Waste (except sewage) treatment facilities, nonhazardous · Texas

USE Karnes County Disposal, LLC

Kenedy, TX · ~31 workers · 3 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

B
Good Safety Record
1.7
Avg TCR
2.6
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

USE Karnes County Disposal, LLC runs at 67% of its industry's injury rate - safer than the typical Waste (except sewage) treatment facilities, nonhazardous workplace, earning a grade B.

USE Karnes County Disposal, LLC: 1.7 TCR = 67% of Waste (except sewage) treatment facilities, nonhazardous BLS 2.6 · 3y Form 300A (see methodology below)

USE Karnes County Disposal, LLC safety composite

USE Karnes County Disposal, LLC scores strongest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 84% of same-industry peers) and weakest on dart rate (safer than 40%), 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

61/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
B 1.73 per 100 workers

Safer than 84% of industry peers

DART rate
D 2.3 per 100 workers

Safer than 40% 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

−0.6

2020→2022

USE Karnes County Disposal, LLC injury rate improved

USE Karnes County Disposal, LLC's TCR fell 0.6 from 2.9 in 2020 to 2.3 in 2022. Peak filing year was 2020 at 2.9 TCR. In 2022, DART was 1.33× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2020=2.9 · 2021=0.0 · 2022=2.3

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 562219 · Kenedy, TX AT/BELOW-IND · SMALL

Grade B · TCR 1.7 · 67% of ind

  • DART 2.3 DART
  • RANK #6/17
  • PHOTO Waste Recovery Solut…
  • BOOK 3y book
  • INJ 2 inj
  • SIZE ~31 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: Waste Recovery Solutions, LLC (0.0 TCR gap)

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USE Karnes County Disposal, LLC in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows USE Karnes County Disposal, LLC averages 1.7 TCR (67% of the Waste (except sewage) treatment facilities, nonhazardous BLS benchmark).

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

USE Karnes County Disposal, LLC TCR series: 2020=2.9 · 2021=0 · 2022=2.3 · BLS 2.6

Where USE Karnes County Disposal, LLC falls in its industry

171 Waste (except sewage) treatmen establishments

Safer than 84% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 4.9.

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to Texas alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #6 safest of 17 Waste (except sewage) treatmen employers in Texas.

USE Karnes County Disposal, LLC (31 employees, TCR 1.7) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 45 employees and a TCR of 4.9 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 0100200300400 010203040 Average employees Total Case Rate USE Karnes County Disposal, LLC
USE Karnes County Disposal, LLC (31 employees, TCR 1.7) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 45 employees and a TCR of 4.9

USE Karnes County Disposal, LLC has fewer employees than the Waste (except sewage) treatment faciliti median and a lower injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 4.9. 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
2022 2.3 2.3 1 0 0
2021 0.0 0.0 0 0 0
2020 2.9 2.9 1 0 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

562219 · TX · Kenedy

171 Waste (except sewage) treatment facilities, nonhazardous employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 38,394 rated employers in Texas with headcount on file · 13 employers in Kenedy, 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 Waste Recovery Solutions, LLC 1.7 TCR
NAICS-TCR Stericycle - Memphis,TN 1.7 TCR
NAICS-TCR EMA Resources, Inc. 1.8 TCR
NAICS-TCR LRS - Bethel Heights AR 1.8 TCR
STATE-SIZE TREES USA 31 FTE
STATE-SIZE Treeland Nursery Inc 31 FTE
STATE-SIZE 145 Ranch LLC 31 FTE
STATE-SIZE Cobalt Cattle Company LLC - Tulia 31 FTE
CITY-NEAR Gulf Coast 339 FTE
CITY-NEAR Eagle Ford 275 FTE
CITY-NEAR 524 153 FTE
CITY-NEAR Kenedy 149 FTE
NAT-TCR Yarde Metals, New Jersey 1.7 TCR
NAT-TCR Knotts Wholesale Foods 1.7 TCR
NAT-TCR Richards Homewares, Inc. 1.7 TCR
NAT-TCR Ryder Transportation Services, Pompano Beach 1.7 TCR
NAT-SIZE Raito, Inc. 31 FTE
NAT-SIZE PFLand 31 FTE
NAT-SIZE C & C Shop 31 FTE
NAT-SIZE Tops #723 31 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: 2022, 2021, 2020. 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.