Garbage collection services · Florida

Polk County

Lakeland, FL · ~73 workers · 6 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

F
Failing Safety Record
6.1
Avg TCR
2.6
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

Polk County runs at 235% of its industry's injury rate - far more dangerous than the typical Garbage collection services workplace, earning a grade F.

Polk County: 6.1 TCR = 235% of Garbage collection services BLS 2.6 · 6y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Polk County safety composite

Polk County scores strongest on dart rate (safer than 88% of same-industry peers) and weakest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 38%), 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

59/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
D 6.11 per 100 workers

Safer than 38% 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%).

TCR Δ

−6.7

2018→2024

Polk County injury rate improved

Polk County's TCR fell 6.7 from 6.7 in 2018 to 0.0 in 2024. Peak filing year was 2021 at 12.3 TCR. In 2024, DART was 0× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2018=6.7 · 2019=3.8 · 2020=8.7 · 2021=12.3 · 2022=5.2 · 2024=0.0

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 562111 · Lakeland, FL ABOVE-IND · SMALL

Grade F · TCR 6.1 · 235% of ind

  • DART 0.0 DART
  • RANK #108/155
  • PHOTO Best Way Disposal In…
  • BOOK 6y book
  • INJ 33 inj
  • SIZE ~73 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: Best Way Disposal Inc., Kalamazoo (0.0 TCR gap)

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Polk County in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows Polk County averages 6.1 TCR (235% of the Garbage collection services BLS benchmark).

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

Polk County TCR series: 2018=6.7 · 2019=3.8 · 2020=8.7 · 2021=12.3 · 2022=5.2 · 2024=0 · BLS 2.6

Where Polk County falls in its industry

2,322 Garbage collection services establishments

Safer than 38% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 5.1.

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to Florida alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #108 safest of 155 Garbage collection services employers in Florida.

Polk County (73 employees, TCR 6.1) 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 Polk County
Polk County (73 employees, TCR 6.1) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 55 employees and a TCR of 5.1

Polk County 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 0.0 0.0 0 0 0
2022 5.2 3.4 6 0 0
2021 12.3 9.2 10 2 0
2020 8.7 5.5 8 0 0
2019 3.8 3.8 3 0 0
2018 6.7 2.2 6 0 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

562111 · FL · Lakeland

2,322 Garbage collection services employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 26,569 rated employers in Florida with headcount on file · 426 employers in Lakeland, FL · 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 Best Way Disposal Inc., Kalamazoo 6.1 TCR
NAICS-TCR Waste Services of Kentucky 6.1 TCR
NAICS-TCR BFI Waste Services of PA 6.1 TCR
NAICS-TCR S03810 - Telford Hauling 6.1 TCR
STATE-SIZE Amelia Farm 73 FTE
STATE-SIZE Buckhorn Nursery Ltd 73 FTE
STATE-SIZE Unlimited Contract Services Bushnell 73 FTE
STATE-SIZE Double J Harvesting, Inc. 73 FTE
CITY-NEAR Lakeland Regional Medical Center 5,518 FTE
CITY-NEAR Lakeland Distribution 2,927 FTE
CITY-NEAR Clinic 1,651 FTE
CITY-NEAR Amazon.com Services LLC - KLAL 1,210 FTE
NAT-TCR Merritt Contracting 6.1 TCR
NAT-TCR Store 104 6.1 TCR
NAT-TCR 696 Tul5 6.1 TCR
NAT-TCR OB Inc 6.1 TCR
NAT-SIZE Miamisburg 73 FTE
NAT-SIZE 2692 Hornbacher's Express - Fargo, ND 73 FTE
NAT-SIZE Millcreek Construction Group, Inc. 73 FTE
NAT-SIZE Atlanta 73 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, 2022, 2021, 2020, 2019, 2018. 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.