Waste collection services, nonhazardous solid · North Carolina

GDS Hickory 3157

Hickory, NC · ~118 workers · 2 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

F
Failing Safety Record
6.3
Avg TCR
2.6
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

GDS Hickory 3157 runs at 242% of its industry's injury rate - far more dangerous than the typical Waste collection services, nonhazardous solid workplace, earning a grade F.

GDS Hickory 3157: 6.3 TCR = 242% of Waste collection services, nonhazardous solid BLS 2.6 · 2y Form 300A (see methodology below)

GDS Hickory 3157 safety composite

GDS Hickory 3157 scores strongest on fatalities (safer than 52% of same-industry peers) and weakest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 37%), 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).

D

43/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
D 6.29 per 100 workers

Safer than 37% of industry peers

DART rate
D 3.98 per 100 workers

Safer than 42% 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

−3.0

2022→2024

GDS Hickory 3157 injury rate improved

GDS Hickory 3157's TCR fell 3.0 from 7.8 in 2022 to 4.8 in 2024. Peak filing year was 2022 at 7.8 TCR. In 2024, DART was 0.63× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2022=7.8 · 2024=4.8

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 562111 · Hickory, NC ABOVE-IND · MID

Grade F · TCR 6.3 · 242% of ind

  • DART 4.0 DART
  • RANK #61/87
  • PHOTO S10379 - State Colle…
  • BOOK 2y book
  • INJ 16 inj
  • SIZE ~118 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: S10379 - State College Hauling (0.0 TCR gap)

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GDS Hickory 3157 in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows GDS Hickory 3157 averages 6.3 TCR (242% 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 Hickory 3157 TCR series: 2022=7.8 · 2024=4.8 · BLS 2.6

Where GDS Hickory 3157 falls in its industry

2,322 Waste collection services, non establishments

Safer than 37% 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 #61 safest of 87 Waste collection services, non employers in North Carolina.

GDS Hickory 3157 (118 employees, TCR 6.3) 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 Hickory 3157
GDS Hickory 3157 (118 employees, TCR 6.3) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 55 employees and a TCR of 5.1

GDS Hickory 3157 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
2024 4.8 4.0 6 0 0
2022 7.8 6.3 10 0 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

562111 · NC · Hickory

2,322 Waste collection services, nonhazardous solid employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 16,981 rated employers in North Carolina with headcount on file · 240 employers in Hickory, 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 S10379 - State College Hauling 6.3 TCR
NAICS-TCR S10387 - Clarion County Hauling 6.3 TCR
NAICS-TCR WB Services LLC 6.3 TCR
NAICS-TCR Long Island Waste Services LLC 6.3 TCR
STATE-SIZE D34 Charlotte 118 FTE
STATE-SIZE American Skin Food Group 118 FTE
STATE-SIZE Yanjan USA LLC 118 FTE
STATE-SIZE H.W. Culp Lumber Company Inc 118 FTE
CITY-NEAR Catawba Valley Medical Center 2,012 FTE
CITY-NEAR Merchants Distributors LLC 1,480 FTE
CITY-NEAR Frye Regional Medical Center 1,363 FTE
CITY-NEAR Hickory Manufacturing & Technology Center 1,006 FTE
NAT-TCR Liberty Lutheran Services 6.3 TCR
NAT-TCR 4014 Troutdale 6.3 TCR
NAT-TCR 6371 Winter Haven 6.3 TCR
NAT-TCR 6650 Cypress 6.3 TCR
NAT-SIZE Gemini Precision Machining, Inc. 118 FTE
NAT-SIZE Escobedo Group 118 FTE
NAT-SIZE Building Crafts, Inc. (KY Region) 118 FTE
NAT-SIZE Primus Builders,Inc 118 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.

Read our methodology - how this data is sourced, computed, and verified.

Data sourced from official public datasets. See our methodology for details.