Garbage collection services · Kentucky

Louisville Jefferson County Metro Government- Public Works SWMS- Solid Waste Collection

Louisville, KY · ~153 workers · 2 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

F
Failing Safety Record
21.0
Avg TCR
2.6
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

Louisville Jefferson County Metro Government- Public Works SWMS- Solid Waste Collection runs at 808% of its industry's injury rate - far more dangerous than the typical Garbage collection services workplace, earning a grade F.

Louisville Jefferson County Metro Government- Public Works SWMS- Solid Waste Collection: 21.0 TCR = 808% of Garbage collection services BLS 2.6 · 2y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Louisville Jefferson County Metro Government- Public Works SWMS- Solid Waste Collection safety composite

Louisville Jefferson County Metro Government- Public Works SWMS- Solid Waste Collection scores strongest on fatalities (safer than 52% of same-industry peers) and weakest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 2%), 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

15/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
F 21.01 per 100 workers

Safer than 2% of industry peers

DART rate
F 16.27 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

−7.7

2023→2024

Louisville Jefferson County Metro Government- Public Works SWMS- Solid Waste Collection injury rate improved

Louisville Jefferson County Metro Government- Public Works SWMS- Solid Waste Collection's TCR fell 7.7 from 24.9 in 2023 to 17.2 in 2024. Peak filing year was 2023 at 24.9 TCR. In 2024, DART was 0.77× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2023=24.9 · 2024=17.2

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 562111 · Louisville, KY ABOVE-IND · MID

Grade F · TCR 21.0 · 808% of ind

  • DART 16.3 DART
  • RANK #45/45
  • PHOTO Randy's Sanitation I…
  • BOOK 2y book
  • INJ 48 inj
  • SIZE ~153 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: Randy's Sanitation Inc. Burnsville (0.0 TCR gap)

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Louisville Jefferson County Metro Government- Public Works SWMS- Solid Waste Collection in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows Louisville Jefferson County Metro Government- Public Works SWMS- Solid Waste Collection averages 21.0 TCR (808% of the Garbage collection services BLS benchmark).

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

Louisville Jefferson County Metro Government- Public Works SWMS- Solid Waste Collection TCR series: 2023=24.9 · 2024=17.2 · BLS 2.6

Where Louisville Jefferson County Metro Government- Public Works SWMS- Solid Waste Collection falls in its industry

2,322 Garbage collection services establishments

Safer than 2% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 5.1.

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to Kentucky alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #45 safest of 45 Garbage collection services employers in Kentucky.

Louisville Jefferson County Metro Government- Public Works SWMS- Solid Waste Collection (153 employees, TCR 21.0) 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 0510152025 Average employees Total Case Rate Louisville Jefferson County Metro Government- Public Works SWMS- Solid Waste Collection
Louisville Jefferson County Metro Government- Public Works SWMS- Solid Waste Collection (153 employees, TCR 21.0) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 55 employees and a TCR of 5.1

Louisville Jefferson County Metro Government- Public Works SWMS- Solid Waste Collection 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 17.2 16.3 18 1 0
2023 24.9 20.8 30 1 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

562111 · KY · Louisville

2,322 Garbage collection services employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 7,805 rated employers in Kentucky with headcount on file · 1,638 employers in Louisville, KY · 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 Randy's Sanitation Inc. Burnsville 21.0 TCR
NAICS-TCR Waste Management - Solid Waste 20.9 TCR
NAICS-TCR GOLDEN GATE DISPOSAL COMPANY 21.1 TCR
NAICS-TCR Winters Bros Hauling of CT - Shelton 21.1 TCR
STATE-SIZE Essity 153 FTE
STATE-SIZE Flint Group 153 FTE
STATE-SIZE Gates Corporation - Hebron 153 FTE
STATE-SIZE WM 6897 153 FTE
CITY-NEAR Jefferson County Public Schools 18,524 FTE
CITY-NEAR KYGRA - WORLDPORT 11,933 FTE
CITY-NEAR WORLDPORT (KYGRA) 9,667 FTE
CITY-NEAR KTKY TRUCK 8,757 FTE
NAT-TCR Canyon Creek Memory Care 21.0 TCR
NAT-TCR Store 1419 21.0 TCR
NAT-TCR 216576-Nor-Elmwood Sta 21.0 TCR
NAT-TCR Pwd Wpc 21.0 TCR
NAT-SIZE Kroenke Network Operations Center 153 FTE
NAT-SIZE Coxreels 153 FTE
NAT-SIZE Avelo Support Center 153 FTE
NAT-SIZE PowerVac of Michigan 153 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.
Data sourced from official public datasets. See our methodology for details.