Employer · Alabama

S03882 - Salem Waste Disposal Center

Opelika, AL · ~21 workers · 4 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

D
Poor Safety Record
3.4
Avg TCR
2.6
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

S03882 - Salem Waste Disposal Center runs at 131% of its industry's injury rate - more dangerous than the typical industry workplace, earning a grade D.

S03882 - Salem Waste Disposal Center: 3.4 TCR = 131% of industry BLS 2.6 · 4y Form 300A (see methodology below)

S03882 - Salem Waste Disposal Center safety composite

S03882 - Salem Waste Disposal Center scores strongest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 56% of same-industry peers) and weakest on dart rate (safer than 32%), 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

46/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
C 3.41 per 100 workers

Safer than 56% of industry peers

DART rate
F 4.16 per 100 workers

Safer than 32% of industry peers

Fatalities
D 0

Safer than 51% 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

−1.1

2019→2024

S03882 - Salem Waste Disposal Center injury rate improved

S03882 - Salem Waste Disposal Center's TCR fell 1.1 from 5.3 in 2019 to 4.2 in 2024. Peak filing year was 2019 at 5.3 TCR. In 2024, DART was 1.22× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2019=5.3 · 2020=0.0 · 2023=4.2 · 2024=4.2

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 562212 · Opelika, AL ABOVE-IND · SMALL

Grade D · TCR 3.4 · 131% of ind

  • DART 4.2 DART
  • RANK P56
  • PHOTO River Birch LLC
  • BOOK 4y book
  • INJ 3 inj
  • SIZE ~21 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: River Birch LLC (0.0 TCR gap)

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S03882 - Salem Waste Disposal Center in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows S03882 - Salem Waste Disposal Center averages 3.4 TCR (131% of the industry BLS benchmark).

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

S03882 - Salem Waste Disposal Center TCR series: 2019=5.3 · 2020=0 · 2023=4.2 · 2024=4.2 · BLS 2.6

Where S03882 - Salem Waste Disposal Center falls in its industry

288 industry establishments

Safer than 56% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 3.9.

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers
S03882 - Salem Waste Disposal Center (21 employees, TCR 3.4) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 32 employees and a TCR of 3.9 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 050100150200 0510152025 Average employees Total Case Rate S03882 - Salem Waste Disposal Center
S03882 - Salem Waste Disposal Center (21 employees, TCR 3.4) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 32 employees and a TCR of 3.9

S03882 - Salem Waste Disposal Center has fewer employees than the industry median and a lower injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 3.9. 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 4.2 4.2 1 0 0
2023 4.2 0.0 1 0 0
2020 0.0 0.0 0 0 0
2019 5.3 0.0 1 0 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

562212 · AL · Opelika

288 industry employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 7,418 rated employers in Alabama with headcount on file · 87 employers in Opelika, AL · 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 River Birch LLC 3.4 TCR
NAICS-TCR S03035 - Meadowfill Landfill 3.4 TCR
NAICS-TCR Commonwealth Environmental Systems, L.P. 3.4 TCR
NAICS-TCR S04111 - Security RDF 3.5 TCR
STATE-SIZE Koch Foods Breeder/Broilers Techs 21 FTE
STATE-SIZE IndusTREE Timber, Inc. 21 FTE
STATE-SIZE Hillsboro Gin Company Inc. 21 FTE
STATE-SIZE Koch Foods Gadsden Live Haul 21 FTE
CITY-NEAR 6095 849 FTE
CITY-NEAR WM 6095 843 FTE
CITY-NEAR Mando America Corporation 493 FTE
CITY-NEAR Hanwha Advanced Materials America LLC. Opelika 470 FTE
NAT-TCR Ferguson Fire & Fabrication Inc: MO Kansas City-6100 Parretta Dr 3.4 TCR
NAT-TCR Granulation Technology, Inc 3.4 TCR
NAT-TCR East Dallas TX FXFE-EDA 3.4 TCR
NAT-TCR PL Developments 3.4 TCR
NAT-SIZE S04819 - Refuse, Inc - Sage Transfer Station 21 FTE
NAT-SIZE S03895 - Naples Sanitary Landfill 21 FTE
NAT-SIZE MOSCWest 21 FTE
NAT-SIZE Asf 445 21 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, 2020, 2019. This is publicly available government data - not a legal determination of workplace conditions.

Read our methodology - how this data is sourced, computed, and verified.

Data sourced from official public datasets. See our methodology for details.