Garbage collection services · Alabama

Amwaste Birmingham

Sylvan Springs, AL · ~126 workers · 5 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

D
Poor Safety Record
4.3
Avg TCR
2.6
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

Amwaste Birmingham runs at 163% of its industry's injury rate - more dangerous than the typical Garbage collection services workplace, earning a grade D.

Amwaste Birmingham: 4.3 TCR = 163% of Garbage collection services BLS 2.6 · 5y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Amwaste Birmingham safety composite

Amwaste Birmingham scores strongest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 59% of same-industry peers) and weakest on dart rate (safer than 46%), 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).

D

53/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
C 4.25 per 100 workers

Safer than 59% of industry peers

DART rate
D 3.68 per 100 workers

Safer than 46% 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

−1.2

2020→2024

Amwaste Birmingham injury rate improved

Amwaste Birmingham's TCR fell 1.2 from 6.5 in 2020 to 5.3 in 2024. Peak filing year was 2020 at 6.5 TCR. In 2024, DART was 0.87× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2020=6.5 · 2021=1.9 · 2022=2.6 · 2023=5.0 · 2024=5.3

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 562111 · Sylvan Springs, AL ABOVE-IND · MID

Grade D · TCR 4.3 · 163% of ind

  • DART 3.7 DART
  • RANK #25/50
  • PHOTO TC Recycling, LLC
  • BOOK 5y book
  • INJ 36 inj
  • SIZE ~126 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: TC Recycling, LLC (0.0 TCR gap)

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Amwaste Birmingham in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows Amwaste Birmingham averages 4.3 TCR (163% of the Garbage collection services BLS benchmark).

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

Amwaste Birmingham TCR series: 2020=6.5 · 2021=1.9 · 2022=2.6 · 2023=5 · 2024=5.3 · BLS 2.6

Where Amwaste Birmingham falls in its industry

2,322 Garbage collection services establishments

Safer than 59% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 5.1.

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to Alabama alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #25 safest of 50 Garbage collection services employers in Alabama.

Amwaste Birmingham (126 employees, TCR 4.3) 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 Amwaste Birmingham
Amwaste Birmingham (126 employees, TCR 4.3) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 55 employees and a TCR of 5.1

Amwaste Birmingham 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
2024 5.3 3.7 13 0 0
2023 5.0 2.8 9 0 0
2022 2.6 2.1 6 0 0
2021 1.9 1.5 5 0 0
2020 6.5 6.5 3 0 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

562111 · AL · Sylvan Springs

2,322 Garbage collection services employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 7,418 rated employers in Alabama with headcount on file · 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 TC Recycling, LLC 4.3 TCR
NAICS-TCR Waste Industries Alamance 4.3 TCR
NAICS-TCR Republic Services Of Frederick 4428 4.3 TCR
NAICS-TCR Republic Services of San Antonio, Allied Waste Division 4.3 TCR
STATE-SIZE Michigan Avenue Complex - APC 126 FTE
STATE-SIZE CBC INGS America 126 FTE
STATE-SIZE SPI/MOBILE PULLEY WORKS 126 FTE
STATE-SIZE 1786 LOWE S OF FT. PAYNE AL 126 FTE
NAT-TCR Prime Healthcare Foundation - Coshocton LLC. 4.3 TCR
NAT-TCR CA033SLM 4.3 TCR
NAT-TCR Stella Maris Inc. 4.3 TCR
NAT-TCR Clark Regional Medical Center - EVS 4.3 TCR
NAT-SIZE Bellevue VAF 126 FTE
NAT-SIZE Foodservice Marshall - 0575 126 FTE
NAT-SIZE 10036 Gateway 126 FTE
NAT-SIZE 10444 Vineyard 126 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. 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.