Refuse collection services · Virginia

Richmond 4965

Richmond, VA · ~102 workers · 4 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

D
Poor Safety Record
3.8
Avg TCR
2.6
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

Richmond 4965 runs at 144% of its industry's injury rate - more dangerous than the typical Refuse collection services workplace, earning a grade D.

Richmond 4965: 3.8 TCR = 144% of Refuse collection services BLS 2.6 · 4y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Richmond 4965 safety composite

Richmond 4965 scores strongest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 65% of same-industry peers) and weakest on dart rate (safer than 49%), 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

56/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
C 3.75 per 100 workers

Safer than 65% of industry peers

DART rate
D 3.39 per 100 workers

Safer than 49% 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

Richmond 4965: 1.4 → 6.8 TCR

Peak year 2021 @ 6.8 TCR · DART/TCR 0.9× in 2021

Richmond 4965's TCR rose 5.3 from 1.4 in 2016 to 6.8 in 2021. In 2021, DART was 0.9× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 562111 · Richmond, VA ABOVE-IND · MID

Grade D · TCR 3.8 · 144% of ind

  • DART 3.4 DART
  • RANK #17/43
  • PHOTO PACIFIC SANITATION I…
  • BOOK 4y book
  • INJ 19 inj
  • SIZE ~102 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: PACIFIC SANITATION INC. (0.0 TCR gap)

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Richmond 4965 in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows Richmond 4965 averages 3.8 TCR (144% of the Refuse collection services BLS benchmark).

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

Richmond 4965 TCR series: 2016=1.4 · 2017=2.9 · 2018=3.8 · 2021=6.8 · BLS 2.6

Where Richmond 4965 falls in its industry

2,322 Refuse collection services establishments

Safer than 65% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 5.1.

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to Virginia alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #17 safest of 43 Refuse collection services employers in Virginia.

Richmond 4965 (102 employees, TCR 3.8) 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 Richmond 4965
Richmond 4965 (102 employees, TCR 3.8) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 55 employees and a TCR of 5.1

Richmond 4965 has more employees than the Refuse 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
2021 6.8 3.4 8 0 0
2018 3.8 3.8 5 0 0
2017 2.9 0.7 4 0 0
2016 1.4 1.4 2 0 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

562111 · VA · Richmond

2,322 Refuse collection services employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 12,673 rated employers in Virginia with headcount on file · 939 employers in Richmond, VA · 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 PACIFIC SANITATION INC. 3.8 TCR
NAICS-TCR S04545 - Atlanta East Hauling 3.8 TCR
NAICS-TCR Stericycle - Nashville,TN 3.8 TCR
NAICS-TCR 601 - Gautier 3.8 TCR
STATE-SIZE JES Richmond 102 FTE
STATE-SIZE Stemmle Plumbing Repair Inc - Midlothian VA 102 FTE
STATE-SIZE Thermcor Inc 102 FTE
STATE-SIZE VA 102 FTE
CITY-NEAR VCU Health System 14,536 FTE
CITY-NEAR Virginia Commonwealth University 11,826 FTE
CITY-NEAR VCU 5,271 FTE
CITY-NEAR CJW Medical Center 3,259 FTE
NAT-TCR Buske Lines Inc. 713/733 3.8 TCR
NAT-TCR HIP 3.8 TCR
NAT-TCR Quinnipiac Univ Rathsk 3.8 TCR
NAT-TCR Deridder 3.8 TCR
NAT-SIZE Wilson Enterprises 102 FTE
NAT-SIZE Alamo Car Rental - 36L1 102 FTE
NAT-SIZE GCS 102 FTE
NAT-SIZE SBS San Diego (Santee) 102 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, 2018, 2017, 2016. 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.