Garbage collection services · Maryland

AVW/Cardinal - Baltimore

Name: AVW/Cardinal - Baltimore Workplace Safety Data
Creator: PlainSafetyScore
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Baltimore, MD · ~57 workers · 2 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

Compiled by PlainSafetyScore · August 25, 2026

F
Failing Safety Record: 6.3
Avg TCR: 2.6
Industry avg: 0
Fatalities

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The verdict

AVW/Cardinal - Baltimore runs at 243% of its industry's injury rate - far more dangerous than the typical Garbage collection services workplace, earning a grade F.

AVW/Cardinal - Baltimore: 6.3 TCR = 243% of Garbage collection services BLS 2.6 · 2y Form 300A (see methodology below)

AVW/Cardinal - Baltimore safety composite

AVW/Cardinal - Baltimore scores strongest on dart rate (safer than 59% of same-industry peers) and weakest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 36%), 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).

48/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR): D 6.32 per 100 workers

Safer than 36% of industry peers
DART rate: C 2.48 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

−7.7

2023→2024

AVW/Cardinal - Baltimore injury rate improved

AVW/Cardinal - Baltimore's TCR fell 7.7 from 10.2 in 2023 to 2.5 in 2024. Peak filing year was 2023 at 10.2 TCR. In 2024, DART was 0.39× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2023=10.2 · 2024=2.5

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 562111 · Baltimore, MD ABOVE-IND · SMALL

Grade F · TCR 6.3 · 243% of ind

DART 2.5 DART
RANK #19/33
PHOTO EDCO Disposal- Bin Y…
BOOK 2y book
INJ 5 inj
SIZE ~57 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: EDCO Disposal- Bin Yard (0.0 TCR gap)

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S10133 - Advan

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6.3

What this shows AVW/Cardinal - Baltimore averages 6.3 TCR (243% of the Garbage collection services BLS benchmark).

AVW/Cardinal - Baltimore TCR series: 2023=10.2 · 2024=2.5 · BLS 2.6

Where AVW/Cardinal - Baltimore falls in its industry

2,322 Garbage collection services establishments

Safer than 36% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 5.1.

Grade F

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to Maryland alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #19 safest of 33 Garbage collection services employers in Maryland.

AVW/Cardinal - Baltimore (57 employees, TCR 6.3) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 55 employees and a TCR of 5.1

AVW/Cardinal - Baltimore 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
2024	2.5	2.5	1	0	0
2023	10.2	5.1	4	0	0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

562111 · MD · Baltimore

2,322 Garbage collection services employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 7,213 rated employers in Maryland with headcount on file · 1,031 employers in Baltimore, MD · 4 cross-state NAT-TCR peers · 4 cross-state NAT-SIZE peers. Closest matches by relationship code are listed below.

Rel	Establishment	Place	Metric
NAICS-TCR	EDCO Disposal- Bin Yard	SPRING VALLEY, CA	6.3 TCR
NAICS-TCR	Republic Services of Winston Salem 3182	WINSTON SALEM, NC	6.3 TCR
NAICS-TCR	S10133 - Advanced Disposal - Moody	MOODY, AL	6.3 TCR
NAICS-TCR	S07029 - New Orleans Hauling	HARVEY, LA	6.3 TCR
STATE-SIZE	5901 COBB RD FACILITY	LANDOVER	57 FTE
STATE-SIZE	DRB Group - Metro	ROCKVILLE	57 FTE
STATE-SIZE	Chamberlain Contractors, LLC	LAUREL	57 FTE
STATE-SIZE	Royals Commercial of Maryland- Alpha #138	MILLERSVILLE	57 FTE
CITY-NEAR	Johns Hopkins Hospital	Baltimore	12,523 FTE
CITY-NEAR	University of Maryland Medical Center	Baltimore	7,980 FTE
CITY-NEAR	Sinai Hospital of Baltimore	Baltimore	7,770 FTE
CITY-NEAR	NGMS-T340	Baltimore	6,180 FTE
NAT-TCR	Ed Herrington Inc - Hillsdale	Hillsdale, NY	6.3 TCR
NAT-TCR	Bud Manufacturing Inc.	Willoughby, OH	6.3 TCR
NAT-TCR	Cal-Maine Foods Lake Wales Florida	Lake Wales, FL	6.3 TCR
NAT-TCR	R+L Carriers - MAT	Matteson, IL	6.3 TCR
NAT-SIZE	Sentinel Pointe Retirement Community	Grand Rapids, MI	57 FTE
NAT-SIZE	Sioux City Compressed Steel	Sioux City, IA	57 FTE
NAT-SIZE	Unity Forest Products, Inc	Yuba City, CA	57 FTE
NAT-SIZE	Elizabeth Shutters, Inc.	Colton, CA	57 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. This is publicly available government data - not a legal determination of workplace conditions.

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