Refuse hauling, local · Missouri

Ted'S Trash Service Inc.

Independence, MO · ~61 workers · 6 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

D
Poor Safety Record
4.6
Avg TCR
2.6
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

Ted'S Trash Service Inc. runs at 175% of its industry's injury rate - more dangerous than the typical Refuse hauling, local workplace, earning a grade D.

Ted'S Trash Service Inc.: 4.6 TCR = 175% of Refuse hauling, local BLS 2.6 · 6y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Ted'S Trash Service Inc. safety composite

Ted'S Trash Service Inc. scores strongest on dart rate (safer than 88% of same-industry peers) and weakest on fatalities (safer than 52%), 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).

C

66/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
C 4.56 per 100 workers

Safer than 55% of industry peers

DART rate
B 0 per 100 workers

Safer than 88% 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%).

TCR Δ

−6.9

2016→2023

Ted'S Trash Service Inc. injury rate improved

Ted'S Trash Service Inc.'s TCR fell 6.9 from 9.6 in 2016 to 2.7 in 2023. Peak filing year was 2022 at 10.7 TCR. In 2023, DART was 0× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2016=9.6 · 2018=0.0 · 2019=1.8 · 2020=2.5 · 2022=10.7 · 2023=2.7

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 562111 · Independence, MO ABOVE-IND · SMALL

Grade D · TCR 4.6 · 175% of ind

  • DART 0.0 DART
  • RANK #27/45
  • PHOTO Casella Waste Servic…
  • BOOK 6y book
  • INJ 21 inj
  • SIZE ~61 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: Casella Waste Services, Oneonta (0.0 TCR gap)

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Ted'S Trash Service Inc. in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows Ted'S Trash Service Inc. averages 4.6 TCR (175% of the Refuse hauling, local BLS benchmark).

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

Ted'S Trash Service Inc. TCR series: 2016=9.6 · 2018=0 · 2019=1.8 · 2020=2.5 · 2022=10.7 · 2023=2.7 · BLS 2.6

Where Ted'S Trash Service Inc. falls in its industry

2,322 Refuse hauling, local establishments

Safer than 55% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 5.1.

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to Missouri alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #27 safest of 45 Refuse hauling, local employers in Missouri.

Ted'S Trash Service Inc. (61 employees, TCR 4.6) 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 0100200300400 05101520 Average employees Total Case Rate Ted'S Trash Service Inc.
Ted'S Trash Service Inc. (61 employees, TCR 4.6) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 55 employees and a TCR of 5.1

Ted'S Trash Service Inc. has more employees than the Refuse hauling, local median and a lower 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 2.7 0.0 2 0 0
2022 10.7 4.6 7 0 0
2020 2.5 1.9 7 1 0
2019 1.8 1.8 2 0 0
2018 0.0 0.0 0 0 0
2016 9.6 7.2 3 1 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

562111 · MO · Independence

2,322 Refuse hauling, local employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 10,075 rated employers in Missouri with headcount on file · 126 employers in Independence, MO · 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 Casella Waste Services, Oneonta 4.6 TCR
NAICS-TCR Waste Connections of Illinois, Inc - Millenium Waste 4.5 TCR
NAICS-TCR S03405 - WM of the Rockies - Grand County 4.5 TCR
NAICS-TCR Republic Services of New Jersey, LLC 4.6 TCR
STATE-SIZE BCCM Construction Group 61 FTE
STATE-SIZE Bilfinger Industrial Services 61 FTE
STATE-SIZE Donelson Construction Company, LLC 61 FTE
STATE-SIZE DFA-PDS-PACIFIC MO 61 FTE
CITY-NEAR Alliant Techsystems Operations LLC, Small Caliber Systems Division 1,810 FTE
CITY-NEAR Olin-Winchester LLC 1,582 FTE
CITY-NEAR Centerpoint Medical Center of Independence 1,507 FTE
CITY-NEAR Landmark Building 906 FTE
NAT-TCR Macrocap Labs 4.6 TCR
NAT-TCR Fiesta # 81 4.6 TCR
NAT-TCR Southeastern Commercial Tire 4.6 TCR
NAT-TCR Ryerson - Mobile 4.6 TCR
NAT-SIZE Mkg of Lakeside 61 FTE
NAT-SIZE New York Label & Box Corp-Ny 61 FTE
NAT-SIZE Hotel 61 FTE
NAT-SIZE Swift Industrial Power - Knoxville 61 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, 2020, 2019, 2018, 2016. This is publicly available government data - not a legal determination of workplace conditions.
Data sourced from official public datasets. See our methodology for details.