Arborist services · Wisconsin

Wachtel Tree Science

Merton, WI · ~54 workers · 7 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

B
Good Safety Record
3.5
Avg TCR
4.5
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

Wachtel Tree Science runs at 78% of its industry's injury rate - safer than the typical Arborist services workplace, earning a grade B.

Wachtel Tree Science: 3.5 TCR = 78% of Arborist services BLS 4.5 · 7y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Wachtel Tree Science safety composite

Wachtel Tree Science 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

67/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
C 3.52 per 100 workers

Safer than 62% 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

−4.7

2017→2024

Wachtel Tree Science injury rate improved

Wachtel Tree Science's TCR fell 4.7 from 4.7 in 2017 to 0.0 in 2024. Peak filing year was 2021 at 7.5 TCR. In 2024, DART was 0× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2017=4.7 · 2018=2.1 · 2019=4.4 · 2020=5.9 · 2021=7.5 · 2023=0.0 · 2024=0.0

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 561730 · Merton, WI AT/BELOW-IND · SMALL

Grade B · TCR 3.5 · 78% of ind

  • DART 0.0 DART
  • RANK #25/69
  • PHOTO Cititurf
  • BOOK 7y book
  • INJ 12 inj
  • SIZE ~54 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: Cititurf (0.0 TCR gap)

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Wachtel Tree Science in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows Wachtel Tree Science averages 3.5 TCR (78% of the Arborist services BLS benchmark).

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

Wachtel Tree Science TCR series: 2017=4.7 · 2018=2.1 · 2019=4.4 · 2020=5.9 · 2021=7.5 · 2023=0 · 2024=0 · BLS 4.5

Where Wachtel Tree Science falls in its industry

2,875 Arborist services establishments

Safer than 62% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 4.7.

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to Wisconsin alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #25 safest of 69 Arborist services employers in Wisconsin.

Wachtel Tree Science (54 employees, TCR 3.5) 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 051015 Average employees Total Case Rate Wachtel Tree Science
Wachtel Tree Science (54 employees, TCR 3.5) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 53 employees and a TCR of 4.7

Wachtel Tree Science 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 0.0 0.0 0 0 0
2023 0.0 0.0 0 0 0
2021 7.5 1.9 4 0 0
2020 5.9 5.9 3 0 0
2019 4.4 4.4 2 0 0
2018 2.1 2.1 1 0 0
2017 4.7 2.4 2 0 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

561730 · WI · Merton

2,875 Arborist services employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 12,834 rated employers in Wisconsin 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 Cititurf 3.5 TCR
NAICS-TCR Huntsville Rehabilitation Foundation, Inc. 3.5 TCR
NAICS-TCR Ruppert Landscape - Toughkenamon 3.5 TCR
NAICS-TCR 5784 - Flint 3.5 TCR
STATE-SIZE Dairy Dreams LLC 54 FTE
STATE-SIZE A&M Dittrich 54 FTE
STATE-SIZE Michels Utility Services, Inc- WI- Brownsville 54 FTE
STATE-SIZE Payne & Dolan, Inc - Racine/Kensoha 54 FTE
CITY-NEAR essential Industries 68 FTE
NAT-TCR Marian Fort Worth 3.5 TCR
NAT-TCR Tillamook Lumber Company 3.5 TCR
NAT-TCR Kincaid Plastics Inc. 3.5 TCR
NAT-TCR Sodexo at Northwest Nazarene Univ 3.5 TCR
NAT-SIZE Centerville 54 FTE
NAT-SIZE Millican Nurseries LLC 54 FTE
NAT-SIZE Southern Machine & Fabrication Company, Inc. 54 FTE
NAT-SIZE Randolph 11907 54 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, 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.