Tree and brush trimming, overhead utility line · New Jersey

Nelson Tree Service LLC

Name: Nelson Tree Service LLC Workplace Safety Data
Creator: PlainSafetyScore
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Franklinville, NJ · ~512 workers · 3 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

Compiled by PlainSafetyScore · August 25, 2026

A
Excellent Safety Record: 2.1
Avg TCR: 4.5
Industry avg: 0
Fatalities

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The verdict

Nelson Tree Service LLC runs at 48% 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: 2.1 TCR = 48% 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 78% 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).

66/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR): B 2.15 per 100 workers

Safer than 78% of industry peers
DART rate: C 1 per 100 workers

Safer than 61% 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

−0.6

2016→2018

Nelson Tree Service LLC injury rate improved

Nelson Tree Service LLC's TCR fell 0.6 from 2.4 in 2016 to 1.8 in 2018. Peak filing year was 2016 at 2.4 TCR. In 2018, DART was 0.47× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2016=2.4 · 2017=2.2 · 2018=1.8

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 561730 · Franklinville, NJ AT/BELOW-IND · MID

Grade A · TCR 2.1 · 48% of ind

DART 1.0 DART
RANK #14/55
PHOTO Gulf Coast
BOOK 3y book
INJ 32 inj
SIZE ~512 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: Gulf Coast (0.0 TCR gap)

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2.1
Gulf Coast

2.1
Elf's Landscap

2.1
Davis Landscap

2.1
Dixie Landscap

2.1

What this shows Nelson Tree Service LLC averages 2.1 TCR (48% of the Tree and brush trimming, overhead utility line BLS benchmark).

Nelson Tree Service LLC TCR series: 2016=2.4 · 2017=2.2 · 2018=1.8 · BLS 4.5

Where Nelson Tree Service LLC falls in its industry

2,875 Tree and brush trimming, overh establishments

Safer than 78% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 4.7.

Grade A

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to New Jersey alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #14 safest of 55 Tree and brush trimming, overh employers in New Jersey.

Nelson Tree Service LLC (512 employees, TCR 2.1) 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	1.8	1.0	11	0
2017	2.2	1.0	10	1
2016	2.4	1.5	11	0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

561730 · NJ · Franklinville

2,875 Tree and brush trimming, overhead utility line employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 11,201 rated employers in New Jersey with headcount on file · 8 employers in Franklinville, NJ · 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	Gulf Coast	FOLEY, AL	2.1 TCR
NAICS-TCR	Elf's Landscaping, Inc	GONIC, NH	2.1 TCR
NAICS-TCR	Davis Landscape LTD NC Office	RALEIGH, NC	2.1 TCR
NAICS-TCR	Dixie Landscape Co., Inc.	MEDLEY, FL	2.1 TCR
STATE-SIZE	413010-Trenton \| NJ \| RI1-000	EWING	512 FTE
STATE-SIZE	NJ0533SS	BASKING RIDGE	512 FTE
STATE-SIZE	USA Parsippany 6 Sylvan Way	PARSIPPANY	513 FTE
STATE-SIZE	The Morey Organization	WILDWOOD	513 FTE
CITY-NEAR	Nelson Tree Service, LLC 472	Franklinville	368 FTE
CITY-NEAR	Byers Industrial Services LLC.	Franklinville	141 FTE
CITY-NEAR	Fred M. Schiavone Construction, Inc.	Franklinville	104 FTE
CITY-NEAR	Dare Commercial Services, LLC	Franklinville	93 FTE
NAT-TCR	Accufab	Cumming, GA	2.1 TCR
NAT-TCR	Shopko Hometown #769 (Sidney, MT)	Sidney, MT	2.1 TCR
NAT-TCR	University of Louisville Physicians	Louisville, KY	2.1 TCR
NAT-TCR	El Paso Multi Use	El Paso, TX	2.1 TCR
NAT-SIZE	Comm HVAC NA and EMEA : MFG-Pueblo, CO-USA	Pueblo, CO	512 FTE
NAT-SIZE	Goodrich Corporation - Interiors - Evacuation Systems	Phoenix, AZ	512 FTE
NAT-SIZE	Hillman Group Service	Cincinnati, OH	512 FTE
NAT-SIZE	Lear Corporation - Arlington	Arlington, TX	512 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.

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Data sourced from official public datasets. See our methodology for details.