Waste hauling, local, nonhazardous solid · New York

Guard Contracting Corporation

Name: Guard Contracting Corporation Workplace Safety Data
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Tonawanda, NY · ~20 workers · 5 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

Compiled by PlainSafetyScore · August 25, 2026

F
Failing Safety Record: 6.6
Avg TCR: 2.6
Industry avg: 0
Fatalities

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The verdict

Guard Contracting Corporation runs at 255% of its industry's injury rate - far more dangerous than the typical Waste hauling, local, nonhazardous solid workplace, earning a grade F.

Guard Contracting Corporation: 6.6 TCR = 255% of Waste hauling, local, nonhazardous solid BLS 2.6 · 5y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Guard Contracting Corporation safety composite

Guard Contracting Corporation scores strongest on dart rate (safer than 88% of same-industry peers) and weakest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 34%), 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).

57/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR): F 6.64 per 100 workers

Safer than 34% 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%).

TCR Δ

−9.2

2017→2021

Guard Contracting Corporation injury rate improved

Guard Contracting Corporation's TCR fell 9.2 from 9.2 in 2017 to 0.0 in 2021. Peak filing year was 2019 at 9.6 TCR. In 2021, DART was 0× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2017=9.2 · 2018=4.9 · 2019=9.6 · 2020=9.5 · 2021=0.0

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 562111 · Tonawanda, NY ABOVE-IND · SMALL

Grade F · TCR 6.6 · 255% of ind

DART 0.0 DART
RANK #43/73
PHOTO Waste Industries Col…
BOOK 5y book
INJ 7 inj
SIZE ~20 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: Waste Industries Columbia (0.0 TCR gap)

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What this shows Guard Contracting Corporation averages 6.6 TCR (255% of the Waste hauling, local, nonhazardous solid BLS benchmark).

Guard Contracting Corporation TCR series: 2017=9.2 · 2018=4.9 · 2019=9.6 · 2020=9.5 · 2021=0 · BLS 2.6

Where Guard Contracting Corporation falls in its industry

2,322 Waste hauling, local, nonhazar establishments

Safer than 34% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 5.1.

Grade F

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to New York alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #43 safest of 73 Waste hauling, local, nonhazar employers in New York.

Guard Contracting Corporation (20 employees, TCR 6.6) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 55 employees and a TCR of 5.1

Guard Contracting Corporation has fewer employees than the Waste hauling, local, nonhazardous solid 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
2021	0.0	0.0	0
2020	9.5	9.5	2
2019	9.6	4.8	2
2018	4.9	0.0	1
2017	9.2	4.6	2

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

562111 · NY · Tonawanda

2,322 Waste hauling, local, nonhazardous solid employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 21,008 rated employers in New York with headcount on file · 134 employers in Tonawanda, NY · 4 cross-state NAT-TCR peers · 4 cross-state NAT-SIZE peers. Closest matches by relationship code are listed below.

Rel	Establishment	Place	Metric
NAICS-TCR	Waste Industries Columbia	COLUMBIA, SC	6.6 TCR
NAICS-TCR	3073-Stone Sanitation	CONRAD, IA	6.6 TCR
NAICS-TCR	S03840 - MN Sauk Centre	SAUK CENTRE, MN	6.6 TCR
NAICS-TCR	Apex Transfer Station	LAS VEGAS, NV	6.6 TCR
STATE-SIZE	JOHNSON POTATO FARMS LLC	NEWARK	20 FTE
STATE-SIZE	Beds & Borders, Inc.	LAUREL	20 FTE
STATE-SIZE	J. Minns Farms LLC	STANLEY	20 FTE
STATE-SIZE	H. F. Corwin & Son, Inc.	AQUEBOGUE	20 FTE
CITY-NEAR	Tonawanda Engine Plant	Tonawanda	1,623 FTE
CITY-NEAR	Sumitomo Rubber USA, LLC	Tonawanda	1,396 FTE
CITY-NEAR	Praxair Technology Center	Tonawanda	1,039 FTE
CITY-NEAR	Linde Inc.	Tonawanda	986 FTE
NAT-TCR	Bethlehem Woods-PH	La Grange Park, IL	6.6 TCR
NAT-TCR	Performance TPC - 0755	Rock Island, IL	6.6 TCR
NAT-TCR	Salinas Grocery Outlet	Salinas, CA	6.6 TCR
NAT-TCR	SCD	Chino, CA	6.6 TCR
NAT-SIZE	Retail East - Hallowell	Hallowell, ME	20 FTE
NAT-SIZE	Dyer	Dyer, IN	20 FTE
NAT-SIZE	Building Supply Main- Powder Springs	Powder Springs, GA	20 FTE
NAT-SIZE	Fontana Roofing, Inc.	Central Point, OR	20 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, 2019, 2018, 2017. This is publicly available government data - not a legal determination of workplace conditions.

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