Garbage collection services · Maryland

Hughes Trash Removal, Inc

Hampstead, MD · ~58 workers · 2 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

F
Failing Safety Record
18.9
Avg TCR
2.6
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

Hughes Trash Removal, Inc runs at 729% of its industry's injury rate - far more dangerous than the typical Garbage collection services workplace, earning a grade F.

Hughes Trash Removal, Inc: 18.9 TCR = 729% of Garbage collection services BLS 2.6 · 2y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Hughes Trash Removal, Inc safety composite

Hughes Trash Removal, Inc scores strongest on fatalities (safer than 52% of same-industry peers) and weakest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 3%), 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).

F

16/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
F 18.95 per 100 workers

Safer than 3% of industry peers

DART rate
F 15.54 per 100 workers

Safer than 4% 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

−1.2

2023→2024

Hughes Trash Removal, Inc injury rate improved

Hughes Trash Removal, Inc's TCR fell 1.2 from 19.5 in 2023 to 18.4 in 2024. Peak filing year was 2023 at 19.5 TCR. In 2024, DART was 0.82× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2023=19.5 · 2024=18.4

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 562111 · Hampstead, MD ABOVE-IND · SMALL

Grade F · TCR 18.9 · 729% of ind

  • DART 15.5 DART
  • RANK #31/33
  • PHOTO Suburban Waste Servi…
  • BOOK 2y book
  • INJ 26 inj
  • SIZE ~58 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: Suburban Waste Services (0.0 TCR gap)

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Hughes Trash Removal, Inc in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows Hughes Trash Removal, Inc averages 18.9 TCR (729% of the Garbage collection services BLS benchmark).

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

Hughes Trash Removal, Inc TCR series: 2023=19.5 · 2024=18.4 · BLS 2.6

Where Hughes Trash Removal, Inc falls in its industry

2,322 Garbage collection services establishments

Safer than 3% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 5.1.

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to Maryland alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #31 safest of 33 Garbage collection services employers in Maryland.

Hughes Trash Removal, Inc (58 employees, TCR 18.9) 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 Hughes Trash Removal, Inc
Hughes Trash Removal, Inc (58 employees, TCR 18.9) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 55 employees and a TCR of 5.1

Hughes Trash Removal, Inc has more 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 18.4 15.5 13 0 0
2023 19.5 9.0 13 0 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

562111 · MD · Hampstead

2,322 Garbage collection services employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 7,213 rated employers in Maryland with headcount on file · 20 employers in Hampstead, MD · 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 Suburban Waste Services 18.9 TCR
NAICS-TCR Armada Waste, Hyde Park MA 18.9 TCR
NAICS-TCR Honolulu Disposal Service, Inc. 19.0 TCR
NAICS-TCR Jersey City - 375 IWS 19.0 TCR
STATE-SIZE Pocomoke Farm 58 FTE
STATE-SIZE Chalk Point Power, LLC 58 FTE
STATE-SIZE DRB Group Mid- Atlantic, LLC Metro 58 FTE
STATE-SIZE Southway Builders 58 FTE
CITY-NEAR WM 2850 348 FTE
CITY-NEAR 2850 339 FTE
CITY-NEAR Hampstead 253 FTE
CITY-NEAR Fuchs North America 180 FTE
NAT-TCR Spee Dee Delivery Service, Inc- Rockford 18.9 TCR
NAT-TCR Mnstj - St. James 18.9 TCR
NAT-TCR Bethel Springvale Nursing Home Inc 18.9 TCR
NAT-TCR Aperion Care Demotte 18.9 TCR
NAT-SIZE Avamere at Hillsboro 58 FTE
NAT-SIZE Griggs Mitchell & Alma of IL, LLC 58 FTE
NAT-SIZE City of Mt. Vernon IL Aquatic Zoo 58 FTE
NAT-SIZE Dayton Door Sales Inc 58 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. 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.