Tree services (e.g., bracing, planting, pruning, removal, spraying, surgery, trimming) · California

WCA Ventura

Ventura, CA · ~35 workers · 3 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

F
Failing Safety Record
26.3
Avg TCR
4.5
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

WCA Ventura runs at 584% of its industry's injury rate - far more dangerous than the typical Tree services (e.g., bracing, planting, pruning, removal, spraying, surgery, trimming) workplace, earning a grade F.

WCA Ventura: 26.3 TCR = 584% of Tree services (e.g., bracing, planting, pruning, removal, spraying, surgery, trimming) BLS 4.5 · 3y Form 300A (see methodology below)

WCA Ventura safety composite

WCA Ventura 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 26.26 per 100 workers

Safer than 0% of industry peers

DART rate
F 31.08 per 100 workers

Safer than 0% 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%).

Rising injury rate

WCA Ventura: 15.5 → 36.3 TCR

Peak year 2019 @ 36.3 TCR · DART/TCR 1.18× in 2019

WCA Ventura's TCR rose 20.7 from 15.5 in 2017 to 36.3 in 2019. In 2019, DART was 1.18× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 561730 · Ventura, CA ABOVE-IND · SMALL

Grade F · TCR 26.3 · 584% of ind

  • DART 31.1 DART
  • RANK #445/448
  • PHOTO Tamke Tree Experts, …
  • BOOK 3y book
  • INJ 30 inj
  • SIZE ~35 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: Tamke Tree Experts, Inc. (0.2 TCR gap)

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WCA Ventura in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows WCA Ventura averages 26.3 TCR (584% of the Tree services (e.g., bracing, planting, pruning, removal, spraying, surgery, trimming) BLS benchmark).

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

WCA Ventura TCR series: 2017=15.5 · 2018=27 · 2019=36.3 · BLS 4.5

Where WCA Ventura falls in its industry

2,875 Tree services (e.g., bracing, establishments

Safer than 0% 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 #445 safest of 448 Tree services (e.g., bracing, employers in California.

WCA Ventura (35 employees, TCR 26.3) 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 0102030 Average employees Total Case Rate WCA Ventura
WCA Ventura (35 employees, TCR 26.3) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 53 employees and a TCR of 4.7

WCA Ventura has fewer employees than the Tree services (e.g., bracing, planting, 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
2019 36.3 31.1 12 2 0
2018 27.0 27.0 12 0 0
2017 15.5 10.4 6 0 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

561730 · CA · Ventura

2,875 Tree services (e.g., bracing, planting, pruning, removal, spraying, surgery, trimming) employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 51,834 rated employers in California with headcount on file · 244 employers in Ventura, 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 Tamke Tree Experts, Inc. 26.5 TCR
NAICS-TCR 732273 25.9 TCR
NAICS-TCR SCS Nashville, LLC 25.9 TCR
NAICS-TCR Chalet Landscape Company 26.8 TCR
STATE-SIZE CONSTRUCTION FABRICATION/CARPENTRY/PAINTING/ELECTRIC/PIPE 35 FTE
STATE-SIZE Meek Ranches LLC 35 FTE
STATE-SIZE Dresick Farms, Inc. - Farm 35 FTE
STATE-SIZE Wolfsen Inc 35 FTE
CITY-NEAR California Department of Transportation Facility 447 2,621 FTE
CITY-NEAR California Department of Transportation Facility 530 2,621 FTE
CITY-NEAR 6292-00000001 2,250 FTE
CITY-NEAR HSA Human Service Agency 1,516 FTE
NAT-TCR East Haven Public Works 26.3 TCR
NAT-TCR D1 Stevenson Yard 26.3 TCR
NAT-TCR Crossville Health and Rehabilitation, LLC 26.3 TCR
NAT-TCR 0662 - Amsterdam, Ny 26.3 TCR
NAT-SIZE Corpus Christi Trans Ctr 35 FTE
NAT-SIZE Moser's Foods #7 35 FTE
NAT-SIZE The Waterford at Pantego 35 FTE
NAT-SIZE Moser's Foods #4 35 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: 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.