Garbage collection services · Tennessee

Waste Connections of Tennessee

Memphis, TN · ~170 workers · 2 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

C
Average Safety Record
2.1
Avg TCR
2.6
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

Waste Connections of Tennessee runs at 81% of its industry's injury rate - about level with the typical Garbage collection services workplace, earning a grade C.

Waste Connections of Tennessee: 2.1 TCR = 81% of Garbage collection services BLS 2.6 · 2y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Waste Connections of Tennessee safety composite

Waste Connections of Tennessee scores strongest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 85% 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

73/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
B 2.1 per 100 workers

Safer than 85% of industry peers

DART rate
C 1.14 per 100 workers

Safer than 74% 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

−1.4

2023→2024

Waste Connections of Tennessee injury rate improved

Waste Connections of Tennessee's TCR fell 1.4 from 2.8 in 2023 to 1.4 in 2024. Peak filing year was 2023 at 2.8 TCR. In 2024, DART was 0.54× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2023=2.8 · 2024=1.4

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 562111 · Memphis, TN AT/BELOW-IND · MID

Grade C · TCR 2.1 · 81% of ind

  • DART 1.1 DART
  • RANK #13/43
  • PHOTO S04915 - WM of Pharr
  • BOOK 2y book
  • INJ 11 inj
  • SIZE ~170 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: S04915 - WM of Pharr (0.0 TCR gap)

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Waste Connections of Tennessee in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows Waste Connections of Tennessee averages 2.1 TCR (81% of the Garbage collection services BLS benchmark).

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

Waste Connections of Tennessee TCR series: 2023=2.8 · 2024=1.4 · BLS 2.6

Where Waste Connections of Tennessee falls in its industry

2,322 Garbage collection services establishments

Safer than 85% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 5.1.

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to Tennessee alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #13 safest of 43 Garbage collection services employers in Tennessee.

Waste Connections of Tennessee (170 employees, TCR 2.1) 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 Waste Connections of Tennessee
Waste Connections of Tennessee (170 employees, TCR 2.1) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 55 employees and a TCR of 5.1

Waste Connections of Tennessee has more employees than the Garbage collection services 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
2024 1.4 1.1 5 0 0
2023 2.8 2.3 6 0 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

562111 · TN · Memphis

2,322 Garbage collection services employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 10,743 rated employers in Tennessee with headcount on file · 1,330 employers in Memphis, TN · 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 S04915 - WM of Pharr 2.1 TCR
NAICS-TCR Republic Services Of Washington Metro 4411 2.1 TCR
NAICS-TCR 104 - Gainesville 2.1 TCR
NAICS-TCR 2210-Idaho Falls 2.1 TCR
STATE-SIZE Pacific Tomato Growers, Ltd. - Newport TN PH 170 FTE
STATE-SIZE PML Inc 170 FTE
STATE-SIZE Mid South Wire 170 FTE
STATE-SIZE Republic Doors and Frames 170 FTE
CITY-NEAR FedEx 2903 SPRANKLE DR 12,398 FTE
CITY-NEAR 381940311 9,861 FTE
CITY-NEAR American Residential Services 5,775 FTE
CITY-NEAR St. Jude Children's Research Hospital 5,599 FTE
NAT-TCR Enhanced Manufacturing Solutions, LLC 2.1 TCR
NAT-TCR Nustar Building Materials LLC 2.1 TCR
NAT-TCR Prosteam Carpet Care and Restoration 2.1 TCR
NAT-TCR Karl's Truck Repair 2.1 TCR
NAT-SIZE Ocala Health and Rehabilitation Center 170 FTE
NAT-SIZE USA Phoenix 1805 E Sky Hbr Cir 170 FTE
NAT-SIZE Niagara LaSalle Corporation 170 FTE
NAT-SIZE Oliver Rubber Company 170 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. 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.