Waste transfer stations, nonhazardous solid · Pennsylvania

Waste Reduction

Wilkes-Barre, PA · ~22 workers · 3 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

F
Failing Safety Record
20.1
Avg TCR
2.6
Industry avg
1
Fatality
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The verdict

Waste Reduction runs at 772% of its industry's injury rate - far more dangerous than the typical Waste transfer stations, nonhazardous solid workplace, earning a grade F.

Waste Reduction: 20.1 TCR = 772% of Waste transfer stations, nonhazardous solid BLS 2.6 · 3y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Waste Reduction safety composite

Waste Reduction scores strongest on dart rate (safer than 41% of same-industry peers) and weakest on fatalities (safer than 2%), 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).

F

16/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
F 20.07 per 100 workers

Safer than 3% of industry peers

DART rate
D 4.09 per 100 workers

Safer than 41% of industry peers

Fatalities
F 1

Safer than 2% 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

−11.9

2019→2023

Waste Reduction injury rate improved

Waste Reduction's TCR fell 11.9 from 24.2 in 2019 to 12.3 in 2023. Peak filing year was 2019 at 24.2 TCR. In 2023, DART was 0.2× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2019=24.2 · 2020=23.7 · 2023=12.3

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 562111 · Wilkes-Barre, PA ABOVE-IND · SMALL

Grade F · TCR 20.1 · 772% of ind

  • DART 4.1 DART
  • RANK #111/116
  • PHOTO Oak Ridge Waste & Re…
  • BOOK 3y book
  • INJ 9 inj
  • SIZE ~22 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: Oak Ridge Waste & Recycling of CT, LLC - Shelton (0.1 TCR gap)

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Waste Reduction in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows Waste Reduction averages 20.1 TCR (772% of the Waste transfer stations, nonhazardous solid BLS benchmark).

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

Waste Reduction TCR series: 2019=24.2 · 2020=23.7 · 2023=12.3 · BLS 2.6

Where Waste Reduction falls in its industry

2,322 Waste transfer stations, nonha establishments

Safer than 3% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 5.1.

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to Pennsylvania alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #111 safest of 116 Waste transfer stations, nonha employers in Pennsylvania.

Waste Reduction (22 employees, TCR 20.1) 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 0510152025 Average employees Total Case Rate Waste Reduction
Waste Reduction (22 employees, TCR 20.1) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 55 employees and a TCR of 5.1

Waste Reduction has fewer employees than the Waste transfer stations, nonhazardous so 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
2023 12.3 4.1 2 1 0
2020 23.7 14.2 2 3 0
2019 24.2 14.5 5 0 1

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

562111 · PA · Wilkes-Barre

2,322 Waste transfer stations, nonhazardous solid employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 22,692 rated employers in Pennsylvania with headcount on file · 83 employers in Wilkes-Barre, PA · 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 Oak Ridge Waste & Recycling of CT, LLC - Shelton 20.1 TCR
NAICS-TCR Recology Davis 20.0 TCR
NAICS-TCR 4617_10340 20.2 TCR
NAICS-TCR Metro Waste Systems LLC 20.2 TCR
STATE-SIZE Dawson's Orchards 22 FTE
STATE-SIZE Kuhn Orchards, LLC 22 FTE
STATE-SIZE Giorgi Mushroom Farm 3 22 FTE
STATE-SIZE New Hope 22 FTE
CITY-NEAR Wilkes-Barre 1,430 FTE
CITY-NEAR AVP1 1,212 FTE
CITY-NEAR Mohegan Sun Pocono 1,049 FTE
CITY-NEAR 48002B01 CAREMARKPCS, L.L.C. 726 FTE
NAT-TCR Ponderosa Care Communities A, LLC 20.1 TCR
NAT-TCR 6458-ZPMC 20.1 TCR
NAT-TCR City of Lonsdale 20.1 TCR
NAT-TCR Lifesprk at Village Shores 20.1 TCR
NAT-SIZE Lemay & Sons Beef LLc 22 FTE
NAT-SIZE PVD Providence Airport 22 FTE
NAT-SIZE Pellitteri Waste Systems, Inc. Kipp Street Station 22 FTE
NAT-SIZE TXD080 22 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: 2023, 2020, 2019. 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.