Waste collection services, nonhazardous solid · Texas

Republic Services

Houston, TX · ~153 workers · 2 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

B
Good Safety Record
1.4
Avg TCR
2.6
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

Republic Services runs at 55% of its industry's injury rate - safer than the typical Waste collection services, nonhazardous solid workplace, earning a grade B.

Republic Services: 1.4 TCR = 55% of Waste collection services, nonhazardous solid BLS 2.6 · 2y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Republic Services safety composite

Republic Services scores strongest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 92% 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).

B

75/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
A 1.43 per 100 workers

Safer than 92% of industry peers

DART rate
C 1.47 per 100 workers

Safer than 71% 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%).

Republic Services held a steady TCR band

Republic Services's TCR held near 0.1 from 1.4 in 2021 to 1.5 in 2022. In 2022, DART was 1.03× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2021=1.4 · 2022=1.5

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 562111 · Houston, TX AT/BELOW-IND · MID

Grade B · TCR 1.4 · 55% of ind

  • DART 1.5 DART
  • RANK #20/117
  • PHOTO S08884 - RSI
  • BOOK 2y book
  • INJ 6 inj
  • SIZE ~153 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: S08884 - RSI (0.0 TCR gap)

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Republic Services in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows Republic Services averages 1.4 TCR (55% of the Waste collection services, nonhazardous solid BLS benchmark).

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

Republic Services TCR series: 2021=1.4 · 2022=1.5 · BLS 2.6

Where Republic Services falls in its industry

2,322 Waste collection services, non establishments

Safer than 92% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 5.1.

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to Texas alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #20 safest of 117 Waste collection services, non employers in Texas.

Republic Services (153 employees, TCR 1.4) 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
Republic Services (153 employees, TCR 1.4) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 55 employees and a TCR of 5.1

Republic Services has more employees than the Waste collection services, nonhazardous 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
2022 1.5 1.5 3 0 0
2021 1.4 1.4 3 0 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

562111 · TX · Houston

2,322 Waste collection services, nonhazardous solid employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 38,394 rated employers in Texas with headcount on file · 5,116 employers in Houston, TX · 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 S08884 - RSI 1.4 TCR
NAICS-TCR LePage & Sons, Inc 1.4 TCR
NAICS-TCR Recology Organics 1.4 TCR
NAICS-TCR AWS - Brandywine 1.4 TCR
STATE-SIZE San Miguel Electric Cooperative, Inc. 153 FTE
STATE-SIZE Pharr Service Center 153 FTE
STATE-SIZE Mercedes Office 153 FTE
STATE-SIZE Tri Pointe Homes Houston 153 FTE
CITY-NEAR IAH IAH 11,560 FTE
CITY-NEAR IAH - Airport United Airlines Offices 10,239 FTE
CITY-NEAR 6925-IAH 9,442 FTE
CITY-NEAR Houston Methodist Hospital Texas Medical Center 8,873 FTE
NAT-TCR Evergreen Innovation Group 1.4 TCR
NAT-TCR Tops #275 1.4 TCR
NAT-TCR City of Ortonville 1.4 TCR
NAT-TCR CDR-ODFL 1.4 TCR
NAT-SIZE Super Radiator Coils Chaska 153 FTE
NAT-SIZE Lozier Corporation - Joplin 153 FTE
NAT-SIZE Granite State Plumbing & Heating 153 FTE
NAT-SIZE Columbus Springs East 153 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: 2022, 2021. 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.