Communications, LLC - Strategic Accounts	Tempe, AZ	151 FTE
NAT-SIZE	University of Connecticut - Waterbury Branch	Waterbury, CT	151 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, 2019. 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.