Garbage collection services · Colorado

American Disposal Services of Colorado, Inc

Commerce City, CO · ~97 workers · 2 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

F
Failing Safety Record
14.6
Avg TCR
2.6
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

American Disposal Services of Colorado, Inc runs at 562% of its industry's injury rate - far more dangerous than the typical Garbage collection services workplace, earning a grade F.

American Disposal Services of Colorado, Inc: 14.6 TCR = 562% of Garbage collection services BLS 2.6 · 2y Form 300A (see methodology below)

American Disposal Services of Colorado, Inc safety composite

American Disposal Services of Colorado, Inc scores strongest on fatalities (safer than 52% of same-industry peers) and weakest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 7%), 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

19/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
F 14.62 per 100 workers

Safer than 7% of industry peers

DART rate
F 10.57 per 100 workers

Safer than 10% 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

−3.2

2016→2017

American Disposal Services of Colorado, Inc injury rate improved

American Disposal Services of Colorado, Inc's TCR fell 3.2 from 16.2 in 2016 to 13.0 in 2017. Peak filing year was 2016 at 16.2 TCR. In 2017, DART was 0.72× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2016=16.2 · 2017=13.0

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 562111 · Commerce City, CO ABOVE-IND · SMALL

Grade F · TCR 14.6 · 562% of ind

  • DART 10.6 DART
  • RANK #49/51
  • PHOTO Norwalk Drivers
  • BOOK 2y book
  • INJ 29 inj
  • SIZE ~97 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: Norwalk Drivers (0.1 TCR gap)

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American Disposal Services of Colorado, Inc in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows American Disposal Services of Colorado, Inc averages 14.6 TCR (562% of the Garbage collection services BLS benchmark).

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

American Disposal Services of Colorado, Inc TCR series: 2016=16.2 · 2017=13 · BLS 2.6

Where American Disposal Services of Colorado, Inc falls in its industry

2,322 Garbage collection services establishments

Safer than 7% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 5.1.

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to Colorado alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #49 safest of 51 Garbage collection services employers in Colorado.

American Disposal Services of Colorado, Inc (97 employees, TCR 14.6) 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 American Disposal Services of Colorado, Inc
American Disposal Services of Colorado, Inc (97 employees, TCR 14.6) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 55 employees and a TCR of 5.1

American Disposal Services of Colorado, Inc has more employees than the Garbage collection services 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
2017 13.0 10.6 16 0 0
2016 16.2 16.2 13 0 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

562111 · CO · Commerce City

2,322 Garbage collection services employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 9,007 rated employers in Colorado with headcount on file · 175 employers in Commerce City, CO · 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 Norwalk Drivers 14.7 TCR
NAICS-TCR 1231 Second St - Recycling 14.6 TCR
NAICS-TCR Sloatsburg Hauling 14.6 TCR
NAICS-TCR E. J. Harrison and Sons, Inc. 14.6 TCR
STATE-SIZE Delta-Montrose Electric Association 97 FTE
STATE-SIZE Hydro Resources - Rocky Mountain, Inc. 97 FTE
STATE-SIZE Kuck Mechanical Contractors LLC 97 FTE
STATE-SIZE Quicksilver Scientific 97 FTE
CITY-NEAR CODEN - COMMERCE CITY 3,388 FTE
CITY-NEAR COMMERCE CITY (CODEN) 3,174 FTE
CITY-NEAR Q3 Contracting Inc 593 FTE
CITY-NEAR Amazon.com Services LLC - BDU5 581 FTE
NAT-TCR Holland - JO 14.6 TCR
NAT-TCR Atrium Senior Living of Stevens Point at River View Lodge 14.6 TCR
NAT-TCR Manor Care Health Services - Lebanon 14.6 TCR
NAT-TCR MBK - Estancia Del Sol 14.6 TCR
NAT-SIZE Hillcrest Care Center Inc 97 FTE
NAT-SIZE Stop & Shop 100415 97 FTE
NAT-SIZE Shiloh Pendergrass 97 FTE
NAT-SIZE Ryder Columbus 4919 97 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: 2017, 2016. This is publicly available government data - not a legal determination of workplace conditions.
Data sourced from official public datasets. See our methodology for details.