Waste collection services, nonhazardous solid · North Carolina

GDS Washington

Washington, NC · ~46 workers · 5 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

A
Excellent Safety Record
0.6
Avg TCR
2.6
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

GDS Washington runs at 23% of its industry's injury rate - far safer than the typical Waste collection services, nonhazardous solid workplace, earning a grade A.

GDS Washington: 0.6 TCR = 23% of Waste collection services, nonhazardous solid BLS 2.6 · 5y Form 300A (see methodology below)

GDS Washington safety composite

GDS Washington scores strongest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 98% 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).

B

83/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
A 0.61 per 100 workers

Safer than 98% of industry peers

DART rate
B 0 per 100 workers

Safer than 88% 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%).

GDS Washington held a steady TCR band

GDS Washington's TCR held near 0.0 from 0.0 in 2016 to 0.0 in 2021. Peak filing year was 2018 at 3.0 TCR. In 2021, DART was 0× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2016=0.0 · 2017=0.0 · 2018=3.0 · 2020=0.0 · 2021=0.0

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

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

Grade A · TCR 0.6 · 23% of ind

  • DART 0.0 DART
  • RANK #2/87
  • PHOTO AAW - New Milford
  • BOOK 5y book
  • INJ 1 inj
  • SIZE ~46 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: AAW - New Milford (0.0 TCR gap)

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GDS Washington in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows GDS Washington averages 0.6 TCR (23% 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 Washington TCR series: 2016=0 · 2017=0 · 2018=3 · 2020=0 · 2021=0 · BLS 2.6

Where GDS Washington falls in its industry

2,322 Waste collection services, non establishments

Safer than 98% 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 #2 safest of 87 Waste collection services, non employers in North Carolina.

GDS Washington (46 employees, TCR 0.6) 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 Washington
GDS Washington (46 employees, TCR 0.6) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 55 employees and a TCR of 5.1

GDS Washington 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
2021 0.0 0.0 0 0 0
2020 0.0 0.0 0 0 0
2018 3.0 3.0 1 0 0
2017 0.0 0.0 0 0 0
2016 0.0 0.0 0 0 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

562111 · NC · Washington

2,322 Waste collection services, nonhazardous solid employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 16,981 rated employers in North Carolina with headcount on file · 55 employers in Washington, 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 AAW - New Milford 0.6 TCR
NAICS-TCR 5019-Stutzman Hauling 0.6 TCR
NAICS-TCR Bay County Hauling 0.6 TCR
NAICS-TCR Telford 0.6 TCR
STATE-SIZE Harrells Facility 46 FTE
STATE-SIZE Buy Sod, Inc. 46 FTE
STATE-SIZE Buck Steam Station 46 FTE
STATE-SIZE KITTY HAWK AREA 46 FTE
CITY-NEAR ECU Health Beaufort Hospital 758 FTE
CITY-NEAR Vidant Beaufort Hospital 576 FTE
CITY-NEAR Beaufort County Community College 383 FTE
CITY-NEAR 1354 317 FTE
NAT-TCR US125: St. Louis 354 - SG 0.6 TCR
NAT-TCR Roanoke, VA HVAC 0.6 TCR
NAT-TCR Marquette- 38 0.6 TCR
NAT-TCR Spligitty Fiber Optics, Inc. 0.6 TCR
NAT-SIZE The Courtyards Assisted Living 46 FTE
NAT-SIZE Moog, Inc. - Blacksburg South 46 FTE
NAT-SIZE Dollar Rent A Car RCF 46 FTE
NAT-SIZE St Bernardine Medical Center EM 46 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, 2016. 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.