Employer · Texas

S02881 - WM Houston Metro

Houston, TX · ~346 workers · 9 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

C
Average Safety Record
2.7
Avg TCR
2.6
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

S02881 - WM Houston Metro runs at 102% of its industry's injury rate - about level with the typical industry workplace, earning a grade C.

S02881 - WM Houston Metro: 2.7 TCR = 102% of industry BLS 2.6 · 9y Form 300A (see methodology below)

S02881 - WM Houston Metro safety composite

S02881 - WM Houston Metro scores strongest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 78% 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).

C

69/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
B 2.66 per 100 workers

Safer than 78% of industry peers

DART rate
C 1.62 per 100 workers

Safer than 70% 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%).

TCR Δ

−1.9

2016→2024

S02881 - WM Houston Metro injury rate improved

S02881 - WM Houston Metro's TCR fell 1.9 from 3.5 in 2016 to 1.6 in 2024. Peak filing year was 2018 at 9.2 TCR. In 2024, DART was 0.61× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2016=3.5 · 2017=1.8 · 2018=9.2 · 2019=1.9 · 2020=1.3 · 2021=0.6 · 2022=2.7 · 2023=1.4 · 2024=1.6

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 562111 · Houston, TX ABOVE-IND · MID

Grade C · TCR 2.7 · 102% of ind

  • DART 1.6 DART
  • RANK #46/117
  • PHOTO S04076 - Utica Hauling
  • BOOK 9y book
  • INJ 70 inj
  • SIZE ~346 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: S04076 - Utica Hauling (0.0 TCR gap)

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S02881 - WM Houston Metro in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows S02881 - WM Houston Metro averages 2.7 TCR (102% of the industry BLS benchmark).

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

S02881 - WM Houston Metro TCR series: 2016=3.5 · 2017=1.8 · 2018=9.2 · 2019=1.9 · 2020=1.3 · 2021=0.6 · 2022=2.7 · 2023=1.4 · 2024=1.6 · BLS 2.6

Where S02881 - WM Houston Metro falls in its industry

2,322 industry establishments

Safer than 78% 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 #46 safest of 117 industry employers in Texas.

S02881 - WM Houston Metro (346 employees, TCR 2.7) 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 S02881 - WM Houston Metro
S02881 - WM Houston Metro (346 employees, TCR 2.7) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 55 employees and a TCR of 5.1

S02881 - WM Houston Metro has more employees than the industry 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 1.6 1.6 6 0 0
2023 1.4 1.2 5 0 0
2022 2.7 2.4 9 0 0
2021 0.6 0.3 1 1 0
2020 1.3 0.6 4 0 0
2019 1.9 1.3 7 0 0
2018 9.2 0.0 15 27 0
2017 1.8 0.5 7 0 0
2016 3.5 1.5 16 0 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

562111 · TX · Houston

2,322 industry 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 S04076 - Utica Hauling 2.7 TCR
NAICS-TCR Western Elite Environmental 2.7 TCR
NAICS-TCR Gainsborough Waste 2.7 TCR
NAICS-TCR Allied Waste Services of North America 2.7 TCR
STATE-SIZE Organizaiton 346 FTE
STATE-SIZE Chaparral Insulation 346 FTE
STATE-SIZE JAC 346 FTE
STATE-SIZE Wyman Gordon : Telge 346 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 Design Fabricators, Inc. 2.7 TCR
NAT-TCR Stamoules Produce Company 2.7 TCR
NAT-TCR Eversource - Wareham 2.7 TCR
NAT-TCR Indiana Pickling and Processing Company, Loc'n 332 2.7 TCR
NAT-SIZE Division of Engineering 346 FTE
NAT-SIZE Department of Commerce 346 FTE
NAT-SIZE National MD - 0806 346 FTE
NAT-SIZE VHSD ES, Inc. (Select Specialty Hospital - San Diego) 346 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, 2022, 2021, 2020, 2019, 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.