Garbage collection services · Maine

Public Works

Portland, ME · ~142 workers · 2 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

F
Failing Safety Record
12.1
Avg TCR
2.1
Industry avg
3
Fatalities
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The verdict

Public Works runs at 578% of its industry's injury rate - far more dangerous than the typical Garbage collection services workplace, earning a grade F.

Public Works: 12.1 TCR = 578% of Garbage collection services BLS 2.1 · 2y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Public Works safety composite

Public Works scores strongest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 6% of same-industry peers) and weakest on fatalities (safer than 0%), 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

4/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
F 12.13 per 100 workers

Safer than 6% of industry peers

DART rate
F 11.68 per 100 workers

Safer than 4% of industry peers

Fatalities
F 3

Safer than 0% 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

Public Works: 6.0 → 18.2 TCR

Peak year 2019 @ 18.2 TCR · DART/TCR 0.96× in 2019

Public Works's TCR rose 12.2 from 6.0 in 2017 to 18.2 in 2019. In 2019, DART was 0.96× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 811111 · Portland, ME ABOVE-IND · MID

Grade F · TCR 12.1 · 578% of ind

  • DART 11.7 DART
  • RANK P6
  • PHOTO CARS Recon Inc Washi…
  • BOOK 2y book
  • INJ 31 inj
  • SIZE ~142 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: CARS Recon Inc Washington Dulles (0.0 TCR gap)

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Public Works in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows Public Works averages 12.1 TCR (578% of the Garbage collection services BLS benchmark).

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

Public Works TCR series: 2017=6 · 2019=18.2 · BLS 2.1

Where Public Works falls in its industry

609 Garbage collection services establishments

Safer than 6% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 4.2.

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers
Public Works (142 employees, TCR 12.1) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 40 employees and a TCR of 4.2 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 0200400600 051015 Average employees Total Case Rate Public Works
Public Works (142 employees, TCR 12.1) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 40 employees and a TCR of 4.2

Public Works has more employees than the Garbage collection services median and a higher injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 4.2. 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
2019 18.2 11.7 24 1 1
2017 6.0 4.2 7 3 2

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

811111 · ME · Portland

609 Garbage collection services employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 2,397 rated employers in Maine with headcount on file · 244 employers in Portland, ME · 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 CARS Recon Inc Washington Dulles 12.2 TCR
NAICS-TCR CARS Recon Inc Tampa 12.2 TCR
NAICS-TCR Kriete Truck Center Green Bay 12.0 TCR
NAICS-TCR Barrington 12.4 TCR
STATE-SIZE NDPaper LLC- Old Town Division 142 FTE
STATE-SIZE Cives Steel Company New England Division 142 FTE
STATE-SIZE 2807-2629 142 FTE
STATE-SIZE 2514 LOWE S OF AUBURN ME 142 FTE
CITY-NEAR MMC 8,437 FTE
CITY-NEAR MMC- 22 Bram 5,535 FTE
CITY-NEAR Point32Health Portland 4,440 FTE
CITY-NEAR MMP Practices 2,063 FTE
NAT-TCR Cebtral Freight Lines, Inc. - Hayward 12.1 TCR
NAT-TCR American Openings, Inc. 12.1 TCR
NAT-TCR 054 ABC Supply Co., Inc 12.1 TCR
NAT-TCR Envoy of Staunton 12.1 TCR
NAT-SIZE Head Quarters (HQ) 142 FTE
NAT-SIZE Henry Molded Products, Inc. 142 FTE
NAT-SIZE Knoxville Operations 142 FTE
NAT-SIZE RGW Construction, Inc. 142 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: 2019, 2017. 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.