Garbage hauling, local · Texas

Polk County Landfill

Legget, TX · ~22 workers · 3 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

D
Poor Safety Record
3.7
Avg TCR
2.6
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

Polk County Landfill runs at 142% of its industry's injury rate - more dangerous than the typical Garbage hauling, local workplace, earning a grade D.

Polk County Landfill: 3.7 TCR = 142% of Garbage hauling, local BLS 2.6 · 3y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Polk County Landfill safety composite

Polk County Landfill scores strongest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 66% of same-industry peers) and weakest on dart rate (safer than 50%), 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

57/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
C 3.69 per 100 workers

Safer than 66% of industry peers

DART rate
D 3.25 per 100 workers

Safer than 50% 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

Polk County Landfill: 0.0 → 3.3 TCR

Peak year 2023 @ 7.8 TCR · DART/TCR 0.88× in 2024

Polk County Landfill's TCR rose 3.3 from 0.0 in 2021 to 3.3 in 2024. Peak filing year was 2023 at 7.8 TCR. In 2024, DART was 0.88× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 562111 · Legget, TX ABOVE-IND · SMALL

Grade D · TCR 3.7 · 142% of ind

  • DART 3.3 DART
  • RANK #70/117
  • PHOTO S09888 - Biloxi Haul…
  • BOOK 3y book
  • INJ 2 inj
  • SIZE ~22 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: S09888 - Biloxi Hauling (0.0 TCR gap)

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Polk County Landfill in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows Polk County Landfill averages 3.7 TCR (142% of the Garbage hauling, local BLS benchmark).

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

Polk County Landfill TCR series: 2021=0 · 2023=7.8 · 2024=3.3 · BLS 2.6

Where Polk County Landfill falls in its industry

2,322 Garbage hauling, local establishments

Safer than 66% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 5.1.

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to Texas alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #70 safest of 117 Garbage hauling, local employers in Texas.

Polk County Landfill (22 employees, TCR 3.7) 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 Landfill
Polk County Landfill (22 employees, TCR 3.7) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 55 employees and a TCR of 5.1

Polk County Landfill has fewer employees than the Garbage hauling, local 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 3.3 3.3 1 0 0
2023 7.8 3.9 1 1 0
2021 0.0 0.0 0 0 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

562111 · TX · Legget

2,322 Garbage hauling, local employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 38,394 rated employers in Texas with headcount on file · 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 S09888 - Biloxi Hauling 3.7 TCR
NAICS-TCR Palm Bay - Division 3719 3.7 TCR
NAICS-TCR Huntington Beach Post Collection 3.7 TCR
NAICS-TCR S03351 - MN Mankato 3.7 TCR
STATE-SIZE Matador Ranch 22 FTE
STATE-SIZE Wheeler Land & Livestock, LLC 22 FTE
STATE-SIZE Diamond B Feedyard, LLC 22 FTE
STATE-SIZE Luckey Custom Feedlot, Inc. 22 FTE
NAT-TCR Coke Northeast - Elmira 3.7 TCR
NAT-TCR M&C Trucking Company 3.7 TCR
NAT-TCR Clerbrook Golf & RV Resort 3.7 TCR
NAT-TCR Right Elevator 3.7 TCR
NAT-SIZE Feldco - Milwaukee 22 FTE
NAT-SIZE One Brazilian Court Salon-WPR 22 FTE
NAT-SIZE A&L Siding and Home Improvement Center, Inc. 22 FTE
NAT-SIZE Russell's Cleaning Services 22 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, 2021. This is publicly available government data - not a legal determination of workplace conditions.
Data sourced from official public datasets. See our methodology for details.