Garbage collection services · New York

Waste Stream, Inc.

Potsdam, NY · ~54 workers · 6 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

D
Poor Safety Record
3.6
Avg TCR
2.6
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

Waste Stream, Inc. runs at 139% of its industry's injury rate - more dangerous than the typical Garbage collection services workplace, earning a grade D.

Waste Stream, Inc.: 3.6 TCR = 139% of Garbage collection services BLS 2.6 · 6y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Waste Stream, Inc. safety composite

Waste Stream, Inc. scores strongest on dart rate (safer than 88% 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).

C

71/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
C 3.62 per 100 workers

Safer than 67% 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

−2.9

2016→2024

Waste Stream, Inc. injury rate improved

Waste Stream, Inc.'s TCR fell 2.9 from 4.6 in 2016 to 1.7 in 2024. Peak filing year was 2017 at 4.7 TCR. In 2024, DART was 0× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2016=4.6 · 2017=4.7 · 2018=4.6 · 2019=4.5 · 2020=1.6 · 2024=1.7

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 562111 · Potsdam, NY ABOVE-IND · SMALL

Grade D · TCR 3.6 · 139% of ind

  • DART 0.0 DART
  • RANK #24/73
  • PHOTO S04109 - WM of Fort …
  • BOOK 6y book
  • INJ 14 inj
  • SIZE ~54 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: S04109 - WM of Fort Worth (0.0 TCR gap)

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Waste Stream, Inc. in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows Waste Stream, Inc. averages 3.6 TCR (139% 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 Stream, Inc. TCR series: 2016=4.6 · 2017=4.7 · 2018=4.6 · 2019=4.5 · 2020=1.6 · 2024=1.7 · BLS 2.6

Where Waste Stream, Inc. falls in its industry

2,322 Garbage collection services establishments

Safer than 67% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 5.1.

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to New York alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #24 safest of 73 Garbage collection services employers in New York.

Waste Stream, Inc. (54 employees, TCR 3.6) 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 Stream, Inc.
Waste Stream, Inc. (54 employees, TCR 3.6) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 55 employees and a TCR of 5.1

Waste Stream, Inc. 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
2024 1.7 0.0 1 0 0
2020 1.6 1.6 1 0 0
2019 4.5 4.5 3 0 0
2018 4.6 1.5 3 0 0
2017 4.7 3.1 3 0 0
2016 4.6 0.0 3 0 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

562111 · NY · Potsdam

2,322 Garbage collection services employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 21,008 rated employers in New York with headcount on file · 28 employers in Potsdam, NY · 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 S04109 - WM of Fort Worth 3.6 TCR
NAICS-TCR S03163 - ND Bismarck 3.6 TCR
NAICS-TCR S10373 - WI SHEBOYGAN 3.6 TCR
NAICS-TCR S04029 - Kokomo Hauling 3.6 TCR
STATE-SIZE Lincoln Dairy 54 FTE
STATE-SIZE Kast Farms Inc. 54 FTE
STATE-SIZE Roseton Generating LLC 54 FTE
STATE-SIZE W. 30th Street Substation 54 FTE
CITY-NEAR Canton Potsdam Hospital 1,234 FTE
CITY-NEAR WM 3329 297 FTE
CITY-NEAR 3329 279 FTE
CITY-NEAR Potsdam Auxiliary & College Educational Services, Inc. (PACES) 248 FTE
NAT-TCR Patty Processing, Inc. 3.6 TCR
NAT-TCR Lowery Manufacturing Inc 3.6 TCR
NAT-TCR Ready Mix Cantonment (Dual A) 3.6 TCR
NAT-TCR WIC Austin Hutto Branch 3.6 TCR
NAT-SIZE Chai Point 54 FTE
NAT-SIZE Straight Arrow Products, Inc - Conroy 54 FTE
NAT-SIZE Camilla Hatchery 54 FTE
NAT-SIZE S09858 - Davis Street OMRF 54 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: 2024, 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.