Trash hauling, local · Minnesota

Walters Recycling and Refuse

Name: Walters Recycling and Refuse Workplace Safety Data
Creator: PlainSafetyScore
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Blaine, MN · ~145 workers · 3 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

Compiled by PlainSafetyScore · August 25, 2026

F
Failing Safety Record: 11.3
Avg TCR: 2.6
Industry avg: 0
Fatalities

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The verdict

Walters Recycling and Refuse runs at 434% of its industry's injury rate - far more dangerous than the typical Trash hauling, local workplace, earning a grade F.

Walters Recycling and Refuse: 11.3 TCR = 434% of Trash hauling, local BLS 2.6 · 3y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Walters Recycling and Refuse safety composite

Walters Recycling and Refuse scores strongest on fatalities (safer than 52% of same-industry peers) and weakest on dart rate (safer than 4%), 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).

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Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR): F 11.28 per 100 workers

Safer than 13% of industry peers
DART rate: F 15.48 per 100 workers

Safer than 4% 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

Walters Recycling and Refuse: 6.6 → 17.9 TCR

Peak year 2023 @ 17.9 TCR · DART/TCR 1.37× in 2023

Walters Recycling and Refuse's TCR rose 11.3 from 6.6 in 2021 to 17.9 in 2023. In 2023, DART was 1.37× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 562111 · Blaine, MN ABOVE-IND · MID

Grade F · TCR 11.3 · 434% of ind

DART 15.5 DART
RANK #50/60
PHOTO Republic Services Ch…
BOOK 3y book
INJ 52 inj
SIZE ~145 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: Republic Services Chicago Heights (0.0 TCR gap)

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What this shows Walters Recycling and Refuse averages 11.3 TCR (434% of the Trash hauling, local BLS benchmark).

Walters Recycling and Refuse TCR series: 2021=6.6 · 2022=9.4 · 2023=17.9 · BLS 2.6

Where Walters Recycling and Refuse falls in its industry

2,322 Trash hauling, local establishments

Safer than 13% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 5.1.

Grade F

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to Minnesota alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #50 safest of 60 Trash hauling, local employers in Minnesota.

Walters Recycling and Refuse (145 employees, TCR 11.3) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 55 employees and a TCR of 5.1

Walters Recycling and Refuse has more employees than the Trash 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
2023	17.9	15.5	28	2
2022	9.4	8.7	13	1
2021	6.6	5.4	11	0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

562111 · MN · Blaine

2,322 Trash hauling, local employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 15,828 rated employers in Minnesota with headcount on file · 163 employers in Blaine, MN · 4 cross-state NAT-TCR peers · 4 cross-state NAT-SIZE peers. Closest matches by relationship code are listed below.

Rel	Establishment	Place	Metric
NAICS-TCR	Republic Services Chicago Heights	CHICAGO HEIGHTS, IL	11.3 TCR
NAICS-TCR	Tracy Delta Solid Waste Management Inc.	TRACY, CA	11.3 TCR
NAICS-TCR	Stericycle - N.Salt Lake,UT	N. SALT LAKE, UT	11.3 TCR
NAICS-TCR	Garrard County	LANCASTER, KY	11.3 TCR
STATE-SIZE	Construction	BAXTER	145 FTE
STATE-SIZE	Winona Heating and Ventilating	WINONA	145 FTE
STATE-SIZE	Lloyd's BBQ Company	MENDOTA HEIGHTS	145 FTE
STATE-SIZE	Unique Wholesale Distributors - MN Blackduck	BLACKDUCK	145 FTE
CITY-NEAR	Estee Lauder - Blaine	Blaine	669 FTE
CITY-NEAR	Infinite Campus, Inc.	Blaine	471 FTE
CITY-NEAR	1832 - Blaine	Blaine	400 FTE
CITY-NEAR	WM 3498	Blaine	352 FTE
NAT-TCR	Tracy Delta Solid Waste Management Inc.	Tracy, CA	11.3 TCR
NAT-TCR	Mariposa Landscapes Inc. - Fontana	Fontana, CA	11.3 TCR
NAT-TCR	Bowman	Bowman, SC	11.3 TCR
NAT-TCR	The Village at Augsburg	Baltimore, MD	11.3 TCR
NAT-SIZE	Store 0595	Miami, FL	145 FTE
NAT-SIZE	Alta Vista Healthcare & Wellness Centre	Riverside, CA	145 FTE
NAT-SIZE	Concord Office	Concord, CA	145 FTE
NAT-SIZE	Glenmont #196	Glenmont, NY	145 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, 2021. This is publicly available government data - not a legal determination of workplace conditions.

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Data sourced from official public datasets. See our methodology for details.