Arborist services · New Jersey

South Plainfield, NJ

Piscataway, NJ · ~20 workers · 6 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

C
Average Safety Record
5.3
Avg TCR
4.5
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

South Plainfield, NJ runs at 118% of its industry's injury rate - about level with the typical Arborist services workplace, earning a grade C.

South Plainfield, NJ: 5.3 TCR = 118% of Arborist services BLS 4.5 · 6y Form 300A (see methodology below)

South Plainfield, NJ safety composite

South Plainfield, NJ scores strongest on dart rate (safer than 84% of same-industry peers) and weakest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 44%), 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).

C

60/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
D 5.29 per 100 workers

Safer than 44% of industry peers

DART rate
B 0 per 100 workers

Safer than 84% 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

−4.8

2016→2021

South Plainfield, NJ injury rate improved

South Plainfield, NJ's TCR fell 4.8 from 4.8 in 2016 to 0.0 in 2021. Peak filing year was 2017 at 21.6 TCR. In 2021, DART was 0× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2016=4.8 · 2017=21.6 · 2018=0.0 · 2019=0.0 · 2020=5.3 · 2021=0.0

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 561730 · Piscataway, NJ ABOVE-IND · SMALL

Grade C · TCR 5.3 · 118% of ind

  • DART 0.0 DART
  • RANK #35/55
  • PHOTO 5069 - Charleston
  • BOOK 6y book
  • INJ 3 inj
  • SIZE ~20 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: 5069 - Charleston (0.0 TCR gap)

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South Plainfield, NJ in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows South Plainfield, NJ averages 5.3 TCR (118% of the Arborist services BLS benchmark).

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

South Plainfield, NJ TCR series: 2016=4.8 · 2017=21.6 · 2018=0 · 2019=0 · 2020=5.3 · 2021=0 · BLS 4.5

Where South Plainfield, NJ falls in its industry

2,875 Arborist services establishments

Safer than 44% 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 #35 safest of 55 Arborist services employers in New Jersey.

South Plainfield, NJ (20 employees, TCR 5.3) 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 South Plainfield, NJ
South Plainfield, NJ (20 employees, TCR 5.3) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 53 employees and a TCR of 4.7

South Plainfield, NJ 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
2021 0.0 0.0 0 0 0
2020 5.3 5.3 1 0 0
2019 0.0 0.0 0 0 0
2018 0.0 0.0 0 0 0
2017 21.6 0.0 1 0 0
2016 4.8 0.0 1 0 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

561730 · NJ · Piscataway

2,875 Arborist services employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 11,201 rated employers in New Jersey with headcount on file · 124 employers in Piscataway, 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 5069 - Charleston 5.3 TCR
NAICS-TCR 1004134551 5.3 TCR
NAICS-TCR 5789 - Grand Haven 5.3 TCR
NAICS-TCR Legends Landscaping 5.3 TCR
STATE-SIZE 890 Charles St 20 FTE
STATE-SIZE Eagle Point Power Generation Facility 20 FTE
STATE-SIZE Sayreville Power Plant 20 FTE
STATE-SIZE Lakewood Cogeneration 20 FTE
CITY-NEAR Global Technology Center, Colgate - Palmolive 1,042 FTE
CITY-NEAR Colgate-Palmolive Global Technology Center 978 FTE
CITY-NEAR Colgate-Palmolive Company 978 FTE
CITY-NEAR Ferraro Foods 733 FTE
NAT-TCR Woodland Vilage 5.3 TCR
NAT-TCR Grand Strand Rehab and Nursing Center 5.3 TCR
NAT-TCR Herzog-Meier Mazda 5.3 TCR
NAT-TCR Houston, TX 5.3 TCR
NAT-SIZE All Star Travel Group- Los Angeles 20 FTE
NAT-SIZE Swg Winnemucca District Office 0026-Fac 20 FTE
NAT-SIZE Spruce Farms, LLC 20 FTE
NAT-SIZE Alyan Pump 20 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: 2021, 2020, 2019, 2018, 2017, 2016. 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.