Garbage collection services · Illinois

Groot Southwest

Plano, IL · ~29 workers · 3 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

B
Good Safety Record
1.8
Avg TCR
2.6
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

Groot Southwest runs at 69% of its industry's injury rate - safer than the typical Garbage collection services workplace, earning a grade B.

Groot Southwest: 1.8 TCR = 69% of Garbage collection services BLS 2.6 · 3y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Groot Southwest safety composite

Groot Southwest scores strongest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 88% 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

69/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
B 1.79 per 100 workers

Safer than 88% of industry peers

DART rate
C 2.42 per 100 workers

Safer than 60% 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

−0.5

2018→2024

Groot Southwest injury rate improved

Groot Southwest's TCR fell 0.5 from 2.9 in 2018 to 2.4 in 2024. Peak filing year was 2018 at 2.9 TCR. In 2024, DART was 1.35× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2018=2.9 · 2023=0.0 · 2024=2.4

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 562111 · Plano, IL AT/BELOW-IND · SMALL

Grade B · TCR 1.8 · 69% of ind

  • DART 2.4 DART
  • RANK #15/143
  • PHOTO S04022 - Detroit Cen…
  • BOOK 3y book
  • INJ 2 inj
  • SIZE ~29 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: S04022 - Detroit Central Hauling (0.0 TCR gap)

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Groot Southwest in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows Groot Southwest averages 1.8 TCR (69% of the Garbage collection services BLS benchmark).

Source U.S. Department of Labor, OSHA Injury Tracking Application (Form 300A) As of 2026-08-25

Groot Southwest TCR series: 2018=2.9 · 2023=0 · 2024=2.4 · BLS 2.6

Where Groot Southwest falls in its industry

2,322 Garbage collection services establishments

Safer than 88% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 5.1.

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to Illinois alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #15 safest of 143 Garbage collection services employers in Illinois.

Groot Southwest (29 employees, TCR 1.8) 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 Groot Southwest
Groot Southwest (29 employees, TCR 1.8) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 55 employees and a TCR of 5.1

Groot Southwest has fewer employees than the Garbage collection services 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 2.4 2.4 1 0 0
2023 0.0 0.0 0 0 0
2018 2.9 0.0 1 0 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

562111 · IL · Plano

2,322 Garbage collection services employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 22,804 rated employers in Illinois with headcount on file · 30 employers in Plano, IL · 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 S04022 - Detroit Central Hauling 1.8 TCR
NAICS-TCR Valley Vista Services Inc 1.8 TCR
NAICS-TCR Advanced Disposal - Pontiac Hauling 1.8 TCR
NAICS-TCR S05809 - WM of AL - Mobile Hauling 1.8 TCR
STATE-SIZE Grant Park 29 FTE
STATE-SIZE AMEREN ILLINOIS - Southern - IL Common Ops 29 FTE
STATE-SIZE AMEREN ILLINOIS - Western - IL Common Ops 29 FTE
STATE-SIZE AMEREN ILLINOIS - Eastern - IL Common Ops 29 FTE
CITY-NEAR WM 1003 388 FTE
CITY-NEAR 1003 325 FTE
CITY-NEAR PLANO DC BLDG 221 - 3239 160 FTE
CITY-NEAR PLANO DC BLDG 223 - 3239 128 FTE
NAT-TCR USA Phoenix 1805 E Sky Hbr Cir 1.8 TCR
NAT-TCR Rosenberg Plant 1.8 TCR
NAT-TCR Center East 1.8 TCR
NAT-TCR Related Hybrid Companies LLC 10 Hudson Yards 1.8 TCR
NAT-SIZE Builders Insulation- Corona 29 FTE
NAT-SIZE Allen Park 29 FTE
NAT-SIZE CES Electric, Inc. 29 FTE
NAT-SIZE Joplin Residence Inn 29 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, 2023, 2018. 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.