Employer · Louisiana

S04058 - WM of Lake Charles

Lake Charles, LA · ~83 workers · 9 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

D
Poor Safety Record
3.6
Avg TCR
2.6
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

S04058 - WM of Lake Charles runs at 138% of its industry's injury rate - more dangerous than the typical industry workplace, earning a grade D.

S04058 - WM of Lake Charles: 3.6 TCR = 138% of industry BLS 2.6 · 9y Form 300A (see methodology below)

S04058 - WM of Lake Charles safety composite

S04058 - WM of Lake Charles scores strongest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 67% 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

61/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
C 3.6 per 100 workers

Safer than 67% of industry peers

DART rate
C 2.44 per 100 workers

Safer than 60% 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

S04058 - WM of Lake Charles: 0.0 → 4.9 TCR

Peak year 2018 @ 8.6 TCR · DART/TCR 0.68× in 2024

S04058 - WM of Lake Charles's TCR rose 4.9 from 0.0 in 2016 to 4.9 in 2024. Peak filing year was 2018 at 8.6 TCR. In 2024, DART was 0.68× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 562111 · Lake Charles, LA ABOVE-IND · SMALL

Grade D · TCR 3.6 · 138% of ind

  • DART 2.4 DART
  • RANK #7/19
  • PHOTO S03191 - Anderson Co…
  • BOOK 9y book
  • INJ 24 inj
  • SIZE ~83 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: S03191 - Anderson Cottonwood Disposal (0.0 TCR gap)

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S04058 - WM of Lake Charles in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows S04058 - WM of Lake Charles averages 3.6 TCR (138% of the industry BLS benchmark).

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

S04058 - WM of Lake Charles TCR series: 2016=0 · 2017=3.4 · 2018=8.6 · 2019=6.6 · 2020=3.2 · 2021=2.3 · 2022=2.3 · 2023=1.2 · 2024=4.9 · BLS 2.6

Where S04058 - WM of Lake Charles falls in its industry

2,322 industry establishments

Safer than 67% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 5.1.

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to Louisiana alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #7 safest of 19 industry employers in Louisiana.

S04058 - WM of Lake Charles (83 employees, TCR 3.6) 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 S04058 - WM of Lake Charles
S04058 - WM of Lake Charles (83 employees, TCR 3.6) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 55 employees and a TCR of 5.1

S04058 - WM of Lake Charles 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 4.9 2.4 3 1 0
2023 1.2 1.2 1 0 0
2022 2.3 1.1 2 0 0
2021 2.3 2.3 2 0 0
2020 3.2 2.1 3 0 0
2019 6.6 6.6 7 0 0
2018 8.6 0.0 4 3 0
2017 3.4 3.4 2 0 0
2016 0.0 0.0 0 0 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

562111 · LA · Lake Charles

2,322 industry employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 6,723 rated employers in Louisiana with headcount on file · 197 employers in Lake Charles, LA · 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 S03191 - Anderson Cottonwood Disposal 3.6 TCR
NAICS-TCR S04420 - East Oak Landfill 3.6 TCR
NAICS-TCR GFL Solid Waste Midwest LLC-Viroqua HC 3.6 TCR
NAICS-TCR Waste Pro 108 - Putnam 3.6 TCR
STATE-SIZE Patriot Industries, LLC 83 FTE
STATE-SIZE Louisiana Hot Sauce 83 FTE
STATE-SIZE Ruston 83 FTE
STATE-SIZE Anvil Attachments 83 FTE
CITY-NEAR Golden Nugget Lake Charles 2,182 FTE
CITY-NEAR Lauberge Casino Resort 1,973 FTE
CITY-NEAR Westlake Chemical Sout 1,063 FTE
CITY-NEAR Westlake Chemical South 1,054 FTE
NAT-TCR S03191 - Anderson Cottonwood Disposal 3.6 TCR
NAT-TCR Waco 3.6 TCR
NAT-TCR Sodexo at Memorial Health System North 3.6 TCR
NAT-TCR Yale Mechanical 3.6 TCR
NAT-SIZE Parkside Health Care Center 83 FTE
NAT-SIZE S08744 - WM Walton County 83 FTE
NAT-SIZE The Residence at Melrose Station 83 FTE
NAT-SIZE Corteva Johnston Campus - JH32 Mendel 83 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.