Garbage collection services · Massachusetts

Cheshire MA Collection

Name: Cheshire MA Collection Workplace Safety Data
Creator: PlainSafetyScore
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Cheshire, MA · ~65 workers · 4 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

Compiled by PlainSafetyScore · August 25, 2026

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

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The verdict

Cheshire MA Collection runs at 258% of its industry's injury rate - far more dangerous than the typical Garbage collection services workplace, earning a grade F.

Cheshire MA Collection: 6.7 TCR = 258% of Garbage collection services BLS 2.6 · 4y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Cheshire MA Collection safety composite

Cheshire MA Collection scores strongest on fatalities (safer than 52% of same-industry peers) and weakest on dart rate (safer than 31%), 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).

37/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR): F 6.71 per 100 workers

Safer than 33% of industry peers
DART rate: F 5.3 per 100 workers

Safer than 31% 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

−0.8

2020→2023

Cheshire MA Collection injury rate improved

Cheshire MA Collection's TCR fell 0.8 from 6.1 in 2020 to 5.3 in 2023. Peak filing year was 2022 at 8.9 TCR. In 2023, DART was 0.79× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2020=6.1 · 2021=6.5 · 2022=8.9 · 2023=5.3

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 562111 · Cheshire, MA ABOVE-IND · SMALL

Grade F · TCR 6.7 · 258% of ind

DART 5.3 DART
RANK #20/36
PHOTO S04290 - Camp Hill
BOOK 4y book
INJ 18 inj
SIZE ~65 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: S04290 - Camp Hill (0.0 TCR gap)

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101 - Sanford

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S03507 - South

6.7

What this shows Cheshire MA Collection averages 6.7 TCR (258% of the Garbage collection services BLS benchmark).

Cheshire MA Collection TCR series: 2020=6.1 · 2021=6.5 · 2022=8.9 · 2023=5.3 · BLS 2.6

Where Cheshire MA Collection falls in its industry

2,322 Garbage collection services establishments

Safer than 33% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 5.1.

Grade F

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to Massachusetts alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #20 safest of 36 Garbage collection services employers in Massachusetts.

Cheshire MA Collection (65 employees, TCR 6.7) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 55 employees and a TCR of 5.1

Cheshire MA Collection has more employees than the Garbage collection services 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
2023	5.3	5.3	4
2022	8.9	4.5	6
2021	6.5	6.5	4
2020	6.1	1.5	4

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

562111 · MA · Cheshire

2,322 Garbage collection services employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 10,108 rated employers in Massachusetts with headcount on file · 4 cross-state NAT-TCR peers · 4 cross-state NAT-SIZE peers. Closest matches by relationship code are listed below.

Rel	Establishment	Place	Metric
NAICS-TCR	S04290 - Camp Hill	CAMP HILL, PA	6.7 TCR
NAICS-TCR	Waste Connections of Alabama, Inc.	TUSCALOOSA, AL	6.7 TCR
NAICS-TCR	101 - Sanford	SANFORD, FL	6.7 TCR
NAICS-TCR	S03507 - Southern West Virginia Hauling	PECKS MILL, WV	6.7 TCR
STATE-SIZE	Insa Chicopee	CHICOPEE	65 FTE
STATE-SIZE	Advanced Power	BOSTON	65 FTE
STATE-SIZE	Siena Construction Corporation	CAMBRIDGE	65 FTE
STATE-SIZE	4753_10896	MARION	65 FTE
CITY-NEAR	bedardbros	Cheshire	87 FTE
NAT-TCR	Cleveland Vibrator Company	Cleveland, OH	6.7 TCR
NAT-TCR	Notoco Industries (Pc0456)	Baton Rouge, LA	6.7 TCR
NAT-TCR	American Red Cross - 2400 Asbury	Dubuque, IA	6.7 TCR
NAT-TCR	Carillon, Inc.	Lubbock, TX	6.7 TCR
NAT-SIZE	242 Houston (Dacoma)	Houston, TX	65 FTE
NAT-SIZE	The J.M. Smucker Company Topeka Distribution Center	Topeka, KS	65 FTE
NAT-SIZE	Greater Quad City Auto Auction LLP	Milan, IL	65 FTE
NAT-SIZE	Casey Toyota	Williamsburg, VA	65 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: 2023, 2022, 2021, 2020. This is publicly available government data - not a legal determination of workplace conditions.

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Data sourced from official public datasets. See our methodology for details.