Arborist services · Pennsylvania

West Chester, PA

West Checster, PA · ~25 workers · 5 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

C
Average Safety Record
4.5
Avg TCR
4.5
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

West Chester, PA runs at 100% of its industry's injury rate - about level with the typical Arborist services workplace, earning a grade C.

West Chester, PA: 4.5 TCR = 100% of Arborist services BLS 4.5 · 5y Form 300A (see methodology below)

West Chester, PA safety composite

West Chester, PA scores strongest on dart rate (safer than 84% of same-industry peers) and weakest on total case rate (tcr) (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

63/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
D 4.51 per 100 workers

Safer than 52% 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

−1.1

2016→2020

West Chester, PA injury rate improved

West Chester, PA's TCR fell 1.1 from 4.2 in 2016 to 3.1 in 2020. Peak filing year was 2017 at 8.0 TCR. In 2020, DART was 0× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2016=4.2 · 2017=8.0 · 2018=3.9 · 2019=3.3 · 2020=3.1

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 561730 · West Checster, PA ABOVE-IND · SMALL

Grade C · TCR 4.5 · 100% of ind

  • DART 0.0 DART
  • RANK #50/122
  • PHOTO DLC Resources
  • BOOK 5y book
  • INJ 6 inj
  • SIZE ~25 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: DLC Resources (0.0 TCR gap)

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West Chester, PA in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows West Chester, PA averages 4.5 TCR (100% of the Arborist services BLS benchmark).

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

West Chester, PA TCR series: 2016=4.2 · 2017=8 · 2018=3.9 · 2019=3.3 · 2020=3.1 · BLS 4.5

Where West Chester, PA falls in its industry

2,875 Arborist services establishments

Safer than 52% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 4.7.

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to Pennsylvania alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #50 safest of 122 Arborist services employers in Pennsylvania.

West Chester, PA (25 employees, TCR 4.5) 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 West Chester, PA
West Chester, PA (25 employees, TCR 4.5) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 53 employees and a TCR of 4.7

West Chester, PA has fewer 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
2020 3.1 0.0 1 0 0
2019 3.3 3.3 1 0 0
2018 3.9 3.9 1 0 0
2017 8.0 4.0 2 0 0
2016 4.2 4.2 1 0 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

561730 · PA · West Checster

2,875 Arborist services employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 22,692 rated employers in Pennsylvania 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 DLC Resources 4.5 TCR
NAICS-TCR Wapsie Pines Lawn Care & Landscaping, Inc. 4.5 TCR
NAICS-TCR Maldonado Nursery & Landscaping, Inc. - Corpus Christi 4.5 TCR
NAICS-TCR LSI - MRF 4.5 TCR
STATE-SIZE DuPont Pioneer New Holland NHL1 25 FTE
STATE-SIZE Hunterstown Power Generation 25 FTE
STATE-SIZE Power Producer 25 FTE
STATE-SIZE Warren Electric Cooperative, Inc. 25 FTE
NAT-TCR 000000134g Quickchek Food Stores 4.5 TCR
NAT-TCR Tulsa Flat Rolled Division 4.5 TCR
NAT-TCR Target (WC USX TFL) 4.5 TCR
NAT-TCR Ross store 470 4.5 TCR
NAT-SIZE Roses 99 25 FTE
NAT-SIZE DGS Aviation Services : LFT - Lafayette 25 FTE
NAT-SIZE Birmingham DSD 25 FTE
NAT-SIZE Good-Lite Company 25 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: 2020, 2019, 2018, 2017, 2016. This is publicly available government data - not a legal determination of workplace conditions.

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Data sourced from official public datasets. See our methodology for details.