Solid waste combustors and incinerators · Pennsylvania

Covanta Harrisburg, Inc.

Harrisburg, PA · ~42 workers · 4 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

A
Excellent Safety Record
1.1
Avg TCR
2.6
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

Covanta Harrisburg, Inc. runs at 43% of its industry's injury rate - far safer than the typical Solid waste combustors and incinerators workplace, earning a grade A.

Covanta Harrisburg, Inc.: 1.1 TCR = 43% of Solid waste combustors and incinerators BLS 2.6 · 4y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Covanta Harrisburg, Inc. safety composite

Covanta Harrisburg, Inc. scores strongest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 78% of same-industry peers) and weakest on dart rate (safer than 25%), 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).

D

52/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
B 1.13 per 100 workers

Safer than 78% of industry peers

DART rate
F 2.31 per 100 workers

Safer than 25% 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%).

Covanta Harrisburg, Inc. held a steady TCR band

Covanta Harrisburg, Inc.'s TCR held near 0.1 from 2.2 in 2016 to 2.3 in 2019. In 2019, DART was 2.04× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2016=2.2 · 2017=0.0 · 2018=0.0 · 2019=2.3

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 562213 · Harrisburg, PA AT/BELOW-IND · SMALL

Grade A · TCR 1.1 · 43% of ind

  • DART 2.3 DART
  • RANK #3/7
  • PHOTO Covanta Tulsa Renewa…
  • BOOK 4y book
  • INJ 2 inj
  • SIZE ~42 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: Covanta Tulsa Renewable Energy LLC (0.0 TCR gap)

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Covanta Harrisburg, Inc. in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows Covanta Harrisburg, Inc. averages 1.1 TCR (43% 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 Harrisburg, Inc. TCR series: 2016=2.2 · 2017=0 · 2018=0 · 2019=2.3 · BLS 2.6

Where Covanta Harrisburg, Inc. falls in its industry

74 Solid waste combustors and inc establishments

Safer than 78% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 1.9.

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to Pennsylvania alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #3 safest of 7 Solid waste combustors and inc employers in Pennsylvania.

Covanta Harrisburg, Inc. (42 employees, TCR 1.1) 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 Harrisburg, Inc.
Covanta Harrisburg, Inc. (42 employees, TCR 1.1) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 51 employees and a TCR of 1.9

Covanta Harrisburg, Inc. has fewer 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 2.3 2.3 1 0 0
2018 0.0 0.0 0 0 0
2017 0.0 0.0 0 0 0
2016 2.2 2.2 1 0 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

562213 · PA · Harrisburg

74 Solid waste combustors and incinerators employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 22,692 rated employers in Pennsylvania with headcount on file · 362 employers in Harrisburg, PA · 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 Covanta Tulsa Renewable Energy LLC 1.1 TCR
NAICS-TCR Lisbon WtE 1.1 TCR
NAICS-TCR Wheelabrator Westchester, L.P. 1.1 TCR
NAICS-TCR Covanta Babylon, Inc. 1.1 TCR
STATE-SIZE Needhams Mushroom Farm 42 FTE
STATE-SIZE KSS Sales 42 FTE
STATE-SIZE Hy-Tech Mushroom Compost, Inc. 42 FTE
STATE-SIZE Hopewell Organics, LLC 42 FTE
CITY-NEAR UPMC Pinnacle Hospitals 4,843 FTE
CITY-NEAR PHS/HARRISBURG HOSPITAL 2,703 FTE
CITY-NEAR Pinnacle Health Medical Services 2,426 FTE
CITY-NEAR UPMC Pinnacle 2,311 FTE
NAT-TCR Covanta Tulsa Renewable Energy LLC 1.1 TCR
NAT-TCR Brookdale Home Health Raleigh Network 1.1 TCR
NAT-TCR Corp-Yca-Corporate Office 1.1 TCR
NAT-TCR PCTNA 1.1 TCR
NAT-SIZE Covanta Marion, Inc. 42 FTE
NAT-SIZE construction 42 FTE
NAT-SIZE Recreation and Parks, Forestry 42 FTE
NAT-SIZE Fairfield Ca (Watney Way) Depot 42 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.

Read our methodology - how this data is sourced, computed, and verified.

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