Garbage collection services · Indiana
Homewood Disposal Service, Inc.- Gary 400 Blaine
Gary, IN · ~21 workers · 3 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.
- F
- Failing Safety Record
- 6.2
- Avg TCR
- 2.6
- Industry avg
- 0
- Fatalities
The verdict
Homewood Disposal Service, Inc.- Gary 400 Blaine runs at 238% of its industry's injury rate - far more dangerous than the typical Garbage collection services workplace, earning a grade F.
Homewood Disposal Service, Inc.- Gary 400 Blaine: 6.2 TCR = 238% of Garbage collection services BLS 2.6 · 3y Form 300A (see methodology below)
Homewood Disposal Service, Inc.- Gary 400 Blaine safety composite
Homewood Disposal Service, Inc.- Gary 400 Blaine 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).
59/100
Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures
- Total Case Rate (TCR)
- D 6.18 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%).
Rising injury rate
Homewood Disposal Service, Inc.- Gary 400 Blaine: 3.6 → 7.4 TCR
Peak year 2023 @ 7.5 TCR · DART/TCR 0× in 2024
Homewood Disposal Service, Inc.- Gary 400 Blaine's TCR rose 3.8 from 3.6 in 2022 to 7.4 in 2024. Peak filing year was 2023 at 7.5 TCR. In 2024, DART was 0× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).
OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard
Establishment book 562111 · Gary, IN ABOVE-IND · SMALL
Grade F · TCR 6.2 · 238% of ind
- DART 0.0 DART
- RANK #42/71
- PHOTO Parks Chambersburg
- BOOK 3y book
- INJ 5 inj
- SIZE ~21 FTE
Nearest TCR peer: Parks Chambersburg (0.0 TCR gap)
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Homewood Disposal Service, Inc.- Gary 400 Blaine in the TCR neighbourhood
Average Total Case Rate among this establishment and nearest same-industry peers
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Homewood Disposal Service, Inc.- Gary 400 Blaine
6.2 TCR
- Parks Chambers
Parks Chambersburg
6.2 TCR
- S10319 - WI Mi
S10319 - WI Minocqua
6.2 TCR
- S10203 - Wauke
S10203 - Waukegan Hauling
6.2 TCR
- 615 - Memphis
615 - Memphis
6.2 TCR
What this shows Homewood Disposal Service, Inc.- Gary 400 Blaine averages 6.2 TCR (238% of the Garbage collection services BLS benchmark).
Homewood Disposal Service, Inc.- Gary 400 Blaine TCR series: 2022=3.6 · 2023=7.5 · 2024=7.4 · BLS 2.6
Where Homewood Disposal Service, Inc.- Gary 400 Blaine falls in its industry
2,322 Garbage collection services establishmentsSafer than 38% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 5.1.
Narrower to Indiana alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #42 safest of 71 Garbage collection services employers in Indiana.
Homewood Disposal Service, Inc.- Gary 400 Blaine 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 7.4 | 0.0 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| 2023 | 7.5 | 0.0 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| 2022 | 3.6 | 3.6 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
OSHA ITA peer cross-reference
Establishment peer ledger
562111 · IN · Gary
2,322 Garbage collection services employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 12,750 rated employers in Indiana with headcount on file · 107 employers in Gary, IN · 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 | Parks Chambersburg | 6.2 TCR |
| NAICS-TCR | S10319 - WI Minocqua | 6.2 TCR |
| NAICS-TCR | S10203 - Waukegan Hauling | 6.2 TCR |
| NAICS-TCR | 615 - Memphis | 6.2 TCR |
| STATE-SIZE | Eastside Dairy, LLC | 21 FTE |
| STATE-SIZE | Deer Ridge | 21 FTE |
| STATE-SIZE | Indiana Sow Farm 5 | 21 FTE |
| STATE-SIZE | Indiana Sow Farm 3 | 21 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | USS Gary Works - Plant | 4,744 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | Gary Works | 3,767 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | HRNI Holdings, LLC | 1,430 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | AMZL : DIN2 | 569 FTE |
| NAT-TCR | Lear Corporation - Louisville | 6.2 TCR |
| NAT-TCR | Store 1104 | 6.2 TCR |
| NAT-TCR | 10071 San Rafael | 6.2 TCR |
| NAT-TCR | 10031 Symphony | 6.2 TCR |
| NAT-SIZE | Crane Worldwide Logistics - CLT | 21 FTE |
| NAT-SIZE | Air Alamo/Tiger Serivces | 21 FTE |
| NAT-SIZE | Lambasio Inc. | 21 FTE |
| NAT-SIZE | Sii - Philippi | 21 FTE |
Rel codes: NAICS-TCR · STATE-SIZE · CITY-NEAR · NAT-TCR/NAT-SIZE cross-state. Read with this employer →
Read our methodology - how this data is sourced, computed, and verified.