Waste Collection · North Carolina

Waste Industries Alamance

Graham, NC · ~35 workers · 9 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

D
Poor Safety Record
4.3
Avg TCR
2.6
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

Waste Industries Alamance runs at 163% of its industry's injury rate - more dangerous than the typical Waste Collection workplace, earning a grade D.

Waste Industries Alamance: 4.3 TCR = 163% of Waste Collection BLS 2.6 · 9y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Waste Industries Alamance safety composite

Waste Industries Alamance scores strongest on dart rate (safer than 69% 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

61/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
C 4.25 per 100 workers

Safer than 59% of industry peers

DART rate
C 1.72 per 100 workers

Safer than 69% 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

−3.7

2016→2024

Waste Industries Alamance injury rate improved

Waste Industries Alamance's TCR fell 3.7 from 5.4 in 2016 to 1.7 in 2024. Peak filing year was 2020 at 10.6 TCR. In 2024, DART was 0.4× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2016=5.4 · 2017=5.3 · 2018=0.0 · 2019=2.6 · 2020=10.6 · 2021=4.5 · 2022=4.1 · 2023=3.9 · 2024=1.7

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 562111 · Graham, NC ABOVE-IND · SMALL

Grade D · TCR 4.3 · 163% of ind

  • DART 1.7 DART
  • RANK #44/87
  • PHOTO TC Recycling, LLC
  • BOOK 9y book
  • INJ 16 inj
  • SIZE ~35 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: TC Recycling, LLC (0.0 TCR gap)

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Waste Industries Alamance in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows Waste Industries Alamance averages 4.3 TCR (163% of the Waste Collection BLS benchmark).

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

Waste Industries Alamance TCR series: 2016=5.4 · 2017=5.3 · 2018=0 · 2019=2.6 · 2020=10.6 · 2021=4.5 · 2022=4.1 · 2023=3.9 · 2024=1.7 · BLS 2.6

Where Waste Industries Alamance falls in its industry

2,322 Waste Collection establishments

Safer than 59% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 5.1.

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to North Carolina alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #44 safest of 87 Waste Collection employers in North Carolina.

Waste Industries Alamance (35 employees, TCR 4.3) 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 Industries Alamance
Waste Industries Alamance (35 employees, TCR 4.3) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 55 employees and a TCR of 5.1

Waste Industries Alamance has fewer employees than the Waste Collection 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 1.7 1.7 1 0 0
2023 3.9 0.0 2 0 0
2022 4.1 4.1 2 0 0
2021 4.5 2.3 2 0 0
2020 10.6 7.9 4 0 0
2019 2.6 2.6 1 0 0
2018 0.0 0.0 0 0 0
2017 5.3 2.7 2 0 0
2016 5.4 5.4 2 0 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

562111 · NC · Graham

2,322 Waste Collection employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 16,981 rated employers in North Carolina with headcount on file · 29 employers in Graham, NC · 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 TC Recycling, LLC 4.3 TCR
NAICS-TCR Amwaste Birmingham 4.3 TCR
NAICS-TCR Republic Services Of Frederick 4428 4.3 TCR
NAICS-TCR Republic Services of San Antonio, Allied Waste Division 4.3 TCR
STATE-SIZE Boykin Farms, Inc. 35 FTE
STATE-SIZE NEW COLONY SOW FARM 6276 -EST 35 FTE
STATE-SIZE Goldsboro Field Services 35 FTE
STATE-SIZE Butterball LLC Hatchery # 2 35 FTE
CITY-NEAR Alamance County 761 FTE
CITY-NEAR Alamance Foods Cedar Crest 532 FTE
CITY-NEAR Buckner Heavylift Cranes, LLC. 207 FTE
CITY-NEAR ASPE-South LLC 146 FTE
NAT-TCR Eversource - Newtown 4.3 TCR
NAT-TCR Distributed Workforce : Carolina, Puerto Rico - Haier Appliances Caribbean and Company 4.3 TCR
NAT-TCR Zenith Logistics Woodlawn 4.3 TCR
NAT-TCR 2850 Grand Island Boulevard Operating Company, LLC 4.3 TCR
NAT-SIZE McLean Ambulatory Surgery Center 35 FTE
NAT-SIZE At Home Stores #22 35 FTE
NAT-SIZE Horizon Store 35 FTE
NAT-SIZE Dumas Terminal 35 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, 2022, 2021, 2020, 2019, 2018, 2017, 2016. This is publicly available government data - not a legal determination of workplace conditions.
Data sourced from official public datasets. See our methodology for details.