Arborist services · Ohio

North Branch Nursery Inc

Pemberville, OH · ~70 workers · 9 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

D
Poor Safety Record
6.5
Avg TCR
4.5
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

North Branch Nursery Inc runs at 144% of its industry's injury rate - more dangerous than the typical Arborist services workplace, earning a grade D.

North Branch Nursery Inc: 6.5 TCR = 144% of Arborist services BLS 4.5 · 9y Form 300A (see methodology below)

North Branch Nursery Inc safety composite

North Branch Nursery Inc scores strongest on fatalities (safer than 52% of same-industry peers) and weakest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 35%), 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).

D

42/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
D 6.48 per 100 workers

Safer than 35% of industry peers

DART rate
D 3.06 per 100 workers

Safer than 43% 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

−7.5

2016→2024

North Branch Nursery Inc injury rate improved

North Branch Nursery Inc's TCR fell 7.5 from 10.6 in 2016 to 3.1 in 2024. Peak filing year was 2016 at 10.6 TCR. In 2024, DART was 0.47× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2016=10.6 · 2017=5.0 · 2018=3.3 · 2019=7.6 · 2020=4.5 · 2021=4.2 · 2022=9.6 · 2023=10.5 · 2024=3.1

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 561730 · Pemberville, OH ABOVE-IND · SMALL

Grade D · TCR 6.5 · 144% of ind

  • DART 3.1 DART
  • RANK #172/215
  • PHOTO 4405_18972
  • BOOK 9y book
  • INJ 34 inj
  • SIZE ~70 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: 4405_18972 (0.0 TCR gap)

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North Branch Nursery Inc in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows North Branch Nursery Inc averages 6.5 TCR (144% of the Arborist services BLS benchmark).

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

North Branch Nursery Inc TCR series: 2016=10.6 · 2017=5 · 2018=3.3 · 2019=7.6 · 2020=4.5 · 2021=4.2 · 2022=9.6 · 2023=10.5 · 2024=3.1 · BLS 4.5

Where North Branch Nursery Inc falls in its industry

2,875 Arborist services establishments

Safer than 35% 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 #172 safest of 215 Arborist services employers in Ohio.

North Branch Nursery Inc (70 employees, TCR 6.5) 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 North Branch Nursery Inc
North Branch Nursery Inc (70 employees, TCR 6.5) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 53 employees and a TCR of 4.7

North Branch Nursery Inc has more employees than the Arborist services median and a higher 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
2024 3.1 3.1 2 0 0
2023 10.5 3.0 5 2 0
2022 9.6 1.4 7 0 0
2021 4.2 2.8 3 0 0
2020 4.5 0.0 3 0 0
2019 7.6 3.1 5 0 0
2018 3.3 1.7 1 1 0
2017 5.0 3.3 2 1 0
2016 10.6 3.5 6 0 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

561730 · OH · Pemberville

2,875 Arborist services employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 22,650 rated employers in Ohio with headcount on file · 5 employers in Pemberville, 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 4405_18972 6.5 TCR
NAICS-TCR Suburban Landscape Management 6.5 TCR
NAICS-TCR Franz Witte Landscape Contracting, Inc. 6.5 TCR
NAICS-TCR Opterra Solutions Inc. 08 West Atlanta 6.5 TCR
STATE-SIZE Trillium Farms Layer 3 70 FTE
STATE-SIZE Kellogg Ave Operations Facility 70 FTE
STATE-SIZE Alvada Const. Co, Inc.- ACI 70 FTE
STATE-SIZE Matrix5 Site Development 70 FTE
CITY-NEAR Otterbein Portage Valley 140 FTE
CITY-NEAR Pemberville Foods Facility 60 FTE
CITY-NEAR Hercules Stamping Division 42 FTE
CITY-NEAR Universal Metal Products, Inc. Pemberville 39 FTE
NAT-TCR Dave Janke Plumbing 6.5 TCR
NAT-TCR City of Lynchburg, Public Works Department, Streets Division 6.5 TCR
NAT-TCR Severn Peanut Company Inc. 6.5 TCR
NAT-TCR Apco Building Specialties Inc 6.5 TCR
NAT-SIZE Starke 70 FTE
NAT-SIZE Coastal Corrosion Control, Inc. 70 FTE
NAT-SIZE Apexel LLC 70 FTE
NAT-SIZE MMM Plumbing, Heating & A/C Inc. 70 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: 2024, 2023, 2022, 2021, 2020, 2019, 2018, 2017, 2016. This is publicly available government data - not a legal determination of workplace conditions.
Data sourced from official public datasets. See our methodology for details.