Solid waste combustors and incinerators · Virginia

Covanta Alexandria / Arlington, Inc.

Alexandria, VA · ~44 workers · 3 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

C
Average Safety Record
3.0
Avg TCR
2.6
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

Covanta Alexandria / Arlington, Inc. runs at 113% of its industry's injury rate - about level with the typical Solid waste combustors and incinerators workplace, earning a grade C.

Covanta Alexandria / Arlington, Inc.: 3.0 TCR = 113% of Solid waste combustors and incinerators BLS 2.6 · 3y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Covanta Alexandria / Arlington, Inc. safety composite

Covanta Alexandria / Arlington, Inc. scores strongest on fatalities (safer than 50% of same-industry peers) and weakest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 26%), 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

33/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
F 2.95 per 100 workers

Safer than 26% of industry peers

DART rate
F 2.25 per 100 workers

Safer than 28% of industry peers

Fatalities
D 0

Safer than 50% 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

−2.2

2016→2018

Covanta Alexandria / Arlington, Inc. injury rate improved

Covanta Alexandria / Arlington, Inc.'s TCR fell 2.2 from 4.4 in 2016 to 2.3 in 2018. Peak filing year was 2016 at 4.4 TCR. In 2018, DART was 0.76× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2016=4.4 · 2017=2.2 · 2018=2.3

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 562213 · Alexandria, VA ABOVE-IND · SMALL

Grade C · TCR 3.0 · 113% of ind

  • DART 2.3 DART
  • RANK #5/6
  • PHOTO Falls WtE
  • BOOK 3y book
  • INJ 4 inj
  • SIZE ~44 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: Falls WtE (0.0 TCR gap)

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Covanta Alexandria / Arlington, Inc. in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows Covanta Alexandria / Arlington, Inc. averages 3.0 TCR (113% of the Solid waste combustors and incinerators BLS benchmark).

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

Covanta Alexandria / Arlington, Inc. TCR series: 2016=4.4 · 2017=2.2 · 2018=2.3 · BLS 2.6

Where Covanta Alexandria / Arlington, Inc. falls in its industry

74 Solid waste combustors and inc establishments

Safer than 26% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 1.9.

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to Virginia alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #5 safest of 6 Solid waste combustors and inc employers in Virginia.

Covanta Alexandria / Arlington, Inc. (44 employees, TCR 3.0) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 51 employees and a TCR of 1.9 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 050100150200250 05101520 Average employees Total Case Rate Covanta Alexandria / Arlington, Inc.
Covanta Alexandria / Arlington, Inc. (44 employees, TCR 3.0) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 51 employees and a TCR of 1.9

Covanta Alexandria / Arlington, Inc. has fewer employees than the Solid waste combustors and incinerators median and a higher injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 1.9. 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
2018 2.3 2.3 1 0 0
2017 2.2 2.2 1 0 0
2016 4.4 4.4 2 0 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

562213 · VA · Alexandria

74 Solid waste combustors and incinerators employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 12,673 rated employers in Virginia with headcount on file · 335 employers in Alexandria, VA · 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 Falls WtE 3.0 TCR
NAICS-TCR Bridgeport WtE 2.9 TCR
NAICS-TCR Portsmouth SPP 2.9 TCR
NAICS-TCR Covanta Pittsfield, LLC 3.2 TCR
STATE-SIZE DSTC CHESTER 44 FTE
STATE-SIZE Harrisonburg Electric Commission 44 FTE
STATE-SIZE TIS VA Culpeper 44 FTE
STATE-SIZE Avis Construction Company 44 FTE
CITY-NEAR Alexandria Rail Facility/Telegraph Road 1,964 FTE
CITY-NEAR Inova Alexandria Hospital 1,512 FTE
CITY-NEAR Alexandria Rail Yard 996 FTE
CITY-NEAR Inova Mount Vernon Hospital 950 FTE
NAT-TCR 4795-PD-GNV-GAINESVILLE-PD 3.0 TCR
NAT-TCR Provisur Technologies Paper Products 3.0 TCR
NAT-TCR Cuba Water St 3.0 TCR
NAT-TCR Midwest Automation, Inc. 3.0 TCR
NAT-SIZE SC630 - Louisville, KY 44 FTE
NAT-SIZE Devon Energy Corporation - Cresson 44 FTE
NAT-SIZE HBSHSEPR02 44 FTE
NAT-SIZE ANGRN - Greenville SC 44 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: 2018, 2017, 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.