Garbage disposal landfills · Tennessee

South Shelby LF

Memphis, TN · ~40 workers · 5 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

D
Poor Safety Record
5.1
Avg TCR
2.6
Industry avg
1
Fatality
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The verdict

South Shelby LF runs at 195% of its industry's injury rate - more dangerous than the typical Garbage disposal landfills workplace, earning a grade D.

South Shelby LF: 5.1 TCR = 195% of Garbage disposal landfills BLS 2.6 · 5y Form 300A (see methodology below)

South Shelby LF safety composite

South Shelby LF scores strongest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 34% of same-industry peers) and weakest on fatalities (safer than 1%), 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).

F

25/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
F 5.07 per 100 workers

Safer than 34% of industry peers

DART rate
F 4.09 per 100 workers

Safer than 32% of industry peers

Fatalities
F 1

Safer than 1% 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

−4.3

2017→2024

South Shelby LF injury rate improved

South Shelby LF's TCR fell 4.3 from 8.4 in 2017 to 4.1 in 2024. Peak filing year was 2017 at 8.4 TCR. In 2024, DART was 0.81× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2017=8.4 · 2018=0.0 · 2020=4.5 · 2023=8.3 · 2024=4.1

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 562212 · Memphis, TN ABOVE-IND · SMALL

Grade D · TCR 5.1 · 195% of ind

  • DART 4.1 DART
  • RANK #6/7
  • PHOTO Apex Environmental, …
  • BOOK 5y book
  • INJ 6 inj
  • SIZE ~40 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: Apex Environmental, LLC (0.0 TCR gap)

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South Shelby LF in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows South Shelby LF averages 5.1 TCR (195% of the Garbage disposal landfills BLS benchmark).

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

South Shelby LF TCR series: 2017=8.4 · 2018=0 · 2020=4.5 · 2023=8.3 · 2024=4.1 · BLS 2.6

Where South Shelby LF falls in its industry

288 Garbage disposal landfills establishments

Safer than 34% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 3.9.

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to Tennessee alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #6 safest of 7 Garbage disposal landfills employers in Tennessee.

South Shelby LF (40 employees, TCR 5.1) 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 South Shelby LF
South Shelby LF (40 employees, TCR 5.1) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 32 employees and a TCR of 3.9

South Shelby LF has more employees than the Garbage disposal landfills median and a higher 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 4.1 4.1 1 0 0
2023 8.3 4.2 2 0 1
2020 4.5 4.5 1 0 0
2018 0.0 0.0 0 0 0
2017 8.4 4.2 2 0 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

562212 · TN · Memphis

288 Garbage disposal landfills employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 10,743 rated employers in Tennessee with headcount on file · 1,330 employers in Memphis, TN · 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 Apex Environmental, LLC 5.0 TCR
NAICS-TCR S04533 - Superior Landfill 5.0 TCR
NAICS-TCR Bedford County Public Works 5.0 TCR
NAICS-TCR East Penn Sanitation Inc. 5.1 TCR
STATE-SIZE Moseley Bros. 40 FTE
STATE-SIZE 2022 Milan Public Utilities 40 FTE
STATE-SIZE Milan Department of Public Utilities 40 FTE
STATE-SIZE MEC NEWLAND BRANCH 40 FTE
CITY-NEAR FedEx 2903 SPRANKLE DR 12,398 FTE
CITY-NEAR 381940311 9,861 FTE
CITY-NEAR American Residential Services 5,775 FTE
CITY-NEAR St. Jude Children's Research Hospital 5,599 FTE
NAT-TCR NEW Cooperative, Inc. - Roelyn 5.1 TCR
NAT-TCR Portland Plant 5.1 TCR
NAT-TCR 205 - Dump - Hampton 5.1 TCR
NAT-TCR Goshen Health Hospital 5.1 TCR
NAT-SIZE Vaxcel International Co., Ltd. 40 FTE
NAT-SIZE HC Company, Inc. 40 FTE
NAT-SIZE Crown Lift Trucks Madison 40 FTE
NAT-SIZE Santa Fe Springs Distribution 40 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, 2018, 2017. 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.