Arborist services · New Jersey

Tamke Tree Experts, Inc.

Liberty Corner, NJ · ~36 workers · 9 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

F
Failing Safety Record
26.5
Avg TCR
4.5
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

Tamke Tree Experts, Inc. runs at 589% of its industry's injury rate - far more dangerous than the typical Arborist services workplace, earning a grade F.

Tamke Tree Experts, Inc.: 26.5 TCR = 589% of Arborist services BLS 4.5 · 9y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Tamke Tree Experts, Inc. safety composite

Tamke Tree Experts, Inc. scores strongest on fatalities (safer than 52% of same-industry peers) and weakest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 0%), 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

13/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
F 26.5 per 100 workers

Safer than 0% of industry peers

DART rate
F 24.73 per 100 workers

Safer than 1% 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

−6.8

2016→2024

Tamke Tree Experts, Inc. injury rate improved

Tamke Tree Experts, Inc.'s TCR fell 6.8 from 35.1 in 2016 to 28.3 in 2024. Peak filing year was 2017 at 56.6 TCR. In 2024, DART was 0.93× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2016=35.1 · 2017=56.6 · 2018=36.3 · 2019=33.4 · 2020=12.7 · 2021=23.4 · 2022=18.6 · 2023=24.5 · 2024=28.3

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 561730 · Liberty Corner, NJ ABOVE-IND · SMALL

Grade F · TCR 26.5 · 589% of ind

  • DART 24.7 DART
  • RANK #55/55
  • PHOTO WCA Ventura
  • BOOK 9y book
  • INJ 66 inj
  • SIZE ~36 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: WCA Ventura (0.2 TCR gap)

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Tamke Tree Experts, Inc. in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows Tamke Tree Experts, Inc. averages 26.5 TCR (589% of the Arborist services BLS benchmark).

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

Tamke Tree Experts, Inc. TCR series: 2016=35.1 · 2017=56.6 · 2018=36.3 · 2019=33.4 · 2020=12.7 · 2021=23.4 · 2022=18.6 · 2023=24.5 · 2024=28.3 · BLS 4.5

Where Tamke Tree Experts, Inc. falls in its industry

2,875 Arborist services establishments

Safer than 0% 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 #55 safest of 55 Arborist services employers in New Jersey.

Tamke Tree Experts, Inc. (36 employees, TCR 26.5) 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 0102030 Average employees Total Case Rate Tamke Tree Experts, Inc.
Tamke Tree Experts, Inc. (36 employees, TCR 26.5) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 53 employees and a TCR of 4.7

Tamke Tree Experts, 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 28.3 24.7 6 2 0
2023 24.5 21.0 5 2 0
2022 18.6 18.6 5 0 0
2021 23.4 16.7 7 0 0
2020 12.7 12.7 4 0 0
2019 33.4 26.7 9 1 0
2018 36.3 19.5 8 5 0
2017 56.6 32.8 13 6 0
2016 35.1 12.8 9 2 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

561730 · NJ · Liberty Corner

2,875 Arborist services employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 11,201 rated employers in New Jersey with headcount on file · 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 WCA Ventura 26.3 TCR
NAICS-TCR Chalet Landscape Company 26.8 TCR
NAICS-TCR WCA Sacramento 26.8 TCR
NAICS-TCR Brogan Landscaping, Inc.- Southern Region 26.9 TCR
STATE-SIZE Lakewood Township Municipal Utilities Authority 36 FTE
STATE-SIZE The Atlantic City Sewerage Company 36 FTE
STATE-SIZE B. Tait Builders, L.L.C. 36 FTE
STATE-SIZE Phoenix Diversified Group, Inc. 36 FTE
CITY-NEAR Trevcon Construction Co. LLC 157 FTE
NAT-TCR 6458-ZCRS 26.5 TCR
NAT-TCR Webberville Ofc/Whse 26.5 TCR
NAT-TCR The Woodlands Health and Rehab Center 26.5 TCR
NAT-TCR 4795-PD-DRO-DURANGO-PD 26.5 TCR
NAT-SIZE Bowerston Plant 36 FTE
NAT-SIZE US MI Zeeland 310 Riley St 36 FTE
NAT-SIZE CenterPoint Energy - Franklin 36 FTE
NAT-SIZE CenterPoint Energy - Fairborn 36 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, 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.