Refuse collecting and operating solid waste landfills · Hawaii

Refuse Division - Kapaa Transfer Station

Kailua, HI · ~28 workers · 4 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

F
Failing Safety Record
6.0
Avg TCR
2.6
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

Refuse Division - Kapaa Transfer Station runs at 231% of its industry's injury rate - far more dangerous than the typical Refuse collecting and operating solid waste landfills workplace, earning a grade F.

Refuse Division - Kapaa Transfer Station: 6.0 TCR = 231% of Refuse collecting and operating solid waste landfills BLS 2.6 · 4y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Refuse Division - Kapaa Transfer Station safety composite

Refuse Division - Kapaa Transfer Station scores strongest on dart rate (safer than 78% of same-industry peers) and weakest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 28%), 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).

D

51/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
F 6.01 per 100 workers

Safer than 28% 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%).

Refuse Division - Kapaa Transfer Station held a steady TCR band

Refuse Division - Kapaa Transfer Station's TCR held near 0.2 from 3.3 in 2017 to 3.5 in 2021. Peak filing year was 2018 at 17.2 TCR. In 2021, DART was 0× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2017=3.3 · 2018=17.2 · 2019=0.0 · 2021=3.5

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 562212 · Kailua, HI ABOVE-IND · SMALL

Grade F · TCR 6.0 · 231% of ind

  • DART 0.0 DART
  • RANK #3/5
  • PHOTO Republic Services of…
  • BOOK 4y book
  • INJ 7 inj
  • SIZE ~28 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: Republic Services of Michigan 1LLC Carleton Farms Landfill (0.0 TCR gap)

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Refuse Division - Kapaa Transfer Station in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows Refuse Division - Kapaa Transfer Station averages 6.0 TCR (231% 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

Refuse Division - Kapaa Transfer Station TCR series: 2017=3.3 · 2018=17.2 · 2019=0 · 2021=3.5 · BLS 2.6

Where Refuse Division - Kapaa Transfer Station falls in its industry

288 Refuse collecting and operatin establishments

Safer than 28% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 3.9.

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to Hawaii alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #3 safest of 5 Refuse collecting and operatin employers in Hawaii.

Refuse Division - Kapaa Transfer Station (28 employees, TCR 6.0) 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 Refuse Division - Kapaa Transfer Station
Refuse Division - Kapaa Transfer Station (28 employees, TCR 6.0) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 32 employees and a TCR of 3.9

Refuse Division - Kapaa Transfer Station has fewer 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 Fatalities
2021 3.5 0.0 1 0 0
2019 0.0 0.0 0 0 0
2018 17.2 10.3 5 0 0
2017 3.3 3.3 1 0 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

562212 · HI · Kailua

288 Refuse collecting and operating solid waste landfills employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 2,022 rated employers in Hawaii with headcount on file · 41 employers in Kailua, HI · 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 Republic Services of Michigan 1LLC Carleton Farms Landfill 6.0 TCR
NAICS-TCR Wailuku Refuse Base Yard 6.0 TCR
NAICS-TCR S03957 - Butterfield Station Landfill 6.1 TCR
NAICS-TCR Commonwealth Environmental Systems, LP 5.9 TCR
STATE-SIZE 2058-Haleiwa, HI 28 FTE
STATE-SIZE Kalaeloa Cogeneration Plant 28 FTE
STATE-SIZE Services : OM - Hawaii, USA 28 FTE
STATE-SIZE Puna Geothermal Venture 28 FTE
CITY-NEAR 9292-AHCS001 - HOSPITAL 871 FTE
CITY-NEAR 2697 - Oahu-Kailua 413 FTE
CITY-NEAR 10368 Kailua Oahu 166 FTE
CITY-NEAR Domino's Pizza - Kailua 148 FTE
NAT-TCR Store #025 6.0 TCR
NAT-TCR Courtyard Care Center 6.0 TCR
NAT-TCR The Gardens of Trent 6.0 TCR
NAT-TCR Sutter Medical Foundation (185-257) 6.0 TCR
NAT-SIZE Dept. of Health & Social Services (47) 28 FTE
NAT-SIZE Dept. of Health & Social Services (56) 28 FTE
NAT-SIZE Hyatt Place Verona 28 FTE
NAT-SIZE Kindred Place at Harrisburg 28 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: 2021, 2019, 2018, 2017. This is publicly available government data - not a legal determination of workplace conditions.
Data sourced from official public datasets. See our methodology for details.