Tree and brush trimming, overhead utility line · Ohio

Nelson Tree Service LLC

Name: Nelson Tree Service LLC Workplace Safety Data
Creator: PlainSafetyScore
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Fairlawn, OH · ~305 workers · 3 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

Compiled by PlainSafetyScore · August 25, 2026

B
Good Safety Record: 2.8
Avg TCR: 4.5
Industry avg: 0
Fatalities

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The verdict

Nelson Tree Service LLC runs at 62% of its industry's injury rate - safer than the typical Tree and brush trimming, overhead utility line workplace, earning a grade B.

Nelson Tree Service LLC: 2.8 TCR = 62% of Tree and brush trimming, overhead utility line BLS 4.5 · 3y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Nelson Tree Service LLC safety composite

Nelson Tree Service LLC scores strongest on dart rate (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).

70/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR): C 2.78 per 100 workers

Safer than 70% of industry peers
DART rate: B 0 per 100 workers

Safer than 84% 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

−3.5

2016→2018

Nelson Tree Service LLC injury rate improved

Nelson Tree Service LLC's TCR fell 3.5 from 4.3 in 2016 to 0.8 in 2018. Peak filing year was 2016 at 4.3 TCR. In 2018, DART was 0× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2016=4.3 · 2017=3.3 · 2018=0.8

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 561730 · Fairlawn, OH AT/BELOW-IND · MID

Grade B · TCR 2.8 · 62% of ind

DART 0.0 DART
RANK #87/215
PHOTO 8615_20068
BOOK 3y book
INJ 27 inj
SIZE ~305 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: 8615_20068 (0.0 TCR gap)

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2.8
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2.8
104391

2.8

What this shows Nelson Tree Service LLC averages 2.8 TCR (62% of the Tree and brush trimming, overhead utility line BLS benchmark).

Nelson Tree Service LLC TCR series: 2016=4.3 · 2017=3.3 · 2018=0.8 · BLS 4.5

Where Nelson Tree Service LLC falls in its industry

2,875 Tree and brush trimming, overh establishments

Safer than 70% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 4.7.

Grade B

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to Ohio alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #87 safest of 215 Tree and brush trimming, overh employers in Ohio.

Nelson Tree Service LLC (305 employees, TCR 2.8) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 53 employees and a TCR of 4.7

Nelson Tree Service LLC has more employees than the Tree and brush trimming, overhead utilit 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
2018	0.8	0.0	1	0
2017	3.3	2.2	9	0
2016	4.3	2.1	17	1

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

561730 · OH · Fairlawn

2,875 Tree and brush trimming, overhead utility line employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 22,650 rated employers in Ohio with headcount on file · 40 employers in Fairlawn, OH · 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	8615_20068	LINCOLN, CA	2.8 TCR
NAICS-TCR	Asplundh Tree Expert, LLC - 623	MT. PLEASANT, PA	2.8 TCR
NAICS-TCR	Ice Masters	LOVELAND, OH	2.8 TCR
NAICS-TCR	104391	KENT, OH	2.8 TCR
STATE-SIZE	Electrical Construction	CANTON	305 FTE
STATE-SIZE	The JM Smucker Company Manufacturing Facility	ORRVILLE	305 FTE
STATE-SIZE	WM 1750	MARION	305 FTE
STATE-SIZE	The Lutheran Home	WESTLAKE	305 FTE
CITY-NEAR	Ohio Edison Company	Fairlawn	1,095 FTE
CITY-NEAR	ContiTech Fairlawn	Fairlawn	322 FTE
CITY-NEAR	The Village of St. Edward	Fairlawn	272 FTE
CITY-NEAR	1895	Fairlawn	201 FTE
NAT-TCR	Fort Worth Civil Construction, LLC	Keller, TX	2.8 TCR
NAT-TCR	Shopko Store #72 (Lewiston, ID)	Lewiston, ID	2.8 TCR
NAT-TCR	Horizon Ethanol dba Poet Biorefinery	Jewell, IA	2.8 TCR
NAT-TCR	Avon Heights Mushrooms, Inc.	Avondale, PA	2.8 TCR
NAT-SIZE	OneBlood, Inc- Orlando	Orlando, FL	305 FTE
NAT-SIZE	Bethany Lutheran Home	Sioux Falls, SD	305 FTE
NAT-SIZE	Rocky Mountain Metal Containers-Cans	Golden, CO	305 FTE
NAT-SIZE	L3 Combat Propulsion Systems	Muskegon, MI	305 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, 2017, 2016. 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.