Arborist services · Ohio

Nelson Tree Service, LLC 473

Dayton, OH · ~99 workers · 4 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

A
Excellent Safety Record
1.7
Avg TCR
4.5
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

Nelson Tree Service, LLC 473 runs at 37% of its industry's injury rate - far safer than the typical Arborist services workplace, earning a grade A.

Nelson Tree Service, LLC 473: 1.7 TCR = 37% of Arborist services BLS 4.5 · 4y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Nelson Tree Service, LLC 473 safety composite

Nelson Tree Service, LLC 473 scores strongest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 84% 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).

C

67/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
B 1.68 per 100 workers

Safer than 84% of industry peers

DART rate
C 1.3 per 100 workers

Safer than 59% 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 473: 0.0 → 2.6 TCR

Peak year 2020 @ 3.4 TCR · DART/TCR 0.77× in 2023

Nelson Tree Service, LLC 473's TCR rose 2.6 from 0.0 in 2019 to 2.6 in 2023. Peak filing year was 2020 at 3.4 TCR. In 2023, DART was 0.77× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 561730 · Dayton, OH AT/BELOW-IND · SMALL

Grade A · TCR 1.7 · 37% of ind

  • DART 1.3 DART
  • RANK #44/215
  • PHOTO 5603 - Ft Collins
  • BOOK 4y book
  • INJ 9 inj
  • SIZE ~99 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: 5603 - Ft Collins (0.0 TCR gap)

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Nelson Tree Service, LLC 473 in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows Nelson Tree Service, LLC 473 averages 1.7 TCR (37% of the Arborist services BLS benchmark).

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

Nelson Tree Service, LLC 473 TCR series: 2019=0 · 2020=3.4 · 2021=0.7 · 2023=2.6 · BLS 4.5

Where Nelson Tree Service, LLC 473 falls in its industry

2,875 Arborist services establishments

Safer than 84% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 4.7.

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to Ohio alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #44 safest of 215 Arborist services employers in Ohio.

Nelson Tree Service, LLC 473 (99 employees, TCR 1.7) 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 Nelson Tree Service, LLC 473
Nelson Tree Service, LLC 473 (99 employees, TCR 1.7) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 53 employees and a TCR of 4.7

Nelson Tree Service, LLC 473 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
2023 2.6 1.3 2 0 0
2021 0.7 0.0 1 0 0
2020 3.4 1.1 6 0 0
2019 0.0 0.0 0 0 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

561730 · OH · Dayton

2,875 Arborist services employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 22,650 rated employers in Ohio with headcount on file · 599 employers in Dayton, OH · 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 5603 - Ft Collins 1.7 TCR
NAICS-TCR Riverview Companies Lawn Green LLC 1.7 TCR
NAICS-TCR LDI Corona 1.7 TCR
NAICS-TCR Commercial Landscape Professionals Inc 1.7 TCR
STATE-SIZE Air Force One, Inc. (Support Group & Central Region) 99 FTE
STATE-SIZE Building Integrated Services, LLC 99 FTE
STATE-SIZE OCP Contractors of Columbus 99 FTE
STATE-SIZE Vasco Asphalt Company 99 FTE
CITY-NEAR Miami Valley Hospital 6,862 FTE
CITY-NEAR University of Dayton 5,359 FTE
CITY-NEAR Dayton Children's Hospital 3,590 FTE
CITY-NEAR CareSource Management Services LLC 3,172 FTE
NAT-TCR Jacksonville, FL R&A 1.7 TCR
NAT-TCR CMS Interiors, Inc. 1.7 TCR
NAT-TCR Kuehne + Nagel Inc. (BHA-6465) 1.7 TCR
NAT-TCR Big Lots Store #1177 LUZERNE, PA 1.7 TCR
NAT-SIZE SVZ 99 FTE
NAT-SIZE CTRM - Delivery 99 FTE
NAT-SIZE Southern Elevator Company Inc. 99 FTE
NAT-SIZE Pittsburgh Marriott North 99 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: 2023, 2021, 2020, 2019. 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.