Waste collection services, nonhazardous solid · North Carolina

GDS Ashville 3161

Ashville, NC · ~84 workers · 2 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

B
Good Safety Record
1.7
Avg TCR
2.6
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

GDS Ashville 3161 runs at 67% of its industry's injury rate - safer than the typical Waste collection services, nonhazardous solid workplace, earning a grade B.

GDS Ashville 3161: 1.7 TCR = 67% of Waste collection services, nonhazardous solid BLS 2.6 · 2y Form 300A (see methodology below)

GDS Ashville 3161 safety composite

GDS Ashville 3161 scores strongest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 89% of same-industry peers) and weakest on fatalities (safer than 52%), 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

70/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
B 1.74 per 100 workers

Safer than 89% of industry peers

DART rate
C 2.31 per 100 workers

Safer than 61% 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

GDS Ashville 3161: 0.0 → 3.5 TCR

Peak year 2024 @ 3.5 TCR · DART/TCR 1.33× in 2024

GDS Ashville 3161's TCR rose 3.5 from 0.0 in 2022 to 3.5 in 2024. In 2024, DART was 1.33× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 562111 · Ashville, NC AT/BELOW-IND · SMALL

Grade B · TCR 1.7 · 67% of ind

  • DART 2.3 DART
  • RANK #14/87
  • PHOTO Republic Services In…
  • BOOK 2y book
  • INJ 3 inj
  • SIZE ~84 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: Republic Services Inc - Orlando (0.0 TCR gap)

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GDS Ashville 3161 in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows GDS Ashville 3161 averages 1.7 TCR (67% 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

GDS Ashville 3161 TCR series: 2022=0 · 2024=3.5 · BLS 2.6

Where GDS Ashville 3161 falls in its industry

2,322 Waste collection services, non establishments

Safer than 89% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 5.1.

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to North Carolina alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #14 safest of 87 Waste collection services, non employers in North Carolina.

GDS Ashville 3161 (84 employees, TCR 1.7) 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 GDS Ashville 3161
GDS Ashville 3161 (84 employees, TCR 1.7) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 55 employees and a TCR of 5.1

GDS Ashville 3161 has more 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
2024 3.5 2.3 3 0 0
2022 0.0 0.0 0 0 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

562111 · NC · Ashville

2,322 Waste collection services, nonhazardous solid employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 16,981 rated employers in North Carolina with headcount on file · 5 employers in Ashville, NC · 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 Republic Services Inc - Orlando 1.7 TCR
NAICS-TCR Republic Services of Lynchburg 4974 1.7 TCR
NAICS-TCR Republic Waste Services of Savannah 3112 1.7 TCR
NAICS-TCR AWS - Lake Havasu 1.8 TCR
STATE-SIZE Lark Maintenance Facility 84 FTE
STATE-SIZE Blue Ridge Electric Membership Corp. Corporate Office 84 FTE
STATE-SIZE Weaver Cooke Construction, LLC 84 FTE
STATE-SIZE Lendlease Charlotte 84 FTE
CITY-NEAR The Fresh Market 189 57 FTE
CITY-NEAR 412 47 FTE
CITY-NEAR Commercial HVAC Americas : SVC-Southern Atlantic : SVC-AshevilleNC-USA 22 FTE
CITY-NEAR 0223 - ASHEVILLE, NC 19 FTE
NAT-TCR Seaboard Marine LTD 1.7 TCR
NAT-TCR Enviva Pellets Southampton 1.7 TCR
NAT-TCR LISI Aerospace 1.7 TCR
NAT-TCR Acclaim Rehabilitation & Care Center 1.7 TCR
NAT-SIZE Spectrum Water Technology 84 FTE
NAT-SIZE Revolution Beer LLC 84 FTE
NAT-SIZE Nova Fire Protection, Inc. 84 FTE
NAT-SIZE Blooming Nursery 84 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, 2022. 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.