Trash hauling, long-distance · Illinois

Midwest Sanitary Service, Inc.

Name: Midwest Sanitary Service, Inc. Workplace Safety Data
Creator: PlainSafetyScore
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Wood River, IL · ~39 workers · 8 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

Compiled by PlainSafetyScore · August 25, 2026

A
Excellent Safety Record: 1.6
Avg TCR: 4.5
Industry avg: 0
Fatalities

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The verdict

Midwest Sanitary Service, Inc. runs at 35% of its industry's injury rate - far safer than the typical Trash hauling, long-distance workplace, earning a grade A.

Midwest Sanitary Service, Inc.: 1.6 TCR = 35% of Trash hauling, long-distance BLS 4.5 · 8y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Midwest Sanitary Service, Inc. safety composite

Midwest Sanitary Service, Inc. scores strongest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 82% of same-industry peers) and weakest on fatalities (safer than 53%), 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).

67/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR): B 1.57 per 100 workers

Safer than 82% of industry peers
DART rate: C 1.41 per 100 workers

Safer than 61% of industry peers
Fatalities: D 0

Safer than 53% 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

−2.5

2016→2024

Midwest Sanitary Service, Inc. injury rate improved

Midwest Sanitary Service, Inc.'s TCR fell 2.5 from 4.0 in 2016 to 1.4 in 2024. Peak filing year was 2016 at 4.0 TCR. In 2024, DART was 0.9× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2016=4.0 · 2018=3.6 · 2019=1.9 · 2020=0.0 · 2021=1.7 · 2022=0.0 · 2023=0.0 · 2024=1.4

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 484230 · Wood River, IL AT/BELOW-IND · SMALL

Grade A · TCR 1.6 · 35% of ind

DART 1.4 DART
RANK #13/56
PHOTO Cryogenic Transporta…
BOOK 8y book
INJ 7 inj
SIZE ~39 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: Cryogenic Transportation 64046 Coffeyville (0.0 TCR gap)

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What this shows Midwest Sanitary Service, Inc. averages 1.6 TCR (35% of the Trash hauling, long-distance BLS benchmark).

Midwest Sanitary Service, Inc. TCR series: 2016=4 · 2018=3.6 · 2019=1.9 · 2020=0 · 2021=1.7 · 2022=0 · 2023=0 · 2024=1.4 · BLS 4.5

Where Midwest Sanitary Service, Inc. falls in its industry

1,026 Trash hauling, long-distance establishments

Safer than 82% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 3.2.

Grade A

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to Illinois alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #13 safest of 56 Trash hauling, long-distance employers in Illinois.

Midwest Sanitary Service, Inc. (39 employees, TCR 1.6) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 45 employees and a TCR of 3.2

Midwest Sanitary Service, Inc. has fewer employees than the Trash hauling, long-distance median and a lower injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 3.2. 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
2024	1.4	1.4	1
2023	0.0	0.0	0
2022	0.0	0.0	0
2021	1.7	0.0	1
2020	0.0	0.0	0
2019	1.9	1.9	1
2018	3.6	1.8	2
2016	4.0	4.0	2

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

484230 · IL · Wood River

1,026 Trash hauling, long-distance employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 22,804 rated employers in Illinois with headcount on file · 28 employers in Wood River, IL · 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	Cryogenic Transportation 64046 Coffeyville	COFFEYVILLE, KS	1.6 TCR
NAICS-TCR	Grammer Logistics Wooster Terminal	WOOSTER, OH	1.6 TCR
NAICS-TCR	WEL Companies - GA	MCDONOUGH, GA	1.6 TCR
NAICS-TCR	Witte Bros. Exchange, Inc.	TROY, MO	1.6 TCR
STATE-SIZE	Beck's El Paso	EL PASO	39 FTE
STATE-SIZE	Green Glen Nursery, Inc	ELWOOD	39 FTE
STATE-SIZE	NRG Joliet Generating Station	JOLIET	39 FTE
STATE-SIZE	AMEREN ILLINOIS - Bloomington	BLOOMINGTON	39 FTE
CITY-NEAR	Alton	Wood River	1,598 FTE
CITY-NEAR	WM 1071	Wood River	432 FTE
CITY-NEAR	1071	Wood River	416 FTE
CITY-NEAR	City of Wood River	Wood River	132 FTE
NAT-TCR	AV Transportation Inc.	Camanche, IA	1.6 TCR
NAT-TCR	KFC-Waikele #038	Waipahu, HI	1.6 TCR
NAT-TCR	Homeyer Precision Manufacturing	Marthasville, MO	1.6 TCR
NAT-TCR	ZF-Flowery Branch	Flowery Branch, GA	1.6 TCR
NAT-SIZE	Rynone Waverly 34	Waverly, NY	39 FTE
NAT-SIZE	Phoenix Distribution Center	Phoenix, AZ	39 FTE
NAT-SIZE	PA Corporate office	Pennsburg, PA	39 FTE
NAT-SIZE	Absolute Caulking & Waterproofing Inc	Wheat Ridge, CO	39 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, 2020, 2019, 2018, 2016. This is publicly available government data - not a legal determination of workplace conditions.

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