Garbage collection services · Wisconsin

Harter's Trash and Recycling

La Crosse, WI · ~30 workers · 7 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

F
Failing Safety Record
6.1
Avg TCR
2.6
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

Harter's Trash and Recycling runs at 236% of its industry's injury rate - far more dangerous than the typical Garbage collection services workplace, earning a grade F.

Harter's Trash and Recycling: 6.1 TCR = 236% of Garbage collection services BLS 2.6 · 7y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Harter's Trash and Recycling safety composite

Harter's Trash and Recycling scores strongest on dart rate (safer than 88% of same-industry peers) and weakest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 38%), 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

59/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
D 6.14 per 100 workers

Safer than 38% 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

−18.3

2016→2022

Harter's Trash and Recycling injury rate improved

Harter's Trash and Recycling's TCR fell 18.3 from 18.3 in 2016 to 0.0 in 2022. Peak filing year was 2016 at 18.3 TCR. In 2022, DART was 0× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2016=18.3 · 2017=12.5 · 2018=9.2 · 2019=0.0 · 2020=0.0 · 2021=3.0 · 2022=0.0

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 562111 · La Crosse, WI ABOVE-IND · SMALL

Grade F · TCR 6.1 · 236% of ind

  • DART 0.0 DART
  • RANK #58/84
  • PHOTO S04180 - SD Sioux Fa…
  • BOOK 7y book
  • INJ 9 inj
  • SIZE ~30 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: S04180 - SD Sioux Falls (0.0 TCR gap)

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Harter's Trash and Recycling in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows Harter's Trash and Recycling averages 6.1 TCR (236% of the Garbage collection services BLS benchmark).

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

Harter's Trash and Recycling TCR series: 2016=18.3 · 2017=12.5 · 2018=9.2 · 2019=0 · 2020=0 · 2021=3 · 2022=0 · BLS 2.6

Where Harter's Trash and Recycling falls in its industry

2,322 Garbage collection services establishments

Safer than 38% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 5.1.

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to Wisconsin alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #58 safest of 84 Garbage collection services employers in Wisconsin.

Harter's Trash and Recycling (30 employees, TCR 6.1) 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 Harter's Trash and Recycling
Harter's Trash and Recycling (30 employees, TCR 6.1) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 55 employees and a TCR of 5.1

Harter's Trash and Recycling has fewer employees than the Garbage collection services 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
2022 0.0 0.0 0 0 0
2021 3.0 0.0 1 0 0
2020 0.0 0.0 0 0 0
2019 0.0 0.0 0 0 0
2018 9.2 3.1 3 0 0
2017 12.5 9.3 4 0 0
2016 18.3 3.1 1 5 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

562111 · WI · La Crosse

2,322 Garbage collection services employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 12,834 rated employers in Wisconsin with headcount on file · 188 employers in La Crosse, WI · 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 S04180 - SD Sioux Falls 6.1 TCR
NAICS-TCR West Valley 6.1 TCR
NAICS-TCR S03990 - Little Rock Hauling 6.2 TCR
NAICS-TCR 105 - Fanning Springs 6.2 TCR
STATE-SIZE Wayside Nurseries Inc 30 FTE
STATE-SIZE Hwy 37 Farms 30 FTE
STATE-SIZE Lake Mills Complex (LMC) 30 FTE
STATE-SIZE Tomah Receiving 30 FTE
CITY-NEAR Gundersen Lutheran Medical Center 3,712 FTE
CITY-NEAR Mayo Clinic Health System-Franciscan Healthcare Inc 2,329 FTE
CITY-NEAR Gundersen Clinic, Ltd. 2,127 FTE
CITY-NEAR Gundersen - La Crosse Clinic 1,739 FTE
NAT-TCR Tempered and Specialty Metals 6.1 TCR
NAT-TCR 4795-PD-FAT-FRESNO-FAT-PDMT 6.1 TCR
NAT-TCR 6400-SWY-0027-0027-01820 6.1 TCR
NAT-TCR 1855-ILARL213 6.1 TCR
NAT-SIZE HG654 30 FTE
NAT-SIZE Project Network 30 FTE
NAT-SIZE Auza Farms 30 FTE
NAT-SIZE Kearns Improvement District 30 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: 2022, 2021, 2020, 2019, 2018, 2017, 2016. This is publicly available government data - not a legal determination of workplace conditions.
Data sourced from official public datasets. See our methodology for details.