Waste transfer stations, nonhazardous solid · Washington

Public Works Solid Waste

Name: Public Works Solid Waste Workplace Safety Data
Creator: PlainSafetyScore
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Castle Rock, WA · ~621 workers · 2 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

Compiled by PlainSafetyScore · August 25, 2026

A
Excellent Safety Record: 0.3
Avg TCR: 2.6
Industry avg: 0
Fatalities

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The verdict

Public Works Solid Waste runs at 13% of its industry's injury rate - far safer than the typical Waste transfer stations, nonhazardous solid workplace, earning a grade A.

Public Works Solid Waste: 0.3 TCR = 13% of Waste transfer stations, nonhazardous solid BLS 2.6 · 2y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Public Works Solid Waste safety composite

Public Works Solid Waste scores strongest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 99% of same-industry peers) and weakest on fatalities (safer than 52%), 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).

83/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR): A 0.33 per 100 workers

Safer than 99% 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

−0.7

2017→2018

Public Works Solid Waste injury rate improved

Public Works Solid Waste's TCR fell 0.7 from 0.7 in 2017 to 0.0 in 2018. Peak filing year was 2017 at 0.7 TCR. In 2018, DART was 0× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2017=0.7 · 2018=0.0

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 562111 · Castle Rock, WA AT/BELOW-IND · MID

Grade A · TCR 0.3 · 13% of ind

DART 0.0 DART
RANK #1/28
PHOTO S05336 - Houston Ser…
BOOK 2y book
INJ 3 inj
SIZE ~621 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: S05336 - Houston Service Center (0.0 TCR gap)

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S07246 - Detro

0.4
S04148 - WM of

0.4
This site

0.3
S05336 - Houst

0.3
S05998 - WM of

0.3

What this shows Public Works Solid Waste averages 0.3 TCR (13% of the Waste transfer stations, nonhazardous solid BLS benchmark).

Public Works Solid Waste TCR series: 2017=0.7 · 2018=0 · BLS 2.6

Where Public Works Solid Waste falls in its industry

2,322 Waste transfer stations, nonha establishments

Safer than 99% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 5.1.

Grade A

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to Washington alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #1 safest of 28 Waste transfer stations, nonha employers in Washington.

Public Works Solid Waste (621 employees, TCR 0.3) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 55 employees and a TCR of 5.1

Public Works Solid Waste has more employees than the Waste transfer stations, nonhazardous so 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
2018	0.0	0.0	0	0	0
2017	0.7	0.7	3	0	0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

562111 · WA · Castle Rock

2,322 Waste transfer stations, nonhazardous solid employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 10,147 rated employers in Washington with headcount on file · 6 employers in Castle Rock, WA · 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	S05336 - Houston Service Center	HOUSTON, TX	0.3 TCR
NAICS-TCR	S07246 - Detroit Container Shop	ROMULUS, MI	0.4 TCR
NAICS-TCR	S05998 - WM of Broward County MA Office	POMPANO BEACH, FL	0.3 TCR
NAICS-TCR	S04148 - WM of S California Area Office	SUN VALLEY, CA	0.4 TCR
STATE-SIZE	Public Works Castle Rock Shop	CASTLE ROCK	621 FTE
STATE-SIZE	Public Works Longview Shop	LONGVIEW	621 FTE
STATE-SIZE	Public Works Kalama Shop	KALAMA	621 FTE
STATE-SIZE	Public Works Kelso Shop	KELSO	621 FTE
CITY-NEAR	Washington State Dept of Natural Resources - Pacific Cascade Region	Castle Rock	219 FTE
CITY-NEAR	Transitional Delivery LLC	Castle Rock	87 FTE
CITY-NEAR	Longview Area	Castle Rock	67 FTE
CITY-NEAR	Longview ST. Helens	Castle Rock	47 FTE
NAT-TCR	UTAS Rockford Plant 6	Rockford, IL	0.3 TCR
NAT-TCR	Dakkota Corporate Brighton	Brighton, MI	0.3 TCR
NAT-TCR	Midwest Powerline, LLC	Battle Creek, MI	0.3 TCR
NAT-TCR	Sanofi Pastuer Field Sales North Central Region	Austin, TX	0.3 TCR
NAT-SIZE	Metroplex Sportservice Inc	Arlington, TX	621 FTE
NAT-SIZE	Cafe Valley Bakery West	Phoenix, AZ	621 FTE
NAT-SIZE	Multnomah County Bldg 119 / Justice Center	Portland, OR	621 FTE
NAT-SIZE	Songer Services Incorporated	Washington, PA	621 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: 2018, 2017. 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.