Employer · Texas

S04520 - WM of Austin

Austin, TX · ~113 workers · 9 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

D
Poor Safety Record
4.0
Avg TCR
2.6
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

S04520 - WM of Austin runs at 155% of its industry's injury rate - more dangerous than the typical industry workplace, earning a grade D.

S04520 - WM of Austin: 4.0 TCR = 155% of industry BLS 2.6 · 9y Form 300A (see methodology below)

S04520 - WM of Austin safety composite

S04520 - WM of Austin scores strongest on dart rate (safer than 70% 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

62/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
C 4.03 per 100 workers

Safer than 61% of industry peers

DART rate
C 1.63 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%).

Rising injury rate

S04520 - WM of Austin: 1.1 → 1.6 TCR

Peak year 2018 @ 20.3 TCR · DART/TCR 0.4× in 2024

S04520 - WM of Austin's TCR rose 0.6 from 1.1 in 2016 to 1.6 in 2024. Peak filing year was 2018 at 20.3 TCR. In 2024, DART was 0.4× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

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

Grade D · TCR 4.0 · 155% of ind

  • DART 1.6 DART
  • RANK #72/117
  • PHOTO S10150 - Piedmont Ha…
  • BOOK 9y book
  • INJ 24 inj
  • SIZE ~113 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: S10150 - Piedmont Hauling (0.0 TCR gap)

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S04520 - WM of Austin in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows S04520 - WM of Austin averages 4.0 TCR (155% of the industry BLS benchmark).

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

S04520 - WM of Austin TCR series: 2016=1.1 · 2017=3.5 · 2018=20.3 · 2019=4.3 · 2020=0 · 2021=1.5 · 2022=2.3 · 2023=1.6 · 2024=1.6 · BLS 2.6

Where S04520 - WM of Austin falls in its industry

2,322 industry establishments

Safer than 61% 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 #72 safest of 117 industry employers in Texas.

S04520 - WM of Austin (113 employees, TCR 4.0) 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 S04520 - WM of Austin
S04520 - WM of Austin (113 employees, TCR 4.0) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 55 employees and a TCR of 5.1

S04520 - WM of Austin 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 2 0 0
2023 1.6 1.6 2 0 0
2022 2.3 1.5 3 0 0
2021 1.5 1.5 2 0 0
2020 0.0 0.0 0 0 0
2019 4.3 4.3 6 0 0
2018 20.3 0.0 4 19 0
2017 3.5 3.5 4 0 0
2016 1.1 1.1 1 0 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

562111 · TX · Austin

2,322 industry employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 38,394 rated employers in Texas with headcount on file · 1,645 employers in Austin, 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 S10150 - Piedmont Hauling 4.0 TCR
NAICS-TCR Manchester Hauling 4.0 TCR
NAICS-TCR Republic Services of NJ, LLC 4.0 TCR
NAICS-TCR Apex BU446 4.0 TCR
STATE-SIZE Bar-g Feedyard 113 FTE
STATE-SIZE Flying A Pumping Services LLC, 113 FTE
STATE-SIZE Lubbock Operations 113 FTE
STATE-SIZE 112855-CPCHEM LDPE 113 FTE
CITY-NEAR Ensign Services 11,325 FTE
CITY-NEAR NA-US-TX-Austin-Giga Texas 8,621 FTE
CITY-NEAR 6017-Loc: CORP LOC - US Austin 6,911 FTE
CITY-NEAR 6017-CORP LOC - USA UNITED STATES - AST 5,272 FTE
NAT-TCR St. Joseph Institute 4.0 TCR
NAT-TCR Phoenix Houses of Los Angeles, Inc. 4.0 TCR
NAT-TCR Tru - Las Vegas Airport 4.0 TCR
NAT-TCR Pelham AL Yard 4.0 TCR
NAT-SIZE S04036 - Atlanta South Hauling 113 FTE
NAT-SIZE Newark Manor Nursing Home 113 FTE
NAT-SIZE Trader Joe's 0250 Los Angeles, CA 113 FTE
NAT-SIZE Trader Joe's 0067 San Mateo 113 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.