Garbage collection services · Texas

TDS Austin

Buda, TX · ~698 workers · 6 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

F
Failing Safety Record
9.4
Avg TCR
2.6
Industry avg
1
Fatality
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The verdict

TDS Austin runs at 363% of its industry's injury rate - far more dangerous than the typical Garbage collection services workplace, earning a grade F.

TDS Austin: 9.4 TCR = 363% of Garbage collection services BLS 2.6 · 6y Form 300A (see methodology below)

TDS Austin safety composite

TDS Austin scores strongest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 19% of same-industry peers) and weakest on fatalities (safer than 2%), 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

13/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
F 9.44 per 100 workers

Safer than 19% of industry peers

DART rate
F 8.98 per 100 workers

Safer than 14% of industry peers

Fatalities
F 1

Safer than 2% 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

−1.6

2016→2021

TDS Austin injury rate improved

TDS Austin's TCR fell 1.6 from 10.6 in 2016 to 9.0 in 2021. Peak filing year was 2017 at 14.0 TCR. In 2021, DART was 0.95× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2016=10.6 · 2017=14.0 · 2018=9.6 · 2019=8.4 · 2020=5.0 · 2021=9.0

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

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

Grade F · TCR 9.4 · 363% of ind

  • DART 9.0 DART
  • RANK #107/117
  • PHOTO Hudson Baylor Cape M…
  • BOOK 6y book
  • INJ 295 inj
  • SIZE ~698 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: Hudson Baylor Cape May LLC (0.0 TCR gap)

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TDS Austin in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows TDS Austin averages 9.4 TCR (363% of the Garbage collection services BLS benchmark).

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

TDS Austin TCR series: 2016=10.6 · 2017=14 · 2018=9.6 · 2019=8.4 · 2020=5 · 2021=9 · BLS 2.6

Where TDS Austin falls in its industry

2,322 Garbage collection services establishments

Safer than 19% 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 #107 safest of 117 Garbage collection services employers in Texas.

TDS Austin (698 employees, TCR 9.4) 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 0200400600800 05101520 Average employees Total Case Rate TDS Austin
TDS Austin (698 employees, TCR 9.4) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 55 employees and a TCR of 5.1

TDS Austin has more 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
2021 9.0 9.0 92 0 0
2020 5.0 4.3 53 12 0
2019 8.4 7.6 45 4 0
2018 9.6 9.2 39 11 1
2017 14.0 12.0 46 24 0
2016 10.6 8.5 20 30 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

562111 · TX · Buda

2,322 Garbage collection services employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 38,394 rated employers in Texas with headcount on file · 55 employers in Buda, 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 Hudson Baylor Cape May LLC 9.4 TCR
NAICS-TCR Advanced Disposal - Clay County Hauling 9.4 TCR
NAICS-TCR Environmental Management and Sustainability H320 9.4 TCR
NAICS-TCR Arizona City 9.5 TCR
STATE-SIZE Construction 698 FTE
STATE-SIZE Borger Refinery 698 FTE
STATE-SIZE 001-51614-38772 698 FTE
STATE-SIZE Girling Community Care - Tyler 698 FTE
CITY-NEAR CAPITAL EXCAVATION COMPANY 458 FTE
CITY-NEAR WM 4219 308 FTE
CITY-NEAR Amazon.com Services LLC - DAU5 300 FTE
CITY-NEAR US FOODS - Austin Division 281 FTE
NAT-TCR Weidmann Electrical Technology, Inc. 9.4 TCR
NAT-TCR Water Department 9.4 TCR
NAT-TCR Terry Palecek Inc. 9.4 TCR
NAT-TCR 6458-ZOLL 9.4 TCR
NAT-SIZE ATL - Ground Ops 698 FTE
NAT-SIZE County of Surry 698 FTE
NAT-SIZE HoneywellNM75 698 FTE
NAT-SIZE Colmar, PA 698 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: 2021, 2020, 2019, 2018, 2017, 2016. 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.