484220 Specialized Freight (except Used Goods) Trucking, Local · Colorado

SOUTHWASTE EMPLOYMENT- Frederick

Name: SOUTHWASTE EMPLOYMENT- Frederick Workplace Safety Data
Creator: PlainSafetyScore
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Frederick, CO · ~74 workers · 2 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

Compiled by PlainSafetyScore · August 25, 2026

C
Average Safety Record: 4.4
Avg TCR: 4.5
Industry avg: 0
Fatalities

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The verdict

SOUTHWASTE EMPLOYMENT- Frederick runs at 98% of its industry's injury rate - about level with the typical 484220 Specialized Freight (except Used Goods) Trucking, Local workplace, earning a grade C.

SOUTHWASTE EMPLOYMENT- Frederick: 4.4 TCR = 98% of 484220 Specialized Freight (except Used Goods) Trucking, Local BLS 4.5 · 2y Form 300A (see methodology below)

SOUTHWASTE EMPLOYMENT- Frederick safety composite

SOUTHWASTE EMPLOYMENT- Frederick scores strongest on dart rate (safer than 62% of same-industry peers) and weakest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 35%), 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).

49/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR): D 4.43 per 100 workers

Safer than 35% of industry peers
DART rate: C 1.14 per 100 workers

Safer than 62% of industry peers
Fatalities: D 0

Safer than 53% 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

2022→2023

SOUTHWASTE EMPLOYMENT- Frederick injury rate improved

SOUTHWASTE EMPLOYMENT- Frederick's TCR fell 4.3 from 6.6 in 2022 to 2.3 in 2023. Peak filing year was 2022 at 6.6 TCR. In 2023, DART was 0.26× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2022=6.6 · 2023=2.3

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 484220 · Frederick, CO AT/BELOW-IND · SMALL

Grade C · TCR 4.4 · 98% of ind

DART 1.1 DART
RANK #14/29
PHOTO TARBORO TRANSPORTATI…
BOOK 2y book
INJ 7 inj
SIZE ~74 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: TARBORO TRANSPORTATION -EST (0.0 TCR gap)

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4.4
TARBORO TRANSP

4.4
Marco Petroleu

4.4
Green Transfer

4.4
HTC Freeport

4.4

What this shows SOUTHWASTE EMPLOYMENT- Frederick averages 4.4 TCR (98% of the 484220 Specialized Freight (except Used Goods) Trucking, Local BLS benchmark).

SOUTHWASTE EMPLOYMENT- Frederick TCR series: 2022=6.6 · 2023=2.3 · BLS 4.5

Where SOUTHWASTE EMPLOYMENT- Frederick falls in its industry

1,130 484220 Specialized Freight (ex establishments

Safer than 35% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 3.4.

Grade C

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to Colorado alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #14 safest of 29 484220 Specialized Freight (ex employers in Colorado.

SOUTHWASTE EMPLOYMENT- Frederick (74 employees, TCR 4.4) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 42 employees and a TCR of 3.4

SOUTHWASTE EMPLOYMENT- Frederick has more employees than the 484220 Specialized Freight (except Used median and a higher injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 3.4. 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	2.3	1.1	2	0	0
2022	6.6	6.6	5	1	0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

484220 · CO · Frederick

1,130 484220 Specialized Freight (except Used Goods) Trucking, Local employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 9,007 rated employers in Colorado with headcount on file · 39 employers in Frederick, CO · 4 cross-state NAT-TCR peers · 4 cross-state NAT-SIZE peers. Closest matches by relationship code are listed below.

Rel	Establishment	Place	Metric
NAICS-TCR	TARBORO TRANSPORTATION -EST	TARBORO, NC	4.4 TCR
NAICS-TCR	Marco Petroleum Industries	NORTH HAMPTON, NH	4.4 TCR
NAICS-TCR	Green Transfer & Storage Co.	PORTLAND, OR	4.4 TCR
NAICS-TCR	HTC Freeport	ANGLETON, TX	4.4 TCR
STATE-SIZE	Natural Soda LLC	RIFLE	74 FTE
STATE-SIZE	Cherokee Station-105	DENVER	74 FTE
STATE-SIZE	Pawnee Station-888	BRUSH	74 FTE
STATE-SIZE	Corden Pharma Boulder	BOULDER	74 FTE
CITY-NEAR	Otter Products Salazar	Frederick	1,048 FTE
CITY-NEAR	Otter Products - Salazar	Frederick	519 FTE
CITY-NEAR	Otter Products - Frederick Distribution Center	Frederick	408 FTE
CITY-NEAR	UMC, Inc - Colorado	Frederick	217 FTE
NAT-TCR	Lodi	Lodi, CA	4.4 TCR
NAT-TCR	Davidson's Masonry Inc.	Salem, OR	4.4 TCR
NAT-TCR	McConway & Torley, LLC (Arcosa, Inc	Pittsburgh, PA	4.4 TCR
NAT-TCR	W Chicago City Center	Chicago, IL	4.4 TCR
NAT-SIZE	American Paper Converting Inc.	Woodland, WA	74 FTE
NAT-SIZE	Morgan Memorial Foundation., dba Gil-Mor Manor and Gil-Mor Haven	Morgan, MN	74 FTE
NAT-SIZE	North 40 Outfitters #7	Mead, WA	74 FTE
NAT-SIZE	Esplanade Builders / True Line Railing	Torrance, CA	74 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: 2023, 2022. This is publicly available government data - not a legal determination of workplace conditions.

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