Tree and brush trimming, overhead utility line · Pennsylvania

Penn Line Tree Service, Inc.

Scottdale, PA · ~1,531 workers · 4 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

B
Good Safety Record
3.2
Avg TCR
4.5
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

Penn Line Tree Service, Inc. runs at 72% of its industry's injury rate - safer than the typical Tree and brush trimming, overhead utility line workplace, earning a grade B.

Penn Line Tree Service, Inc.: 3.2 TCR = 72% of Tree and brush trimming, overhead utility line BLS 4.5 · 4y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Penn Line Tree Service, Inc. safety composite

Penn Line Tree Service, Inc. scores strongest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 65% 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).

C

60/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
C 3.24 per 100 workers

Safer than 65% of industry peers

DART rate
C 1.26 per 100 workers

Safer than 59% 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

−1.6

2021→2024

Penn Line Tree Service, Inc. injury rate improved

Penn Line Tree Service, Inc.'s TCR fell 1.6 from 4.1 in 2021 to 2.5 in 2024. Peak filing year was 2021 at 4.1 TCR. In 2024, DART was 0.39× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2021=4.1 · 2022=3.3 · 2023=3.0 · 2024=2.5

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 561730 · Scottdale, PA AT/BELOW-IND · LARGE

Grade B · TCR 3.2 · 72% of ind

  • DART 1.3 DART
  • RANK #37/122
  • PHOTO JBK Landscape
  • BOOK 4y book
  • INJ 177 inj
  • SIZE ~1,531 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: JBK Landscape (0.0 TCR gap)

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Penn Line Tree Service, Inc. in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows Penn Line Tree Service, Inc. averages 3.2 TCR (72% of the Tree and brush trimming, overhead utility line BLS benchmark).

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

Penn Line Tree Service, Inc. TCR series: 2021=4.1 · 2022=3.3 · 2023=3 · 2024=2.5 · BLS 4.5

Where Penn Line Tree Service, Inc. falls in its industry

2,875 Tree and brush trimming, overh establishments

Safer than 65% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 4.7.

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to Pennsylvania alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #37 safest of 122 Tree and brush trimming, overh employers in Pennsylvania.

Penn Line Tree Service, Inc. (1,531 employees, TCR 3.2) 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 05001,0001,5002,000 051015 Average employees Total Case Rate Penn Line Tree Service, Inc.
Penn Line Tree Service, Inc. (1,531 employees, TCR 3.2) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 53 employees and a TCR of 4.7

Penn Line Tree Service, Inc. 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
2024 2.5 1.3 38 4 0
2023 3.0 1.4 37 7 0
2022 3.3 2.0 47 3 0
2021 4.1 2.7 55 6 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

561730 · PA · Scottdale

2,875 Tree and brush trimming, overhead utility line employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 22,692 rated employers in Pennsylvania with headcount on file · 16 employers in Scottdale, PA · 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 JBK Landscape 3.2 TCR
NAICS-TCR 5530 - Greensboro 3.2 TCR
NAICS-TCR New Jersey 3.2 TCR
NAICS-TCR Utility Tree Services, LLC-174 3.3 TCR
STATE-SIZE GSKUMP 1,534 FTE
STATE-SIZE 090 PGH 1,525 FTE
STATE-SIZE UPMC St Margaret 1,522 FTE
STATE-SIZE Pittsburgh 1,516 FTE
CITY-NEAR Penn Line Corporation - Tree Division 1,390 FTE
CITY-NEAR Penn Line Service, Inc. 193 FTE
CITY-NEAR Penn Line Service, Inc. - Roadside Division 180 FTE
CITY-NEAR Green Acres Contracting Co., Inc. 136 FTE
NAT-TCR Sheppard Trucking Inc. 3.2 TCR
NAT-TCR Fire Services/Emergency Preparedness 3.2 TCR
NAT-TCR Maplewood Packing Inc 3.2 TCR
NAT-TCR Wisconsin Centrifugal Division 3.2 TCR
NAT-SIZE Sanderson Farms Brazos Processing 1,531 FTE
NAT-SIZE Cape Canaveral SFS 1,531 FTE
NAT-SIZE Memorial Hermann Woodlands Hospital 1,530 FTE
NAT-SIZE City of High Point 1,532 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. This is publicly available government data - not a legal determination of workplace conditions.
Data sourced from official public datasets. See our methodology for details.