Waste Collection · North Carolina

Waste Industries Wilmington

Wilmington, NC · ~124 workers · 9 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

C
Average Safety Record
2.5
Avg TCR
2.6
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

Waste Industries Wilmington runs at 94% of its industry's injury rate - about level with the typical Waste Collection workplace, earning a grade C.

Waste Industries Wilmington: 2.5 TCR = 94% of Waste Collection BLS 2.6 · 9y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Waste Industries Wilmington safety composite

Waste Industries Wilmington scores strongest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 81% 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

72/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
B 2.45 per 100 workers

Safer than 81% of industry peers

DART rate
B 0.64 per 100 workers

Safer than 77% 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

−1.9

2016→2024

Waste Industries Wilmington injury rate improved

Waste Industries Wilmington's TCR fell 1.9 from 2.5 in 2016 to 0.6 in 2024. Peak filing year was 2017 at 4.2 TCR. In 2024, DART was 0.26× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2016=2.5 · 2017=4.2 · 2018=3.5 · 2019=2.6 · 2020=3.8 · 2021=0.8 · 2022=2.8 · 2023=1.4 · 2024=0.6

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 562111 · Wilmington, NC AT/BELOW-IND · MID

Grade C · TCR 2.5 · 94% of ind

  • DART 0.6 DART
  • RANK #20/87
  • PHOTO S04082 - Stoneville …
  • BOOK 9y book
  • INJ 29 inj
  • SIZE ~124 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: S04082 - Stoneville Hauling (0.0 TCR gap)

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Waste Industries Wilmington in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows Waste Industries Wilmington averages 2.5 TCR (94% 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 Wilmington TCR series: 2016=2.5 · 2017=4.2 · 2018=3.5 · 2019=2.6 · 2020=3.8 · 2021=0.8 · 2022=2.8 · 2023=1.4 · 2024=0.6 · BLS 2.6

Where Waste Industries Wilmington falls in its industry

2,322 Waste Collection establishments

Safer than 81% 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 #20 safest of 87 Waste Collection employers in North Carolina.

Waste Industries Wilmington (124 employees, TCR 2.5) 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 Wilmington
Waste Industries Wilmington (124 employees, TCR 2.5) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 55 employees and a TCR of 5.1

Waste Industries Wilmington has more 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 0.6 0.6 1 0 0
2023 1.4 1.4 2 0 0
2022 2.8 0.7 4 0 0
2021 0.8 0.8 1 0 0
2020 3.8 3.8 5 0 0
2019 2.6 0.6 4 0 0
2018 3.5 2.6 4 0 0
2017 4.2 3.3 5 0 0
2016 2.5 0.8 3 0 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

562111 · NC · Wilmington

2,322 Waste Collection employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 16,981 rated employers in North Carolina with headcount on file · 360 employers in Wilmington, 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 S04082 - Stoneville Hauling 2.5 TCR
NAICS-TCR S02981 - WM Conroe 2.5 TCR
NAICS-TCR Montana Waste System 4870 2.5 TCR
NAICS-TCR S03942 - Sanford Hauling 2.5 TCR
STATE-SIZE Western Region Operations Complex (Asheville) 124 FTE
STATE-SIZE Commercial Grade 124 FTE
STATE-SIZE Benitez Electric INC 124 FTE
STATE-SIZE International Paper 124 FTE
CITY-NEAR Novant Health New Hanover Regional Medical Center 6,890 FTE
CITY-NEAR New Hanover Regional Medical Center 4,768 FTE
CITY-NEAR GE Hitachi Nuclear Americas 1,975 FTE
CITY-NEAR New Hanover County Government 1,974 FTE
NAT-TCR Kendallville Plant 1 2.5 TCR
NAT-TCR Insight FS - Antigo 2.5 TCR
NAT-TCR C.A. Hull Co., Inc. 2.5 TCR
NAT-TCR Book Fairs - Dallas 2.5 TCR
NAT-SIZE Bridon-Bekaert 124 FTE
NAT-SIZE Alcom Printing Group, Inc. 124 FTE
NAT-SIZE Escanaba 124 FTE
NAT-SIZE RidgeWood Health Campus 124 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.