Garbage collection services · Massachusetts

ABC Disposal Service, Inc. New Bedford Division

New Bedford, MA · ~152 workers · 3 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

C
Average Safety Record
2.6
Avg TCR
2.6
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

ABC Disposal Service, Inc. New Bedford Division runs at 102% of its industry's injury rate - about level with the typical Garbage collection services workplace, earning a grade C.

ABC Disposal Service, Inc. New Bedford Division: 2.6 TCR = 102% of Garbage collection services BLS 2.6 · 3y Form 300A (see methodology below)

ABC Disposal Service, Inc. New Bedford Division safety composite

ABC Disposal Service, Inc. New Bedford Division scores strongest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 79% 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

65/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
B 2.64 per 100 workers

Safer than 79% of industry peers

DART rate
C 2.52 per 100 workers

Safer than 59% 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

−1.5

2018→2020

ABC Disposal Service, Inc. New Bedford Division injury rate improved

ABC Disposal Service, Inc. New Bedford Division's TCR fell 1.5 from 4.0 in 2018 to 2.5 in 2020. Peak filing year was 2018 at 4.0 TCR. In 2020, DART was 0.95× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2018=4.0 · 2019=1.4 · 2020=2.5

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 562111 · New Bedford, MA ABOVE-IND · MID

Grade C · TCR 2.6 · 102% of ind

  • DART 2.5 DART
  • RANK #3/36
  • PHOTO S09988 - Marble Falls
  • BOOK 3y book
  • INJ 11 inj
  • SIZE ~152 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: S09988 - Marble Falls (0.0 TCR gap)

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ABC Disposal Service, Inc. New Bedford Division in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows ABC Disposal Service, Inc. New Bedford Division averages 2.6 TCR (102% of the Garbage collection services BLS benchmark).

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

ABC Disposal Service, Inc. New Bedford Division TCR series: 2018=4 · 2019=1.4 · 2020=2.5 · BLS 2.6

Where ABC Disposal Service, Inc. New Bedford Division falls in its industry

2,322 Garbage collection services establishments

Safer than 79% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 5.1.

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to Massachusetts alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #3 safest of 36 Garbage collection services employers in Massachusetts.

ABC Disposal Service, Inc. New Bedford Division (152 employees, TCR 2.6) 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 ABC Disposal Service, Inc. New Bedford Division
ABC Disposal Service, Inc. New Bedford Division (152 employees, TCR 2.6) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 55 employees and a TCR of 5.1

ABC Disposal Service, Inc. New Bedford Division has more employees than the Garbage 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
2020 2.5 2.5 4 0 0
2019 1.4 1.4 2 0 0
2018 4.0 4.0 5 0 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

562111 · MA · New Bedford

2,322 Garbage collection services employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 10,108 rated employers in Massachusetts with headcount on file · 109 employers in New Bedford, MA · 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 S09988 - Marble Falls 2.6 TCR
NAICS-TCR Republic Services of Conroe 2.6 TCR
NAICS-TCR Republic Services of North Carolina (3160) 2.6 TCR
NAICS-TCR Republic Services of North Carolina 4825 2.6 TCR
STATE-SIZE Barletta Contracting Services 152 FTE
STATE-SIZE Hyde Park 152 FTE
STATE-SIZE Kirkwood Printing Company LLC 152 FTE
STATE-SIZE Berry Global, Easthampton MA 152 FTE
CITY-NEAR St. Luke's Hospital 2,204 FTE
CITY-NEAR High Point & Affiliated Organizations 1,264 FTE
CITY-NEAR JAMCO 690 FTE
CITY-NEAR LifeStream 644 FTE
NAT-TCR Area Energy & Electric, Inc. Marysville Branch 2.6 TCR
NAT-TCR Southern Gardens Citrus Nursery, LLC 2.6 TCR
NAT-TCR Magnolia Village 2.6 TCR
NAT-TCR ConGlobal Industries, Forest View 2.6 TCR
NAT-SIZE L Brands - New Albany 152 FTE
NAT-SIZE Metro-West Appraisals Co. 152 FTE
NAT-SIZE Albemarle Health and Rehabiliation Center 152 FTE
NAT-SIZE Chrysler Headquarters and Technical Center (CTC) 152 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. 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.