Arborist services · Iowa

Wright Tree Service, Inc

West Des Moines, IA · ~4,019 workers · 8 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

B
Good Safety Record
2.5
Avg TCR
4.5
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

Wright Tree Service, Inc runs at 55% of its industry's injury rate - safer than the typical Arborist services workplace, earning a grade B.

Wright Tree Service, Inc: 2.5 TCR = 55% of Arborist services BLS 4.5 · 8y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Wright Tree Service, Inc safety composite

Wright Tree Service, Inc scores strongest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 74% 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

62/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
C 2.49 per 100 workers

Safer than 74% of industry peers

DART rate
C 1.72 per 100 workers

Safer than 56% 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%).

Wright Tree Service, Inc held a steady TCR band

Wright Tree Service, Inc's TCR held near 0.3 from 2.5 in 2016 to 2.8 in 2024. Peak filing year was 2023 at 3.0 TCR. In 2024, DART was 0.69× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2016=2.5 · 2018=2.5 · 2019=2.4 · 2020=2.3 · 2021=2.6 · 2022=1.8 · 2023=3.0 · 2024=2.8

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 561730 · West Des Moines, IA AT/BELOW-IND · LARGE

Grade B · TCR 2.5 · 55% of ind

  • DART 1.7 DART
  • RANK #3/24
  • PHOTO 142101
  • BOOK 8y book
  • INJ 788 inj
  • SIZE ~4,019 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: 142101 (0.0 TCR gap)

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Wright Tree Service, Inc in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows Wright Tree Service, Inc averages 2.5 TCR (55% of the Arborist services BLS benchmark).

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

Wright Tree Service, Inc TCR series: 2016=2.5 · 2018=2.5 · 2019=2.4 · 2020=2.3 · 2021=2.6 · 2022=1.8 · 2023=3 · 2024=2.8 · BLS 4.5

Where Wright Tree Service, Inc falls in its industry

2,875 Arborist services establishments

Safer than 74% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 4.7.

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to Iowa alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #3 safest of 24 Arborist services employers in Iowa.

Wright Tree Service, Inc (4,019 employees, TCR 2.5) 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 01,0002,0003,0004,0005,000 051015 Average employees Total Case Rate Wright Tree Service, Inc
Wright Tree Service, Inc (4,019 employees, TCR 2.5) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 53 employees and a TCR of 4.7

Wright Tree Service, Inc 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 2.8 1.7 116 6 0
2023 3.0 1.8 132 4 0
2022 1.8 0.9 91 5 0
2021 2.6 1.4 115 4 0
2020 2.3 1.1 95 6 0
2019 2.4 1.4 91 5 0
2018 2.5 0.9 85 10 0
2016 2.5 0.9 63 6 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

561730 · IA · West Des Moines

2,875 Arborist services employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 7,192 rated employers in Iowa with headcount on file · 160 employers in West Des Moines, IA · 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 142101 2.5 TCR
NAICS-TCR Plandscape, Inc. 2.5 TCR
NAICS-TCR Pearland 2.5 TCR
NAICS-TCR CNUC 2.5 TCR
STATE-SIZE MercyOne Des Moines 3,547 FTE
STATE-SIZE Des Moines Methodist Hospital 3,495 FTE
STATE-SIZE CRST EXPEDITED INC 3,475 FTE
STATE-SIZE Iowa Methodist Hospital 3,456 FTE
CITY-NEAR Hy-Vee, Inc. 73,135 FTE
CITY-NEAR WDMCS 1,363 FTE
CITY-NEAR FBL Financial Group Inc., Corporate Headquarters 1,123 FTE
CITY-NEAR Mercy Medical Center - West Lake 530 FTE
NAT-TCR Faurecia Automotive Seating 2.5 TCR
NAT-TCR U.S. Cargo Systems 2.5 TCR
NAT-TCR TK Elevator Fort Myers 2.5 TCR
NAT-TCR TK Elevator Orlando 2.5 TCR
NAT-SIZE St. David's North Austin Medical Center 4,020 FTE
NAT-SIZE Nexteer Automotive Saginaw Site 4,015 FTE
NAT-SIZE Michigan Assembly (Yr 2011+) 4,031 FTE
NAT-SIZE Akron Campus 4,005 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, 2022, 2021, 2020, 2019, 2018, 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.