Waste Haulers and Landfill · Tennessee

Waste Services of Tennessee-Chattanooga

Chattanooga, TN · ~69 workers · 4 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

F
Failing Safety Record
6.0
Avg TCR
2.6
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

Waste Services of Tennessee-Chattanooga runs at 231% of its industry's injury rate - far more dangerous than the typical Waste Haulers and Landfill workplace, earning a grade F.

Waste Services of Tennessee-Chattanooga: 6.0 TCR = 231% of Waste Haulers and Landfill BLS 2.6 · 4y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Waste Services of Tennessee-Chattanooga safety composite

Waste Services of Tennessee-Chattanooga scores strongest on dart rate (safer than 71% of same-industry peers) and weakest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 39%), 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

53/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
D 6 per 100 workers

Safer than 39% of industry peers

DART rate
C 1.52 per 100 workers

Safer than 71% 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

−8.5

2017→2020

Waste Services of Tennessee-Chattanooga injury rate improved

Waste Services of Tennessee-Chattanooga's TCR fell 8.5 from 10.0 in 2017 to 1.5 in 2020. Peak filing year was 2019 at 10.1 TCR. In 2020, DART was 0.25× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2017=10.0 · 2018=2.4 · 2019=10.1 · 2020=1.5

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 562111 · Chattanooga, TN ABOVE-IND · SMALL

Grade F · TCR 6.0 · 231% of ind

  • DART 1.5 DART
  • RANK #31/43
  • PHOTO S10149 - Lincoln Hau…
  • BOOK 4y book
  • INJ 16 inj
  • SIZE ~69 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: S10149 - Lincoln Hauling (0.0 TCR gap)

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Waste Services of Tennessee-Chattanooga in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows Waste Services of Tennessee-Chattanooga averages 6.0 TCR (231% 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 Tennessee-Chattanooga TCR series: 2017=10 · 2018=2.4 · 2019=10.1 · 2020=1.5 · BLS 2.6

Where Waste Services of Tennessee-Chattanooga falls in its industry

2,322 Waste Haulers and Landfill establishments

Safer than 39% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 5.1.

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to Tennessee alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #31 safest of 43 Waste Haulers and Landfill employers in Tennessee.

Waste Services of Tennessee-Chattanooga (69 employees, TCR 6.0) 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 Tennessee-Chattanooga
Waste Services of Tennessee-Chattanooga (69 employees, TCR 6.0) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 55 employees and a TCR of 5.1

Waste Services of Tennessee-Chattanooga 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 1.5 1.5 1 0 0
2019 10.1 5.8 6 1 0
2018 2.4 2.4 2 0 0
2017 10.0 1.4 7 0 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

562111 · TN · Chattanooga

2,322 Waste Haulers and Landfill employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 10,743 rated employers in Tennessee with headcount on file · 695 employers in Chattanooga, TN · 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 S10149 - Lincoln Hauling 6.0 TCR
NAICS-TCR 402 - Mobile 6.0 TCR
NAICS-TCR S03826 - WM of IL SW (Rockdale Satellite) 6.0 TCR
NAICS-TCR S05917 - WM Janesville 6.0 TCR
STATE-SIZE Volunteer Energy Cooperative - Decatur 69 FTE
STATE-SIZE Landmark Construction and Emergency Sericves 69 FTE
STATE-SIZE Southern Spear Ironworks LLC 69 FTE
STATE-SIZE Southern Region 69 FTE
CITY-NEAR CHATTANOOGA COKE 8,650 FTE
CITY-NEAR CHATTANOOGA FOOD 8,650 FTE
CITY-NEAR USXpress 7,385 FTE
CITY-NEAR Cardiology GB 6,606 FTE
NAT-TCR Titan Manufactured Structures 6.0 TCR
NAT-TCR Alan Smith Pool Plastering Inc. 6.0 TCR
NAT-TCR SHOP 6.0 TCR
NAT-TCR OSI Corporate Office Orlando/Oviedo 6.0 TCR
NAT-SIZE Pratt Display - Reading 69 FTE
NAT-SIZE Inscape 69 FTE
NAT-SIZE Construction 69 FTE
NAT-SIZE Cash Saver #2331 69 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. This is publicly available government data - not a legal determination of workplace conditions.
Data sourced from official public datasets. See our methodology for details.