Garbage collection services · North Carolina

Republic Services of North Carolina (3186)

Spindale, NC · ~20 workers · 3 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

F
Failing Safety Record
6.4
Avg TCR
2.6
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

Republic Services of North Carolina (3186) runs at 247% of its industry's injury rate - far more dangerous than the typical Garbage collection services workplace, earning a grade F.

Republic Services of North Carolina (3186): 6.4 TCR = 247% of Garbage collection services BLS 2.6 · 3y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Republic Services of North Carolina (3186) safety composite

Republic Services of North Carolina (3186) scores strongest on dart rate (safer than 88% of same-industry peers) and weakest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 36%), 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).

C

58/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
D 6.41 per 100 workers

Safer than 36% 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%).

Rising injury rate

Republic Services of North Carolina (3186): 0.0 → 14.8 TCR

Peak year 2018 @ 14.8 TCR · DART/TCR 0× in 2018

Republic Services of North Carolina (3186)'s TCR rose 14.8 from 0.0 in 2016 to 14.8 in 2018. In 2018, DART was 0× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 562111 · Spindale, NC ABOVE-IND · SMALL

Grade F · TCR 6.4 · 247% of ind

  • DART 0.0 DART
  • RANK #63/87
  • PHOTO Ecology Auto Parts
  • BOOK 3y book
  • INJ 4 inj
  • SIZE ~20 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: Ecology Auto Parts (0.0 TCR gap)

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Republic Services of North Carolina (3186) in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows Republic Services of North Carolina (3186) averages 6.4 TCR (247% 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 of North Carolina (3186) TCR series: 2016=0 · 2017=4.4 · 2018=14.8 · BLS 2.6

Where Republic Services of North Carolina (3186) falls in its industry

2,322 Garbage collection services establishments

Safer than 36% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 5.1.

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to North Carolina alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #63 safest of 87 Garbage collection services employers in North Carolina.

Republic Services of North Carolina (3186) (20 employees, TCR 6.4) 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 of North Carolina (3186)
Republic Services of North Carolina (3186) (20 employees, TCR 6.4) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 55 employees and a TCR of 5.1

Republic Services of North Carolina (3186) has fewer employees than the Garbage collection services median and a higher 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 14.8 0.0 3 0 0
2017 4.4 4.4 1 0 0
2016 0.0 0.0 0 0 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

562111 · NC · Spindale

2,322 Garbage collection services employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 16,981 rated employers in North Carolina with headcount on file · 10 employers in Spindale, NC · 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 Ecology Auto Parts 6.4 TCR
NAICS-TCR International Paper Recycling - Itasca 6.4 TCR
NAICS-TCR S04045 - WM of Dallas 6.4 TCR
NAICS-TCR AAW - New Haven 6.4 TCR
STATE-SIZE Steve Thomas Farms 20 FTE
STATE-SIZE Kent Smith Farms 20 FTE
STATE-SIZE Ron Richmond 20 FTE
STATE-SIZE Thomas Family Farms, Inc. 20 FTE
CITY-NEAR Isothermal Community College 339 FTE
CITY-NEAR Watts Regulator Co. (Spindale) 56 FTE
CITY-NEAR Cardinal Tissue C1 50 FTE
CITY-NEAR Rutherford Life Services - Fairground Road 48 FTE
NAT-TCR Main Street 6.4 TCR
NAT-TCR J-S Mesquite Operations, LP D/B/A Town East 6.4 TCR
NAT-TCR 62-Williamsport Terminal 6.4 TCR
NAT-TCR Spire Cane Creek Rehabilitation Hospital 6.4 TCR
NAT-SIZE Omni Coummunity Health Lawenceburg 20 FTE
NAT-SIZE Penta5usa 20 FTE
NAT-SIZE TMS Beaumont 20 FTE
NAT-SIZE Simons IGA 20 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, 2016. This is publicly available government data - not a legal determination of workplace conditions.
Data sourced from official public datasets. See our methodology for details.