Waste Collection · South Carolina
Waste Industries Columbia
Columbia, SC · ~64 workers · 8 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.
- F
- Failing Safety Record
- 6.6
- Avg TCR
- 2.6
- Industry avg
- 1
- Fatality
The verdict
Waste Industries Columbia runs at 255% of its industry's injury rate - far more dangerous than the typical Waste Collection workplace, earning a grade F.
- F
- Failing Safety Record
- 6.6
- avg TCR · per 100 workers
- 2.6
- industry benchmark (BLS)
- 1
- worker fatalities on record
Grade compares Waste Industries Columbia's OSHA Total Case Rate to the BLS industry benchmark across 8 years of Form 300A filings (2016–2024). This reflects reported recordable injuries, not an independent safety inspection -- underreporting is a known limitation of employer self-recordkeeping.
Injury rate over time
Waste Industries Columbia's yearly Total Case Rate, against the 2.6 industry benchmark.
Where Waste Industries Columbia falls in its industry
2,506 Waste Collection establishmentsSafer than 32% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 4.7.
Narrower to South Carolina alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #33 safest of 39 Waste Collection employers in South Carolina.
Waste Industries Columbia has an average TCR of 6.6, which is 255% of the industry average (2.6) for Waste Collection. This is significantly worse than average.
The letter grade is a transparent derived index PlainSafetyScore computes from public OSHA ITA and BLS benchmark data, not an official OSHA rating or safety certification. Full formula and thresholds: Methodology.
Trend analysis for Waste Industries Columbia
Between 2017 and 2024, Waste Industries Columbia's Total Case Rate improved from 6.9 to 1.5 recordable injuries per 100 full-time workers, a 78% decrease across 7 years of OSHA reporting.
The safest year on record was 2021, at a TCR of 1.1, while 2020 saw the highest rate, at 18.8, a spread of 17.7 points between the best and worst reporting years. That's a wide swing relative to the establishment's overall rate, worth checking the year-by-year table below for whether a single severe year is driving the average, rather than a sustained trend.
Summed across those 8 reporting years, Waste Industries Columbia recorded 43 total injuries and illnesses and 1 fatality. Readers comparing establishments should weigh the 8-year trend above alongside establishment size, since a larger workforce naturally accumulates more raw incidents even at a lower per-100-worker rate.
Verify This Employer with OSHA
All injury, illness, and fatality figures on this page are sourced from Waste Industries Columbia's own mandatory OSHA Form 300A summaries. Cross-check the underlying establishment record directly against the federal source, name, NAICS classification, recordable case totals, and inspection history are all searchable on OSHA's Establishment-Specific Injury and Illness Data system.
Verify on OSHA Establishment SearchSource: U.S. Department of Labor, OSHA Establishment-Specific Injury and Illness Data. NAICS 562111 - Waste Collection.
DART Rate, Transparent Calculation (2024)
DART (Days Away, Restricted, or Transferred) is computed by OSHA as incidents × 200,000 ÷ hours worked. The 200,000-hour denominator equals roughly 100 full-time workers, which lets establishments of very different sizes be compared directly.
2 DART incidents × 200,000 ÷ 260,149 hours worked = 1.54 DART
Methodology: 29 CFR 1904, OSHA Form 300A recordkeeping
Cross-Validating Context, Establishment vs Industry vs State
| Benchmark | TCR | Source |
|---|---|---|
| Waste Industries Columbia (this establishment) | 6.63 | OSHA ITA Form 300A, 8-year avg |
| Garbage collection services industry avg | 2.60 | BLS IIF, NAICS 562111 |
| South Carolina state avg (all industries) | 4.08 | OSHA ITA, state-level rollup |
Industry benchmarks: Bureau of Labor Statistics, Injuries, Illnesses, and Fatalities (IIF) program
Reportable Incident Timeline
Year-by-year reportable incidents (recordable injuries + illnesses + fatalities) submitted by Waste Industries Columbia to OSHA's Injury Tracking Application. Each row anchors to OSHA's inspection records search where you can pull the underlying inspection case numbers and citations for that establishment-year.
- 2024: 2 reportable incidents · 2 injuries, 0 illnesses, 0 fatalities - OSHA inspection records (case numbers)
- 2023: 6 reportable incidents · 5 injuries, 0 illnesses, 1 fatality - OSHA inspection records (case numbers)
- 2022: 8 reportable incidents · 8 injuries, 0 illnesses, 0 fatalities - OSHA inspection records (case numbers)
- 2021: 1 reportable incidents · 1 injuries, 0 illnesses, 0 fatalities - OSHA inspection records (case numbers)
- 2020: 14 reportable incidents · 14 injuries, 0 illnesses, 0 fatalities - OSHA inspection records (case numbers)
- 2019: 7 reportable incidents · 7 injuries, 0 illnesses, 0 fatalities - OSHA inspection records (case numbers)
- 2018: 2 reportable incidents · 2 injuries, 0 illnesses, 0 fatalities - OSHA inspection records (case numbers)
- 2017: 4 reportable incidents · 4 injuries, 0 illnesses, 0 fatalities - OSHA inspection records (case numbers)
Source: OSHA Inspection Information System (IMIS) - inspection case-number records
Year-by-Year Safety Data
| Year | TCR | DART | Injuries | Illnesses | Fatalities |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 1.5 | 1.5 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| 2023 | 4.4 | 3.5 | 5 | 0 | 1 |
| 2022 | 6.3 | 4.7 | 8 | 0 | 0 |
| 2021 | 1.1 | 1.1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 2020 | 18.8 | 17.4 | 14 | 0 | 0 |
| 2019 | 10.6 | 10.6 | 7 | 0 | 0 |
| 2018 | 3.6 | 3.6 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| 2017 | 6.9 | 5.2 | 4 | 0 | 0 |
What this grade means for you
Use this grade as a relative read on Waste Industries Columbia's reported OSHA injury record versus its Waste Collection peers, not a verdict on whether any single site is safe today.
- At 255% of the Waste Collection benchmark, Waste Industries Columbia reports more injuries than typical peers, ask specifically how the employer is reducing them. Know your rights
- Judge this record against the wider Waste Collection sector, where injury rates vary widely, before comparing it in isolation. See the industry
- Grades reflect 2016–2024 filings; check the latest establishment record straight from OSHA, or look up a different employer. Look up another
Safety grades reflect employers' self-reported OSHA Form 300A filings from 2016 to 2024 and can lag current conditions. A grade is not a guarantee that any specific workplace is safe or unsafe today. See our methodology and disclaimer.
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Every figure and grade on PlainSafetyScore is computed directly from OSHA's published Injury Tracking Application data and BLS industry benchmarks, no number is typed in by an editor. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these safety grades, or report a data error. Data current as of 2016-2024 OSHA ITA release.