Trash hauling, local · Maine

Garbage to Garden

Name: Garbage to Garden Workplace Safety Data
Creator: PlainSafetyScore
License: https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/

Portland, ME · ~32 workers · 3 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

Compiled by PlainSafetyScore · August 25, 2026

F
Failing Safety Record: 14.2
Avg TCR: 2.6
Industry avg: 0
Fatalities

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The verdict

Garbage to Garden runs at 546% of its industry's injury rate - far more dangerous than the typical Trash hauling, local workplace, earning a grade F.

Garbage to Garden: 14.2 TCR = 546% of Trash hauling, local BLS 2.6 · 3y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Garbage to Garden safety composite

Garbage to Garden scores strongest on fatalities (safer than 52% of same-industry peers) and weakest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 8%), 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).

19/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR): F 14.2 per 100 workers

Safer than 8% of industry peers
DART rate: F 11.06 per 100 workers

Safer than 9% 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

−1.7

2020→2024

Garbage to Garden injury rate improved

Garbage to Garden's TCR fell 1.7 from 18.3 in 2020 to 16.6 in 2024. Peak filing year was 2020 at 18.3 TCR. In 2024, DART was 0.78× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2020=18.3 · 2023=7.8 · 2024=16.6

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 562111 · Portland, ME ABOVE-IND · SMALL

Grade F · TCR 14.2 · 546% of ind

DART 11.1 DART
RANK #10/15
PHOTO Recology Yuba Sutter
BOOK 3y book
INJ 10 inj
SIZE ~32 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: Recology Yuba Sutter (0.0 TCR gap)

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14.2
Recology Yuba

14.2
Tahoe Truckee

14.2
Conwaste Recog

14.2
AWS- Daly City

14.2

What this shows Garbage to Garden averages 14.2 TCR (546% of the Trash hauling, local BLS benchmark).

Garbage to Garden TCR series: 2020=18.3 · 2023=7.8 · 2024=16.6 · BLS 2.6

Where Garbage to Garden falls in its industry

2,322 Trash hauling, local establishments

Safer than 8% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 5.1.

Grade F

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to Maine alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #10 safest of 15 Trash hauling, local employers in Maine.

Garbage to Garden (32 employees, TCR 14.2) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 55 employees and a TCR of 5.1

Garbage to Garden has fewer employees than the Trash hauling, local 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
2024	16.6	11.1	6	0
2023	7.8	3.9	1	1
2020	18.3	18.3	3	0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

562111 · ME · Portland

2,322 Trash hauling, local employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 2,397 rated employers in Maine with headcount on file · 244 employers in Portland, ME · 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	Recology Yuba Sutter	MARYSVILLE, CA	14.2 TCR
NAICS-TCR	Tahoe Truckee Sierra Disposal	TRUCKEE, CA	14.2 TCR
NAICS-TCR	Conwaste Recogido San Juan Avenidas	GURABO, PR	14.2 TCR
NAICS-TCR	AWS- Daly City	DALY CITY, CA	14.2 TCR
STATE-SIZE	Patco Construction Inc.	SANFORD	32 FTE
STATE-SIZE	Warren Construction Group	TOPSHAM	32 FTE
STATE-SIZE	HFO - HQ	POLAND	32 FTE
STATE-SIZE	EAC 6260C NORTH EAST PAVING	LEWISTON	32 FTE
CITY-NEAR	MMC	Portland	8,437 FTE
CITY-NEAR	MMC- 22 Bram	Portland	5,535 FTE
CITY-NEAR	Point32Health Portland	Portland	4,440 FTE
CITY-NEAR	MMP Practices	Portland	2,063 FTE
NAT-TCR	The Linden at Danvers	Danvers, MA	14.2 TCR
NAT-TCR	Wijan - Janesville	Janesville, WI	14.2 TCR
NAT-TCR	Odin Health and Rehab Center	Odin, IL	14.2 TCR
NAT-TCR	Barmona Logistics LLC	Fort Washington, MD	14.2 TCR
NAT-SIZE	T.C. Smith Produce Farm	Seven Springs, NC	32 FTE
NAT-SIZE	Southern New Jersey Steel Company Inc.	Vineland, NJ	32 FTE
NAT-SIZE	Mid Atlantic Construction Group	Fredericksburg, VA	32 FTE
NAT-SIZE	Styrotech, Inc.	Brooklyn Park, MN	32 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: 2024, 2023, 2020. This is publicly available government data - not a legal determination of workplace conditions.

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