Refuse collecting and operating solid waste landfills · North Carolina

Public Works

Name: Public Works Workplace Safety Data
Creator: PlainSafetyScore
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Morganton, NC · ~50 workers · 8 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

Compiled by PlainSafetyScore · August 25, 2026

F
Failing Safety Record: 9.3
Avg TCR: 2.6
Industry avg: 0
Fatalities

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The verdict

Public Works runs at 359% of its industry's injury rate - far more dangerous than the typical Refuse collecting and operating solid waste landfills workplace, earning a grade F.

Public Works: 9.3 TCR = 359% of Refuse collecting and operating solid waste landfills BLS 2.6 · 8y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Public Works safety composite

Public Works scores strongest on fatalities (safer than 51% of same-industry peers) and weakest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 14%), 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).

29/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR): F 9.33 per 100 workers

Safer than 14% of industry peers
DART rate: F 4.23 per 100 workers

Safer than 31% 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%).

Rising injury rate

Public Works: 0.0 → 10.6 TCR

Peak year 2019 @ 15.3 TCR · DART/TCR 0.45× in 2024

Public Works's TCR rose 10.6 from 0.0 in 2016 to 10.6 in 2024. Peak filing year was 2019 at 15.3 TCR. In 2024, DART was 0.45× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 562212 · Morganton, NC ABOVE-IND · SMALL

Grade F · TCR 9.3 · 359% of ind

DART 4.2 DART
RANK #10/12
PHOTO Landfill
BOOK 8y book
INJ 31 inj
SIZE ~50 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: Landfill (0.1 TCR gap)

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9.3
Landfill

9.3
FR & S Inc. d/

9.1
Calabasas Land

9.1
VPPSA

9.1

What this shows Public Works averages 9.3 TCR (359% of the Refuse collecting and operating solid waste landfills BLS benchmark).

Public Works TCR series: 2016=0 · 2017=13 · 2018=13.3 · 2019=15.3 · 2020=9.2 · 2022=9 · 2023=4.3 · 2024=10.6 · BLS 2.6

Where Public Works falls in its industry

288 Refuse collecting and operatin establishments

Safer than 14% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 3.9.

Grade F

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to North Carolina alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #10 safest of 12 Refuse collecting and operatin employers in North Carolina.

Public Works (50 employees, TCR 9.3) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 32 employees and a TCR of 3.9

Public Works has more employees than the Refuse collecting and operating solid wa median and a higher 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
2024	10.6	4.2	3	2
2023	4.3	2.1	2	0
2022	9.0	6.8	4	0
2020	9.2	4.6	4	0
2019	15.3	13.1	6	1
2018	13.3	4.4	6	0
2017	13.0	6.5	6	0
2016	0.0	0.0	0	0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

562212 · NC · Morganton

288 Refuse collecting and operating solid waste landfills employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 16,981 rated employers in North Carolina with headcount on file · 106 employers in Morganton, NC · 4 cross-state NAT-TCR peers · 4 cross-state NAT-SIZE peers. Closest matches by relationship code are listed below.

Rel	Establishment	Place	Metric
NAICS-TCR	Landfill	SMITHFIELD, NC	9.3 TCR
NAICS-TCR	FR & S Inc. d/b/a Pioneer Crossing Landfill	BIRDSBORO, PA	9.1 TCR
NAICS-TCR	Calabasas Landfill	AGOURA, CA	9.1 TCR
NAICS-TCR	VPPSA	WILLIAMSBURG, VA	9.1 TCR
STATE-SIZE	Terrell and Johnny Williams	AUTRYVILLE	50 FTE
STATE-SIZE	Wadesboro Hatchery / Transp	WADESBORO	50 FTE
STATE-SIZE	Northern Region Office (Cary)	CARY	50 FTE
STATE-SIZE	WEMC - Youngsville	YOUNGSVILLE	50 FTE
CITY-NEAR	DEX-BLUE RIDGE HOSPITAL	Morganton	3,263 FTE
CITY-NEAR	Blue Ridge HealthCare Hospitals, Inc.	Morganton	1,461 FTE
CITY-NEAR	0090-BRHC Hospitals	Morganton	1,460 FTE
CITY-NEAR	Broughton Hospital	Morganton	1,198 FTE
NAT-TCR	Belson Steel Center Scrap, Inc.	Bourbonnais, IL	9.3 TCR
NAT-TCR	ASV Wines, Inc. McFarland	Delano, CA	9.3 TCR
NAT-TCR	United Dairy Charleston Wv Facility	Charleston, WV	9.3 TCR
NAT-TCR	Contra Costa Regional Medical Center	Martinez, CA	9.3 TCR
NAT-SIZE	Brystar Contracting, Inc.	Beaumont, TX	50 FTE
NAT-SIZE	Food Giant 403	Hueytown, AL	50 FTE
NAT-SIZE	Opportunity Center Administration	Fort Myers, FL	50 FTE
NAT-SIZE	Bell County Glass Company Inc	Killeen, TX	50 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, 2020, 2019, 2018, 2017, 2016. This is publicly available government data - not a legal determination of workplace conditions.

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Data sourced from official public datasets. See our methodology for details.