Waste hauling, local, nonhazardous solid · Indiana

Total Disposal Inc

Gary, IN · ~35 workers · 3 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

D
Poor Safety Record
3.3
Avg TCR
2.6
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

Total Disposal Inc runs at 128% of its industry's injury rate - more dangerous than the typical Waste hauling, local, nonhazardous solid workplace, earning a grade D.

Total Disposal Inc: 3.3 TCR = 128% of Waste hauling, local, nonhazardous solid BLS 2.6 · 3y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Total Disposal Inc safety composite

Total Disposal Inc scores strongest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 71% 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

62/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
C 3.33 per 100 workers

Safer than 71% of industry peers

DART rate
C 2.41 per 100 workers

Safer than 60% 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

Total Disposal Inc: 2.7 → 4.8 TCR

Peak year 2018 @ 4.8 TCR · DART/TCR 0.72× in 2018

Total Disposal Inc's TCR rose 2.1 from 2.7 in 2016 to 4.8 in 2018. In 2018, DART was 0.72× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 562111 · Gary, IN ABOVE-IND · SMALL

Grade D · TCR 3.3 · 128% of ind

  • DART 2.4 DART
  • RANK #17/71
  • PHOTO S04269 - Charlotte W…
  • BOOK 3y book
  • INJ 4 inj
  • SIZE ~35 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: S04269 - Charlotte West Hauling (0.0 TCR gap)

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Total Disposal Inc in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows Total Disposal Inc averages 3.3 TCR (128% of the Waste hauling, local, nonhazardous solid BLS benchmark).

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

Total Disposal Inc TCR series: 2016=2.7 · 2017=2.5 · 2018=4.8 · BLS 2.6

Where Total Disposal Inc falls in its industry

2,322 Waste hauling, local, nonhazar establishments

Safer than 71% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 5.1.

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to Indiana alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #17 safest of 71 Waste hauling, local, nonhazar employers in Indiana.

Total Disposal Inc (35 employees, TCR 3.3) 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 Total Disposal Inc
Total Disposal Inc (35 employees, TCR 3.3) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 55 employees and a TCR of 5.1

Total Disposal Inc has fewer employees than the Waste hauling, local, nonhazardous solid 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
2018 4.8 2.4 2 0 0
2017 2.5 0.0 1 0 0
2016 2.7 2.7 1 0 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

562111 · IN · Gary

2,322 Waste hauling, local, nonhazardous solid employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 12,750 rated employers in Indiana with headcount on file · 107 employers in Gary, IN · 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 S04269 - Charlotte West Hauling 3.3 TCR
NAICS-TCR S04018 - Charlotte North Hauling 3.3 TCR
NAICS-TCR S10045 - Aloha Disposal 3.3 TCR
NAICS-TCR Waste Pro 104 - Gainesville 3.3 TCR
STATE-SIZE Oak Basin Dairy 35 FTE
STATE-SIZE Crawfordsville LLC 35 FTE
STATE-SIZE 2164-Evansville, IN 35 FTE
STATE-SIZE 2527-Windfall, IN 35 FTE
CITY-NEAR USS Gary Works - Plant 4,744 FTE
CITY-NEAR Gary Works 3,767 FTE
CITY-NEAR HRNI Holdings, LLC 1,430 FTE
CITY-NEAR AMZL : DIN2 569 FTE
NAT-TCR Great Smokies Lodge - Resort 3.3 TCR
NAT-TCR Open Systems Healthcare - Bala 3.3 TCR
NAT-TCR Crown Metal, Elmhurst 3.3 TCR
NAT-TCR Metals USA Inc. 3.3 TCR
NAT-SIZE Woodburn Transport 35 FTE
NAT-SIZE Rws Nc Raleigh Cap Area Raleigh 35 FTE
NAT-SIZE Medical Ambulatory Surgical Suites 35 FTE
NAT-SIZE Herndon - Corporate Group 35 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: 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.