Arborist services · Illinois

Nelson Tree Service, LLC 468

Name: Nelson Tree Service, LLC 468 Workplace Safety Data
Creator: PlainSafetyScore
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Frankfort, IL · ~506 workers · 5 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

Compiled by PlainSafetyScore · August 25, 2026

A
Excellent Safety Record: 0.9
Avg TCR: 4.5
Industry avg: 0
Fatalities

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The verdict

Nelson Tree Service, LLC 468 runs at 20% of its industry's injury rate - far safer than the typical Arborist services workplace, earning a grade A.

Nelson Tree Service, LLC 468: 0.9 TCR = 20% of Arborist services BLS 4.5 · 5y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Nelson Tree Service, LLC 468 safety composite

Nelson Tree Service, LLC 468 scores strongest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 94% 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 0.92 per 100 workers

Safer than 94% of industry peers
DART rate: C 0.53 per 100 workers

Safer than 65% 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

2019→2024

Nelson Tree Service, LLC 468 injury rate improved

Nelson Tree Service, LLC 468's TCR fell 0.4 from 1.2 in 2019 to 0.8 in 2024. Peak filing year was 2023 at 1.3 TCR. In 2024, DART was 0.58× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2019=1.2 · 2020=0.8 · 2021=0.6 · 2023=1.3 · 2024=0.8

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 561730 · Frankfort, IL AT/BELOW-IND · MID

Grade A · TCR 0.9 · 20% of ind

DART 0.5 DART
RANK #4/133
PHOTO Asplundh Tree Expert…
BOOK 5y book
INJ 21 inj
SIZE ~506 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: Asplundh Tree Expert, LLC Region 072 (0.0 TCR gap)

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What this shows Nelson Tree Service, LLC 468 averages 0.9 TCR (20% of the Arborist services BLS benchmark).

Nelson Tree Service, LLC 468 TCR series: 2019=1.2 · 2020=0.8 · 2021=0.6 · 2023=1.3 · 2024=0.8 · BLS 4.5

Where Nelson Tree Service, LLC 468 falls in its industry

2,875 Arborist services establishments

Safer than 94% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 4.7.

Grade A

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to Illinois alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #4 safest of 133 Arborist services employers in Illinois.

Nelson Tree Service, LLC 468 (506 employees, TCR 0.9) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 53 employees and a TCR of 4.7

Nelson Tree Service, LLC 468 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
2024	0.8	0.5	3	0
2023	1.3	0.4	5	1
2021	0.6	0.0	3	0
2020	0.8	0.4	4	0
2019	1.2	0.6	6	0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

561730 · IL · Frankfort

2,875 Arborist services employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 22,804 rated employers in Illinois with headcount on file · 60 employers in Frankfort, IL · 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 Region 072	WOODINVILLE, WA	0.9 TCR
NAICS-TCR	Bermuda Landscape & Design, Inc.	BOYNTON BEACH, FL	0.9 TCR
NAICS-TCR	AMB122 Buffalo	CHEEKTOWAGA, NY	0.9 TCR
NAICS-TCR	Goulds Lawn and Landscaping Inc	WHITEHALL, NY	0.9 TCR
STATE-SIZE	Total Facility Maintenance/Total Maintenance Cleaning	WESTMONT	506 FTE
STATE-SIZE	County Of Rock Island	ROCK ISLAND	506 FTE
STATE-SIZE	Baker & Taylor Momence	MOMENCE	505 FTE
STATE-SIZE	Elementary School	BLUE ISLAND	505 FTE
CITY-NEAR	Nelson Tree Service LLC	Frankfort	359 FTE
CITY-NEAR	Advantage Industrial Systems, LLC	Frankfort	293 FTE
CITY-NEAR	Foodservice : FRANKFORT	Frankfort	250 FTE
CITY-NEAR	531-00509	Frankfort	243 FTE
NAT-TCR	AXP Lounge IAH	Houston, TX	0.9 TCR
NAT-TCR	Ochsner Med Ctr Baptist	New Orleans, LA	0.9 TCR
NAT-TCR	U Portland Cove	Portland, OR	0.9 TCR
NAT-TCR	Southwire Company Starkville Plant	Starkville, MS	0.9 TCR
NAT-SIZE	Poole & Kent Main Office	Baltimore, MD	506 FTE
NAT-SIZE	Korry Electronics	Everett, WA	506 FTE
NAT-SIZE	Swaggerty's Sausage	Kodak, TN	506 FTE
NAT-SIZE	Piggly Wiggly Alabama Distributing Company Inc	Bessemer, AL	506 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, 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.