Garbage collection services · Ohio

Republic Services Inc.

Sandusky, OH · ~64 workers · 2 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

D
Poor Safety Record
5.0
Avg TCR
2.6
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

Republic Services Inc. runs at 191% of its industry's injury rate - more dangerous than the typical Garbage collection services workplace, earning a grade D.

Republic Services Inc.: 5.0 TCR = 191% of Garbage collection services BLS 2.6 · 2y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Republic Services Inc. safety composite

Republic Services Inc. scores strongest on dart rate (safer than 55% of same-industry peers) and weakest on total case rate (tcr) (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).

D

53/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
D 4.97 per 100 workers

Safer than 51% of industry peers

DART rate
C 2.82 per 100 workers

Safer than 55% 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%).

Rising injury rate

Republic Services Inc.: 4.3 → 5.6 TCR

Peak year 2024 @ 5.6 TCR · DART/TCR 0.57× in 2024

Republic Services Inc.'s TCR rose 1.3 from 4.3 in 2023 to 5.6 in 2024. In 2024, DART was 0.57× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 562111 · Sandusky, OH ABOVE-IND · SMALL

Grade D · TCR 5.0 · 191% of ind

  • DART 2.8 DART
  • RANK #30/56
  • PHOTO S04206 - WM of Denve…
  • BOOK 2y book
  • INJ 7 inj
  • SIZE ~64 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: S04206 - WM of Denver - Denver North (0.0 TCR gap)

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Republic Services Inc. in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows Republic Services Inc. averages 5.0 TCR (191% of the Garbage collection services BLS benchmark).

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

Republic Services Inc. TCR series: 2023=4.3 · 2024=5.6 · BLS 2.6

Where Republic Services Inc. falls in its industry

2,322 Garbage collection services establishments

Safer than 51% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 5.1.

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to Ohio alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #30 safest of 56 Garbage collection services employers in Ohio.

Republic Services Inc. (64 employees, TCR 5.0) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 55 employees and a TCR of 5.1 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 0100200300400 05101520 Average employees Total Case Rate Republic Services Inc.
Republic Services Inc. (64 employees, TCR 5.0) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 55 employees and a TCR of 5.1

Republic Services Inc. has more employees than the Garbage collection services 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
2024 5.6 2.8 4 0 0
2023 4.3 2.9 3 0 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

562111 · OH · Sandusky

2,322 Garbage collection services employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 22,650 rated employers in Ohio with headcount on file · 101 employers in Sandusky, OH · 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 S04206 - WM of Denver - Denver North 5.0 TCR
NAICS-TCR Republic Services Of Fort Mill 4742 5.0 TCR
NAICS-TCR Allied Waste Services of Massachusetts, LLC 5.0 TCR
NAICS-TCR Advanced Disposal - Milledgeville Hauling 5.0 TCR
STATE-SIZE Wm. A. Natorp Company 64 FTE
STATE-SIZE TIMBUK FARMS INC 64 FTE
STATE-SIZE GreenTop Acres, LLC 64 FTE
STATE-SIZE Chillicothe Service Center 64 FTE
CITY-NEAR Cedar Point 2,836 FTE
CITY-NEAR Ventra Sandusky 1,878 FTE
CITY-NEAR MAIN-FRMC1-MAIN CAMPUS 1,834 FTE
CITY-NEAR LMN Development 1,048 FTE
NAT-TCR Amherst 5.0 TCR
NAT-TCR Round Rock 10532 5.0 TCR
NAT-TCR Vafro - Front Royal 5.0 TCR
NAT-TCR Avista Sandpoint 5.0 TCR
NAT-SIZE Randolph Electric Membership Corporation 64 FTE
NAT-SIZE Embassy Suites Valencia 64 FTE
NAT-SIZE Perry Green Valley Nursing Home, LLC 64 FTE
NAT-SIZE Mid-State Roofing and Coating Inc. 64 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. 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.