Dumps, nonhazardous solid waste (e.g., trash) · New York

Modern Disposal Elk Street

Buffalo, NY · ~211 workers · 5 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

F
Failing Safety Record
11.2
Avg TCR
2.6
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

Modern Disposal Elk Street runs at 432% of its industry's injury rate - far more dangerous than the typical Dumps, nonhazardous solid waste (e.g., trash) workplace, earning a grade F.

Modern Disposal Elk Street: 11.2 TCR = 432% of Dumps, nonhazardous solid waste (e.g., trash) BLS 2.6 · 5y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Modern Disposal Elk Street safety composite

Modern Disposal Elk Street scores strongest on fatalities (safer than 51% of same-industry peers) and weakest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 9%), 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

22/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
F 11.23 per 100 workers

Safer than 9% of industry peers

DART rate
F 7.59 per 100 workers

Safer than 15% of industry peers

Fatalities
D 0

Safer than 51% 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

−17.9

2018→2022

Modern Disposal Elk Street injury rate improved

Modern Disposal Elk Street's TCR fell 17.9 from 26.0 in 2018 to 8.1 in 2022. Peak filing year was 2018 at 26.0 TCR. In 2022, DART was 0.68× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2018=26.0 · 2019=5.5 · 2020=8.2 · 2021=8.4 · 2022=8.1

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 562212 · Buffalo, NY ABOVE-IND · MID

Grade F · TCR 11.2 · 432% of ind

  • DART 7.6 DART
  • RANK #10/10
  • PHOTO Solid Waste Division
  • BOOK 5y book
  • INJ 86 inj
  • SIZE ~211 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: Solid Waste Division (0.0 TCR gap)

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Modern Disposal Elk Street in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows Modern Disposal Elk Street averages 11.2 TCR (432% of the Dumps, nonhazardous solid waste (e.g., trash) BLS benchmark).

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

Modern Disposal Elk Street TCR series: 2018=26 · 2019=5.5 · 2020=8.2 · 2021=8.4 · 2022=8.1 · BLS 2.6

Where Modern Disposal Elk Street falls in its industry

288 Dumps, nonhazardous solid wast establishments

Safer than 9% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 3.9.

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to New York alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #10 safest of 10 Dumps, nonhazardous solid wast employers in New York.

Modern Disposal Elk Street (211 employees, TCR 11.2) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 32 employees and a TCR of 3.9 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 050100150200250 0510152025 Average employees Total Case Rate Modern Disposal Elk Street
Modern Disposal Elk Street (211 employees, TCR 11.2) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 32 employees and a TCR of 3.9

Modern Disposal Elk Street has more employees than the Dumps, nonhazardous solid waste (e.g., t median and a higher injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 3.9. 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
2022 8.1 7.6 15 1 0
2021 8.4 7.4 18 0 0
2020 8.2 7.3 16 2 0
2019 5.5 5.5 12 0 0
2018 26.0 26.0 25 2 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

562212 · NY · Buffalo

288 Dumps, nonhazardous solid waste (e.g., trash) employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 21,008 rated employers in New York with headcount on file · 532 employers in Buffalo, NY · 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 Solid Waste Division 11.3 TCR
NAICS-TCR Westmoreland Sanitary Landfill LLC 11.1 TCR
NAICS-TCR Toland 11.4 TCR
NAICS-TCR Speedway Recycling and Landfill Facility 11.5 TCR
STATE-SIZE Island Architectural Woodwork, Inc. 211 FTE
STATE-SIZE Precision Valve & Automation INC 211 FTE
STATE-SIZE BCS Access Systems US, LLC 211 FTE
STATE-SIZE Candlelight Cabinetry, Inc. 211 FTE
CITY-NEAR Buffalo General Hospital 3,556 FTE
CITY-NEAR Mercy Hospital of Buffalo 2,379 FTE
CITY-NEAR WNY Independent Living, Inc. 1,988 FTE
CITY-NEAR Kaleida Health Oishei Childrens Hospital 1,765 FTE
NAT-TCR 4054-ABS-0020-0021-00106 11.2 TCR
NAT-TCR 6400-SWY-0005-0005-00322 11.2 TCR
NAT-TCR 1808 LKQ Western Truck Parts 11.2 TCR
NAT-TCR 254916-Kzo-Kalamazoo Hub Sta 11.2 TCR
NAT-SIZE Endura Products, Inc.-Prineville 211 FTE
NAT-SIZE Skills Development Services, Inc 211 FTE
NAT-SIZE HOU-ODFL 211 FTE
NAT-SIZE Primm Valley 211 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: 2022, 2021, 2020, 2019, 2018. This is publicly available government data - not a legal determination of workplace conditions.
Data sourced from official public datasets. See our methodology for details.