Arborist services · Hawaii

Tropical Tree Care, Inc.

Kailua Kona, HI · ~23 workers · 7 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

F
Failing Safety Record
27.1
Avg TCR
4.5
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

Tropical Tree Care, Inc. runs at 603% of its industry's injury rate - far more dangerous than the typical Arborist services workplace, earning a grade F.

Tropical Tree Care, Inc.: 27.1 TCR = 603% of Arborist services BLS 4.5 · 7y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Tropical Tree Care, Inc. safety composite

Tropical Tree Care, 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

16/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
F 27.15 per 100 workers

Safer than 0% of industry peers

DART rate
F 9.69 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%).

TCR Δ

−28.8

2016→2024

Tropical Tree Care, Inc. injury rate improved

Tropical Tree Care, Inc.'s TCR fell 28.8 from 38.5 in 2016 to 9.7 in 2024. Peak filing year was 2020 at 44.4 TCR. In 2024, DART was 0.36× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2016=38.5 · 2018=42.8 · 2020=44.4 · 2021=20.4 · 2022=25.9 · 2023=8.5 · 2024=9.7

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 561730 · Kailua Kona, HI ABOVE-IND · SMALL

Grade F · TCR 27.1 · 603% of ind

  • DART 9.7 DART
  • RANK #22/22
  • PHOTO Brogan Landscaping, …
  • BOOK 7y book
  • INJ 34 inj
  • SIZE ~23 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: Brogan Landscaping, Inc.- Southern Region (0.2 TCR gap)

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Tropical Tree Care, Inc. in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows Tropical Tree Care, Inc. averages 27.1 TCR (603% of the Arborist services BLS benchmark).

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

Tropical Tree Care, Inc. TCR series: 2016=38.5 · 2018=42.8 · 2020=44.4 · 2021=20.4 · 2022=25.9 · 2023=8.5 · 2024=9.7 · BLS 4.5

Where Tropical Tree Care, 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 Hawaii alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #22 safest of 22 Arborist services employers in Hawaii.

Tropical Tree Care, Inc. (23 employees, TCR 27.1) 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 Tropical Tree Care, Inc.
Tropical Tree Care, Inc. (23 employees, TCR 27.1) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 53 employees and a TCR of 4.7

Tropical Tree Care, 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 9.7 9.7 2 0 0
2023 8.5 0.0 2 0 0
2022 25.9 25.9 5 0 0
2021 20.4 10.2 4 0 0
2020 44.4 44.4 9 0 0
2018 42.8 42.8 8 0 0
2016 38.5 38.5 4 0 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

561730 · HI · Kailua Kona

2,875 Arborist services employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 2,022 rated employers in Hawaii with headcount on file · 50 employers in Kailua Kona, HI · 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 Brogan Landscaping, Inc.- Southern Region 26.9 TCR
NAICS-TCR WCA Sacramento 26.8 TCR
NAICS-TCR Chalet Landscape Company 26.8 TCR
NAICS-TCR MLC-TREE CARE 27.8 TCR
STATE-SIZE Sugarland Farms, Inc. 23 FTE
STATE-SIZE Haleiwa - Oahu, HI 23 FTE
STATE-SIZE Refuse Division - Keehi Transfer Station 23 FTE
STATE-SIZE 12634 PAC BUILD, LLC 23 FTE
CITY-NEAR 2412 - Hawaii-Kona 337 FTE
CITY-NEAR WM 2321 330 FTE
CITY-NEAR 2321 282 FTE
CITY-NEAR 1561 LOWE S OF KONA HI 207 FTE
NAT-TCR Ord Gwchicagoil 27.1 TCR
NAT-TCR SeaQuest Trumbull 27.1 TCR
NAT-TCR HG675 27.1 TCR
NAT-TCR 596 Summer Street, Brockton, MA 02302 27.1 TCR
NAT-SIZE CB Concord Branch 23 FTE
NAT-SIZE Voltmer, Inc. 23 FTE
NAT-SIZE Butler Store 23 FTE
NAT-SIZE Gibsonia Store 23 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, 2018, 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.