Refuse collecting and operating solid waste landfills · Alaska

Public Works Central Landfill

Palmer, AK · ~37 workers · 3 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

B
Good Safety Record
1.3
Avg TCR
2.6
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

Public Works Central Landfill runs at 51% of its industry's injury rate - safer than the typical Refuse collecting and operating solid waste landfills workplace, earning a grade B.

Public Works Central Landfill: 1.3 TCR = 51% of Refuse collecting and operating solid waste landfills BLS 2.6 · 3y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Public Works Central Landfill safety composite

Public Works Central Landfill scores strongest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 88% of same-industry peers) and weakest on fatalities (safer than 51%), 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).

B

75/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
B 1.33 per 100 workers

Safer than 88% of industry peers

DART rate
B 0 per 100 workers

Safer than 78% 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

−4.0

2022→2024

Public Works Central Landfill injury rate improved

Public Works Central Landfill's TCR fell 4.0 from 4.0 in 2022 to 0.0 in 2024. Peak filing year was 2022 at 4.0 TCR. In 2024, DART was 0× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2022=4.0 · 2023=0.0 · 2024=0.0

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 562212 · Palmer, AK AT/BELOW-IND · SMALL

Grade B · TCR 1.3 · 51% of ind

  • DART 0.0 DART
  • RANK P88
  • PHOTO AJLF
  • BOOK 3y book
  • INJ 1 inj
  • SIZE ~37 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: AJLF (0.0 TCR gap)

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Public Works Central Landfill in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows Public Works Central Landfill averages 1.3 TCR (51% of the Refuse collecting and operating solid waste landfills BLS benchmark).

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

Public Works Central Landfill TCR series: 2022=4 · 2023=0 · 2024=0 · BLS 2.6

Where Public Works Central Landfill falls in its industry

288 Refuse collecting and operatin establishments

Safer than 88% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 3.9.

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers
Public Works Central Landfill (37 employees, TCR 1.3) 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 050100150200 0510152025 Average employees Total Case Rate Public Works Central Landfill
Public Works Central Landfill (37 employees, TCR 1.3) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 32 employees and a TCR of 3.9

Public Works Central Landfill has more employees than the Refuse collecting and operating solid wa median and a lower 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
2024 0.0 0.0 0 0 0
2023 0.0 0.0 0 0 0
2022 4.0 0.0 1 0 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

562212 · AK · Palmer

288 Refuse collecting and operating solid waste landfills employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 1,558 rated employers in Alaska with headcount on file · 64 employers in Palmer, AK · 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 AJLF 1.3 TCR
NAICS-TCR 5305-Front Range Landfill 1.3 TCR
NAICS-TCR S03982 - Trail Ridge Landfill 1.4 TCR
NAICS-TCR S05863 - Mill Seat Landfill 1.3 TCR
STATE-SIZE TDX Quality, LLC. 37 FTE
STATE-SIZE Patrick Mechanical LLC 37 FTE
STATE-SIZE Thompson Industrial Services, LLC, Division 50 37 FTE
STATE-SIZE Safway Services, LLC - Anchorage 37 FTE
CITY-NEAR Matanuska-Susitna Borough School District 2,784 FTE
CITY-NEAR Mat-Su Borough School District 2,660 FTE
CITY-NEAR Matanuska Telecom Association, Inc. 285 FTE
CITY-NEAR 701-00649 269 FTE
NAT-TCR Modern-Tec Manufacturing, Inc. 1.3 TCR
NAT-TCR Stevens Engineers & Constructors 1.3 TCR
NAT-TCR Southport Specialty Ingredients 1.3 TCR
NAT-TCR Evansville Grain Elevator Z57 1.3 TCR
NAT-SIZE Salem Oregon Branch - Pacific Office Automation Inc. 37 FTE
NAT-SIZE NAPA Atlanta Main Store 37 FTE
NAT-SIZE Grotnes 37 FTE
NAT-SIZE TLG-Dunn 37 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.