Waste collection services, nonhazardous solid · Texas

Central Texas Refuse

Austin, TX · ~86 workers · 6 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

F
Failing Safety Record
6.7
Avg TCR
2.6
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

Central Texas Refuse runs at 257% of its industry's injury rate - far more dangerous than the typical Waste collection services, nonhazardous solid workplace, earning a grade F.

Central Texas Refuse: 6.7 TCR = 257% of Waste collection services, nonhazardous solid BLS 2.6 · 6y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Central Texas Refuse safety composite

Central Texas Refuse scores strongest on fatalities (safer than 52% of same-industry peers) and weakest on dart rate (safer than 9%), 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

30/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
F 6.69 per 100 workers

Safer than 34% of industry peers

DART rate
F 11.44 per 100 workers

Safer than 9% 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

Central Texas Refuse: 4.8 → 11.4 TCR

Peak year 2022 @ 11.4 TCR · DART/TCR 1.71× in 2022

Central Texas Refuse's TCR rose 6.6 from 4.8 in 2016 to 11.4 in 2022. In 2022, DART was 1.71× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 562111 · Austin, TX ABOVE-IND · SMALL

Grade F · TCR 6.7 · 257% of ind

  • DART 11.4 DART
  • RANK #98/117
  • PHOTO S03507 - Southern We…
  • BOOK 6y book
  • INJ 42 inj
  • SIZE ~86 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: S03507 - Southern West Virginia Hauling (0.0 TCR gap)

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Central Texas Refuse in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows Central Texas Refuse averages 6.7 TCR (257% 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

Central Texas Refuse TCR series: 2016=4.8 · 2018=5.2 · 2019=4.9 · 2020=2.7 · 2021=11.1 · 2022=11.4 · BLS 2.6

Where Central Texas Refuse falls in its industry

2,322 Waste collection services, non establishments

Safer than 34% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 5.1.

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to Texas alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #98 safest of 117 Waste collection services, non employers in Texas.

Central Texas Refuse (86 employees, TCR 6.7) 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 Central Texas Refuse
Central Texas Refuse (86 employees, TCR 6.7) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 55 employees and a TCR of 5.1

Central Texas Refuse has more employees than the Waste collection services, nonhazardous 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 11.4 11.4 12 0 0
2021 11.1 11.1 15 0 0
2020 2.7 2.7 2 0 0
2019 4.9 3.7 4 0 0
2018 5.2 5.2 6 0 0
2016 4.8 1.2 3 1 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

562111 · TX · Austin

2,322 Waste collection services, nonhazardous solid employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 38,394 rated employers in Texas with headcount on file · 1,645 employers in Austin, TX · 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 S03507 - Southern West Virginia Hauling 6.7 TCR
NAICS-TCR 301 - Hilton Head 6.7 TCR
NAICS-TCR S04290 - Camp Hill 6.7 TCR
NAICS-TCR Waste Connections of Alabama, Inc. 6.7 TCR
STATE-SIZE Village Farms, Permian Basin 86 FTE
STATE-SIZE Cal-Maine Food, Inc.- Klesel Complex 86 FTE
STATE-SIZE Sundown Tubing Testing 86 FTE
STATE-SIZE San Antonio Division 86 FTE
CITY-NEAR Ensign Services 11,325 FTE
CITY-NEAR NA-US-TX-Austin-Giga Texas 8,621 FTE
CITY-NEAR 6017-Loc: CORP LOC - US Austin 6,911 FTE
CITY-NEAR 6017-CORP LOC - USA UNITED STATES - AST 5,272 FTE
NAT-TCR 4795-Ea-Fsd-Sioux Falls-Fsd-Trml 6.7 TCR
NAT-TCR 6400-SWY-0019-0019-00525 6.7 TCR
NAT-TCR 350908-Brx-Throggs Neck Sta 6.7 TCR
NAT-TCR 416516-Perkasie Po 6.7 TCR
NAT-SIZE Pierson Wireless Corp. 86 FTE
NAT-SIZE Diversicare of Brookhaven 86 FTE
NAT-SIZE Public Works - Engineering 86 FTE
NAT-SIZE Mechanicsburg Senior Care, LLC d/b/a VibraLife Senior Living 86 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, 2020, 2019, 2018, 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.