Rubbish (i.e., nonhazardous solid waste) hauling, local · Massachusetts

FW Russell and Sons Disposal, Inc.

Somerville, MA · ~64 workers · 3 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

F
Failing Safety Record
6.9
Avg TCR
2.6
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

FW Russell and Sons Disposal, Inc. runs at 265% of its industry's injury rate - far more dangerous than the typical Rubbish (i.e., nonhazardous solid waste) hauling, local workplace, earning a grade F.

FW Russell and Sons Disposal, Inc.: 6.9 TCR = 265% of Rubbish (i.e., nonhazardous solid waste) hauling, local BLS 2.6 · 3y Form 300A (see methodology below)

FW Russell and Sons Disposal, Inc. safety composite

FW Russell and Sons Disposal, Inc. scores strongest on dart rate (safer than 68% of same-industry peers) and weakest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 32%), 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

50/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
F 6.88 per 100 workers

Safer than 32% of industry peers

DART rate
C 1.77 per 100 workers

Safer than 68% 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

−1.6

2016→2019

FW Russell and Sons Disposal, Inc. injury rate improved

FW Russell and Sons Disposal, Inc.'s TCR fell 1.6 from 6.9 in 2016 to 5.3 in 2019. Peak filing year was 2017 at 8.4 TCR. In 2019, DART was 0.26× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2016=6.9 · 2017=8.4 · 2019=5.3

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 562111 · Somerville, MA ABOVE-IND · SMALL

Grade F · TCR 6.9 · 265% of ind

  • DART 1.8 DART
  • RANK #21/36
  • PHOTO Community Waste Disp…
  • BOOK 3y book
  • INJ 14 inj
  • SIZE ~64 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: Community Waste Disposal (0.0 TCR gap)

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FW Russell and Sons Disposal, Inc. in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows FW Russell and Sons Disposal, Inc. averages 6.9 TCR (265% of the Rubbish (i.e., nonhazardous solid waste) hauling, local BLS benchmark).

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

FW Russell and Sons Disposal, Inc. TCR series: 2016=6.9 · 2017=8.4 · 2019=5.3 · BLS 2.6

Where FW Russell and Sons Disposal, Inc. falls in its industry

2,322 Rubbish (i.e., nonhazardous so establishments

Safer than 32% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 5.1.

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to Massachusetts alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #21 safest of 36 Rubbish (i.e., nonhazardous so employers in Massachusetts.

FW Russell and Sons Disposal, Inc. (64 employees, TCR 6.9) 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 FW Russell and Sons Disposal, Inc.
FW Russell and Sons Disposal, Inc. (64 employees, TCR 6.9) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 55 employees and a TCR of 5.1

FW Russell and Sons Disposal, Inc. has more employees than the Rubbish (i.e., nonhazardous solid waste) median and a higher 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
2019 5.3 1.8 3 0 0
2017 8.4 2.8 6 0 0
2016 6.9 4.2 5 0 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

562111 · MA · Somerville

2,322 Rubbish (i.e., nonhazardous solid waste) hauling, local employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 10,108 rated employers in Massachusetts with headcount on file · 67 employers in Somerville, MA · 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 Community Waste Disposal 6.9 TCR
NAICS-TCR GDS Plymouth 6.9 TCR
NAICS-TCR S00576 - Homer City Hauling 6.9 TCR
NAICS-TCR AW of Memphis 6.9 TCR
STATE-SIZE System 7 Wolfers, Inc.-Beverly Office 64 FTE
STATE-SIZE kleeberg Mechanical Services LLC 64 FTE
STATE-SIZE William F. Lynch Co., Inc. 64 FTE
STATE-SIZE Industrial Transfer & Storage, Inc. 64 FTE
CITY-NEAR Mass General Brigham Inc 7,655 FTE
CITY-NEAR Partners Community Physicians Organization 909 FTE
CITY-NEAR Cataldo Somerville 513 FTE
CITY-NEAR AllWays Health Partners 486 FTE
NAT-TCR Discovery Care Center 6.9 TCR
NAT-TCR Northbay - 312 6.9 TCR
NAT-TCR Office 40 6.9 TCR
NAT-TCR Plasma Biological Services - Jackson, TN 6.9 TCR
NAT-SIZE Humboldt Healthcare 64 FTE
NAT-SIZE AW Flow Products, LLC 64 FTE
NAT-SIZE T.G. Lee - Orlando - Bumby - DTI 64 FTE
NAT-SIZE Heatron-200 Commercial 64 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, 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.