Garbage collection services · Iowa
Solid Waste management (SWM)
Cedar Rapids, IA · ~47 workers · 7 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.
- F
- Failing Safety Record
- 16.5
- Avg TCR
- 2.6
- Industry avg
- 0
- Fatalities
The verdict
Solid Waste management (SWM) runs at 634% of its industry's injury rate - far more dangerous than the typical Garbage collection services workplace, earning a grade F.
Solid Waste management (SWM): 16.5 TCR = 634% of Garbage collection services BLS 2.6 · 7y Form 300A (see methodology below)
Solid Waste management (SWM) safety composite
Solid Waste management (SWM) scores strongest on fatalities (safer than 52% of same-industry peers) and weakest on dart rate (safer than 3%), 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).
16/100
Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures
- Total Case Rate (TCR)
- F 16.49 per 100 workers
Safer than 5% of industry peers
- DART rate
- F 19.22 per 100 workers
Safer than 3% 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
Solid Waste management (SWM): 9.5 → 24.0 TCR
Peak year 2023 @ 24.0 TCR · DART/TCR 1.17× in 2023
Solid Waste management (SWM)'s TCR rose 14.5 from 9.5 in 2017 to 24.0 in 2023. In 2023, DART was 1.17× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).
OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard
Establishment book 562111 · Cedar Rapids, IA ABOVE-IND · SMALL
Grade F · TCR 16.5 · 634% of ind
- DART 19.2 DART
- RANK #23/24
- PHOTO Conwaste Santa Isabel
- BOOK 7y book
- INJ 41 inj
- SIZE ~47 FTE
Nearest TCR peer: Conwaste Santa Isabel (0.0 TCR gap)
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Solid Waste management (SWM) in the TCR neighbourhood
Average Total Case Rate among this establishment and nearest same-industry peers
- J. P. Mascaro
J. P. Mascaro & Sons
16.6 TCR
- This site
Solid Waste management (SWM)
16.5 TCR
- Conwaste Santa
Conwaste Santa Isabel
16.5 TCR
- Meridian Waste
Meridian Waste Missouri, LLC
16.5 TCR
- j. P. Mascaro
j. P. Mascaro & Sons - Nassau Division
16.4 TCR
What this shows Solid Waste management (SWM) averages 16.5 TCR (634% of the Garbage collection services BLS benchmark).
Solid Waste management (SWM) TCR series: 2017=9.5 · 2018=21.1 · 2019=11.6 · 2020=17.1 · 2021=19.7 · 2022=12.4 · 2023=24 · BLS 2.6
Where Solid Waste management (SWM) falls in its industry
2,322 Garbage collection services establishmentsSafer than 5% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 5.1.
Narrower to Iowa alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #23 safest of 24 Garbage collection services employers in Iowa.
Solid Waste management (SWM) has fewer employees than the Garbage collection services median and a higher 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2023 | 24.0 | 19.2 | 10 | 0 | 0 |
| 2022 | 12.4 | 12.4 | 5 | 0 | 0 |
| 2021 | 19.7 | 17.3 | 8 | 0 | 0 |
| 2020 | 17.1 | 17.1 | 7 | 0 | 0 |
| 2019 | 11.6 | 7.0 | 4 | 1 | 0 |
| 2018 | 21.1 | 9.4 | 6 | 3 | 0 |
| 2017 | 9.5 | 2.4 | 1 | 3 | 0 |
OSHA ITA peer cross-reference
Establishment peer ledger
562111 · IA · Cedar Rapids
2,322 Garbage collection services employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 7,192 rated employers in Iowa with headcount on file · 466 employers in Cedar Rapids, IA · 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 | Conwaste Santa Isabel | 16.5 TCR |
| NAICS-TCR | j. P. Mascaro & Sons - Nassau Division | 16.4 TCR |
| NAICS-TCR | Meridian Waste Missouri, LLC | 16.5 TCR |
| NAICS-TCR | J. P. Mascaro & Sons | 16.6 TCR |
| STATE-SIZE | DeJong Greenhouse LLC | 47 FTE |
| STATE-SIZE | West Des Moines Office | 47 FTE |
| STATE-SIZE | Goldfield | 47 FTE |
| STATE-SIZE | Centrum Valley Farms South | 47 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | Rockwell Collins (Cedar Rapids IA 400 NE) | 6,179 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | Rockwell Collins - Cedar Rapids C Ave | 6,172 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | CRST EXPEDITED INC | 3,475 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | St. Luke's Methodist Hospital | 2,949 FTE |
| NAT-TCR | Store 0538 | 16.5 TCR |
| NAT-TCR | City of Westminster | 16.5 TCR |
| NAT-TCR | 479508-Mem-Desoto/Front St Carr Annex | 16.5 TCR |
| NAT-TCR | 259700-Walled Lake Po | 16.5 TCR |
| NAT-SIZE | National City CA Yard (28th St) | 47 FTE |
| NAT-SIZE | Windsong at Eola Hills | 47 FTE |
| NAT-SIZE | Saminco Florida | 47 FTE |
| NAT-SIZE | Cif (Jblm) | 47 FTE |
Rel codes: NAICS-TCR · STATE-SIZE · CITY-NEAR · NAT-TCR/NAT-SIZE cross-state. Read with this employer →
Read our methodology - how this data is sourced, computed, and verified.