Arborist services · California

Sandborn Tree Service, Inc

Sebastopol, CA · ~24 workers · 7 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

F
Failing Safety Record
17.4
Avg TCR
4.5
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

Sandborn Tree Service, Inc runs at 388% of its industry's injury rate - far more dangerous than the typical Arborist services workplace, earning a grade F.

Sandborn Tree Service, Inc: 17.4 TCR = 388% of Arborist services BLS 4.5 · 7y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Sandborn Tree Service, Inc safety composite

Sandborn Tree Service, Inc scores strongest on fatalities (safer than 52% of same-industry peers) and weakest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 4%), 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

17/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
F 17.44 per 100 workers

Safer than 4% of industry peers

DART rate
F 12.02 per 100 workers

Safer than 6% 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

−5.9

2017→2024

Sandborn Tree Service, Inc injury rate improved

Sandborn Tree Service, Inc's TCR fell 5.9 from 17.9 in 2017 to 12.0 in 2024. Peak filing year was 2022 at 255.3 TCR. In 2024, DART was 0.69× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2017=17.9 · 2018=17.4 · 2019=31.4 · 2021=25.9 · 2022=255.3 · 2023=0.0 · 2024=12.0

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 561730 · Sebastopol, CA ABOVE-IND · SMALL

Grade F · TCR 17.4 · 388% of ind

  • DART 12.0 DART
  • RANK #412/448
  • PHOTO Great Scott Tree Care
  • BOOK 7y book
  • INJ 24 inj
  • SIZE ~24 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: Great Scott Tree Care (0.0 TCR gap)

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Sandborn Tree Service, Inc in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows Sandborn Tree Service, Inc averages 17.4 TCR (388% of the Arborist services BLS benchmark).

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

Sandborn Tree Service, Inc TCR series: 2017=17.9 · 2018=17.4 · 2019=31.4 · 2021=25.9 · 2022=255.3 · 2023=0 · 2024=12 · BLS 4.5

Where Sandborn Tree Service, Inc falls in its industry

2,875 Arborist services establishments

Safer than 4% 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 #412 safest of 448 Arborist services employers in California.

Sandborn Tree Service, Inc (24 employees, TCR 17.4) 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 05101520 Average employees Total Case Rate Sandborn Tree Service, Inc
Sandborn Tree Service, Inc (24 employees, TCR 17.4) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 53 employees and a TCR of 4.7

Sandborn Tree Service, Inc 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 12.0 12.0 3 0 0
2023 0.0 0.0 0 0 0
2022 255.3 255.3 2 0 0
2021 25.9 25.9 3 4 0
2019 31.4 27.4 8 0 0
2018 17.4 17.4 4 0 0
2017 17.9 17.9 4 0 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

561730 · CA · Sebastopol

2,875 Arborist services employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 51,834 rated employers in California with headcount on file · 25 employers in Sebastopol, 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 Great Scott Tree Care 17.4 TCR
NAICS-TCR JHubler 17.5 TCR
NAICS-TCR Valley Plaza District Maint. 17.5 TCR
NAICS-TCR ROCO'S GARDENING & ARROYO VISTA LANDSCAPING, INC 17.4 TCR
STATE-SIZE Agro-Jal Farming Enterprises 24 FTE
STATE-SIZE MTD Farms 24 FTE
STATE-SIZE Marc Pura Ranch, LLC 24 FTE
STATE-SIZE Costa Farms 24 FTE
CITY-NEAR CA-Solmetric 4,525 FTE
CITY-NEAR California Department of Transportation Facility 566 2,891 FTE
CITY-NEAR Dutton Ranch Corp 134 FTE
CITY-NEAR 6962-SWY-0025-0025-00933 111 FTE
NAT-TCR 24 - Mason City 17.4 TCR
NAT-TCR Concord Park 17.4 TCR
NAT-TCR Jolley Acres HealthCare Center 17.4 TCR
NAT-TCR Camp Eden Wood 17.4 TCR
NAT-SIZE Smith Paint Products 24 FTE
NAT-SIZE A.V.P., Inc. 24 FTE
NAT-SIZE McCartney's Inc. 24 FTE
NAT-SIZE American Diesel Tube 24 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, 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.