Garbage collection services · Tennessee

AW of Memphis

Memphis, TN · ~130 workers · 6 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

F
Failing Safety Record
6.9
Avg TCR
2.6
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

AW of Memphis runs at 266% of its industry's injury rate - far more dangerous than the typical Garbage collection services workplace, earning a grade F.

AW of Memphis: 6.9 TCR = 266% of Garbage collection services BLS 2.6 · 6y Form 300A (see methodology below)

AW of Memphis safety composite

AW of Memphis scores strongest on fatalities (safer than 52% of same-industry peers) and weakest on dart rate (safer than 16%), 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

31/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
F 6.91 per 100 workers

Safer than 32% of industry peers

DART rate
F 8.15 per 100 workers

Safer than 16% 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%).

Rising injury rate

AW of Memphis: 1.7 → 8.2 TCR

Peak year 2018 @ 12.8 TCR · DART/TCR 1.18× in 2024

AW of Memphis's TCR rose 6.4 from 1.7 in 2016 to 8.2 in 2024. Peak filing year was 2018 at 12.8 TCR. In 2024, DART was 1.18× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 562111 · Memphis, TN ABOVE-IND · MID

Grade F · TCR 6.9 · 266% of ind

  • DART 8.2 DART
  • RANK #35/43
  • PHOTO Allied Waste Service…
  • BOOK 6y book
  • INJ 57 inj
  • SIZE ~130 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: Allied Waste Services of North America, LLC (0.0 TCR gap)

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AW of Memphis in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows AW of Memphis averages 6.9 TCR (266% of the Garbage collection services BLS benchmark).

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

AW of Memphis TCR series: 2016=1.7 · 2017=5.6 · 2018=12.8 · 2020=1.7 · 2023=11.5 · 2024=8.2 · BLS 2.6

Where AW of Memphis falls in its industry

2,322 Garbage collection services establishments

Safer than 32% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 5.1.

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to Tennessee alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #35 safest of 43 Garbage collection services employers in Tennessee.

AW of Memphis (130 employees, TCR 6.9) 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 AW of Memphis
AW of Memphis (130 employees, TCR 6.9) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 55 employees and a TCR of 5.1

AW of Memphis 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 8.2 8.2 9 0 0
2023 11.5 9.7 13 0 0
2020 1.7 1.7 2 0 0
2018 12.8 12.2 19 1 0
2017 5.6 4.6 11 0 0
2016 1.7 1.7 3 0 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

562111 · TN · Memphis

2,322 Garbage collection services employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 10,743 rated employers in Tennessee with headcount on file · 1,330 employers in Memphis, TN · 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 Allied Waste Services of North America, LLC 6.9 TCR
NAICS-TCR GFL Environmental Cheboygan Hauling and Transfer Station 6.9 TCR
NAICS-TCR Himco Waste-Away Service Inc 6.9 TCR
NAICS-TCR GFL Environmental Cadillac Hauling 6.9 TCR
STATE-SIZE Railroad Consultants, PLLC 130 FTE
STATE-SIZE DSE ERECTORS 130 FTE
STATE-SIZE Interstate AC Service LLC 130 FTE
STATE-SIZE MDS Foods Inc Tennessee 130 FTE
CITY-NEAR FedEx 2903 SPRANKLE DR 12,398 FTE
CITY-NEAR 381940311 9,861 FTE
CITY-NEAR American Residential Services 5,775 FTE
CITY-NEAR St. Jude Children's Research Hospital 5,599 FTE
NAT-TCR Ravenna 6.9 TCR
NAT-TCR At Home Stores #112 6.9 TCR
NAT-TCR Shawneespring LLC 6.9 TCR
NAT-TCR PEXCO (Pennsylvania Extruded Tube Co) 6.9 TCR
NAT-SIZE Able Rigging Contractors, LLC. 130 FTE
NAT-SIZE Metro West Nursing and Rehab Center 130 FTE
NAT-SIZE Moultrie Creek Nursing and Rehab Center 130 FTE
NAT-SIZE Giant Eagle #4018 130 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, 2020, 2018, 2017, 2016. 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.