Trash collection services · Colorado

Howard Disposal and Recycling

Canon City, CO · ~35 workers · 5 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

F
Failing Safety Record
12.0
Avg TCR
2.6
Industry avg
0
Fatalities

The verdict

Howard Disposal and Recycling runs at 461% of its industry's injury rate - far more dangerous than the typical Trash collection services workplace, earning a grade F.

F
Failing Safety Record
12.0
avg TCR · per 100 workers
2.6
industry benchmark (BLS)
18
recordable injuries tracked

Grade compares Howard Disposal and Recycling's OSHA Total Case Rate to the BLS industry benchmark across 5 years of Form 300A filings (2016–2024). This reflects reported recordable injuries, not an independent safety inspection -- underreporting is a known limitation of employer self-recordkeeping.

Injury rate over time

Howard Disposal and Recycling's yearly Total Case Rate, against the 2.6 industry benchmark.

0510152025 20172018201920202021 82.6 Industry benchmarkHoward Disposal and Recycling TCR
Total Case Rate (recordable injuries per 100 full-time workers), OSHA ITA Form 300A. Industry benchmark: BLS IIF, NAICS 562111.

Where Howard Disposal and Recycling falls in its industry

2,506 Trash collection services establishments

Safer than 11% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 4.7.

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to Colorado alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #51 safest of 56 Trash collection services employers in Colorado.

Howard Disposal and Recycling has an average TCR of 12.0, which is 461% of the industry average (2.6) for Trash collection services. This is significantly worse than average.

The letter grade is a transparent derived index PlainSafetyScore computes from public OSHA ITA and BLS benchmark data, not an official OSHA rating or safety certification. Full formula and thresholds: Methodology.

Trend analysis for Howard Disposal and Recycling

Between 2017 and 2021, Howard Disposal and Recycling's Total Case Rate worsened from 3.4 to 8.0 recordable injuries per 100 full-time workers, a 134% increase across 4 years of OSHA reporting.

The safest year on record was 2017, at a TCR of 3.4, while 2020 saw the highest rate, at 21.1, a spread of 17.6 points between the best and worst reporting years. That's a wide swing relative to the establishment's overall rate, worth checking the year-by-year table below for whether a single severe year is driving the average, rather than a sustained trend.

Summed across those 5 reporting years, Howard Disposal and Recycling recorded 18 total injuries and illnesses, with no fatalities reported in any of those years. Readers comparing establishments should weigh the 5-year trend above alongside establishment size, since a larger workforce naturally accumulates more raw incidents even at a lower per-100-worker rate.

Verify This Employer with OSHA

All injury, illness, and fatality figures on this page are sourced from Howard Disposal and Recycling's own mandatory OSHA Form 300A summaries. Cross-check the underlying establishment record directly against the federal source, name, NAICS classification, recordable case totals, and inspection history are all searchable on OSHA's Establishment-Specific Injury and Illness Data system.

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Source: U.S. Department of Labor, OSHA Establishment-Specific Injury and Illness Data. NAICS 562111 - Trash collection services.

DART Rate, Transparent Calculation (2021)

DART (Days Away, Restricted, or Transferred) is computed by OSHA as incidents × 200,000 ÷ hours worked. The 200,000-hour denominator equals roughly 100 full-time workers, which lets establishments of very different sizes be compared directly.

4 DART incidents × 200,000 ÷ 99,840 hours worked = 8.01 DART

Methodology: 29 CFR 1904, OSHA Form 300A recordkeeping

Cross-Validating Context, Establishment vs Industry vs State

Benchmark TCR Source
Howard Disposal and Recycling (this establishment) 11.99 OSHA ITA Form 300A, 5-year avg
Garbage collection services industry avg 2.60 BLS IIF, NAICS 562111
Colorado state avg (all industries) 5.41 OSHA ITA, state-level rollup

Industry benchmarks: Bureau of Labor Statistics, Injuries, Illnesses, and Fatalities (IIF) program

Reportable Incident Timeline

Year-by-year reportable incidents (recordable injuries + illnesses + fatalities) submitted by Howard Disposal and Recycling to OSHA's Injury Tracking Application. Each row anchors to OSHA's inspection records search where you can pull the underlying inspection case numbers and citations for that establishment-year.

Source: OSHA Inspection Information System (IMIS) - inspection case-number records

Year-by-Year Safety Data

Year TCR DART Injuries Illnesses Fatalities
2021 8.0 8.0 4 0 0
2020 21.1 17.5 5 1 0
2019 17.2 17.2 5 0 0
2018 10.3 10.3 3 0 0
2017 3.4 3.4 1 0 0

What this grade means for you

Use this grade as a relative read on Howard Disposal and Recycling's reported OSHA injury record versus its Trash collection services peers, not a verdict on whether any single site is safe today.

  • At 461% of the Trash collection services benchmark, Howard Disposal and Recycling reports more injuries than typical peers, ask specifically how the employer is reducing them. Know your rights
  • Judge this record against the wider Trash collection services sector, where injury rates vary widely, before comparing it in isolation. See the industry
  • Grades reflect 2016–2024 filings; check the latest establishment record straight from OSHA, or look up a different employer. Look up another

Safety grades reflect employers' self-reported OSHA Form 300A filings from 2016 to 2024 and can lag current conditions. A grade is not a guarantee that any specific workplace is safe or unsafe today. See our methodology and disclaimer.

Frequently Asked Questions

What is Howard Disposal and Recycling's safety grade?
Howard Disposal and Recycling has a safety grade of F (Failing Safety Record). This grade is based on their average Total Case Rate (TCR) of 12.0 compared to the BLS industry benchmark of 2.6 for Trash collection services.
How many injuries has Howard Disposal and Recycling reported?
Howard Disposal and Recycling has reported 18 total injuries and 0 fatalities across 5 years of OSHA data (2021, 2020, 2019, 2018, 2017). This data comes from mandatory OSHA Injury Tracking Application (ITA) reports.

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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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Every figure and grade on PlainSafetyScore is computed directly from OSHA's published Injury Tracking Application data and BLS industry benchmarks, no number is typed in by an editor. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these safety grades, or report a data error. Data current as of 2016-2024 OSHA ITA release.