Garbage collection services · Virginia

Meridian Waste Virginia, LLC - Petersburg

Petersburg, VA · ~76 workers · 4 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

F
Failing Safety Record
6.5
Avg TCR
2.6
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

Meridian Waste Virginia, LLC - Petersburg runs at 248% of its industry's injury rate - far more dangerous than the typical Garbage collection services workplace, earning a grade F.

Meridian Waste Virginia, LLC - Petersburg: 6.5 TCR = 248% of Garbage collection services BLS 2.6 · 4y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Meridian Waste Virginia, LLC - Petersburg safety composite

Meridian Waste Virginia, LLC - Petersburg scores strongest on fatalities (safer than 52% of same-industry peers) and weakest on dart rate (safer than 19%), 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

34/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
D 6.46 per 100 workers

Safer than 35% of industry peers

DART rate
F 7.5 per 100 workers

Safer than 19% 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%).

Meridian Waste Virginia, LLC - Petersburg held a steady TCR band

Meridian Waste Virginia, LLC - Petersburg's TCR held near 0.2 from 7.3 in 2021 to 7.5 in 2024. In 2024, DART was 1.16× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2021=7.3 · 2022=4.7 · 2023=6.3 · 2024=7.5

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 562111 · Petersburg, VA ABOVE-IND · SMALL

Grade F · TCR 6.5 · 248% of ind

  • DART 7.5 DART
  • RANK #32/43
  • PHOTO S05282 - WM of Spokane
  • BOOK 4y book
  • INJ 36 inj
  • SIZE ~76 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: S05282 - WM of Spokane (0.0 TCR gap)

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Meridian Waste Virginia, LLC - Petersburg in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows Meridian Waste Virginia, LLC - Petersburg averages 6.5 TCR (248% of the Garbage collection services BLS benchmark).

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

Meridian Waste Virginia, LLC - Petersburg TCR series: 2021=7.3 · 2022=4.7 · 2023=6.3 · 2024=7.5 · BLS 2.6

Where Meridian Waste Virginia, LLC - Petersburg falls in its industry

2,322 Garbage collection services establishments

Safer than 35% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 5.1.

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to Virginia alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #32 safest of 43 Garbage collection services employers in Virginia.

Meridian Waste Virginia, LLC - Petersburg (76 employees, TCR 6.5) 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 Meridian Waste Virginia, LLC - Petersburg
Meridian Waste Virginia, LLC - Petersburg (76 employees, TCR 6.5) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 55 employees and a TCR of 5.1

Meridian Waste Virginia, LLC - Petersburg 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 7.5 7.5 7 0 0
2023 6.3 3.7 11 1 0
2022 4.7 3.3 7 0 0
2021 7.3 4.7 11 0 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

562111 · VA · Petersburg

2,322 Garbage collection services employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 12,673 rated employers in Virginia with headcount on file · 79 employers in Petersburg, VA · 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 S05282 - WM of Spokane 6.5 TCR
NAICS-TCR S07288 - ND Fargo 6.5 TCR
NAICS-TCR 111 - Lake City 6.5 TCR
NAICS-TCR S06785 - Indianapolis Hauling 6.5 TCR
STATE-SIZE Red Sun Farms 76 FTE
STATE-SIZE Harrisonburg Greenhouse 76 FTE
STATE-SIZE Roanoke Svc Bldg 76 FTE
STATE-SIZE Asturian Group 76 FTE
CITY-NEAR North America Fulfillment Centers (FCs) : RIC1 1,273 FTE
CITY-NEAR Southside Regional Medical Center 1,268 FTE
CITY-NEAR Amazon.com Services LLC - RIC1 828 FTE
CITY-NEAR Quality Plus Services 659 FTE
NAT-TCR PACE Supply Santa Rosa Branch 1 6.5 TCR
NAT-TCR El Paso Sector 6.5 TCR
NAT-TCR Amazon.com Services LLC - STX4 6.5 TCR
NAT-TCR Interstate Pipe & Supply Co 6.5 TCR
NAT-SIZE Sodexo at Morningside University 76 FTE
NAT-SIZE 3405 - Madison State Street 76 FTE
NAT-SIZE 3314 - Chicago Mayfair 76 FTE
NAT-SIZE Pioneer Hi-Bred International, Inc. - Durant, IA SPSC 76 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, 2022, 2021. This is publicly available government data - not a legal determination of workplace conditions.
Data sourced from official public datasets. See our methodology for details.