Waste collection services, nonhazardous solid · North Carolina

GDS Cleveland 3160

Shelby, NC · ~25 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 Cleveland 3160 runs at 65% of its industry's injury rate - safer than the typical Waste collection services, nonhazardous solid workplace, earning a grade B.

GDS Cleveland 3160: 1.7 TCR = 65% of Waste collection services, nonhazardous solid BLS 2.6 · 2y Form 300A (see methodology below)

GDS Cleveland 3160 safety composite

GDS Cleveland 3160 scores strongest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 89% of same-industry peers) and weakest on dart rate (safer than 49%), 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

66/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
B 1.69 per 100 workers

Safer than 89% of industry peers

DART rate
D 3.38 per 100 workers

Safer than 49% 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 Cleveland 3160: 0.0 → 3.4 TCR

Peak year 2024 @ 3.4 TCR · DART/TCR 2× in 2024

GDS Cleveland 3160's TCR rose 3.4 from 0.0 in 2022 to 3.4 in 2024. In 2024, DART was 2× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

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

Grade B · TCR 1.7 · 65% of ind

  • DART 3.4 DART
  • RANK #13/87
  • PHOTO S05218 - WM of Orego…
  • BOOK 2y book
  • INJ 1 inj
  • SIZE ~25 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: S05218 - WM of Oregon Washington County (0.0 TCR gap)

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GDS Cleveland 3160 in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows GDS Cleveland 3160 averages 1.7 TCR (65% 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 Cleveland 3160 TCR series: 2022=0 · 2024=3.4 · BLS 2.6

Where GDS Cleveland 3160 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 #13 safest of 87 Waste collection services, non employers in North Carolina.

GDS Cleveland 3160 (25 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 Cleveland 3160
GDS Cleveland 3160 (25 employees, TCR 1.7) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 55 employees and a TCR of 5.1

GDS Cleveland 3160 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
2024 3.4 3.4 1 0 0
2022 0.0 0.0 0 0 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

562111 · NC · Shelby

2,322 Waste collection services, nonhazardous solid employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 16,981 rated employers in North Carolina with headcount on file · 100 employers in Shelby, 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 S05218 - WM of Oregon Washington County 1.7 TCR
NAICS-TCR Haul-Away Rubbish Service Co., Inc. 1.7 TCR
NAICS-TCR 612 - Cajun Country 1.7 TCR
NAICS-TCR 3031-Novak Sanitary Service 1.7 TCR
STATE-SIZE Fair View Nursery, Inc. 25 FTE
STATE-SIZE John William Carter III 25 FTE
STATE-SIZE Hill of Berry's 25 FTE
STATE-SIZE Andrew Tyson Farms 25 FTE
CITY-NEAR 1111-Atrium Health Cleveland (1111) 1,174 FTE
CITY-NEAR 6070 1,160 FTE
CITY-NEAR 0080-Atrium Health Cleveland 1,158 FTE
CITY-NEAR 0080-CHS Cleveland 1,093 FTE
NAT-TCR Jani Staff 1.7 TCR
NAT-TCR Cool Runnings INC. 1.7 TCR
NAT-TCR Odums Sod, Inc. 1.7 TCR
NAT-TCR MGM 1.7 TCR
NAT-SIZE Residence Inn San Diego North/San Marcos 25 FTE
NAT-SIZE All Metro Electrical Distributors, Inc. 25 FTE
NAT-SIZE TNT Fire Protection Inc. 25 FTE
NAT-SIZE Summit Packaging Systems BOV 25 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.