Landfills · North Carolina
Buncombe County-Public Works
Asheville, NC · ~71 workers · 3 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.
- D
- Poor Safety Record
- 4.4
- Avg TCR
- 2.6
- Industry avg
- 0
- Fatalities
The verdict
Buncombe County-Public Works runs at 169% of its industry's injury rate - more dangerous than the typical Landfills workplace, earning a grade D.
Buncombe County-Public Works: 4.4 TCR = 169% of Landfills BLS 2.6 · 3y Form 300A (see methodology below)
Buncombe County-Public Works safety composite
Buncombe County-Public Works scores strongest on dart rate (safer than 78% of same-industry peers) and weakest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 43%), 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).
57/100
Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures
- Total Case Rate (TCR)
- D 4.4 per 100 workers
Safer than 43% of industry peers
- DART rate
- B 0 per 100 workers
Safer than 78% of industry peers
- Fatalities
- D 0
Safer than 51% 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
−7.5
2022→2024
Buncombe County-Public Works injury rate improved
Buncombe County-Public Works's TCR fell 7.5 from 7.5 in 2022 to 0.0 in 2024. Peak filing year was 2022 at 7.5 TCR. In 2024, DART was 0× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).
2022=7.5 · 2023=5.7 · 2024=0.0
OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard
Establishment book 562212 · Asheville, NC ABOVE-IND · SMALL
Grade D · TCR 4.4 · 169% of ind
- DART 0.0 DART
- RANK #5/12
- PHOTO S02920 - Arden Landf…
- BOOK 3y book
- INJ 7 inj
- SIZE ~71 FTE
Nearest TCR peer: S02920 - Arden Landfill (0.0 TCR gap)
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Buncombe County-Public Works in the TCR neighbourhood
Average Total Case Rate among this establishment and nearest same-industry peers
- This site
Buncombe County-Public Works
4.4 TCR
- S02920 - Arden
S02920 - Arden Landfill
4.4 TCR
- S03012 - Grand
S03012 - Grand Central Sanitary Landfill
4.4 TCR
- El Coqui Landf
El Coqui Landfill - Humacao Landfill
4.4 TCR
- Apache Junctio
Apache Junction Landfill Corp.
4.4 TCR
What this shows Buncombe County-Public Works averages 4.4 TCR (169% of the Landfills BLS benchmark).
Buncombe County-Public Works TCR series: 2022=7.5 · 2023=5.7 · 2024=0 · BLS 2.6
Where Buncombe County-Public Works falls in its industry
288 Landfills establishmentsSafer than 43% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 3.9.
Narrower to North Carolina alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #5 safest of 12 Landfills employers in North Carolina.
Buncombe County-Public Works has more employees than the Landfills median and a higher injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 3.9. 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 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2023 | 5.7 | 5.7 | 4 | 0 | 0 |
| 2022 | 7.5 | 7.5 | 3 | 2 | 0 |
OSHA ITA peer cross-reference
Establishment peer ledger
562212 · NC · Asheville
288 Landfills employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 16,981 rated employers in North Carolina with headcount on file · 290 employers in Asheville, 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 | S02920 - Arden Landfill | 4.4 TCR |
| NAICS-TCR | S03012 - Grand Central Sanitary Landfill | 4.4 TCR |
| NAICS-TCR | El Coqui Landfill - Humacao Landfill | 4.4 TCR |
| NAICS-TCR | Apache Junction Landfill Corp. | 4.4 TCR |
| STATE-SIZE | Charlotte Meter To Payment - PNG | 71 FTE |
| STATE-SIZE | Crawford Sprinkler Co of Raleigh | 71 FTE |
| STATE-SIZE | S&D Coffee & Tea West Winds | 71 FTE |
| STATE-SIZE | No Evil Foods LLC | 71 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | Mission Hospital; MH Hospital Manager, LLC | 8,097 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | Biltmore Workforce Management | 1,894 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | Mission Medical Associates | 1,336 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | Community Care Partners | 1,018 FTE |
| NAT-TCR | Piru | 4.4 TCR |
| NAT-TCR | Lanes Professional Pest Elimination, Inc. | 4.4 TCR |
| NAT-TCR | Titan Concrete | 4.4 TCR |
| NAT-TCR | WP5 West Palm Beach Service Center | 4.4 TCR |
| NAT-SIZE | Driven2Deliver, LLC | 71 FTE |
| NAT-SIZE | MPW Industrial Services, Inc. - Toyota Georgetown | 71 FTE |
| NAT-SIZE | These Guys NY Deli Corp. DBA These Guys Logistics | 71 FTE |
| NAT-SIZE | Dylan Logistics LLC | 71 FTE |
Rel codes: NAICS-TCR · STATE-SIZE · CITY-NEAR · NAT-TCR/NAT-SIZE cross-state. Read with this employer →
Read our methodology - how this data is sourced, computed, and verified.