Maintenance of plants and shrubs in buildings · Washington

Seattle Branch

Seattle, WA · ~41 workers · 5 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

D
Poor Safety Record
8.0
Avg TCR
4.5
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

Seattle Branch runs at 178% of its industry's injury rate - more dangerous than the typical Maintenance of plants and shrubs in buildings workplace, earning a grade D.

Seattle Branch: 8.0 TCR = 178% of Maintenance of plants and shrubs in buildings BLS 4.5 · 5y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Seattle Branch safety composite

Seattle Branch scores strongest on fatalities (safer than 52% of same-industry peers) and weakest on dart rate (safer than 9%), 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

26/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
F 8.03 per 100 workers

Safer than 25% of industry peers

DART rate
F 10.11 per 100 workers

Safer than 9% 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%).

Rising injury rate

Seattle Branch: 6.5 → 11.6 TCR

Peak year 2020 @ 16.1 TCR · DART/TCR 1.26× in 2023

Seattle Branch's TCR rose 5.0 from 6.5 in 2017 to 11.6 in 2023. Peak filing year was 2020 at 16.1 TCR. In 2023, DART was 1.26× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 561730 · Seattle, WA ABOVE-IND · SMALL

Grade D · TCR 8.0 · 178% of ind

  • DART 10.1 DART
  • RANK #31/52
  • PHOTO 5982 - Ocala
  • BOOK 5y book
  • INJ 17 inj
  • SIZE ~41 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: 5982 - Ocala (0.0 TCR gap)

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Seattle Branch in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows Seattle Branch averages 8.0 TCR (178% of the Maintenance of plants and shrubs in buildings BLS benchmark).

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

Seattle Branch TCR series: 2017=6.5 · 2019=5.9 · 2020=16.1 · 2021=0 · 2023=11.6 · BLS 4.5

Where Seattle Branch falls in its industry

2,875 Maintenance of plants and shru establishments

Safer than 25% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 4.7.

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to Washington alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #31 safest of 52 Maintenance of plants and shru employers in Washington.

Seattle Branch (41 employees, TCR 8.0) 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 Seattle Branch
Seattle Branch (41 employees, TCR 8.0) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 53 employees and a TCR of 4.7

Seattle Branch has fewer employees than the Maintenance of plants and shrubs in buil 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
2023 11.6 10.1 7 1 0
2021 0.0 0.0 0 0 0
2020 16.1 13.5 6 0 0
2019 5.9 3.0 2 0 0
2017 6.5 3.3 2 0 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

561730 · WA · Seattle

2,875 Maintenance of plants and shrubs in buildings employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 10,147 rated employers in Washington with headcount on file · 1,279 employers in Seattle, WA · 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 5982 - Ocala 8.0 TCR
NAICS-TCR 134631 8.0 TCR
NAICS-TCR Hyde park landscaping and tree service 8.0 TCR
NAICS-TCR Spencer Outdoor LLC 8.1 TCR
STATE-SIZE Waterworks, LLC 41 FTE
STATE-SIZE Cascade Natural Gas Bellingham District Office-Operations-Field 41 FTE
STATE-SIZE Soos Creek Water & Sewer District 41 FTE
STATE-SIZE NSK20 - North Sky - Tacoma 41 FTE
CITY-NEAR UW Seattle 32,378 FTE
CITY-NEAR The United States of America 25,000 FTE
CITY-NEAR Starz Entertainment 25,000 FTE
CITY-NEAR UW Medical Center - Montlake and NW 11,307 FTE
NAT-TCR Atlanta Glass and Mirror - Decatur 8.0 TCR
NAT-TCR Cash Saver 880 8.0 TCR
NAT-TCR Big Lots Store #4178 LAS CRUCES, NM 8.0 TCR
NAT-TCR LMMM Houston #80, LTD 8.0 TCR
NAT-SIZE Griffith Roofing Co. 41 FTE
NAT-SIZE Eclipse Advantage - ALDIMO - O'Fallon, MO 41 FTE
NAT-SIZE The Gables at Cobb Village 41 FTE
NAT-SIZE OrePac Building Products - Bozeman 41 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: 2023, 2021, 2020, 2019, 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.