Solid Waste Combustors and Incinerators · Florida

Covanta Dade Renewable Energy, LLC

Name: Covanta Dade Renewable Energy, LLC Workplace Safety Data
Creator: PlainSafetyScore
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Miami, FL · ~190 workers · 4 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

Compiled by PlainSafetyScore · August 25, 2026

A
Excellent Safety Record: 1.2
Avg TCR: 2.6
Industry avg: 0
Fatalities

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The verdict

Covanta Dade Renewable Energy, LLC runs at 47% of its industry's injury rate - far safer than the typical Solid Waste Combustors and Incinerators workplace, earning a grade A.

Covanta Dade Renewable Energy, LLC: 1.2 TCR = 47% of Solid Waste Combustors and Incinerators BLS 2.6 · 4y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Covanta Dade Renewable Energy, LLC safety composite

Covanta Dade Renewable Energy, LLC scores strongest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 72% of same-industry peers) and weakest on dart rate (safer than 39%), 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).

55/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR): C 1.23 per 100 workers

Safer than 72% of industry peers
DART rate: D 1.48 per 100 workers

Safer than 39% 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%).

Rising injury rate

Covanta Dade Renewable Energy, LLC: 0.0 → 2.0 TCR

Peak year 2018 @ 2.0 TCR · DART/TCR 1.2× in 2019

Covanta Dade Renewable Energy, LLC's TCR rose 2.0 from 0.0 in 2016 to 2.0 in 2019. Peak filing year was 2018 at 2.0 TCR. In 2019, DART was 1.2× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 562213 · Miami, FL AT/BELOW-IND · MID

Grade A · TCR 1.2 · 47% of ind

DART 1.5 DART
RANK #3/7
PHOTO Covanta Essex Company
BOOK 4y book
INJ 9 inj
SIZE ~190 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: Covanta Essex Company (0.1 TCR gap)

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Covanta Kent,

1.3
This site

1.2
Covanta Essex

1.2
Baltimore WtE

1.1
Wheelabrator W

1.1

What this shows Covanta Dade Renewable Energy, LLC averages 1.2 TCR (47% of the Solid Waste Combustors and Incinerators BLS benchmark).

Covanta Dade Renewable Energy, LLC TCR series: 2016=0 · 2017=1 · 2018=2 · 2019=2 · BLS 2.6

Where Covanta Dade Renewable Energy, LLC falls in its industry

74 Solid Waste Combustors and Inc establishments

Safer than 72% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 1.9.

Grade A

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to Florida alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #3 safest of 7 Solid Waste Combustors and Inc employers in Florida.

Covanta Dade Renewable Energy, LLC (190 employees, TCR 1.2) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 51 employees and a TCR of 1.9

Covanta Dade Renewable Energy, LLC has more employees than the Solid Waste Combustors and Incinerators median and a lower 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
2019	2.0	1.5	3	1
2018	2.0	2.0	4	0
2017	1.0	0.5	2	0
2016	0.0	0.0	0	0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

562213 · FL · Miami

74 Solid Waste Combustors and Incinerators employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 26,569 rated employers in Florida with headcount on file · 1,467 employers in Miami, FL · 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	Covanta Essex Company	NEWARK, NJ	1.2 TCR
NAICS-TCR	Covanta Kent, Inc.	GRAND RAPIDS, MI	1.3 TCR
NAICS-TCR	Baltimore WtE	BALTIMORE, MD	1.1 TCR
NAICS-TCR	Wheelabrator Westchester, L.P.	PEEKSKILL, NY	1.1 TCR
STATE-SIZE	Solution Construction	MEDLEY	190 FTE
STATE-SIZE	Miami Bakery	MIAMI	190 FTE
STATE-SIZE	Team Edition Apparel	BRADENTON	190 FTE
STATE-SIZE	Tallahassee Operations	TALLAHASSEE	190 FTE
CITY-NEAR	4795-AA-MIA-MIAMI-MIA-TRML	Miami	9,259 FTE
CITY-NEAR	Baptist Hospital of Miami Inc.	Miami	6,876 FTE
CITY-NEAR	MIACX0UPS MIA UPS	Miami	3,101 FTE
CITY-NEAR	Office of Field Operations - Miami	Miami	2,879 FTE
NAT-TCR	SPOE-MO	St. Louis, MO	1.2 TCR
NAT-TCR	CRTSCAHN	Cerritos, CA	1.2 TCR
NAT-TCR	Store 3737	Euclid, OH	1.2 TCR
NAT-TCR	WI112 Green Bay Ecosource Recycling	Green Bay, WI	1.2 TCR
NAT-SIZE	St Albans Vermont Site	St Albans, VT	190 FTE
NAT-SIZE	Winston-Salem, NC - A403	Winston Salem, NC	190 FTE
NAT-SIZE	Manufacturing Resources	Alpharetta, GA	190 FTE
NAT-SIZE	Tysons Corner (HR)	Tysons Corner, VA	190 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: 2019, 2018, 2017, 2016. 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.