Tree trimming services · California

V & E Tree Service, Inc.

Orange, CA · ~30 workers · 7 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

B
Good Safety Record
3.2
Avg TCR
4.5
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

V & E Tree Service, Inc. runs at 71% of its industry's injury rate - safer than the typical Tree trimming services workplace, earning a grade B.

V & E Tree Service, Inc.: 3.2 TCR = 71% of Tree trimming services BLS 4.5 · 7y Form 300A (see methodology below)

V & E Tree Service, Inc. safety composite

V & E Tree Service, Inc. scores strongest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 66% 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

58/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
C 3.2 per 100 workers

Safer than 66% of industry peers

DART rate
D 1.97 per 100 workers

Safer than 54% 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

−1.6

2017→2023

V & E Tree Service, Inc. injury rate improved

V & E Tree Service, Inc.'s TCR fell 1.6 from 3.5 in 2017 to 2.0 in 2023. Peak filing year was 2021 at 5.8 TCR. In 2023, DART was 0.62× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2017=3.5 · 2018=5.5 · 2019=0.0 · 2020=3.7 · 2021=5.8 · 2022=2.0 · 2023=2.0

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 561730 · Orange, CA AT/BELOW-IND · SMALL

Grade B · TCR 3.2 · 71% of ind

  • DART 2.0 DART
  • RANK #138/448
  • PHOTO Ruppert Landscape - …
  • BOOK 7y book
  • INJ 11 inj
  • SIZE ~30 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: Ruppert Landscape - Richmond North (0.0 TCR gap)

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V & E Tree Service, Inc. in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows V & E Tree Service, Inc. averages 3.2 TCR (71% of the Tree trimming services BLS benchmark).

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

V & E Tree Service, Inc. TCR series: 2017=3.5 · 2018=5.5 · 2019=0 · 2020=3.7 · 2021=5.8 · 2022=2 · 2023=2 · BLS 4.5

Where V & E Tree Service, Inc. falls in its industry

2,875 Tree trimming services establishments

Safer than 66% 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 #138 safest of 448 Tree trimming services employers in California.

V & E Tree Service, Inc. (30 employees, TCR 3.2) 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 V & E Tree Service, Inc.
V & E Tree Service, Inc. (30 employees, TCR 3.2) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 53 employees and a TCR of 4.7

V & E Tree Service, Inc. has fewer employees than the Tree trimming 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
2023 2.0 2.0 1 0 0
2022 2.0 2.0 1 0 0
2021 5.8 3.9 3 0 0
2020 3.7 3.7 2 0 0
2019 0.0 0.0 0 0 0
2018 5.5 5.5 2 1 0
2017 3.5 0.0 2 0 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

561730 · CA · Orange

2,875 Tree trimming services employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 51,834 rated employers in California with headcount on file · 319 employers in Orange, 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 Ruppert Landscape - Richmond North 3.2 TCR
NAICS-TCR 142001 3.2 TCR
NAICS-TCR 5815 - Woodlawn 3.2 TCR
NAICS-TCR Asplundh Tree Expert LLC. - 042 3.2 TCR
STATE-SIZE BZNUR 30 FTE
STATE-SIZE 1780 San Juan Rd. 30 FTE
STATE-SIZE Charter Oaks 30 FTE
STATE-SIZE Greenfields Turf, Inc. 30 FTE
CITY-NEAR UC Irvine Health 6,191 FTE
CITY-NEAR CHOC - CHildren's Hospital of Orange County 4,962 FTE
CITY-NEAR CHOC Children's Orange 3,693 FTE
CITY-NEAR CHOC Children's Orange V2 3,652 FTE
NAT-TCR ITI Intermodal of Kansas 3.2 TCR
NAT-TCR Market & Johnson Inc. 3.2 TCR
NAT-TCR Biorigin 3.2 TCR
NAT-TCR deVan Sealants, Inc. 3.2 TCR
NAT-SIZE American House - Roseville Memory Center 30 FTE
NAT-SIZE American House Freedom Place - Rochester Hills 30 FTE
NAT-SIZE LaValley Industries 30 FTE
NAT-SIZE Hoover Plant 30 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, 2018, 2017. 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.