Arborist services · North Carolina

Research Lab Charlotte, NC

Charlotte, NC · ~53 workers · 7 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

A
Excellent Safety Record
1.3
Avg TCR
4.5
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

Research Lab Charlotte, NC runs at 29% of its industry's injury rate - far safer than the typical Arborist services workplace, earning a grade A.

Research Lab Charlotte, NC: 1.3 TCR = 29% of Arborist services BLS 4.5 · 7y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Research Lab Charlotte, NC safety composite

Research Lab Charlotte, NC scores strongest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 89% 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).

B

78/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
B 1.29 per 100 workers

Safer than 89% of industry peers

DART rate
B 0 per 100 workers

Safer than 84% 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

−2.6

2018→2024

Research Lab Charlotte, NC injury rate improved

Research Lab Charlotte, NC's TCR fell 2.6 from 2.6 in 2018 to 0.0 in 2024. Peak filing year was 2019 at 2.7 TCR. In 2024, DART was 0× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2018=2.6 · 2019=2.7 · 2020=0.0 · 2021=1.5 · 2022=2.2 · 2023=0.0 · 2024=0.0

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 561730 · Charlotte, NC AT/BELOW-IND · SMALL

Grade A · TCR 1.3 · 29% of ind

  • DART 0.0 DART
  • RANK #9/74
  • PHOTO community Landscape …
  • BOOK 7y book
  • INJ 4 inj
  • SIZE ~53 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: community Landscape services (0.0 TCR gap)

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Research Lab Charlotte, NC in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows Research Lab Charlotte, NC averages 1.3 TCR (29% of the Arborist services BLS benchmark).

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

Research Lab Charlotte, NC TCR series: 2018=2.6 · 2019=2.7 · 2020=0 · 2021=1.5 · 2022=2.2 · 2023=0 · 2024=0 · BLS 4.5

Where Research Lab Charlotte, NC falls in its industry

2,875 Arborist services establishments

Safer than 89% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 4.7.

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to North Carolina alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #9 safest of 74 Arborist services employers in North Carolina.

Research Lab Charlotte, NC (53 employees, TCR 1.3) 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 Research Lab Charlotte, NC
Research Lab Charlotte, NC (53 employees, TCR 1.3) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 53 employees and a TCR of 4.7

Research Lab Charlotte, NC has more employees than the Arborist services 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 0.0 0.0 0 0 0
2023 0.0 0.0 0 0 0
2022 2.2 0.0 1 0 0
2021 1.5 0.0 1 0 0
2020 0.0 0.0 0 0 0
2019 2.7 0.0 1 0 0
2018 2.6 2.6 1 0 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

561730 · NC · Charlotte

2,875 Arborist services employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 16,981 rated employers in North Carolina with headcount on file · 2,058 employers in Charlotte, NC · 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 community Landscape services 1.3 TCR
NAICS-TCR GRAS LAWN, LLC 1.3 TCR
NAICS-TCR Asplundh Tree Expert, LLC Region 164 1.3 TCR
NAICS-TCR 177501 1.3 TCR
STATE-SIZE Sanderson Farms St. Pauls Hatchery 53 FTE
STATE-SIZE CPI USA NC LLC - Southport 53 FTE
STATE-SIZE Goldsboro Resource Center - PNG 53 FTE
STATE-SIZE Master Telecommunications 53 FTE
CITY-NEAR 1101-Carolinas Medical Center (1101) 8,444 FTE
CITY-NEAR 0001-Carolinas Medical Center 8,032 FTE
CITY-NEAR 4795-AA-CLT-CHARLOTTE-CLT-TRML 7,295 FTE
CITY-NEAR Novant Health Presbyterian Medical Center 4,973 FTE
NAT-TCR Block Graphics -2 1.3 TCR
NAT-TCR Dixie Roofing, Inc. - Powell 1.3 TCR
NAT-TCR MGS Mfg. Group, Inc. - Tooling 1.3 TCR
NAT-TCR Midland Operations 1.3 TCR
NAT-SIZE Victory Concrete Contractors, Inc. 53 FTE
NAT-SIZE Cherry Point SC Yard 53 FTE
NAT-SIZE Bunnell FL Yard 53 FTE
NAT-SIZE Advanced Sunflower, LLC Huron 53 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. This is publicly available government data - not a legal determination of workplace conditions.
Data sourced from official public datasets. See our methodology for details.