Waste (except solid and hazardous) hauling, local · South Carolina

Capital Waste Services

Columbia, SC · ~94 workers · 4 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

F
Failing Safety Record
15.6
Avg TCR
2.6
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

Capital Waste Services runs at 598% of its industry's injury rate - far more dangerous than the typical Waste (except solid and hazardous) hauling, local workplace, earning a grade F.

Capital Waste Services: 15.6 TCR = 598% of Waste (except solid and hazardous) hauling, local BLS 2.6 · 4y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Capital Waste Services safety composite

Capital Waste Services scores strongest on fatalities (safer than 52% of same-industry peers) and weakest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 4%), 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

21/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
F 15.56 per 100 workers

Safer than 4% of industry peers

DART rate
F 4.98 per 100 workers

Safer than 18% 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

−18.2

2017→2020

Capital Waste Services injury rate improved

Capital Waste Services's TCR fell 18.2 from 29.6 in 2017 to 11.4 in 2020. Peak filing year was 2017 at 29.6 TCR. In 2020, DART was 0.32× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2017=29.6 · 2018=9.8 · 2019=11.4 · 2020=11.4

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 562119 · Columbia, SC ABOVE-IND · SMALL

Grade F · TCR 15.6 · 598% of ind

  • DART 5.0 DART
  • RANK P4
  • PHOTO CA-IMS Electronics R…
  • BOOK 4y book
  • INJ 42 inj
  • SIZE ~94 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: CA-IMS Electronics Recycling, Inc (0.8 TCR gap)

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Capital Waste Services in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows Capital Waste Services averages 15.6 TCR (598% of the Waste (except solid and hazardous) hauling, local BLS benchmark).

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

Capital Waste Services TCR series: 2017=29.6 · 2018=9.8 · 2019=11.4 · 2020=11.4 · BLS 2.6

Where Capital Waste Services falls in its industry

57 Waste (except solid and hazard establishments

Safer than 4% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 4.6.

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers
Capital Waste Services (94 employees, TCR 15.6) among 24 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 61 employees and a TCR of 4.6 2×2 strategic matrix plotting 25 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 05001,0001,500 0102030 Average employees Total Case Rate Capital Waste Services
Capital Waste Services (94 employees, TCR 15.6) among 24 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 61 employees and a TCR of 4.6

Capital Waste Services has more employees than the Waste (except solid and hazardous) hauli median and a higher injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 4.6. 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
2020 11.4 5.0 16 0 0
2019 11.4 3.8 12 0 0
2018 9.8 9.8 8 0 0
2017 29.6 29.6 6 1 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

562119 · SC · Columbia

57 Waste (except solid and hazardous) hauling, local employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 7,610 rated employers in South Carolina with headcount on file · 542 employers in Columbia, SC · 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 CA-IMS Electronics Recycling, Inc 16.4 TCR
NAICS-TCR Pecan 14.0 TCR
NAICS-TCR Recology Blossom Valley Organics North 11.6 TCR
NAICS-TCR Best Way Disposal Anderson 11.5 TCR
STATE-SIZE Mocom Compounding 94 FTE
STATE-SIZE Wellford (BP) 94 FTE
STATE-SIZE Liberty Steel Georgetown 94 FTE
STATE-SIZE Mar-Mac Industries, Inc. 94 FTE
CITY-NEAR Palmetto Health Richland 5,949 FTE
CITY-NEAR Prisma Health Richland 4,729 FTE
CITY-NEAR South Carolina Department of Transportation 4,400 FTE
CITY-NEAR SC Department of Transportation 3,864 FTE
NAT-TCR East Cascade Retirement Community, LLC 15.6 TCR
NAT-TCR Blow Brothers Inc 15.6 TCR
NAT-TCR MBK - Hacienda Del Rey 15.6 TCR
NAT-TCR MMK Irvine 15.6 TCR
NAT-SIZE OC Concrete, LLC 94 FTE
NAT-SIZE Sessions Company, Inc. 94 FTE
NAT-SIZE Brian Center Health & Rehabilitation/Spruce Pine 94 FTE
NAT-SIZE Ross store 385 94 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: 2020, 2019, 2018, 2017. 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.