Lawn care services (e.g., fertilizing, mowing, seeding, spraying) · Washington

Senske Lawn and Tree Care - Yakima

Name: Senske Lawn and Tree Care - Yakima Workplace Safety Data
Creator: PlainSafetyScore
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Yakima, WA · ~25 workers · 5 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

Compiled by PlainSafetyScore · August 25, 2026

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

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The verdict

Senske Lawn and Tree Care - Yakima runs at 151% of its industry's injury rate - more dangerous than the typical Lawn care services (e.g., fertilizing, mowing, seeding, spraying) workplace, earning a grade D.

Senske Lawn and Tree Care - Yakima: 6.8 TCR = 151% of Lawn care services (e.g., fertilizing, mowing, seeding, spraying) BLS 4.5 · 5y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Senske Lawn and Tree Care - Yakima safety composite

Senske Lawn and Tree Care - Yakima scores strongest on fatalities (safer than 52% of same-industry peers) and weakest on dart rate (safer than 27%), 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).

36/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR): F 6.81 per 100 workers

Safer than 33% of industry peers
DART rate: F 5.02 per 100 workers

Safer than 27% 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

Senske Lawn and Tree Care - Yakima: 0.0 → 20.1 TCR

Peak year 2023 @ 20.1 TCR · DART/TCR 0.74× in 2023

Senske Lawn and Tree Care - Yakima's TCR rose 20.1 from 0.0 in 2019 to 20.1 in 2023. In 2023, DART was 0.74× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

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

Grade D · TCR 6.8 · 151% of ind

DART 5.0 DART
RANK #23/52
PHOTO Smithwell, Inc.
BOOK 5y book
INJ 7 inj
SIZE ~25 FTE

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

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6.8
Smithwell, Inc

6.8
Rich Tree Serv

6.8
676600

6.8
Clearwater Sum

6.8

What this shows Senske Lawn and Tree Care - Yakima averages 6.8 TCR (151% of the Lawn care services (e.g., fertilizing, mowing, seeding, spraying) BLS benchmark).

Senske Lawn and Tree Care - Yakima TCR series: 2019=0 · 2020=0 · 2021=4.7 · 2022=9.3 · 2023=20.1 · BLS 4.5

Where Senske Lawn and Tree Care - Yakima falls in its industry

2,875 Lawn care services (e.g., fert establishments

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

Grade D

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to Washington alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #23 safest of 52 Lawn care services (e.g., fert employers in Washington.

Senske Lawn and Tree Care - Yakima (25 employees, TCR 6.8) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 53 employees and a TCR of 4.7

Senske Lawn and Tree Care - Yakima has fewer employees than the Lawn care services (e.g., fertilizing, m 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
2023	20.1	5.0	4
2022	9.3	9.3	2
2021	4.7	4.7	1
2020	0.0	0.0	0
2019	0.0	0.0	0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

561730 · WA · Yakima

2,875 Lawn care services (e.g., fertilizing, mowing, seeding, spraying) employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 10,147 rated employers in Washington with headcount on file · 192 employers in Yakima, WA · 4 cross-state NAT-TCR peers · 4 cross-state NAT-SIZE peers. Closest matches by relationship code are listed below.

Rel	Establishment	Place	Metric
NAICS-TCR	Smithwell, Inc.	CLERMONT, FL	6.8 TCR
NAICS-TCR	Rich Tree Service	SOUTH PLAINFIELD, NJ	6.8 TCR
NAICS-TCR	676600	KNOXVILLE, TN	6.8 TCR
NAICS-TCR	Clearwater Summit Group, Inc.	SPOKANE, WA	6.8 TCR
STATE-SIZE	Balcom and Moe - farm	PASCO	25 FTE
STATE-SIZE	CountyLine Dairy	GRANDVIEW	25 FTE
STATE-SIZE	DRAPER VALLEY RANCH	MT VERNON	25 FTE
STATE-SIZE	Rock Point Oyster Co	QUILCENE	25 FTE
CITY-NEAR	Yakima Valley Hospital WA	Yakima	2,748 FTE
CITY-NEAR	Borton Fruit	Yakima	1,473 FTE
CITY-NEAR	Yakima County	Yakima	997 FTE
CITY-NEAR	Borton Orchards	Yakima	918 FTE
NAT-TCR	St Julien Hotel & Spa	Boulder, CO	6.8 TCR
NAT-TCR	LeafGuard of Greenville	Greer, SC	6.8 TCR
NAT-TCR	Stop & Shop 100597	Poughkeepsie, NY	6.8 TCR
NAT-TCR	Ihop 5447	Muncie, IN	6.8 TCR
NAT-SIZE	Sonesta ES Suites Colorado Springs	Colorado Springs, CO	25 FTE
NAT-SIZE	JOMA Residential, LLC	Athens, GA	25 FTE
NAT-SIZE	Mount Laurel	Mount Laurel, NJ	25 FTE
NAT-SIZE	MCRT3 Dunn Tenant LLC	Dunn, NC	25 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, 2022, 2021, 2020, 2019. This is publicly available government data - not a legal determination of workplace conditions.

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Data sourced from official public datasets. See our methodology for details.