Tree and brush trimming, overhead utility line · Pennsylvania
Penn Line Corporation - Tree Division
Scottdale, PA · ~1,390 workers · 5 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.
- C
- Average Safety Record
- 4.7
- Avg TCR
- 4.5
- Industry avg
- 1
- Fatality
The verdict
Penn Line Corporation - Tree Division runs at 104% of its industry's injury rate - about level with the typical Tree and brush trimming, overhead utility line workplace, earning a grade C.
- C
- Average Safety Record
- 4.7
- avg TCR · per 100 workers
- 4.5
- industry benchmark (BLS)
- 1
- worker fatalities on record
Grade compares Penn Line Corporation - Tree Division's OSHA Total Case Rate of 4.7 to the Tree and brush trimming, overhead utility line BLS benchmark of 4.5 (104% of benchmark) across 5 years of Form 300A filings (2016–2024). <a href="/methodology">See methodology</a> for reporting-limitation caveats.
Injury rate over time
Penn Line Corporation - Tree Division's yearly Total Case Rate, against the 4.5 industry benchmark.
Where Penn Line Corporation - Tree Division falls in its industry
3,112 Tree and brush trimming, overh establishmentsSafer than 46% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 4.3.
Narrower to Pennsylvania alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #55 safest of 125 Tree and brush trimming, overh employers in Pennsylvania.
Trend analysis for Penn Line Corporation - Tree Division
Between 2016 and 2020, Penn Line Corporation - Tree Division's Total Case Rate improved from 5.7 to 3.9 recordable injuries per 100 full-time workers, a 31% decrease across 4 years of OSHA reporting.
The safest year on record was 2019, at a TCR of 3.7, while 2017 saw the highest rate, at 5.9, a spread of 2.2 points between the best and worst reporting years. That's a comparatively narrow spread, suggesting a fairly consistent safety record across the 5 years with a usable rate on file, rather than one outlier year skewing the multi-year average.
Summed across those 5 reporting years, Penn Line Corporation - Tree Division recorded 280 total injuries and illnesses and 1 fatality. Readers comparing establishments should weigh the 5-year trend above alongside establishment size, since a larger workforce naturally accumulates more raw incidents even at a lower per-100-worker rate.
Verify This Employer with OSHA
The 280 injuries, 37 illnesses, and 1 fatality shown on this page for Penn Line Corporation - Tree Division are sourced from its own 5 years of mandatory OSHA Form 300A summaries. Cross-check the underlying establishment record directly against the federal source, name, NAICS classification, recordable case totals, and inspection history are all searchable on OSHA's Establishment-Specific Injury and Illness Data system.
Verify on OSHA Establishment SearchSource: U.S. Department of Labor, OSHA Establishment-Specific Injury and Illness Data. NAICS 561730 - Tree and brush trimming, overhead utility line.
DART Rate, Transparent Calculation (2020)
What is the DART rate formula?
DART (Days Away, Restricted, or Transferred) is computed by OSHA as incidents × 200,000 ÷ hours worked. The 200,000-hour denominator equals roughly 100 full-time workers, which lets establishments of very different sizes be compared directly.
38 DART incidents × 200,000 ÷ 3,255,792 hours worked = 2.33 DART
Methodology: 29 CFR 1904, OSHA Form 300A recordkeeping
Cross-Validating Context, Establishment vs Industry vs State
| Benchmark | TCR | Source |
|---|---|---|
| Penn Line Corporation - Tree Division (this establishment) | 4.67 | OSHA ITA Form 300A, 5-year avg |
| Seasonal property maintenance services (i.e., snow plowing in winter, landscaping during other seasons) industry avg | 4.50 | BLS IIF, NAICS 561730 |
| Pennsylvania state avg (all industries) | 5.06 | OSHA ITA, state-level rollup |
Industry benchmarks: Bureau of Labor Statistics, Injuries, Illnesses, and Fatalities (IIF) program
Reportable Incident Timeline
Year-by-year reportable incidents (recordable injuries + illnesses + fatalities) submitted by Penn Line Corporation - Tree Division to OSHA's Injury Tracking Application. Each row anchors to OSHA's inspection records search where you can pull the underlying inspection case numbers and citations for that establishment-year.
- 2020: 65 reportable incidents · 56 injuries, 8 illnesses, 1 fatality - OSHA inspection records (case numbers)
- 2019: 57 reportable incidents · 52 injuries, 5 illnesses, 0 fatalities - OSHA inspection records (case numbers)
- 2018: 57 reportable incidents · 49 injuries, 8 illnesses, 0 fatalities - OSHA inspection records (case numbers)
- 2017: 76 reportable incidents · 70 injuries, 6 illnesses, 0 fatalities - OSHA inspection records (case numbers)
- 2016: 63 reportable incidents · 53 injuries, 10 illnesses, 0 fatalities - OSHA inspection records (case numbers)
Source: OSHA Inspection Information System (IMIS) - inspection case-number records
Year-by-Year Safety Data
| Year | TCR | DART | Injuries | Illnesses | Fatalities |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2020 | 3.9 | 2.3 | 56 | 8 | 1 |
| 2019 | 3.7 | 1.4 | 52 | 5 | 0 |
| 2018 | 4.1 | 1.8 | 49 | 8 | 0 |
| 2017 | 5.9 | 3.6 | 70 | 6 | 0 |
| 2016 | 5.7 | 2.6 | 53 | 10 | 0 |
What this grade means for you
Use this grade as a relative read on Penn Line Corporation - Tree Division's reported OSHA injury record versus its Tree and brush trimming, overhead utility line peers, not a verdict on whether any single site is safe today.
- At 104% of the Tree and brush trimming, overhead utility line benchmark, Penn Line Corporation - Tree Division reports more injuries than typical peers, ask specifically how the employer is reducing them. Know your rights
- Judge this record against the wider Tree and brush trimming, overhead utility line sector, where injury rates vary widely, before comparing it in isolation. See the industry
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Every figure and grade on PlainSafetyScore is computed directly from OSHA's published Injury Tracking Application data and BLS industry benchmarks, no number is typed in by an editor. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these safety grades, or report a data error. Data current as of 2016-2024 OSHA ITA release.