Waste collection services, nonhazardous solid · Puerto Rico

EC Waste Ponce Hauling

Ponce, PR · ~27 workers · 2 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

D
Poor Safety Record
5.0
Avg TCR
2.6
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

EC Waste Ponce Hauling runs at 194% of its industry's injury rate - more dangerous than the typical Waste collection services, nonhazardous solid workplace, earning a grade D.

EC Waste Ponce Hauling: 5.0 TCR = 194% of Waste collection services, nonhazardous solid BLS 2.6 · 2y Form 300A (see methodology below)

EC Waste Ponce Hauling safety composite

EC Waste Ponce Hauling scores strongest on dart rate (safer than 88% of same-industry peers) and weakest on total case rate (tcr) (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

64/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
D 5.05 per 100 workers

Safer than 50% of industry peers

DART rate
B 0 per 100 workers

Safer than 88% 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

−4.1

2020→2021

EC Waste Ponce Hauling injury rate improved

EC Waste Ponce Hauling's TCR fell 4.1 from 7.1 in 2020 to 3.0 in 2021. Peak filing year was 2020 at 7.1 TCR. In 2021, DART was 0× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2020=7.1 · 2021=3.0

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 562111 · Ponce, PR ABOVE-IND · SMALL

Grade D · TCR 5.0 · 194% of ind

  • DART 0.0 DART
  • RANK #8/45
  • PHOTO Mid Valley Disposal,…
  • BOOK 2y book
  • INJ 3 inj
  • SIZE ~27 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: Mid Valley Disposal, LLC - Visalia (0.0 TCR gap)

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EC Waste Ponce Hauling in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows EC Waste Ponce Hauling averages 5.0 TCR (194% of the Waste collection services, nonhazardous solid BLS benchmark).

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

EC Waste Ponce Hauling TCR series: 2020=7.1 · 2021=3 · BLS 2.6

Where EC Waste Ponce Hauling falls in its industry

2,322 Waste collection services, non establishments

Safer than 50% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 5.1.

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to Puerto Rico alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #8 safest of 45 Waste collection services, non employers in Puerto Rico.

EC Waste Ponce Hauling (27 employees, TCR 5.0) 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 EC Waste Ponce Hauling
EC Waste Ponce Hauling (27 employees, TCR 5.0) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 55 employees and a TCR of 5.1

EC Waste Ponce Hauling has fewer employees than the Waste collection services, nonhazardous median and a lower 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
2021 3.0 0.0 1 0 0
2020 7.1 7.1 2 0 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

562111 · PR · Ponce

2,322 Waste collection services, nonhazardous solid employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 1,632 rated employers in Puerto Rico with headcount on file · 75 employers in Ponce, PR · 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 Mid Valley Disposal, LLC - Visalia 5.0 TCR
NAICS-TCR WESTERN WASTE SERVICES INC 5.0 TCR
NAICS-TCR Republic Services Melrose Park 5.1 TCR
NAICS-TCR Buena Park - EDCO 5.1 TCR
STATE-SIZE Simbra Finca Ciclon LLC 27 FTE
STATE-SIZE 33-ARISTIDES CHAVIER 27 FTE
STATE-SIZE ALPROEM Engineering Contractors, Corp. / BMS Manati 27 FTE
STATE-SIZE DDS Caribbean Corp. 27 FTE
CITY-NEAR USSC Puerto Rico inc. 1,377 FTE
CITY-NEAR USSC 1,210 FTE
CITY-NEAR Hospital Episcopal San Lucas Ponce 1,113 FTE
CITY-NEAR WM 2026 675 FTE
NAT-TCR StageRight 5.0 TCR
NAT-TCR Nutritional Resources Inc 5.0 TCR
NAT-TCR NICKLES-CLEVELAND 5.0 TCR
NAT-TCR DuPage High School District 88 5.0 TCR
NAT-SIZE Metro Dentalcare-Eagan 27 FTE
NAT-SIZE Nice Ride 27 FTE
NAT-SIZE KIT Ontario DC 27 FTE
NAT-SIZE United Electric LLC 27 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: 2021, 2020. 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.