Tree and brush trimming, overhead utility line · New York

Nelson Tree Service LLC

Name: Nelson Tree Service LLC Workplace Safety Data
Creator: PlainSafetyScore
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Afton, NY · ~420 workers · 4 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

Compiled by PlainSafetyScore · August 25, 2026

B
Good Safety Record: 2.7
Avg TCR: 4.5
Industry avg: 0
Fatalities

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The verdict

Nelson Tree Service LLC runs at 60% 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: 2.7 TCR = 60% of Tree and brush trimming, overhead utility line BLS 4.5 · 4y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Nelson Tree Service LLC safety composite

Nelson Tree Service LLC scores strongest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 71% 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).

62/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR): C 2.71 per 100 workers

Safer than 71% of industry peers
DART rate: C 1.44 per 100 workers

Safer than 58% 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: 2.8 → 3.4 TCR

Peak year 2019 @ 3.4 TCR · DART/TCR 0.53× in 2019

Nelson Tree Service LLC's TCR rose 0.6 from 2.8 in 2016 to 3.4 in 2019. In 2019, DART was 0.53× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 561730 · Afton, NY AT/BELOW-IND · MID

Grade B · TCR 2.7 · 60% of ind

DART 1.4 DART
RANK #33/92
PHOTO Lake Conway Landscap…
BOOK 4y book
INJ 40 inj
SIZE ~420 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: Lake Conway Landscaping (0.0 TCR gap)

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What this shows Nelson Tree Service LLC averages 2.7 TCR (60% of the Tree and brush trimming, overhead utility line BLS benchmark).

Nelson Tree Service LLC TCR series: 2016=2.8 · 2017=2.2 · 2018=2.6 · 2019=3.4 · BLS 4.5

Where Nelson Tree Service LLC falls in its industry

2,875 Tree and brush trimming, overh establishments

Safer than 71% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 4.7.

Grade B

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to New York alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #33 safest of 92 Tree and brush trimming, overh employers in New York.

Nelson Tree Service LLC (420 employees, TCR 2.7) 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
2019	3.4	1.4	13	1
2018	2.6	0.9	8	3
2017	2.2	1.2	9	0
2016	2.8	1.3	10	1

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

561730 · NY · Afton

2,875 Tree and brush trimming, overhead utility line employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 21,008 rated employers in New York with headcount on file · 4 employers in Afton, NY · 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	Lake Conway Landscaping	ORLANDO, FL	2.7 TCR
NAICS-TCR	J Sharp's Landscaping - Phildelphia	PHILADELPHIA, PA	2.7 TCR
NAICS-TCR	BM Corpus Christi 33660	CORPUS CHRISTI, TX	2.7 TCR
NAICS-TCR	AMB155 San Francisco	HAYWARD, CA	2.7 TCR
STATE-SIZE	10 Cobham	ORCHARD PARK	420 FTE
STATE-SIZE	Smith Haven 013	LAKE GROVE	420 FTE
STATE-SIZE	United Auto Supply State Fair	SYRACUSE	419 FTE
STATE-SIZE	1677	NEW HARTFORD	419 FTE
CITY-NEAR	Nelson Tree Service, LLC 463	Afton	306 FTE
CITY-NEAR	Nelson Tree Service, LLC 464	Afton	151 FTE
CITY-NEAR	McDowell & Walker, Inc.	Afton	20 FTE
NAT-TCR	Petroleum Solutions, Inc - Edinburg	Edinburg, TX	2.7 TCR
NAT-TCR	RMDS Memphis	Memphis, TN	2.7 TCR
NAT-TCR	Psl 131	Marshall, AR	2.7 TCR
NAT-TCR	Discovery World, LTD.	Milwaukee, WI	2.7 TCR
NAT-SIZE	Teva Branded Pharma R&D at Frazer	Frazer, PA	420 FTE
NAT-SIZE	GKN Emporium Automotive	Emporium, PA	420 FTE
NAT-SIZE	PITP	Pittsburgh, PA	420 FTE
NAT-SIZE	USHealth Administrators, LLC	Fort Worth, TX	420 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: 2019, 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.