Waste collection services, nonhazardous solid · North Carolina

GDS Greensboro

Greensboro, NC · ~66 workers · 4 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

F
Failing Safety Record
7.4
Avg TCR
2.6
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

GDS Greensboro runs at 284% of its industry's injury rate - far more dangerous than the typical Waste collection services, nonhazardous solid workplace, earning a grade F.

GDS Greensboro: 7.4 TCR = 284% of Waste collection services, nonhazardous solid BLS 2.6 · 4y Form 300A (see methodology below)

GDS Greensboro safety composite

GDS Greensboro scores strongest on fatalities (safer than 52% of same-industry peers) and weakest on dart rate (safer than 21%), 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).

F

32/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
F 7.39 per 100 workers

Safer than 28% of industry peers

DART rate
F 7.04 per 100 workers

Safer than 21% 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 Greensboro: 3.4 → 7.0 TCR

Peak year 2018 @ 12.8 TCR · DART/TCR 0.95× in 2021

GDS Greensboro's TCR rose 3.7 from 3.4 in 2017 to 7.0 in 2021. Peak filing year was 2018 at 12.8 TCR. In 2021, DART was 0.95× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 562111 · Greensboro, NC ABOVE-IND · SMALL

Grade F · TCR 7.4 · 284% of ind

  • DART 7.0 DART
  • RANK #71/87
  • PHOTO S03761 - WM - Elizab…
  • BOOK 4y book
  • INJ 19 inj
  • SIZE ~66 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: S03761 - WM - Elizabethtown (0.0 TCR gap)

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GDS Greensboro in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows GDS Greensboro averages 7.4 TCR (284% 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 Greensboro TCR series: 2017=3.4 · 2018=12.8 · 2020=6.4 · 2021=7 · BLS 2.6

Where GDS Greensboro falls in its industry

2,322 Waste collection services, non establishments

Safer than 28% 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 #71 safest of 87 Waste collection services, non employers in North Carolina.

GDS Greensboro (66 employees, TCR 7.4) 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 Greensboro
GDS Greensboro (66 employees, TCR 7.4) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 55 employees and a TCR of 5.1

GDS Greensboro has more employees than the Waste collection services, nonhazardous 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
2021 7.0 7.0 6 0 0
2020 6.4 3.9 4 1 0
2018 12.8 10.9 7 0 0
2017 3.4 1.7 2 0 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

562111 · NC · Greensboro

2,322 Waste collection services, nonhazardous solid employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 16,981 rated employers in North Carolina with headcount on file · 920 employers in Greensboro, 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 S03761 - WM - Elizabethtown 7.4 TCR
NAICS-TCR S06991 - WM Butler Hauling 7.4 TCR
NAICS-TCR Waste Path Services, LLC 7.4 TCR
NAICS-TCR White River VT Collection 7.4 TCR
STATE-SIZE Clinton Field Services 66 FTE
STATE-SIZE Riverbend Steam Station 66 FTE
STATE-SIZE Salisbury Operations Center 66 FTE
STATE-SIZE ASHEVILLE OPERATIONS 66 FTE
CITY-NEAR MHCMH-Cone-Moses H Cone Memorial Hospital 3,806 FTE
CITY-NEAR Guilford County Local Government - All Employees 3,270 FTE
CITY-NEAR Guilford County Local Government 3,194 FTE
CITY-NEAR NCGRE - GREENSBORO HUB 2,447 FTE
NAT-TCR TNC Operations, LLC 7.4 TCR
NAT-TCR T159 7.4 TCR
NAT-TCR Green Image, LLC dba GTI 7.4 TCR
NAT-TCR Titusville-Baillie Lumber 7.4 TCR
NAT-SIZE Metropolitan Social Services 66 FTE
NAT-SIZE Aviation Inflatables 66 FTE
NAT-SIZE Brookstone Assisted Living 66 FTE
NAT-SIZE Cashmere Care Center 66 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: 2021, 2020, 2018, 2017. 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.