Waste hauling, local, nonhazardous solid · Ohio

Local Waste Services

Name: Local Waste Services Workplace Safety Data
Creator: PlainSafetyScore
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Columbus, OH · ~189 workers · 3 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

Compiled by PlainSafetyScore · August 25, 2026

D
Poor Safety Record: 4.9
Avg TCR: 2.6
Industry avg: 0
Fatalities

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The verdict

Local Waste Services runs at 190% of its industry's injury rate - more dangerous than the typical Waste hauling, local, nonhazardous solid workplace, earning a grade D.

Local Waste Services: 4.9 TCR = 190% of Waste hauling, local, nonhazardous solid BLS 2.6 · 3y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Local Waste Services safety composite

Local Waste Services scores strongest on fatalities (safer than 52% of same-industry peers) and weakest on dart rate (safer than 45%), 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).

49/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR): D 4.93 per 100 workers

Safer than 51% of industry peers
DART rate: D 3.75 per 100 workers

Safer than 45% 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

−1.1

2018→2021

Local Waste Services injury rate improved

Local Waste Services's TCR fell 1.1 from 6.3 in 2018 to 5.2 in 2021. Peak filing year was 2018 at 6.3 TCR. In 2021, DART was 0.76× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2018=6.3 · 2019=3.3 · 2021=5.2

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 562111 · Columbus, OH ABOVE-IND · MID

Grade D · TCR 4.9 · 190% of ind

DART 3.8 DART
RANK #28/56
PHOTO S04196 - WM of North…
BOOK 3y book
INJ 30 inj
SIZE ~189 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: S04196 - WM of Northern Colorado - Fort Collins (0.0 TCR gap)

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What this shows Local Waste Services averages 4.9 TCR (190% of the Waste hauling, local, nonhazardous solid BLS benchmark).

Local Waste Services TCR series: 2018=6.3 · 2019=3.3 · 2021=5.2 · BLS 2.6

Where Local Waste Services falls in its industry

2,322 Waste hauling, local, nonhazar establishments

Safer than 51% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 5.1.

Grade D

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to Ohio alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #28 safest of 56 Waste hauling, local, nonhazar employers in Ohio.

Local Waste Services (189 employees, TCR 4.9) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 55 employees and a TCR of 5.1

Local Waste Services has more employees than the Waste hauling, local, nonhazardous solid median and a lower 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
2021	5.2	3.8	11
2019	3.3	1.9	7
2018	6.3	4.2	12

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

562111 · OH · Columbus

2,322 Waste hauling, local, nonhazardous solid employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 22,650 rated employers in Ohio with headcount on file · 1,500 employers in Columbus, OH · 4 cross-state NAT-TCR peers · 4 cross-state NAT-SIZE peers. Closest matches by relationship code are listed below.

Rel	Establishment	Place	Metric
NAICS-TCR	S04196 - WM of Northern Colorado - Fort Collins	AULT, CO	4.9 TCR
NAICS-TCR	Long Beach Hauling - Republic Services	LONG BEACH, CA	4.9 TCR
NAICS-TCR	S09028 - IL MATTESON HAULING	MATTESON, IL	4.9 TCR
NAICS-TCR	S03931 - Fort Bragg Disposal	FORT BRAGG, CA	4.9 TCR
STATE-SIZE	Kokosing Alberici Traylor, LLC	WESTERVILLE	189 FTE
STATE-SIZE	Universal Production	NEWARK	189 FTE
STATE-SIZE	Ohio Mulch Supply	COLUMBUS, OH	189 FTE
STATE-SIZE	Creative Foam - Dayton	DAYTON	189 FTE
CITY-NEAR	Nationwide Children's Hospital	Columbus	13,367 FTE
CITY-NEAR	Nationwide Children's Hospital Main Campus	Columbus	10,116 FTE
CITY-NEAR	Riverside Methodist Hospital	Columbus	9,759 FTE
CITY-NEAR	North America Fulfillment Centers (FCs) : CMH1	Columbus	5,057 FTE
NAT-TCR	Volpi Foods Tre	Saint Louis, MO	4.9 TCR
NAT-TCR	DENOX - Moxy Denver/Cherry Creek	Denver, CO	4.9 TCR
NAT-TCR	CalPortland Construction Colton Reclamation	Colton, CA	4.9 TCR
NAT-TCR	Bulk First Cloverdale	Cloverdale, IN	4.9 TCR
NAT-SIZE	FuelCell Energy - Torrington	Torrington, CT	189 FTE
NAT-SIZE	Thermo Fisher Scientific (Asheville) LLC - Biltmore Park	Asheville, NC	189 FTE
NAT-SIZE	Los Angeles, CA HVAC	Cypress, CA	189 FTE
NAT-SIZE	1033 - Pocatello Id Whse	Pocatello, ID	189 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: 2021, 2019, 2018. 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.