Refuse collection services · North Carolina
Solid Waste Department
Concord, NC · ~33 workers · 2 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.
- F
- Failing Safety Record
- 11.7
- Avg TCR
- 2.6
- Industry avg
- 0
- Fatalities
The verdict
Solid Waste Department runs at 451% of its industry's injury rate - far more dangerous than the typical Refuse collection services workplace, earning a grade F.
- F
- Failing Safety Record
- 11.7
- avg TCR · per 100 workers
- 2.6
- industry benchmark (BLS)
- 6
- recordable injuries tracked
Grade compares Solid Waste Department's OSHA Total Case Rate of 11.7 to the Refuse collection services BLS benchmark of 2.6 (451% of benchmark) across 2 years of Form 300A filings (2016–2024). This reflects reported recordable injuries, not an independent safety inspection -- underreporting is a known limitation of employer self-recordkeeping.
Injury rate over time
Solid Waste Department's yearly Total Case Rate, against the 2.6 industry benchmark.
Where Solid Waste Department falls in its industry
2,506 Refuse collection services establishmentsSafer than 11% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 4.7.
Narrower to North Carolina alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #86 safest of 91 Refuse collection services employers in North Carolina.
Solid Waste Department has an average TCR of 11.7, which is 451% of the industry average (2.6) for Refuse collection services. This is significantly worse than average.
The letter grade is a transparent derived index PlainSafetyScore computes from public OSHA ITA and BLS benchmark data, not an official OSHA rating or safety certification. Full formula and thresholds: Methodology.
Trend analysis for Solid Waste Department
Between 2016 and 2017, Solid Waste Department's Total Case Rate held roughly steady from 11.7 to 11.7 recordable injuries per 100 full-time workers, a 0% change across 1 year of OSHA reporting.
The safest year on record was 2016, at a TCR of 11.7, while 2016 saw the highest rate, at 11.7, a spread of 0.0 points between the best and worst reporting years. That's a comparatively narrow spread, suggesting a fairly consistent safety record across the 2 years with a usable rate on file, rather than one outlier year skewing the multi-year average.
Summed across those 2 reporting years, Solid Waste Department recorded 6 total injuries and illnesses, with no fatalities reported in any of those years. Readers comparing establishments should weigh the 2-year trend above alongside establishment size, since a larger workforce naturally accumulates more raw incidents even at a lower per-100-worker rate.
Verify This Employer with OSHA
The 6 injuries shown on this page for Solid Waste Department are sourced from its own 2 years of mandatory OSHA Form 300A summaries. Cross-check the underlying establishment record directly against the federal source, name, NAICS classification, recordable case totals, and inspection history are all searchable on OSHA's Establishment-Specific Injury and Illness Data system.
Verify on OSHA Establishment SearchSource: U.S. Department of Labor, OSHA Establishment-Specific Injury and Illness Data. NAICS 562111 - Refuse collection services.
DART Rate, Transparent Calculation (2017)
DART (Days Away, Restricted, or Transferred) is computed by OSHA as incidents × 200,000 ÷ hours worked. The 200,000-hour denominator equals roughly 100 full-time workers, which lets establishments of very different sizes be compared directly.
3 DART incidents × 200,000 ÷ 51,209 hours worked = 11.72 DART
Methodology: 29 CFR 1904, OSHA Form 300A recordkeeping
Cross-Validating Context, Establishment vs Industry vs State
| Benchmark | TCR | Source |
|---|---|---|
| Solid Waste Department (this establishment) | 11.72 | OSHA ITA Form 300A, 2-year avg |
| Garbage collection services industry avg | 2.60 | BLS IIF, NAICS 562111 |
| North Carolina state avg (all industries) | 3.89 | OSHA ITA, state-level rollup |
Industry benchmarks: Bureau of Labor Statistics, Injuries, Illnesses, and Fatalities (IIF) program
Reportable Incident Timeline
Year-by-year reportable incidents (recordable injuries + illnesses + fatalities) submitted by Solid Waste Department to OSHA's Injury Tracking Application. Each row anchors to OSHA's inspection records search where you can pull the underlying inspection case numbers and citations for that establishment-year.
- 2017: 3 reportable incidents · 3 injuries, 0 illnesses, 0 fatalities - OSHA inspection records (case numbers)
- 2016: 3 reportable incidents · 3 injuries, 0 illnesses, 0 fatalities - OSHA inspection records (case numbers)
Source: OSHA Inspection Information System (IMIS) - inspection case-number records
Year-by-Year Safety Data
| Year | TCR | DART | Injuries | Illnesses | Fatalities |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2017 | 11.7 | 11.7 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| 2016 | 11.7 | 11.7 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
What this grade means for you
Use this grade as a relative read on Solid Waste Department's reported OSHA injury record versus its Refuse collection services peers, not a verdict on whether any single site is safe today.
- At 451% of the Refuse collection services benchmark, Solid Waste Department reports more injuries than typical peers, ask specifically how the employer is reducing them. Know your rights
- Judge this record against the wider Refuse collection services sector, where injury rates vary widely, before comparing it in isolation. See the industry
- Grades reflect 2016–2024 filings; check the latest establishment record straight from OSHA, or look up a different employer. Look up another
Safety grades reflect employers' self-reported OSHA Form 300A filings from 2016 to 2024 and can lag current conditions. A grade is not a guarantee that any specific workplace is safe or unsafe today. See our methodology and disclaimer.
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