Refuse collection services · Montana

Missoula - 4889

Missoula, MT · ~61 workers · 3 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

D
Poor Safety Record
4.5
Avg TCR
2.6
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

Missoula - 4889 runs at 173% of its industry's injury rate - more dangerous than the typical Refuse collection services workplace, earning a grade D.

Missoula - 4889: 4.5 TCR = 173% of Refuse collection services BLS 2.6 · 3y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Missoula - 4889 safety composite

Missoula - 4889 scores strongest on dart rate (safer than 88% of same-industry peers) and weakest on fatalities (safer than 52%), 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).

C

66/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
C 4.5 per 100 workers

Safer than 56% of industry peers

DART rate
B 0 per 100 workers

Safer than 88% 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

Missoula - 4889: 3.7 → 8.6 TCR

Peak year 2024 @ 8.6 TCR · DART/TCR 0× in 2024

Missoula - 4889's TCR rose 4.8 from 3.7 in 2022 to 8.6 in 2024. In 2024, DART was 0× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 562111 · Missoula, MT ABOVE-IND · SMALL

Grade D · TCR 4.5 · 173% of ind

  • DART 0.0 DART
  • RANK #5/7
  • PHOTO Waste Control Recycl…
  • BOOK 3y book
  • INJ 9 inj
  • SIZE ~61 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: Waste Control Recycling Inc. (0.0 TCR gap)

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Missoula - 4889 in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows Missoula - 4889 averages 4.5 TCR (173% of the Refuse collection services BLS benchmark).

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

Missoula - 4889 TCR series: 2022=3.7 · 2023=1.2 · 2024=8.6 · BLS 2.6

Where Missoula - 4889 falls in its industry

2,322 Refuse collection services establishments

Safer than 56% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 5.1.

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to Montana alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #5 safest of 7 Refuse collection services employers in Montana.

Missoula - 4889 (61 employees, TCR 4.5) 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 Missoula - 4889
Missoula - 4889 (61 employees, TCR 4.5) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 55 employees and a TCR of 5.1

Missoula - 4889 has more employees than the Refuse collection services 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 Illnesses Fatalities
2024 8.6 0.0 6 0 0
2023 1.2 0.0 1 0 0
2022 3.7 1.2 2 1 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

562111 · MT · Missoula

2,322 Refuse collection services employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 1,536 rated employers in Montana with headcount on file · 181 employers in Missoula, MT · 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 Waste Control Recycling Inc. 4.5 TCR
NAICS-TCR S04803 - Braddon 4.5 TCR
NAICS-TCR S04213 - WM of Wenatchee 4.5 TCR
NAICS-TCR Uribe Refuse Services Inc. 4.5 TCR
STATE-SIZE Helena Service Center 61 FTE
STATE-SIZE Missoula Concrete and Construction 61 FTE
STATE-SIZE Teledyne FLIR Defense, Inc. (Bozeman MT) 61 FTE
STATE-SIZE 2904-ASM-MT 61 FTE
CITY-NEAR 2252-00000460 2,189 FTE
CITY-NEAR MT190 ST PATRICK HOSPITAL-BROADWAY BLDG-MISSOU 1,966 FTE
CITY-NEAR Community Medical Center 985 FTE
CITY-NEAR MSSLMTXA 670 FTE
NAT-TCR Coho Distributing, LLC - Bend 4.5 TCR
NAT-TCR Solaris HealthCare Lake City 4.5 TCR
NAT-TCR 2605 Somerset 4.5 TCR
NAT-TCR Sam Houston Race Park 4.5 TCR
NAT-SIZE Montana Timber Products, LLC 61 FTE
NAT-SIZE Asp Logistics LLC 61 FTE
NAT-SIZE Alleguard - Lancaster 61 FTE
NAT-SIZE Alleguard - Portland 61 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. This is publicly available government data - not a legal determination of workplace conditions.

Read our methodology - how this data is sourced, computed, and verified.

Data sourced from official public datasets. See our methodology for details.