Refuse collection services · Kansas

5026-Northend Disposal

Dodge City, KS · ~30 workers · 3 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

D
Poor Safety Record
3.5
Avg TCR
2.6
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

5026-Northend Disposal runs at 135% of its industry's injury rate - more dangerous than the typical Refuse collection services workplace, earning a grade D.

5026-Northend Disposal: 3.5 TCR = 135% of Refuse collection services BLS 2.6 · 3y Form 300A (see methodology below)

5026-Northend Disposal safety composite

5026-Northend Disposal scores strongest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 68% 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

61/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
C 3.51 per 100 workers

Safer than 68% of industry peers

DART rate
C 2.56 per 100 workers

Safer than 58% 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%).

5026-Northend Disposal held a steady TCR band

5026-Northend Disposal's TCR held near 0.3 from 2.9 in 2022 to 2.6 in 2024. Peak filing year was 2023 at 5.1 TCR. In 2024, DART was 0.73× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2022=2.9 · 2023=5.1 · 2024=2.6

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 562111 · Dodge City, KS ABOVE-IND · SMALL

Grade D · TCR 3.5 · 135% of ind

  • DART 2.6 DART
  • RANK #10/21
  • PHOTO Little Rock Hauling
  • BOOK 3y book
  • INJ 4 inj
  • SIZE ~30 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: Little Rock Hauling (0.0 TCR gap)

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5026-Northend Disposal in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows 5026-Northend Disposal averages 3.5 TCR (135% of the Refuse collection services BLS benchmark).

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

5026-Northend Disposal TCR series: 2022=2.9 · 2023=5.1 · 2024=2.6 · BLS 2.6

Where 5026-Northend Disposal falls in its industry

2,322 Refuse collection services establishments

Safer than 68% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 5.1.

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to Kansas alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #10 safest of 21 Refuse collection services employers in Kansas.

5026-Northend Disposal (30 employees, TCR 3.5) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 55 employees and a TCR of 5.1 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 0100200300400 05101520 Average employees Total Case Rate 5026-Northend Disposal
5026-Northend Disposal (30 employees, TCR 3.5) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 55 employees and a TCR of 5.1

5026-Northend Disposal has fewer employees than the Refuse collection services median and a lower injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 5.1. 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 2.6 2.6 1 0 0
2023 5.1 5.1 2 0 0
2022 2.9 0.0 1 0 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

562111 · KS · Dodge City

2,322 Refuse collection services employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 5,228 rated employers in Kansas with headcount on file · 59 employers in Dodge City, KS · 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 Little Rock Hauling 3.5 TCR
NAICS-TCR S04165 - WM of Palm Beach County 3.5 TCR
NAICS-TCR S03792 - WM of Pinellas County 3.5 TCR
NAICS-TCR 118 - Panama City 3.5 TCR
STATE-SIZE Trinity Feedyard LLC 30 FTE
STATE-SIZE Gray County Feed Yard 30 FTE
STATE-SIZE Centerfire Feedyard 30 FTE
STATE-SIZE Brookover Ranch Feedyard 30 FTE
CITY-NEAR NATIONAL BEEF OF DODGE CITY 3,197 FTE
CITY-NEAR Cargill Protein Dodge City 2,668 FTE
CITY-NEAR Primary Beef - Dodge City KS 2,476 FTE
CITY-NEAR 372 346 FTE
NAT-TCR Giant 324 3.5 TCR
NAT-TCR Essick Air Products 3.5 TCR
NAT-TCR Willow Point Dairy 3.5 TCR
NAT-TCR URS Fontana 3.5 TCR
NAT-SIZE Wallace - Middletown 30 FTE
NAT-SIZE 3310-Weinberger East Transfer Station 30 FTE
NAT-SIZE Boston Fish Market Inc 30 FTE
NAT-SIZE Lakeside Quality Building Products 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: 2024, 2023, 2022. 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.