Waste collection services, nonhazardous solid · North Carolina

Waste Industries Tri-East

Wilson, NC · ~103 workers · 6 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

D
Poor Safety Record
3.8
Avg TCR
2.6
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

Waste Industries Tri-East runs at 145% of its industry's injury rate - more dangerous than the typical Waste collection services, nonhazardous solid workplace, earning a grade D.

Waste Industries Tri-East: 3.8 TCR = 145% of Waste collection services, nonhazardous solid BLS 2.6 · 6y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Waste Industries Tri-East safety composite

Waste Industries Tri-East scores strongest on dart rate (safer than 74% 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

65/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
C 3.76 per 100 workers

Safer than 65% of industry peers

DART rate
C 1.19 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

−1.3

2016→2022

Waste Industries Tri-East injury rate improved

Waste Industries Tri-East's TCR fell 1.3 from 3.7 in 2016 to 2.4 in 2022. Peak filing year was 2019 at 5.8 TCR. In 2022, DART was 0.32× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2016=3.7 · 2017=5.7 · 2018=4.0 · 2019=5.8 · 2020=1.1 · 2022=2.4

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 562111 · Wilson, NC ABOVE-IND · MID

Grade D · TCR 3.8 · 145% of ind

  • DART 1.2 DART
  • RANK #39/87
  • PHOTO Basic Fibres Inc
  • BOOK 6y book
  • INJ 28 inj
  • SIZE ~103 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: Basic Fibres Inc (0.0 TCR gap)

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Waste Industries Tri-East in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows Waste Industries Tri-East averages 3.8 TCR (145% of the Waste collection services, nonhazardous solid BLS benchmark).

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

Waste Industries Tri-East TCR series: 2016=3.7 · 2017=5.7 · 2018=4 · 2019=5.8 · 2020=1.1 · 2022=2.4 · BLS 2.6

Where Waste Industries Tri-East falls in its industry

2,322 Waste collection services, non establishments

Safer than 65% 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 #39 safest of 87 Waste collection services, non employers in North Carolina.

Waste Industries Tri-East (103 employees, TCR 3.8) 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 Tri-East
Waste Industries Tri-East (103 employees, TCR 3.8) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 55 employees and a TCR of 5.1

Waste Industries Tri-East has more employees than the Waste collection services, nonhazardous 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
2022 2.4 1.2 6 0 0
2020 1.1 1.1 2 0 0
2019 5.8 4.8 6 0 0
2018 4.0 3.0 4 0 0
2017 5.7 5.7 6 0 0
2016 3.7 3.7 4 0 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

562111 · NC · Wilson

2,322 Waste collection services, nonhazardous solid employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 16,981 rated employers in North Carolina with headcount on file · 148 employers in Wilson, 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 Basic Fibres Inc 3.8 TCR
NAICS-TCR S09650 - Kern County Tehachapi Operations 3.8 TCR
NAICS-TCR Phoenix Recycling Collection Center 3.8 TCR
NAICS-TCR PACIFIC SANITATION INC. 3.8 TCR
STATE-SIZE 103731 - Enviva Hamlet Plant 103 FTE
STATE-SIZE Power Contracting 103 FTE
STATE-SIZE Construction 103 FTE
STATE-SIZE Synergy Installation Solutions 103 FTE
CITY-NEAR Wilson (BAMG) 1,797 FTE
CITY-NEAR City of Wilson 1,080 FTE
CITY-NEAR Kidde Aerospace & Defense 1,064 FTE
CITY-NEAR DLP Wilson Medical Center 907 FTE
NAT-TCR Lithia Springs Campus - Bldg 3 G062600 3.8 TCR
NAT-TCR Automatic Rolls of New Jersey 3.8 TCR
NAT-TCR Bed Bath and Beyond Knoxville 3.8 TCR
NAT-TCR Bevcorp Fci 3.8 TCR
NAT-SIZE Canyon State Electric-Phoenix 103 FTE
NAT-SIZE The Woodlands 103 FTE
NAT-SIZE Ottenberg's Bakers, Inc.- Eldersburg, MD 103 FTE
NAT-SIZE M7201 University Ho 103 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: 2022, 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.