Solid waste combustors and incinerators · Virginia

Covanta Fairfax, Inc.

Lorton, VA · ~92 workers · 4 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

A
Excellent Safety Record
0.8
Avg TCR
2.6
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

Covanta Fairfax, Inc. runs at 31% of its industry's injury rate - far safer than the typical Solid waste combustors and incinerators workplace, earning a grade A.

Covanta Fairfax, Inc.: 0.8 TCR = 31% of Solid waste combustors and incinerators BLS 2.6 · 4y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Covanta Fairfax, Inc. safety composite

Covanta Fairfax, Inc. scores strongest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 86% of same-industry peers) and weakest on fatalities (safer than 50%), 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).

C

73/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
B 0.8 per 100 workers

Safer than 86% of industry peers

DART rate
B 0 per 100 workers

Safer than 75% 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

−1.0

2016→2019

Covanta Fairfax, Inc. injury rate improved

Covanta Fairfax, Inc.'s TCR fell 1.0 from 1.0 in 2016 to 0.0 in 2019. Peak filing year was 2017 at 1.2 TCR. In 2019, DART was 0× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2016=1.0 · 2017=1.2 · 2018=1.0 · 2019=0.0

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 562213 · Lorton, VA AT/BELOW-IND · SMALL

Grade A · TCR 0.8 · 31% of ind

  • DART 0.0 DART
  • RANK #1/6
  • PHOTO Red Wing Generating …
  • BOOK 4y book
  • INJ 3 inj
  • SIZE ~92 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: Red Wing Generating Plant (0.0 TCR gap)

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Covanta Fairfax, Inc. in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows Covanta Fairfax, Inc. averages 0.8 TCR (31% 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 Fairfax, Inc. TCR series: 2016=1 · 2017=1.2 · 2018=1 · 2019=0 · BLS 2.6

Where Covanta Fairfax, Inc. falls in its industry

74 Solid waste combustors and inc establishments

Safer than 86% 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 #1 safest of 6 Solid waste combustors and inc employers in Virginia.

Covanta Fairfax, Inc. (92 employees, TCR 0.8) 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 Fairfax, Inc.
Covanta Fairfax, Inc. (92 employees, TCR 0.8) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 51 employees and a TCR of 1.9

Covanta Fairfax, Inc. 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 Fatalities
2019 0.0 0.0 0 0 0
2018 1.0 1.0 1 0 0
2017 1.2 0.0 1 0 0
2016 1.0 1.0 1 0 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

562213 · VA · Lorton

74 Solid waste combustors and incinerators employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 12,673 rated employers in Virginia with headcount on file · 64 employers in Lorton, 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 Red Wing Generating Plant 0.8 TCR
NAICS-TCR Wheelabrator Gloucester Company, L.P. 0.7 TCR
NAICS-TCR Covanta Indianapolis, Inc. 0.9 TCR
NAICS-TCR Covanta Niagara I, LLC 0.7 TCR
STATE-SIZE Bowling Green 92 FTE
STATE-SIZE Division of Water Product (CON-0224) 92 FTE
STATE-SIZE Maintenance and Operations Facility 92 FTE
STATE-SIZE BU 224 VIRGINIA PAVING COMPANY 92 FTE
CITY-NEAR Lorton Transportation Center 1,372 FTE
CITY-NEAR 7040 TRANSIT REGION-DIAMOND TRANSPORTATION 361 FTE
CITY-NEAR Maryland 316 FTE
CITY-NEAR Virginia 313 FTE
NAT-TCR Omron Adept Technology (OAT-CA) 0.8 TCR
NAT-TCR Marine Maintenance-PRM 0.8 TCR
NAT-TCR Hayes Industries 0.8 TCR
NAT-TCR Canton, OH 0.8 TCR
NAT-SIZE B&B Manufacturing, Inc. 92 FTE
NAT-SIZE CS Wholesale Grocers : South Hatfield, MA (GDC) 92 FTE
NAT-SIZE Leicht Transfer & Storage - De Pere 92 FTE
NAT-SIZE LANXESS Solutions US Inc. 92 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.
Data sourced from official public datasets. See our methodology for details.