Garbage collection services · North Carolina
Meridian Waste North Carolina, LLC
Raleigh, NC · ~57 workers · 4 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.
- F
- Failing Safety Record
- 7.0
- Avg TCR
- 2.6
- Industry avg
- 0
- Fatalities
The verdict
Meridian Waste North Carolina, LLC runs at 268% of its industry's injury rate - far more dangerous than the typical Garbage collection services workplace, earning a grade F.
Meridian Waste North Carolina, LLC: 7.0 TCR = 268% of Garbage collection services BLS 2.6 · 4y Form 300A (see methodology below)
Meridian Waste North Carolina, LLC safety composite
Meridian Waste North Carolina, LLC scores strongest on fatalities (safer than 52% of same-industry peers) and weakest on dart rate (safer than 15%), 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).
31/100
Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures
- Total Case Rate (TCR)
- F 6.97 per 100 workers
Safer than 32% of industry peers
- DART rate
- F 8.45 per 100 workers
Safer than 15% 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%).
Rising injury rate
Meridian Waste North Carolina, LLC: 4.0 → 8.4 TCR
Peak year 2023 @ 10.8 TCR · DART/TCR 1.21× in 2024
Meridian Waste North Carolina, LLC's TCR rose 4.4 from 4.0 in 2021 to 8.4 in 2024. Peak filing year was 2023 at 10.8 TCR. In 2024, DART was 1.21× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).
OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard
Establishment book 562111 · Raleigh, NC ABOVE-IND · SMALL
Grade F · TCR 7.0 · 268% of ind
- DART 8.4 DART
- RANK #69/87
- PHOTO Area - Jacksonville
- BOOK 4y book
- INJ 16 inj
- SIZE ~57 FTE
Nearest TCR peer: Area - Jacksonville (0.0 TCR gap)
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Meridian Waste North Carolina, LLC in the TCR neighbourhood
Average Total Case Rate among this establishment and nearest same-industry peers
- This site
Meridian Waste North Carolina, LLC
7 TCR
- Area - Jackson
Area - Jacksonville
7 TCR
- Batavia Haulin
Batavia Hauling
7 TCR
- Santa Ana - Re
Santa Ana - Republic Services
7 TCR
- Canon City - #
Canon City - # 4654
7 TCR
What this shows Meridian Waste North Carolina, LLC averages 7.0 TCR (268% of the Garbage collection services BLS benchmark).
Meridian Waste North Carolina, LLC TCR series: 2021=4 · 2022=4.6 · 2023=10.8 · 2024=8.4 · BLS 2.6
Where Meridian Waste North Carolina, LLC falls in its industry
2,322 Garbage collection services establishmentsSafer than 32% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 5.1.
Narrower to North Carolina alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #69 safest of 87 Garbage collection services employers in North Carolina.
Meridian Waste North Carolina, LLC 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 | 8.4 | 8.4 | 5 | 0 | 0 |
| 2023 | 10.8 | 10.8 | 7 | 0 | 0 |
| 2022 | 4.6 | 4.6 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| 2021 | 4.0 | 0.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
OSHA ITA peer cross-reference
Establishment peer ledger
562111 · NC · Raleigh
2,322 Garbage collection services employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 16,981 rated employers in North Carolina with headcount on file · 973 employers in Raleigh, NC · 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 | Area - Jacksonville | 7.0 TCR |
| NAICS-TCR | Batavia Hauling | 7.0 TCR |
| NAICS-TCR | Santa Ana - Republic Services | 7.0 TCR |
| NAICS-TCR | Canon City - # 4654 | 7.0 TCR |
| STATE-SIZE | Corporate Division | 57 FTE |
| STATE-SIZE | Kirlin Builders | 57 FTE |
| STATE-SIZE | Cape Romain / McLean A Joint Venture | 57 FTE |
| STATE-SIZE | Engineered Steel Products | 57 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | Headway Workforce Solutions | 13,936 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | NC State University | 11,491 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | UNC Rex Healthcare | 7,282 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | SECU | 6,283 FTE |
| NAT-TCR | Agricultural Harvesting | 7.0 TCR |
| NAT-TCR | Amazon.com Services LLC - FTW8 | 7.0 TCR |
| NAT-TCR | Area Portable Services | 7.0 TCR |
| NAT-TCR | Kenmode - All Facilities | 7.0 TCR |
| NAT-SIZE | Ohio Food Management Mcmakens IGA | 57 FTE |
| NAT-SIZE | Sodexo at Wvu Sodexo Administration | 57 FTE |
| NAT-SIZE | 3386 - Denver University Hills Plaza | 57 FTE |
| NAT-SIZE | Northland Products Co. | 57 FTE |
Rel codes: NAICS-TCR · STATE-SIZE · CITY-NEAR · NAT-TCR/NAT-SIZE cross-state. Read with this employer →
Read our methodology - how this data is sourced, computed, and verified.