Garbage hauling, local · Pennsylvania
Valley Waste Service, Inc.
Mars, PA · ~86 workers · 9 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.
- F
- Failing Safety Record
- 12.3
- Avg TCR
- 2.6
- Industry avg
- 0
- Fatalities
The verdict
Valley Waste Service, Inc. runs at 474% of its industry's injury rate - far more dangerous than the typical Garbage hauling, local workplace, earning a grade F.
Valley Waste Service, Inc.: 12.3 TCR = 474% of Garbage hauling, local BLS 2.6 · 9y Form 300A (see methodology below)
Valley Waste Service, Inc. safety composite
Valley Waste Service, Inc. scores strongest on fatalities (safer than 52% of same-industry peers) and weakest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 11%), 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).
23/100
Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures
- Total Case Rate (TCR)
- F 12.32 per 100 workers
Safer than 11% of industry peers
- DART rate
- F 8.12 per 100 workers
Safer than 16% 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
2016→2024
Valley Waste Service, Inc. injury rate improved
Valley Waste Service, Inc.'s TCR fell 0.6 from 12.4 in 2016 to 11.7 in 2024. Peak filing year was 2021 at 17.2 TCR. In 2024, DART was 0.66× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).
2016=12.4 · 2017=6.8 · 2018=16.1 · 2019=14.1 · 2020=9.9 · 2021=17.2 · 2022=15.3 · 2023=7.4 · 2024=11.7
OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard
Establishment book 562111 · Mars, PA ABOVE-IND · SMALL
Grade F · TCR 12.3 · 474% of ind
- DART 8.1 DART
- RANK #98/116
- PHOTO Provalet Trash
- BOOK 9y book
- INJ 109 inj
- SIZE ~86 FTE
Nearest TCR peer: Provalet Trash (0.0 TCR gap)
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Valley Waste Service, Inc. in the TCR neighbourhood
Average Total Case Rate among this establishment and nearest same-industry peers
- This site
Valley Waste Service, Inc.
12.3 TCR
- Provalet Trash
Provalet Trash
12.3 TCR
- L&L Site Servi
L&L Site Services, Inc.
12.3 TCR
- Recology Humbo
Recology Humboldt County
12.3 TCR
- Emterra Enviro
Emterra Environmental USA Corp -Bad Axe
12.3 TCR
What this shows Valley Waste Service, Inc. averages 12.3 TCR (474% of the Garbage hauling, local BLS benchmark).
Valley Waste Service, Inc. TCR series: 2016=12.4 · 2017=6.8 · 2018=16.1 · 2019=14.1 · 2020=9.9 · 2021=17.2 · 2022=15.3 · 2023=7.4 · 2024=11.7 · BLS 2.6
Where Valley Waste Service, Inc. falls in its industry
2,322 Garbage hauling, local establishmentsSafer than 11% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 5.1.
Narrower to Pennsylvania alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #98 safest of 116 Garbage hauling, local employers in Pennsylvania.
Valley Waste Service, Inc. has more employees than the Garbage hauling, local 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 11.7 | 8.1 | 13 | 0 | 0 |
| 2023 | 7.4 | 5.5 | 8 | 0 | 0 |
| 2022 | 15.3 | 13.3 | 16 | 0 | 0 |
| 2021 | 17.2 | 10.9 | 16 | 3 | 0 |
| 2020 | 9.9 | 6.3 | 11 | 0 | 0 |
| 2019 | 14.1 | 9.1 | 14 | 0 | 0 |
| 2018 | 16.1 | 12.8 | 15 | 0 | 0 |
| 2017 | 6.8 | 5.7 | 6 | 0 | 0 |
| 2016 | 12.4 | 7.4 | 10 | 0 | 0 |
OSHA ITA peer cross-reference
Establishment peer ledger
562111 · PA · Mars
2,322 Garbage hauling, local employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 22,692 rated employers in Pennsylvania with headcount on file · 25 employers in Mars, PA · 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 | Provalet Trash | 12.3 TCR |
| NAICS-TCR | L&L Site Services, Inc. | 12.3 TCR |
| NAICS-TCR | Recology Humboldt County | 12.3 TCR |
| NAICS-TCR | Emterra Environmental USA Corp -Bad Axe | 12.3 TCR |
| STATE-SIZE | CT Bartoli Mushrooms, Inc. | 86 FTE |
| STATE-SIZE | Exelon Power Labs | 86 FTE |
| STATE-SIZE | Luzerne Service Building | 86 FTE |
| STATE-SIZE | 908-NiSource-Canonsburg-SPT PA | 86 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | St. John | 197 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | Vogel Disposal Company, Inc.. | 162 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | James Austin Company | 134 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | MHY Family Services | 120 FTE |
| NAT-TCR | Broken Bow | 12.3 TCR |
| NAT-TCR | Madison County EMS | 12.3 TCR |
| NAT-TCR | Creasy Springs Health Campus | 12.3 TCR |
| NAT-TCR | Trader Joe's 0741 Cary | 12.3 TCR |
| NAT-SIZE | Chattem Chemicals Inc. | 86 FTE |
| NAT-SIZE | Teijin Automotive Technologies, Van Wert, Ohio | 86 FTE |
| NAT-SIZE | 34 Recc | 86 FTE |
| NAT-SIZE | Frontier Bridge | 86 FTE |
Rel codes: NAICS-TCR · STATE-SIZE · CITY-NEAR · NAT-TCR/NAT-SIZE cross-state. Read with this employer →
Read our methodology - how this data is sourced, computed, and verified.