Waste Haulers and Landfill · Alabama

Waste Services of Alabama

Gardendale, AL · ~108 workers · 5 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

F
Failing Safety Record
5.4
Avg TCR
2.6
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

Waste Services of Alabama runs at 208% of its industry's injury rate - far more dangerous than the typical Waste Haulers and Landfill workplace, earning a grade F.

Waste Services of Alabama: 5.4 TCR = 208% of Waste Haulers and Landfill BLS 2.6 · 5y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Waste Services of Alabama safety composite

Waste Services of Alabama scores strongest on dart rate (safer than 88% of same-industry peers) and weakest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 46%), 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

62/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
D 5.42 per 100 workers

Safer than 46% of industry peers

DART rate
B 0 per 100 workers

Safer than 88% 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

−9.8

2016→2020

Waste Services of Alabama injury rate improved

Waste Services of Alabama's TCR fell 9.8 from 9.8 in 2016 to 0.0 in 2020. Peak filing year was 2016 at 9.8 TCR. In 2020, DART was 0× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2016=9.8 · 2017=7.3 · 2018=4.2 · 2019=5.8 · 2020=0.0

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 562111 · Gardendale, AL ABOVE-IND · MID

Grade F · TCR 5.4 · 208% of ind

  • DART 0.0 DART
  • RANK #30/50
  • PHOTO Sunburst Environment…
  • BOOK 5y book
  • INJ 26 inj
  • SIZE ~108 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: Sunburst Environmental Services Inc (0.0 TCR gap)

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Waste Services of Alabama in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows Waste Services of Alabama averages 5.4 TCR (208% of the Waste Haulers and Landfill BLS benchmark).

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

Waste Services of Alabama TCR series: 2016=9.8 · 2017=7.3 · 2018=4.2 · 2019=5.8 · 2020=0 · BLS 2.6

Where Waste Services of Alabama falls in its industry

2,322 Waste Haulers and Landfill establishments

Safer than 46% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 5.1.

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to Alabama alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #30 safest of 50 Waste Haulers and Landfill employers in Alabama.

Waste Services of Alabama (108 employees, TCR 5.4) 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 Services of Alabama
Waste Services of Alabama (108 employees, TCR 5.4) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 55 employees and a TCR of 5.1

Waste Services of Alabama has more employees than the Waste Haulers and Landfill 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
2020 0.0 0.0 0 0 0
2019 5.8 5.0 7 0 0
2018 4.2 4.2 5 0 0
2017 7.3 3.7 6 0 0
2016 9.8 8.5 8 0 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

562111 · AL · Gardendale

2,322 Waste Haulers and Landfill employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 7,418 rated employers in Alabama with headcount on file · 18 employers in Gardendale, AL · 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 Sunburst Environmental Services Inc 5.4 TCR
NAICS-TCR Allied Services LLC Springfield 5.4 TCR
NAICS-TCR S04099 - WM of St Louis - Metro 5.4 TCR
NAICS-TCR 107 - Jacksonville 5.4 TCR
STATE-SIZE Cullman Electric Cooperative 108 FTE
STATE-SIZE Performance Contractors, Inc. - Mitisubishi 108 FTE
STATE-SIZE McCartney Construction Company Inc 108 FTE
STATE-SIZE Mobile, AL - Jackson, MS HVAC 108 FTE
CITY-NEAR 1201 410 FTE
CITY-NEAR WM 1201 374 FTE
CITY-NEAR Store 1206 148 FTE
CITY-NEAR MAGNOLIA RIDGE 120 FTE
NAT-TCR Tft #540 Enfield 5.4 TCR
NAT-TCR Advanced Cutting Systems 5.4 TCR
NAT-TCR Price Rite Store 333 Pittsfield 5.4 TCR
NAT-TCR Herbalife International - Carson 5.4 TCR
NAT-SIZE Moultrie Georgia 108 FTE
NAT-SIZE 1808 Glenview, Inc. 108 FTE
NAT-SIZE Webco Manor 108 FTE
NAT-SIZE Rochling GLastic Composites 108 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: 2020, 2019, 2018, 2017, 2016. 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.