Tree removal services · New Jersey

Rich Tree Service

South Plainfield, NJ · ~46 workers · 3 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

D
Poor Safety Record
6.8
Avg TCR
4.5
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

Rich Tree Service runs at 151% of its industry's injury rate - more dangerous than the typical Tree removal services workplace, earning a grade D.

Rich Tree Service: 6.8 TCR = 151% of Tree removal services BLS 4.5 · 3y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Rich Tree Service safety composite

Rich Tree Service scores strongest on fatalities (safer than 52% of same-industry peers) and weakest on dart rate (safer than 22%), 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).

F

34/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
F 6.8 per 100 workers

Safer than 33% of industry peers

DART rate
F 6.27 per 100 workers

Safer than 22% 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

−3.1

2022→2024

Rich Tree Service injury rate improved

Rich Tree Service's TCR fell 3.1 from 9.3 in 2022 to 6.3 in 2024. Peak filing year was 2022 at 9.3 TCR. In 2024, DART was 0.92× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2022=9.3 · 2023=4.8 · 2024=6.3

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 561730 · South Plainfield, NJ ABOVE-IND · SMALL

Grade D · TCR 6.8 · 151% of ind

  • DART 6.3 DART
  • RANK #42/55
  • PHOTO Smithwell, Inc.
  • BOOK 3y book
  • INJ 9 inj
  • SIZE ~46 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: Smithwell, Inc. (0.0 TCR gap)

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Rich Tree Service in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows Rich Tree Service averages 6.8 TCR (151% of the Tree removal services BLS benchmark).

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

Rich Tree Service TCR series: 2022=9.3 · 2023=4.8 · 2024=6.3 · BLS 4.5

Where Rich Tree Service falls in its industry

2,875 Tree removal services establishments

Safer than 33% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 4.7.

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to New Jersey alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #42 safest of 55 Tree removal services employers in New Jersey.

Rich Tree Service (46 employees, TCR 6.8) 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 Rich Tree Service
Rich Tree Service (46 employees, TCR 6.8) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 53 employees and a TCR of 4.7

Rich Tree Service has fewer employees than the Tree removal 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 6.3 6.3 3 0 0
2023 4.8 4.8 2 0 0
2022 9.3 9.3 4 0 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

561730 · NJ · South Plainfield

2,875 Tree removal services employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 11,201 rated employers in New Jersey with headcount on file · 112 employers in South Plainfield, NJ · 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 Smithwell, Inc. 6.8 TCR
NAICS-TCR 676600 6.8 TCR
NAICS-TCR Clearwater Summit Group, Inc. 6.8 TCR
NAICS-TCR Senske Lawn and Tree Care - Yakima 6.8 TCR
STATE-SIZE Holland Greenhouses Inc. 46 FTE
STATE-SIZE WATERFORD 46 FTE
STATE-SIZE New Jersey American Water - Monmouth Production 46 FTE
STATE-SIZE NJ Division Freehold 46 FTE
CITY-NEAR PSE&G NJ Projects & Construction 1,107 FTE
CITY-NEAR PSE&G NJ - DELIVERY PROJECT & CONSTRUCTION (DP&C) 868 FTE
CITY-NEAR Accurate Diagnostic Lab 492 FTE
CITY-NEAR G&W Laboratories, Inc. 363 FTE
NAT-TCR Baptist Memorial Hospital 6.8 TCR
NAT-TCR Delta Air Lines - PDX 6.8 TCR
NAT-TCR Western Industries Plastic Products LLC 6.8 TCR
NAT-TCR Octavia Fire Protection District 6.8 TCR
NAT-SIZE Agri Center- Hutchinson 46 FTE
NAT-SIZE Apex Excavating LLC 46 FTE
NAT-SIZE Pallet Recycle of Alabama, Inc. 46 FTE
NAT-SIZE Delta Air Lines - ORF 46 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. 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.