Garbage collection services · Mississippi

Waste Pro 606 - Columbus

Columbus, MS · ~37 workers · 2 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

F
Failing Safety Record
5.5
Avg TCR
2.6
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

Waste Pro 606 - Columbus runs at 213% of its industry's injury rate - far more dangerous than the typical Garbage collection services workplace, earning a grade F.

Waste Pro 606 - Columbus: 5.5 TCR = 213% of Garbage collection services BLS 2.6 · 2y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Waste Pro 606 - Columbus safety composite

Waste Pro 606 - Columbus scores strongest on fatalities (safer than 52% of same-industry peers) and weakest on dart rate (safer than 23%), 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

39/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
D 5.55 per 100 workers

Safer than 44% of industry peers

DART rate
F 6.47 per 100 workers

Safer than 23% 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 606 - Columbus: 4.6 → 6.5 TCR

Peak year 2019 @ 6.5 TCR · DART/TCR 1.17× in 2019

Waste Pro 606 - Columbus's TCR rose 1.8 from 4.6 in 2018 to 6.5 in 2019. In 2019, DART was 1.17× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 562111 · Columbus, MS ABOVE-IND · SMALL

Grade F · TCR 5.5 · 213% of ind

  • DART 6.5 DART
  • RANK #21/32
  • PHOTO Recology Ashland San…
  • BOOK 2y book
  • INJ 5 inj
  • SIZE ~37 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: Recology Ashland Sanitary (0.0 TCR gap)

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Waste Pro 606 - Columbus in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows Waste Pro 606 - Columbus averages 5.5 TCR (213% of the Garbage collection services BLS benchmark).

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

Waste Pro 606 - Columbus TCR series: 2018=4.6 · 2019=6.5 · BLS 2.6

Where Waste Pro 606 - Columbus falls in its industry

2,322 Garbage collection services establishments

Safer than 44% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 5.1.

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to Mississippi alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #21 safest of 32 Garbage collection services employers in Mississippi.

Waste Pro 606 - Columbus (37 employees, TCR 5.5) 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 Pro 606 - Columbus
Waste Pro 606 - Columbus (37 employees, TCR 5.5) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 55 employees and a TCR of 5.1

Waste Pro 606 - Columbus has fewer employees than the Garbage collection services median and a higher 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 6.5 6.5 3 0 0
2018 4.6 0.0 2 0 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

562111 · MS · Columbus

2,322 Garbage collection services employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 4,083 rated employers in Mississippi with headcount on file · 104 employers in Columbus, MS · 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 Recology Ashland Sanitary 5.5 TCR
NAICS-TCR Mid-Nebraska Disposal, Inc. 5.6 TCR
NAICS-TCR Silsbee 5.6 TCR
NAICS-TCR S09361 - KS LOUISBURG HAULING 5.5 TCR
STATE-SIZE Senatobia Network 37 FTE
STATE-SIZE hollandale 37 FTE
STATE-SIZE Dozer, LLC 37 FTE
STATE-SIZE Malone Roofing Services 37 FTE
CITY-NEAR Steel Dynamics, Inc. - Flat Roll Group - Columbus 905 FTE
CITY-NEAR Steel Dynamics, Inc. - FR Columbus 753 FTE
CITY-NEAR Paccar Engine Company 627 FTE
CITY-NEAR Bracken Construction Company, Inc. 376 FTE
NAT-TCR Sentara Woodview 5.5 TCR
NAT-TCR GLC Merrillville 5.5 TCR
NAT-TCR RELCO Locomotives, Inc. 5.5 TCR
NAT-TCR Max & Erma's Erie 5.5 TCR
NAT-SIZE Farwest Safety, Inc. 37 FTE
NAT-SIZE Capay Canyon Ranch 37 FTE
NAT-SIZE Club Car : SVC-Riverside, CA-USA 37 FTE
NAT-SIZE Fire & Marine Inc. 37 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.

Read our methodology - how this data is sourced, computed, and verified.

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