Waste transfer stations, nonhazardous solid · Texas

Gainsborough Waste

Name: Gainsborough Waste Workplace Safety Data
Creator: PlainSafetyScore
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Houston, TX · ~67 workers · 3 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

Compiled by PlainSafetyScore · August 25, 2026

C
Average Safety Record: 2.7
Avg TCR: 2.6
Industry avg: 0
Fatalities

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The verdict

Gainsborough Waste runs at 102% of its industry's injury rate - about level with the typical Waste transfer stations, nonhazardous solid workplace, earning a grade C.

Gainsborough Waste: 2.7 TCR = 102% of Waste transfer stations, nonhazardous solid BLS 2.6 · 3y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Gainsborough Waste safety composite

Gainsborough Waste scores strongest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 78% of same-industry peers) and weakest on dart rate (safer than 29%), 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).

54/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR): B 2.66 per 100 workers

Safer than 78% of industry peers
DART rate: F 5.48 per 100 workers

Safer than 29% 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%).

Rising injury rate

Gainsborough Waste: 1.2 → 5.5 TCR

Peak year 2020 @ 5.5 TCR · DART/TCR 2.06× in 2020

Gainsborough Waste's TCR rose 4.3 from 1.2 in 2018 to 5.5 in 2020. In 2020, DART was 2.06× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 562111 · Houston, TX ABOVE-IND · SMALL

Grade C · TCR 2.7 · 102% of ind

DART 5.5 DART
RANK #47/117
PHOTO S02881 - WM Houston …
BOOK 3y book
INJ 6 inj
SIZE ~67 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: S02881 - WM Houston Metro (0.0 TCR gap)

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2.7
S02881 - WM Ho

2.7
S04076 - Utica

2.7
Western Elite

2.7
Allied Waste S

2.7

What this shows Gainsborough Waste averages 2.7 TCR (102% of the Waste transfer stations, nonhazardous solid BLS benchmark).

Gainsborough Waste TCR series: 2018=1.2 · 2019=1.3 · 2020=5.5 · BLS 2.6

Where Gainsborough Waste falls in its industry

2,322 Waste transfer stations, nonha establishments

Safer than 78% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 5.1.

Grade C

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to Texas alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #47 safest of 117 Waste transfer stations, nonha employers in Texas.

Gainsborough Waste (67 employees, TCR 2.7) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 55 employees and a TCR of 5.1

Gainsborough Waste has more employees than the Waste transfer stations, nonhazardous so 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
2020	5.5	5.5	4
2019	1.3	1.3	1
2018	1.2	1.2	1

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

562111 · TX · Houston

2,322 Waste transfer stations, nonhazardous solid employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 38,394 rated employers in Texas with headcount on file · 5,116 employers in Houston, TX · 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	S02881 - WM Houston Metro	HOUSTON, TX	2.7 TCR
NAICS-TCR	S04076 - Utica Hauling	UTICA, NY	2.7 TCR
NAICS-TCR	Western Elite Environmental	LINCOLN COUNTY, NV	2.7 TCR
NAICS-TCR	Allied Waste Services of North America	ERIE, MI	2.7 TCR
STATE-SIZE	Complex 2	WAELDER	67 FTE
STATE-SIZE	Post Recycling	FORT WORTH	67 FTE
STATE-SIZE	PT ARTH SABINE	ORANGE	67 FTE
STATE-SIZE	Tolar - Northern District	TOLAR	67 FTE
CITY-NEAR	IAH IAH	Houston	11,560 FTE
CITY-NEAR	IAH - Airport United Airlines Offices	Houston	10,239 FTE
CITY-NEAR	6925-IAH	Houston	9,442 FTE
CITY-NEAR	Houston Methodist Hospital Texas Medical Center	Houston	8,873 FTE
NAT-TCR	Winston-Salem Campus	Winston-Salem, NC	2.7 TCR
NAT-TCR	MTM Recognition OKC	Del City, OK	2.7 TCR
NAT-TCR	Viatek Solutions, Phoenix	Phoenix, AZ	2.7 TCR
NAT-TCR	Valkyrie Enterprises	Virginia Beach, VA	2.7 TCR
NAT-SIZE	Fosta-Tek Optics	Leominster, MA	67 FTE
NAT-SIZE	Sunrise Terrace Nursing & Rehabilitation Center	Winfield, IA	67 FTE
NAT-SIZE	Heritage Windows & Doors	Gilbert, AZ	67 FTE
NAT-SIZE	Sisters of St Francis of Philadelphia Our Lady of Angels Convent	Aston, PA	67 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: 2020, 2019, 2018. 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.