Garbage collection services · Mississippi

Waste Pro 602 - Meridian

Name: Waste Pro 602 - Meridian Workplace Safety Data
Creator: PlainSafetyScore
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Meridian, MS · ~41 workers · 2 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

Compiled by PlainSafetyScore · August 25, 2026

C
Average Safety Record: 2.3
Avg TCR: 2.6
Industry avg: 0
Fatalities

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The verdict

Waste Pro 602 - Meridian runs at 87% of its industry's injury rate - about level with the typical Garbage collection services workplace, earning a grade C.

Waste Pro 602 - Meridian: 2.3 TCR = 87% of Garbage collection services BLS 2.6 · 2y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Waste Pro 602 - Meridian safety composite

Waste Pro 602 - Meridian scores strongest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 84% 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).

66/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR): B 2.25 per 100 workers

Safer than 84% of industry peers
DART rate: C 2.67 per 100 workers

Safer than 56% 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%).

Rising injury rate

Waste Pro 602 - Meridian: 1.8 → 2.7 TCR

Peak year 2019 @ 2.7 TCR · DART/TCR 1.19× in 2019

Waste Pro 602 - Meridian's TCR rose 0.8 from 1.8 in 2018 to 2.7 in 2019. In 2019, DART was 1.19× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 562111 · Meridian, MS AT/BELOW-IND · SMALL

Grade C · TCR 2.3 · 87% of ind

DART 2.7 DART
RANK #5/32
PHOTO S02946 - Russellvill…
BOOK 2y book
INJ 2 inj
SIZE ~41 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: S02946 - Russellville Hauling (0.0 TCR gap)

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What this shows Waste Pro 602 - Meridian averages 2.3 TCR (87% of the Garbage collection services BLS benchmark).

Waste Pro 602 - Meridian TCR series: 2018=1.8 · 2019=2.7 · BLS 2.6

Where Waste Pro 602 - Meridian falls in its industry

2,322 Garbage collection services establishments

Safer than 84% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 5.1.

Grade C

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to Mississippi alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #5 safest of 32 Garbage collection services employers in Mississippi.

Waste Pro 602 - Meridian (41 employees, TCR 2.3) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 55 employees and a TCR of 5.1

Waste Pro 602 - Meridian has fewer employees than the Garbage 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
2019	2.7	2.7	1	0	0
2018	1.8	1.8	1	0	0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

562111 · MS · Meridian

2,322 Garbage collection services employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 4,083 rated employers in Mississippi with headcount on file · 147 employers in Meridian, MS · 4 cross-state NAT-TCR peers · 4 cross-state NAT-SIZE peers. Closest matches by relationship code are listed below.

Rel	Establishment	Place	Metric
NAICS-TCR	S02946 - Russellville Hauling	RUSSELLVILLE, AR	2.3 TCR
NAICS-TCR	Dunn 3170	DUNN, NC	2.3 TCR
NAICS-TCR	Waste Advantage Partners	KENNEDALE, TX	2.3 TCR
NAICS-TCR	5311H-Denver Hauling	DENVER, CO	2.2 TCR
STATE-SIZE	Hollandale, MS	HOLLANDALE	41 FTE
STATE-SIZE	Plant David Ratcliffe MPC5414	DE KALB	41 FTE
STATE-SIZE	CenterPoint Energy - Gulfport	GULFPORT	41 FTE
STATE-SIZE	Roy Construction Company, Inc.	OLIVE BRANCH	41 FTE
CITY-NEAR	Anderson Regional Medical Center North Campus	Meridian	1,189 FTE
CITY-NEAR	Anderson Regional Medical Center	Meridian	1,004 FTE
CITY-NEAR	Progressive Pipeline Construction, LLC - Company	Meridian	848 FTE
CITY-NEAR	Rush Foundation Hospital	Meridian	737 FTE
NAT-TCR	Amh -200	Amherst, OH	2.3 TCR
NAT-TCR	Goodwill Industries of Denver	Denver, CO	2.3 TCR
NAT-TCR	Mount Pleasant - 100 Distribution Circle	Mount Pleasant, PA	2.3 TCR
NAT-TCR	Sodexo at Chickasaw Winstar Casino	Thackerville, OK	2.3 TCR
NAT-SIZE	Comm HVAC NA and EMEA : SVC-Rocky Mountain District : SVC-Salt Lake City UT-USA	Salt Lake City, UT	41 FTE
NAT-SIZE	Aqua Transport, LLC	Avon, IN	41 FTE
NAT-SIZE	CN - Central Bucks	Doylestown, PA	41 FTE
NAT-SIZE	Multi-Pure International	Las Vegas, NV	41 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: 2019, 2018. This is publicly available government data - not a legal determination of workplace conditions.

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Data sourced from official public datasets. See our methodology for details.