Garbage collection services · Minnesota

Walters Recycling & Refuse Inc.

Blaine, MN · ~133 workers · 5 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

F
Failing Safety Record
10.1
Avg TCR
2.6
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

Walters Recycling & Refuse Inc. runs at 388% of its industry's injury rate - far more dangerous than the typical Garbage collection services workplace, earning a grade F.

Walters Recycling & Refuse Inc.: 10.1 TCR = 388% of Garbage collection services BLS 2.6 · 5y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Walters Recycling & Refuse Inc. safety composite

Walters Recycling & Refuse Inc. scores strongest on fatalities (safer than 52% of same-industry peers) and weakest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 16%), 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).

D

36/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
F 10.09 per 100 workers

Safer than 16% of industry peers

DART rate
D 3.56 per 100 workers

Safer than 47% 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

−5.0

2018→2024

Walters Recycling & Refuse Inc. injury rate improved

Walters Recycling & Refuse Inc.'s TCR fell 5.0 from 11.1 in 2018 to 6.0 in 2024. Peak filing year was 2023 at 17.9 TCR. In 2024, DART was 0.35× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2018=11.1 · 2019=6.4 · 2020=9.1 · 2023=17.9 · 2024=6.0

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

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

Grade F · TCR 10.1 · 388% of ind

  • DART 3.6 DART
  • RANK #49/60
  • PHOTO Waste Pro 608 - Natc…
  • BOOK 5y book
  • INJ 81 inj
  • SIZE ~133 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: Waste Pro 608 - Natchez (0.0 TCR gap)

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Walters Recycling & Refuse Inc. in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows Walters Recycling & Refuse Inc. averages 10.1 TCR (388% of the Garbage collection services BLS benchmark).

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

Walters Recycling & Refuse Inc. TCR series: 2018=11.1 · 2019=6.4 · 2020=9.1 · 2023=17.9 · 2024=6 · BLS 2.6

Where Walters Recycling & Refuse Inc. falls in its industry

2,322 Garbage collection services establishments

Safer than 16% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 5.1.

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to Minnesota alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #49 safest of 60 Garbage collection services employers in Minnesota.

Walters Recycling & Refuse Inc. (133 employees, TCR 10.1) 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 Walters Recycling & Refuse Inc.
Walters Recycling & Refuse Inc. (133 employees, TCR 10.1) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 55 employees and a TCR of 5.1

Walters Recycling & Refuse Inc. has more employees than the Garbage collection services 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 6.0 3.6 16 1 0
2023 17.9 15.5 28 2 0
2020 9.1 9.1 13 0 0
2019 6.4 4.3 9 0 0
2018 11.1 10.3 15 0 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

562111 · MN · Blaine

2,322 Garbage collection services 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 Metric
NAICS-TCR Waste Pro 608 - Natchez 10.1 TCR
NAICS-TCR JE Gibson Inc 10.1 TCR
NAICS-TCR Conwaste Recogido Viejo San Juan 10.1 TCR
NAICS-TCR GFL Environmental Wayne 10.1 TCR
STATE-SIZE Silver Tree Plumbing and Heating LLC. 133 FTE
STATE-SIZE Louisiana-Pacific Two Harbors 133 FTE
STATE-SIZE Strongwell 133 FTE
STATE-SIZE Cherne Industries 133 FTE
CITY-NEAR Estee Lauder - Blaine 669 FTE
CITY-NEAR Infinite Campus, Inc. 471 FTE
CITY-NEAR 1832 - Blaine 400 FTE
CITY-NEAR WM 3498 352 FTE
NAT-TCR Generations of Red Bay, LLC 10.1 TCR
NAT-TCR City of Reedsport 10.1 TCR
NAT-TCR Brookdale Winston-Salem 10.1 TCR
NAT-TCR West Paw, Inc. 10.1 TCR
NAT-SIZE Apple Rehab Colchester 133 FTE
NAT-SIZE Honeywell International Inc 133 FTE
NAT-SIZE MANTECA 133 FTE
NAT-SIZE Magna Seating Auburn Hills 133 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: 2024, 2023, 2020, 2019, 2018. This is publicly available government data - not a legal determination of workplace conditions.
Data sourced from official public datasets. See our methodology for details.