Tree and brush trimming, overhead utility line · Missouri

Nelson Tree Service LLC

Name: Nelson Tree Service LLC Workplace Safety Data
Creator: PlainSafetyScore
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Fenton, MO · ~264 workers · 3 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: 1
Fatality

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The verdict

Nelson Tree Service LLC runs at 40% of its industry's injury rate - far safer than the typical Tree and brush trimming, overhead utility line workplace, earning a grade A.

Nelson Tree Service LLC: 1.8 TCR = 40% 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 total case rate (tcr) (safer than 82% of same-industry peers) and weakest on fatalities (safer than 2%), 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).

55/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR): B 1.82 per 100 workers

Safer than 82% of industry peers
DART rate: C 0.98 per 100 workers

Safer than 62% of industry peers
Fatalities: F 1

Safer than 2% 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

−1.2

2016→2018

Nelson Tree Service LLC injury rate improved

Nelson Tree Service LLC's TCR fell 1.2 from 2.2 in 2016 to 1.0 in 2018. Peak filing year was 2017 at 2.3 TCR. In 2018, DART was 0.54× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2016=2.2 · 2017=2.3 · 2018=1.0

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 561730 · Fenton, MO AT/BELOW-IND · MID

Grade A · TCR 1.8 · 40% of ind

DART 1.0 DART
RANK #6/28
PHOTO Valley Landscaping E…
BOOK 3y book
INJ 11 inj
SIZE ~264 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: Valley Landscaping East (0.0 TCR gap)

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1.8
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1.8

What this shows Nelson Tree Service LLC averages 1.8 TCR (40% of the Tree and brush trimming, overhead utility line BLS benchmark).

Nelson Tree Service LLC TCR series: 2016=2.2 · 2017=2.3 · 2018=1 · BLS 4.5

Where Nelson Tree Service LLC falls in its industry

2,875 Tree and brush trimming, overh 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 Missouri alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #6 safest of 28 Tree and brush trimming, overh employers in Missouri.

Nelson Tree Service LLC (264 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 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	Fatalities
2018	1.0	1.0	2	0	0
2017	2.3	0.5	4	1	0
2016	2.2	0.7	5	1	1

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

561730 · MO · Fenton

2,875 Tree and brush trimming, overhead utility line employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 10,075 rated employers in Missouri with headcount on file · 154 employers in Fenton, MO · 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	Valley Landscaping East	ROCKVILLE, VA	1.8 TCR
NAICS-TCR	BC Tree Service, Inc.	MARICOPA, CA	1.8 TCR
NAICS-TCR	Dragonfly Landscape Design Ltd	SPEONK, NY	1.8 TCR
NAICS-TCR	DJF - Kenosha	KENOSHA, WI	1.8 TCR
STATE-SIZE	Nestle Purina Petcare Company	SAINT JOSEPH	264 FTE
STATE-SIZE	Nestle Purina Petcare - Saint Joseph	SAINT JOSEPH	264 FTE
STATE-SIZE	Schenck Process LLC - Kansas City	KANSAS CITY	264 FTE
STATE-SIZE	St. Joseph DC	SAINT JOSEPH	264 FTE
CITY-NEAR	St. Clare Hospital - Fenton	Fenton	1,044 FTE
CITY-NEAR	UniGroup	Fenton	854 FTE
CITY-NEAR	Sachs Electric Company	Fenton	707 FTE
CITY-NEAR	MaritzCX Research LLC - Fenton	Fenton	538 FTE
NAT-TCR	Allan Myers, Inc.	Worcester, PA	1.8 TCR
NAT-TCR	AH4R - Dallas	Richardson, TX	1.8 TCR
NAT-TCR	Starbucks Coffee Company York Pa	York, PA	1.8 TCR
NAT-TCR	Dazzle Up LLC Dba Simply Southern	Greensboro, NC	1.8 TCR
NAT-SIZE	TG Gallagher	Cambridge, MA	264 FTE
NAT-SIZE	Watlow-Winona	Winona, MN	264 FTE
NAT-SIZE	Rws Tx Dallas Southwest	Dallas, TX	264 FTE
NAT-SIZE	Lake Mary - 655 Century Point	Lake Mary, FL	264 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.