Waste Collection · North Carolina

6935-Sw - Solid Waste

Charlotte, NC · ~299 workers · 6 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

F
Failing Safety Record
17.0
Avg TCR
2.6
Industry avg
1
Fatality
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The verdict

6935-Sw - Solid Waste runs at 652% of its industry's injury rate - far more dangerous than the typical Waste Collection workplace, earning a grade F.

6935-Sw - Solid Waste: 17.0 TCR = 652% of Waste Collection BLS 2.6 · 6y Form 300A (see methodology below)

6935-Sw - Solid Waste safety composite

6935-Sw - Solid Waste scores strongest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 5% of same-industry peers) and weakest on dart rate (safer than 2%), 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

3/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
F 16.96 per 100 workers

Safer than 5% of industry peers

DART rate
F 20.79 per 100 workers

Safer than 2% of industry peers

Fatalities
F 1

Safer than 2% 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

6935-Sw - Solid Waste: 9.3 → 23.8 TCR

Peak year 2021 @ 24.4 TCR · DART/TCR 1.23× in 2022

6935-Sw - Solid Waste's TCR rose 14.5 from 9.3 in 2017 to 23.8 in 2022. Peak filing year was 2021 at 24.4 TCR. In 2022, DART was 1.23× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 562111 · Charlotte, NC ABOVE-IND · MID

Grade F · TCR 17.0 · 652% of ind

  • DART 20.8 DART
  • RANK #86/87
  • PHOTO C-6 Disposa Systems …
  • BOOK 6y book
  • INJ 298 inj
  • SIZE ~299 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: C-6 Disposa Systems Inc. (0.0 TCR gap)

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6935-Sw - Solid Waste in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows 6935-Sw - Solid Waste averages 17.0 TCR (652% of the Waste Collection BLS benchmark).

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

6935-Sw - Solid Waste TCR series: 2017=9.3 · 2018=11.8 · 2019=11.6 · 2020=20.8 · 2021=24.4 · 2022=23.8 · BLS 2.6

Where 6935-Sw - Solid Waste falls in its industry

2,322 Waste Collection establishments

Safer than 5% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 5.1.

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to North Carolina alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #86 safest of 87 Waste Collection employers in North Carolina.

6935-Sw - Solid Waste (299 employees, TCR 17.0) 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 6935-Sw - Solid Waste
6935-Sw - Solid Waste (299 employees, TCR 17.0) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 55 employees and a TCR of 5.1

6935-Sw - Solid Waste has more employees than the Waste Collection median and a higher 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
2022 23.8 20.8 71 0 0
2021 24.4 20.6 68 2 0
2020 20.8 18.1 63 6 1
2019 11.6 10.9 35 1 0
2018 11.8 9.6 37 0 0
2017 9.3 7.0 24 4 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

562111 · NC · Charlotte

2,322 Waste Collection employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 16,981 rated employers in North Carolina with headcount on file · 2,058 employers in Charlotte, NC · 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 C-6 Disposa Systems Inc. 16.9 TCR
NAICS-TCR Department of Streets & Sanitation - Bureau of Sanitation 17.0 TCR
NAICS-TCR Strategic Sanitation Services, Inc. 16.9 TCR
NAICS-TCR Conwaste Recogido Fajardo 16.9 TCR
STATE-SIZE Plant 5 299 FTE
STATE-SIZE 5520 Forest City Permanent 299 FTE
STATE-SIZE Attends Healthcare 299 FTE
STATE-SIZE ATI Industrial Automation 299 FTE
CITY-NEAR 1101-Carolinas Medical Center (1101) 8,444 FTE
CITY-NEAR 0001-Carolinas Medical Center 8,032 FTE
CITY-NEAR 4795-AA-CLT-CHARLOTTE-CLT-TRML 7,295 FTE
CITY-NEAR Novant Health Presbyterian Medical Center 4,973 FTE
NAT-TCR 083428-Nha-North Haven Sta 17.0 TCR
NAT-TCR Georgia Envelope 17.0 TCR
NAT-TCR 482024-Crp-Lamar Park Sta 17.0 TCR
NAT-TCR Hawkins Cleaning Services, Inc dba ServiceMaster of Central Illinois 17.0 TCR
NAT-SIZE 2904-SAS-KY 299 FTE
NAT-SIZE Ohcls - Columbus 299 FTE
NAT-SIZE Cherokee County Health and Rehabilitation Center 299 FTE
NAT-SIZE INTEGRIS Canadian Valley Hospital 299 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: 2022, 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.