Garbage collection services · North Carolina

City of Asheville Public Works

Asheville, NC · ~163 workers · 4 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

F
Failing Safety Record
16.7
Avg TCR
2.6
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

City of Asheville Public Works runs at 643% of its industry's injury rate - far more dangerous than the typical Garbage collection services workplace, earning a grade F.

City of Asheville Public Works: 16.7 TCR = 643% of Garbage collection services BLS 2.6 · 4y Form 300A (see methodology below)

City of Asheville Public Works safety composite

City of Asheville Public Works scores strongest on fatalities (safer than 52% of same-industry peers) and weakest on dart rate (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

16/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
F 16.71 per 100 workers

Safer than 5% of industry peers

DART rate
F 15.41 per 100 workers

Safer than 4% 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

−0.5

2021→2024

City of Asheville Public Works injury rate improved

City of Asheville Public Works's TCR fell 0.5 from 19.6 in 2021 to 19.1 in 2024. Peak filing year was 2021 at 19.6 TCR. In 2024, DART was 0.92× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2021=19.6 · 2022=14.9 · 2023=13.3 · 2024=19.1

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 562111 · Asheville, NC ABOVE-IND · MID

Grade F · TCR 16.7 · 643% of ind

  • DART 15.4 DART
  • RANK #85/87
  • PHOTO Conwaste Recogido De…
  • BOOK 4y book
  • INJ 83 inj
  • SIZE ~163 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: Conwaste Recogido Desperdicios Solidos Carolina (0.0 TCR gap)

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City of Asheville Public Works in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows City of Asheville Public Works averages 16.7 TCR (643% of the Garbage collection services BLS benchmark).

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

City of Asheville Public Works TCR series: 2021=19.6 · 2022=14.9 · 2023=13.3 · 2024=19.1 · BLS 2.6

Where City of Asheville Public Works falls in its industry

2,322 Garbage collection services establishments

Safer than 5% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 5.1.

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to North Carolina alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #85 safest of 87 Garbage collection services employers in North Carolina.

City of Asheville Public Works (163 employees, TCR 16.7) 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 City of Asheville Public Works
City of Asheville Public Works (163 employees, TCR 16.7) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 55 employees and a TCR of 5.1

City of Asheville Public Works 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 Illnesses Fatalities
2024 19.1 15.4 26 0 0
2023 13.3 8.6 15 2 0
2022 14.9 12.6 19 0 0
2021 19.6 14.5 23 0 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

562111 · NC · Asheville

2,322 Garbage collection services 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 Conwaste Recogido Desperdicios Solidos Carolina 16.7 TCR
NAICS-TCR Area - Morton 16.8 TCR
NAICS-TCR Trash Butler 16.7 TCR
NAICS-TCR Howie's Enterprises LLC 16.8 TCR
STATE-SIZE Milliken & Company Two Rivers Plant 163 FTE
STATE-SIZE Blue Dot Readi Mix LLC 163 FTE
STATE-SIZE 6017-CORP LOC - USA UNITED STATES - MAIDEN 163 FTE
STATE-SIZE 0583 MANHEIM NORTH CAROLINA 318 BAGLEY RD 163 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 110 - GB East Bay 16.7 TCR
NAT-TCR Greentree at Mt. Vernon 16.7 TCR
NAT-TCR Heritage Health Care Center 16.7 TCR
NAT-TCR Rapid Expressway Deliveries 16.7 TCR
NAT-SIZE Wateree River Correctional Institution 163 FTE
NAT-SIZE West Meade Place 163 FTE
NAT-SIZE Boonespring 163 FTE
NAT-SIZE Holliston MFG (GTS, HTAS) 163 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: 2024, 2023, 2022, 2021. This is publicly available government data - not a legal determination of workplace conditions.
Data sourced from official public datasets. See our methodology for details.