Refuse hauling, local · Texas

VF Hauling

Houston, TX · ~29 workers · 5 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

D
Poor Safety Record
3.5
Avg TCR
2.6
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

VF Hauling runs at 137% of its industry's injury rate - more dangerous than the typical Refuse hauling, local workplace, earning a grade D.

VF Hauling: 3.5 TCR = 137% of Refuse hauling, local BLS 2.6 · 5y Form 300A (see methodology below)

VF Hauling safety composite

VF Hauling 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

71/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
C 3.55 per 100 workers

Safer than 68% 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%).

VF Hauling held a steady TCR band

VF Hauling's TCR held near 0.0 from 0.0 in 2016 to 0.0 in 2020. Peak filing year was 2017 at 14.8 TCR. In 2020, DART was 0× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2016=0.0 · 2017=14.8 · 2018=2.9 · 2019=0.0 · 2020=0.0

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 562111 · Houston, TX ABOVE-IND · SMALL

Grade D · TCR 3.5 · 137% of ind

  • DART 0.0 DART
  • RANK #66/117
  • PHOTO Buffalo Hauling
  • BOOK 5y book
  • INJ 5 inj
  • SIZE ~29 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: Buffalo Hauling (0.0 TCR gap)

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VF Hauling in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows VF Hauling averages 3.5 TCR (137% of the Refuse hauling, local BLS benchmark).

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

VF Hauling TCR series: 2016=0 · 2017=14.8 · 2018=2.9 · 2019=0 · 2020=0 · BLS 2.6

Where VF Hauling falls in its industry

2,322 Refuse hauling, local establishments

Safer than 68% 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 #66 safest of 117 Refuse hauling, local employers in Texas.

VF Hauling (29 employees, TCR 3.5) 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 VF Hauling
VF Hauling (29 employees, TCR 3.5) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 55 employees and a TCR of 5.1

VF Hauling has fewer 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
2020 0.0 0.0 0 0 0
2019 0.0 0.0 0 0 0
2018 2.9 0.0 1 0 0
2017 14.8 8.9 4 1 0
2016 0.0 0.0 0 0 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

562111 · TX · Houston

2,322 Refuse hauling, local employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 38,394 rated employers in Texas with headcount on file · 5,116 employers in Houston, 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 Buffalo Hauling 3.5 TCR
NAICS-TCR Knott County 3.5 TCR
NAICS-TCR 201 - Athens 3.5 TCR
NAICS-TCR S06991 - Butler Hauling 3.5 TCR
STATE-SIZE Cobalt Cattle Company LLC - Hereford 29 FTE
STATE-SIZE Pepper Dairy 29 FTE
STATE-SIZE SROOC Holding LLC 29 FTE
STATE-SIZE G&G Logging, LLC 29 FTE
CITY-NEAR IAH IAH 11,560 FTE
CITY-NEAR IAH - Airport United Airlines Offices 10,239 FTE
CITY-NEAR 6925-IAH 9,442 FTE
CITY-NEAR Houston Methodist Hospital Texas Medical Center 8,873 FTE
NAT-TCR Charleston Terminal 3.5 TCR
NAT-TCR Klaussner Plant 10 3.5 TCR
NAT-TCR Coldwater Machine Company, LLC 3.5 TCR
NAT-TCR Ballast Point - Little Italy 3.5 TCR
NAT-SIZE Moltus Building Group, LLC 29 FTE
NAT-SIZE KC East Hauling 29 FTE
NAT-SIZE Printing Concepts Inc. 29 FTE
NAT-SIZE Brookdale Meridian Boulder #26413 29 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: 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.