Waste collection, treatment, and disposal through a sewer system · Colorado
Northern Colorado Disposal Inc
Greeley, CO · ~48 workers · 2 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.
- F
- Failing Safety Record
- 10.9
- Avg TCR
- 1.2
- Industry avg
- 0
- Fatalities
The verdict
Northern Colorado Disposal Inc runs at 905% of its industry's injury rate - far more dangerous than the typical Waste collection, treatment, and disposal through a sewer system workplace, earning a grade F.
- F
- Failing Safety Record
- 10.9
- avg TCR · per 100 workers
- 1.2
- industry benchmark (BLS)
- 11
- recordable injuries tracked
Grade compares Northern Colorado Disposal Inc's OSHA Total Case Rate to the BLS industry benchmark across 2 years of Form 300A filings (2016–2024). This reflects reported recordable injuries, not an independent safety inspection -- underreporting is a known limitation of employer self-recordkeeping.
Injury rate over time
Northern Colorado Disposal Inc's yearly Total Case Rate, against the 1.2 industry benchmark.
Where Northern Colorado Disposal Inc falls in its industry
443 Waste collection, treatment, a establishmentsSafer than 11% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 3.9.
Narrower to Colorado alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #2 safest of 4 Waste collection, treatment, a employers in Colorado.
Northern Colorado Disposal Inc has an average TCR of 10.9, which is 905% of the industry average (1.2) for Waste collection, treatment, and disposal through a sewer system. This is significantly worse than average.
The letter grade is a transparent derived index PlainSafetyScore computes from public OSHA ITA and BLS benchmark data, not an official OSHA rating or safety certification. Full formula and thresholds: Methodology.
Trend analysis for Northern Colorado Disposal Inc
Between 2017 and 2018, Northern Colorado Disposal Inc's Total Case Rate worsened from 10.3 to 11.5 recordable injuries per 100 full-time workers, a 12% increase across 1 year of OSHA reporting.
The safest year on record was 2017, at a TCR of 10.3, while 2018 saw the highest rate, at 11.5, a spread of 1.2 points between the best and worst reporting years. That's a comparatively narrow spread, suggesting a fairly consistent safety record across the 2 years with a usable rate on file, rather than one outlier year skewing the multi-year average.
Summed across those 2 reporting years, Northern Colorado Disposal Inc recorded 11 total injuries and illnesses, with no fatalities reported in any of those years. Readers comparing establishments should weigh the 2-year trend above alongside establishment size, since a larger workforce naturally accumulates more raw incidents even at a lower per-100-worker rate.
Verify This Employer with OSHA
All injury, illness, and fatality figures on this page are sourced from Northern Colorado Disposal Inc's own mandatory OSHA Form 300A summaries. Cross-check the underlying establishment record directly against the federal source, name, NAICS classification, recordable case totals, and inspection history are all searchable on OSHA's Establishment-Specific Injury and Illness Data system.
Verify on OSHA Establishment SearchSource: U.S. Department of Labor, OSHA Establishment-Specific Injury and Illness Data. NAICS 221320 - Waste collection, treatment, and disposal through a sewer system.
DART Rate, Transparent Calculation (2018)
DART (Days Away, Restricted, or Transferred) is computed by OSHA as incidents × 200,000 ÷ hours worked. The 200,000-hour denominator equals roughly 100 full-time workers, which lets establishments of very different sizes be compared directly.
4 DART incidents × 200,000 ÷ 104,715 hours worked = 7.64 DART
Methodology: 29 CFR 1904, OSHA Form 300A recordkeeping
Cross-Validating Context, Establishment vs Industry vs State
| Benchmark | TCR | Source |
|---|---|---|
| Northern Colorado Disposal Inc (this establishment) | 10.86 | OSHA ITA Form 300A, 2-year avg |
| Collection, treatment, and disposal of waste through a sewer system industry avg | 1.20 | BLS IIF, NAICS 221320 |
| Colorado state avg (all industries) | 5.41 | OSHA ITA, state-level rollup |
Industry benchmarks: Bureau of Labor Statistics, Injuries, Illnesses, and Fatalities (IIF) program
Reportable Incident Timeline
Year-by-year reportable incidents (recordable injuries + illnesses + fatalities) submitted by Northern Colorado Disposal Inc to OSHA's Injury Tracking Application. Each row anchors to OSHA's inspection records search where you can pull the underlying inspection case numbers and citations for that establishment-year.
- 2018: 6 reportable incidents · 6 injuries, 0 illnesses, 0 fatalities - OSHA inspection records (case numbers)
- 2017: 5 reportable incidents · 5 injuries, 0 illnesses, 0 fatalities - OSHA inspection records (case numbers)
Source: OSHA Inspection Information System (IMIS) - inspection case-number records
Year-by-Year Safety Data
| Year | TCR | DART | Injuries | Illnesses | Fatalities |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2018 | 11.5 | 7.6 | 6 | 0 | 0 |
| 2017 | 10.3 | 10.3 | 5 | 0 | 0 |
What this grade means for you
Use this grade as a relative read on Northern Colorado Disposal Inc's reported OSHA injury record versus its Waste collection, treatment, and disposal through a sewer system peers, not a verdict on whether any single site is safe today.
- At 905% of the Waste collection, treatment, and disposal through a sewer system benchmark, Northern Colorado Disposal Inc reports more injuries than typical peers, ask specifically how the employer is reducing them. Know your rights
- Judge this record against the wider Waste collection, treatment, and disposal through a sewer system sector, where injury rates vary widely, before comparing it in isolation. See the industry
- Grades reflect 2016–2024 filings; check the latest establishment record straight from OSHA, or look up a different employer. Look up another
Safety grades reflect employers' self-reported OSHA Form 300A filings from 2016 to 2024 and can lag current conditions. A grade is not a guarantee that any specific workplace is safe or unsafe today. See our methodology and disclaimer.
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