Waste hauling, local, nonhazardous solid · Massachusetts

Capitol Waste Services Inc.

East Boston, MA · ~145 workers · 4 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

F
Failing Safety Record
29.0
Avg TCR
2.6
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

Capitol Waste Services Inc. runs at 1114% of its industry's injury rate - far more dangerous than the typical Waste hauling, local, nonhazardous solid workplace, earning a grade F.

Capitol Waste Services Inc.: 29.0 TCR = 1114% of Waste hauling, local, nonhazardous solid BLS 2.6 · 4y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Capitol Waste Services Inc. safety composite

Capitol Waste Services Inc. scores strongest on fatalities (safer than 52% of same-industry peers) and weakest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 0%), 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

15/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
F 28.96 per 100 workers

Safer than 0% of industry peers

DART rate
F 14.28 per 100 workers

Safer than 5% 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

−4.0

2017→2022

Capitol Waste Services Inc. injury rate improved

Capitol Waste Services Inc.'s TCR fell 4.0 from 33.9 in 2017 to 29.9 in 2022. Peak filing year was 2017 at 33.9 TCR. In 2022, DART was 0.49× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2017=33.9 · 2019=29.5 · 2021=22.5 · 2022=29.9

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 562111 · East Boston, MA ABOVE-IND · MID

Grade F · TCR 29.0 · 1114% of ind

  • DART 14.3 DART
  • RANK #36/36
  • PHOTO Shank Waste Service …
  • BOOK 4y book
  • INJ 182 inj
  • SIZE ~145 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: Shank Waste Service Inc. (0.3 TCR gap)

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Capitol Waste Services Inc. in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows Capitol Waste Services Inc. averages 29.0 TCR (1114% of the Waste hauling, local, nonhazardous solid BLS benchmark).

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

Capitol Waste Services Inc. TCR series: 2017=33.9 · 2019=29.5 · 2021=22.5 · 2022=29.9 · BLS 2.6

Where Capitol Waste Services Inc. falls in its industry

2,322 Waste hauling, local, nonhazar establishments

Safer than 0% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 5.1.

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to Massachusetts alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #36 safest of 36 Waste hauling, local, nonhazar employers in Massachusetts.

Capitol Waste Services Inc. (145 employees, TCR 29.0) 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 010203040 Average employees Total Case Rate Capitol Waste Services Inc.
Capitol Waste Services Inc. (145 employees, TCR 29.0) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 55 employees and a TCR of 5.1

Capitol Waste Services Inc. has more employees than the Waste hauling, local, nonhazardous solid 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
2022 29.9 14.3 44 0 0
2021 22.5 17.4 44 0 0
2019 29.5 15.6 51 0 0
2017 33.9 16.9 43 1 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

562111 · MA · East Boston

2,322 Waste hauling, local, nonhazardous solid employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 10,108 rated employers in Massachusetts with headcount on file · 59 employers in East Boston, MA · 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 Shank Waste Service Inc. 29.3 TCR
NAICS-TCR Affinity Waste Solutions 28.6 TCR
NAICS-TCR Recology San Mateo County 28.4 TCR
NAICS-TCR Tule Trash Company LLC 28.0 TCR
STATE-SIZE Insa Easthampton 145 FTE
STATE-SIZE Gladding Hearn Shipbuilding 145 FTE
STATE-SIZE Allen Medical Systems, Inc. 145 FTE
STATE-SIZE 2679 SOUTH BAYBOSTON 145 FTE
CITY-NEAR 4795-AA-BOS-BOSTON-BOS-TRML 1,570 FTE
CITY-NEAR BOS-BOSTON-TERMINAL 1,303 FTE
CITY-NEAR Delta Air Lines - BOS 1,276 FTE
CITY-NEAR Swissport Ground Handling - BOS - BOS-GHA 511 FTE
NAT-TCR Nordic Partners Inc 29.0 TCR
NAT-TCR Brushy Creek Post Acute 29.0 TCR
NAT-TCR MGM Brakes - Cloverdale 29.0 TCR
NAT-TCR Richmond Ambulance Authority 29.0 TCR
NAT-SIZE Bake Rite Rolls 145 FTE
NAT-SIZE Bay Linen, Inc. 145 FTE
NAT-SIZE Kent Rd Facility 145 FTE
NAT-SIZE Construction 145 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: 2022, 2021, 2019, 2017. This is publicly available government data - not a legal determination of workplace conditions.
Data sourced from official public datasets. See our methodology for details.