Arborist services · California

Utility Tree Services, LLC-174

Modesto, CA · ~173 workers · 5 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

B
Good Safety Record
3.3
Avg TCR
4.5
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

Utility Tree Services, LLC-174 runs at 72% of its industry's injury rate - safer than the typical Arborist services workplace, earning a grade B.

Utility Tree Services, LLC-174: 3.3 TCR = 72% of Arborist services BLS 4.5 · 5y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Utility Tree Services, LLC-174 safety composite

Utility Tree Services, LLC-174 scores strongest on dart rate (safer than 84% of same-industry peers) and weakest on fatalities (safer than 52%), 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

68/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
C 3.25 per 100 workers

Safer than 65% 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

−2.4

2016→2024

Utility Tree Services, LLC-174 injury rate improved

Utility Tree Services, LLC-174's TCR fell 2.4 from 4.0 in 2016 to 1.7 in 2024. Peak filing year was 2018 at 4.5 TCR. In 2024, DART was 0× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2016=4.0 · 2017=3.0 · 2018=4.5 · 2019=3.0 · 2024=1.7

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 561730 · Modesto, CA AT/BELOW-IND · MID

Grade B · TCR 3.3 · 72% of ind

  • DART 0.0 DART
  • RANK #141/448
  • PHOTO LSI - FRK
  • BOOK 5y book
  • INJ 31 inj
  • SIZE ~173 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: LSI - FRK (0.0 TCR gap)

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Utility Tree Services, LLC-174 in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows Utility Tree Services, LLC-174 averages 3.3 TCR (72% of the Arborist services BLS benchmark).

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

Utility Tree Services, LLC-174 TCR series: 2016=4 · 2017=3 · 2018=4.5 · 2019=3 · 2024=1.7 · BLS 4.5

Where Utility Tree Services, LLC-174 falls in its industry

2,875 Arborist services establishments

Safer than 65% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 4.7.

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to California alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #141 safest of 448 Arborist services employers in California.

Utility Tree Services, LLC-174 (173 employees, TCR 3.3) 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 Utility Tree Services, LLC-174
Utility Tree Services, LLC-174 (173 employees, TCR 3.3) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 53 employees and a TCR of 4.7

Utility Tree Services, LLC-174 has more employees than the Arborist services median and a lower 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 1.7 0.0 2 0 0
2019 3.0 3.0 2 0 0
2018 4.5 3.1 10 0 0
2017 3.0 2.6 7 0 0
2016 4.0 3.6 10 0 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

561730 · CA · Modesto

2,875 Arborist services employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 51,834 rated employers in California with headcount on file · 418 employers in Modesto, CA · 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 LSI - FRK 3.3 TCR
NAICS-TCR Tri Scapes Inc. 3.3 TCR
NAICS-TCR 172502 3.3 TCR
NAICS-TCR Crabapple Turf Management, Inc 3.3 TCR
STATE-SIZE Excelsior Farming LLC 173 FTE
STATE-SIZE Elsinore Valley Municipal Water District 173 FTE
STATE-SIZE CORE CONTRACTING, INC. 173 FTE
STATE-SIZE Golden State Construction & Framing 173 FTE
CITY-NEAR Sutter Valley Hospitals (30240) 3,153 FTE
CITY-NEAR Modesto Operations 3,043 FTE
CITY-NEAR 4701-930 3,018 FTE
CITY-NEAR 930 DOCTORS MEDICAL CENTER OF MODESTO 2,759 FTE
NAT-TCR FDDA Orlando 3.3 TCR
NAT-TCR H&P Construction 3.3 TCR
NAT-TCR Aurora Cooperative - Dannebrog Agronomy 3.3 TCR
NAT-TCR A & R Spada Farms, LLC 3.3 TCR
NAT-SIZE Geotemps, Inc. 173 FTE
NAT-SIZE Shelton High School 173 FTE
NAT-SIZE Wixom 173 FTE
NAT-SIZE LTU 173 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, 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.