Waste collection services, nonhazardous solid · North Carolina

AWS- Raleigh

Durham, NC · ~130 workers · 5 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

D
Poor Safety Record
3.6
Avg TCR
2.6
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

AWS- Raleigh runs at 140% of its industry's injury rate - more dangerous than the typical Waste collection services, nonhazardous solid workplace, earning a grade D.

AWS- Raleigh: 3.6 TCR = 140% of Waste collection services, nonhazardous solid BLS 2.6 · 5y Form 300A (see methodology below)

AWS- Raleigh safety composite

AWS- Raleigh scores strongest on dart rate (safer than 88% 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

71/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
C 3.63 per 100 workers

Safer than 67% of industry peers

DART rate
B 0 per 100 workers

Safer than 88% 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

−3.5

2016→2021

AWS- Raleigh injury rate improved

AWS- Raleigh's TCR fell 3.5 from 4.5 in 2016 to 0.9 in 2021. Peak filing year was 2017 at 5.6 TCR. In 2021, DART was 0× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2016=4.5 · 2017=5.6 · 2018=4.7 · 2020=2.5 · 2021=0.9

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 562111 · Durham, NC ABOVE-IND · MID

Grade D · TCR 3.6 · 140% of ind

  • DART 0.0 DART
  • RANK #37/87
  • PHOTO S04193 - WM of Utah …
  • BOOK 5y book
  • INJ 18 inj
  • SIZE ~130 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: S04193 - WM of Utah West Jordan (0.0 TCR gap)

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AWS- Raleigh in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows AWS- Raleigh averages 3.6 TCR (140% of the Waste collection services, nonhazardous solid BLS benchmark).

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

AWS- Raleigh TCR series: 2016=4.5 · 2017=5.6 · 2018=4.7 · 2020=2.5 · 2021=0.9 · BLS 2.6

Where AWS- Raleigh falls in its industry

2,322 Waste collection services, non establishments

Safer than 67% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 5.1.

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to North Carolina alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #37 safest of 87 Waste collection services, non employers in North Carolina.

AWS- Raleigh (130 employees, TCR 3.6) 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 AWS- Raleigh
AWS- Raleigh (130 employees, TCR 3.6) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 55 employees and a TCR of 5.1

AWS- Raleigh has more employees than the Waste collection services, nonhazardous 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
2021 0.9 0.0 1 0 0
2020 2.5 2.5 3 0 0
2018 4.7 0.0 5 0 0
2017 5.6 0.9 4 2 0
2016 4.5 4.5 5 0 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

562111 · NC · Durham

2,322 Waste collection services, nonhazardous solid employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 16,981 rated employers in North Carolina with headcount on file · 530 employers in Durham, NC · 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 S04193 - WM of Utah West Jordan 3.6 TCR
NAICS-TCR S04289 - Harrison Hauling 3.6 TCR
NAICS-TCR Meridian Waste Virginia, LLC - Blue Ridge 3.6 TCR
NAICS-TCR Republic Services of New Jersey LLC 3.6 TCR
STATE-SIZE Starr Electric Company, Inc Raleigh 130 FTE
STATE-SIZE Bonitz Flooring and Contracting Charlotte 130 FTE
STATE-SIZE Novo Nordisk Pharmaceutical Industries, LP Oral Finished Products 130 FTE
STATE-SIZE SC Johnson Professional - Corporate office and sales 130 FTE
CITY-NEAR Duke University 23,871 FTE
CITY-NEAR Duke University Hospital 11,048 FTE
CITY-NEAR BCBSNC Telecommuters 3,033 FTE
CITY-NEAR Wolfspeed - Durham, NC 3,013 FTE
NAT-TCR Solstice Senior Living at Austin 3.6 TCR
NAT-TCR Schwarz Ready Mix 3.6 TCR
NAT-TCR Western Region Customer Center 3.6 TCR
NAT-TCR Edwards Farm Equipment, LLC 3.6 TCR
NAT-SIZE Idaho Timber of Carthage 130 FTE
NAT-SIZE Chino Synnex 130 FTE
NAT-SIZE Personnel Solutions II LLC 130 FTE
NAT-SIZE 12 - Willoughby 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: 2021, 2020, 2018, 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.