Refuse collection services · Georgia

Waste Industries Atlanta South Fairburn

Fairburn, GA · ~92 workers · 6 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

D
Poor Safety Record
4.8
Avg TCR
2.6
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

Waste Industries Atlanta South Fairburn runs at 186% of its industry's injury rate - more dangerous than the typical Refuse collection services workplace, earning a grade D.

Waste Industries Atlanta South Fairburn: 4.8 TCR = 186% of Refuse collection services BLS 2.6 · 6y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Waste Industries Atlanta South Fairburn safety composite

Waste Industries Atlanta South Fairburn scores strongest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 53% of same-industry peers) and weakest on dart rate (safer than 31%), 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

45/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
D 4.83 per 100 workers

Safer than 53% of industry peers

DART rate
F 5.19 per 100 workers

Safer than 31% 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

−1.0

2016→2021

Waste Industries Atlanta South Fairburn injury rate improved

Waste Industries Atlanta South Fairburn's TCR fell 1.0 from 6.2 in 2016 to 5.2 in 2021. Peak filing year was 2016 at 6.2 TCR. In 2021, DART was 1.07× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2016=6.2 · 2017=2.6 · 2018=6.0 · 2019=4.3 · 2020=4.6 · 2021=5.2

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 562111 · Fairburn, GA ABOVE-IND · SMALL

Grade D · TCR 4.8 · 186% of ind

  • DART 5.2 DART
  • RANK #60/80
  • PHOTO S04989 - Whitmore La…
  • BOOK 6y book
  • INJ 32 inj
  • SIZE ~92 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: S04989 - Whitmore Lake Hauling (0.0 TCR gap)

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Waste Industries Atlanta South Fairburn in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows Waste Industries Atlanta South Fairburn averages 4.8 TCR (186% of the Refuse collection services BLS benchmark).

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

Waste Industries Atlanta South Fairburn TCR series: 2016=6.2 · 2017=2.6 · 2018=6 · 2019=4.3 · 2020=4.6 · 2021=5.2 · BLS 2.6

Where Waste Industries Atlanta South Fairburn falls in its industry

2,322 Refuse collection services establishments

Safer than 53% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 5.1.

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to Georgia alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #60 safest of 80 Refuse collection services employers in Georgia.

Waste Industries Atlanta South Fairburn (92 employees, TCR 4.8) 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 Atlanta South Fairburn
Waste Industries Atlanta South Fairburn (92 employees, TCR 4.8) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 55 employees and a TCR of 5.1

Waste Industries Atlanta South Fairburn has more employees than the Refuse 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
2021 5.2 5.2 7 0 0
2020 4.6 2.8 5 0 0
2019 4.3 2.6 5 0 0
2018 6.0 3.4 7 0 0
2017 2.6 0.9 3 0 0
2016 6.2 5.0 5 0 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

562111 · GA · Fairburn

2,322 Refuse collection services employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 14,941 rated employers in Georgia with headcount on file · 98 employers in Fairburn, GA · 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 S04989 - Whitmore Lake Hauling 4.8 TCR
NAICS-TCR S04549 - IL SPRINGFIELD HAULING 4.8 TCR
NAICS-TCR S10982 - Melrose Park Hauling 4.8 TCR
NAICS-TCR Evansville Republic Services 4.8 TCR
STATE-SIZE Oconee Egg Farm 92 FTE
STATE-SIZE Gwinnett Operating - 1453 Highway 120 Lawrenceville 92 FTE
STATE-SIZE Des Plaines 92 FTE
STATE-SIZE W.M. Sheppard Lumber Co., Inc. 92 FTE
CITY-NEAR Material in Motion, LLC. 1,076 FTE
CITY-NEAR GA - USPS Fairburn9 828 FTE
CITY-NEAR Duracell Atlanta (MRU5102) 731 FTE
CITY-NEAR US Foods Atlanta 655 FTE
NAT-TCR #7 St. Clairsville 4.8 TCR
NAT-TCR Installed Building Products #695 4.8 TCR
NAT-TCR Prime Energy Group - Charlotte #561 4.8 TCR
NAT-TCR McAlister Transportation 4.8 TCR
NAT-SIZE Riverside Place 92 FTE
NAT-SIZE International Knife and Saw, Inc, 92 FTE
NAT-SIZE Jaynes Corporation - Albuquerque, NM 92 FTE
NAT-SIZE #2 Woodsfield 92 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: 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.