Waste collection services, hazardous · Louisiana

LEI - Independence 1

Independence, LA · ~31 workers · 7 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

F
Failing Safety Record
5.8
Avg TCR
2.6
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

LEI - Independence 1 runs at 223% of its industry's injury rate - far more dangerous than the typical Waste collection services, hazardous workplace, earning a grade F.

LEI - Independence 1: 5.8 TCR = 223% of Waste collection services, hazardous BLS 2.6 · 7y Form 300A (see methodology below)

LEI - Independence 1 safety composite

LEI - Independence 1 scores strongest on fatalities (safer than 50% of same-industry peers) and weakest on dart rate (safer than 12%), 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

23/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
F 5.81 per 100 workers

Safer than 15% of industry peers

DART rate
F 5.05 per 100 workers

Safer than 12% of industry peers

Fatalities
D 0

Safer than 50% 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

LEI - Independence 1: 2.5 → 5.0 TCR

Peak year 2020 @ 14.4 TCR · DART/TCR 0.87× in 2023

LEI - Independence 1's TCR rose 2.5 from 2.5 in 2016 to 5.0 in 2023. Peak filing year was 2020 at 14.4 TCR. In 2023, DART was 0.87× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 562112 · Independence, LA ABOVE-IND · SMALL

Grade F · TCR 5.8 · 223% of ind

  • DART 5.0 DART
  • RANK P15
  • PHOTO Worldwide Recovery S…
  • BOOK 7y book
  • INJ 6 inj
  • SIZE ~31 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: Worldwide Recovery Systems Inc (0.1 TCR gap)

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LEI - Independence 1 in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows LEI - Independence 1 averages 5.8 TCR (223% of the Waste collection services, hazardous BLS benchmark).

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

LEI - Independence 1 TCR series: 2016=2.5 · 2018=2.4 · 2019=0 · 2020=14.4 · 2021=11 · 2022=5.3 · 2023=5 · BLS 2.6

Where LEI - Independence 1 falls in its industry

183 Waste collection services, haz establishments

Safer than 15% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 2.8.

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers
LEI - Independence 1 (31 employees, TCR 5.8) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 34 employees and a TCR of 2.8 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 020406080100120 051015 Average employees Total Case Rate LEI - Independence 1
LEI - Independence 1 (31 employees, TCR 5.8) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 34 employees and a TCR of 2.8

LEI - Independence 1 has fewer employees than the Waste collection services, hazardous median and a higher injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 2.8. 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
2023 5.0 5.0 1 0 0
2022 5.3 0.0 1 0 0
2021 11.0 11.0 0 2 0
2020 14.4 14.4 2 2 0
2019 0.0 0.0 0 0 0
2018 2.4 2.4 1 0 0
2016 2.5 0.0 1 0 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

562112 · LA · Independence

183 Waste collection services, hazardous employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 6,723 rated employers in Louisiana with headcount on file · 6 employers in Independence, LA · 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 Worldwide Recovery Systems Inc 5.7 TCR
NAICS-TCR Metro- Solid Waste Operations- South Household Hazardous Waste 5.7 TCR
NAICS-TCR Portland 5.7 TCR
NAICS-TCR Asbury Environmental Services, d/b/a World Oil Environmental Services, a California corporation cw 6.0 TCR
STATE-SIZE Planters Gin Company 31 FTE
STATE-SIZE Delta Land Services, LLC 31 FTE
STATE-SIZE Ninemile 6 31 FTE
STATE-SIZE Lake Charles Power Station 31 FTE
CITY-NEAR PF SPAM, LLC 415 FTE
CITY-NEAR Independence 56 FTE
CITY-NEAR Crossover 39 FTE
CITY-NEAR Smithfield Direct- New Orleans 23 FTE
NAT-TCR RK-032-Columbus ( RK-032 ) 5.8 TCR
NAT-TCR Pentagon Technologies NY 5.8 TCR
NAT-TCR Concord Coach Lines, Inc. - Portland Transportation Center 5.8 TCR
NAT-TCR USM Store #542 (United) 5.8 TCR
NAT-SIZE D & R Trucking 31 FTE
NAT-SIZE Suburban Machine Corporation 31 FTE
NAT-SIZE Ron Bouchard Chrysler Dodge Ram, LLC 31 FTE
NAT-SIZE Capital Programs & Buildings 31 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: 2023, 2022, 2021, 2020, 2019, 2018, 2016. 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.