Arborist services · California

San Rafael, CA

San Rafael, CA · ~34 workers · 8 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

D
Poor Safety Record
7.5
Avg TCR
4.5
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

San Rafael, CA runs at 168% of its industry's injury rate - more dangerous than the typical Arborist services workplace, earning a grade D.

San Rafael, CA: 7.5 TCR = 168% of Arborist services BLS 4.5 · 8y Form 300A (see methodology below)

San Rafael, CA safety composite

San Rafael, CA scores strongest on fatalities (safer than 52% of same-industry peers) and weakest on dart rate (safer than 13%), 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

29/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
F 7.55 per 100 workers

Safer than 28% of industry peers

DART rate
F 8.43 per 100 workers

Safer than 13% 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

−2.3

2017→2024

San Rafael, CA injury rate improved

San Rafael, CA's TCR fell 2.3 from 10.8 in 2017 to 8.4 in 2024. Peak filing year was 2018 at 10.8 TCR. In 2024, DART was 1.12× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2017=10.8 · 2018=10.8 · 2019=6.6 · 2020=5.7 · 2021=7.2 · 2022=8.1 · 2023=2.8 · 2024=8.4

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 561730 · San Rafael, CA ABOVE-IND · SMALL

Grade D · TCR 7.5 · 168% of ind

  • DART 8.4 DART
  • RANK #286/448
  • PHOTO Benson Enterprises o…
  • BOOK 8y book
  • INJ 19 inj
  • SIZE ~34 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: Benson Enterprises of New York, Inc. (0.0 TCR gap)

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San Rafael, CA in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows San Rafael, CA averages 7.5 TCR (168% of the Arborist services BLS benchmark).

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

San Rafael, CA TCR series: 2017=10.8 · 2018=10.8 · 2019=6.6 · 2020=5.7 · 2021=7.2 · 2022=8.1 · 2023=2.8 · 2024=8.4 · BLS 4.5

Where San Rafael, CA falls in its industry

2,875 Arborist services establishments

Safer than 28% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 4.7.

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to California alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #286 safest of 448 Arborist services employers in California.

San Rafael, CA (34 employees, TCR 7.5) 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 San Rafael, CA
San Rafael, CA (34 employees, TCR 7.5) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 53 employees and a TCR of 4.7

San Rafael, CA has fewer 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 8.4 8.4 3 0 0
2023 2.8 2.8 1 0 0
2022 8.1 0.0 2 1 0
2021 7.2 7.2 3 0 0
2020 5.7 2.9 2 0 0
2019 6.6 6.6 2 0 0
2018 10.8 10.8 3 0 0
2017 10.8 7.2 3 0 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

561730 · CA · San Rafael

2,875 Arborist services employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 51,834 rated employers in California with headcount on file · 115 employers in San Rafael, CA · 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 Benson Enterprises of New York, Inc. 7.5 TCR
NAICS-TCR 5675 - Dayton North 7.5 TCR
NAICS-TCR James River Grounds Management- Portsmouth 7.5 TCR
NAICS-TCR Priority Landscape Services LLC 7.5 TCR
STATE-SIZE Ardent Mills Yuba City 34 FTE
STATE-SIZE Filice Farms, L.P. 34 FTE
STATE-SIZE Alexander Ranch, Inc. 34 FTE
STATE-SIZE MFarms 34 FTE
CITY-NEAR 2032-02121151 1,372 FTE
CITY-NEAR Bay Area Community Resources 1,180 FTE
CITY-NEAR 0206-02621151 1,007 FTE
CITY-NEAR 02821151 SAN RAFAEL HOSPITAL 834 FTE
NAT-TCR South Beloit Office 7.5 TCR
NAT-TCR United Towing Vestavia Hills 7.5 TCR
NAT-TCR Georgia PrintCo LLC 7.5 TCR
NAT-TCR Benson Enterprises of New York, Inc. 7.5 TCR
NAT-SIZE Moving Right Along Service Inc 34 FTE
NAT-SIZE Dixie Plywood of Dallas 34 FTE
NAT-SIZE Baltimore Wicomico 34 FTE
NAT-SIZE American Nickeloid Company - Walnutport Facility 34 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. 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.