Solid waste combustors or incinerators, nonhazardous · Virginia

Wheelabrator Portsmouth Inc.

Portsmouth, VA · ~114 workers · 4 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

D
Poor Safety Record
3.8
Avg TCR
2.6
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

Wheelabrator Portsmouth Inc. runs at 146% of its industry's injury rate - more dangerous than the typical Solid waste combustors or incinerators, nonhazardous workplace, earning a grade D.

Wheelabrator Portsmouth Inc.: 3.8 TCR = 146% of Solid waste combustors or incinerators, nonhazardous BLS 2.6 · 4y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Wheelabrator Portsmouth Inc. safety composite

Wheelabrator Portsmouth Inc. scores strongest on fatalities (safer than 50% of same-industry peers) and weakest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 16%), 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

26/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
F 3.79 per 100 workers

Safer than 16% of industry peers

DART rate
F 3.08 per 100 workers

Safer than 21% of industry peers

Fatalities
D 0

Safer than 50% 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

−2.2

2016→2019

Wheelabrator Portsmouth Inc. injury rate improved

Wheelabrator Portsmouth Inc.'s TCR fell 2.2 from 5.3 in 2016 to 3.1 in 2019. Peak filing year was 2016 at 5.3 TCR. In 2019, DART was 0.81× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2016=5.3 · 2017=4.5 · 2018=2.3 · 2019=3.1

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 562213 · Portsmouth, VA ABOVE-IND · MID

Grade D · TCR 3.8 · 146% of ind

  • DART 3.1 DART
  • RANK #6/6
  • PHOTO Dutchess County WtE
  • BOOK 4y book
  • INJ 22 inj
  • SIZE ~114 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: Dutchess County WtE (0.1 TCR gap)

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Wheelabrator Portsmouth Inc. in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows Wheelabrator Portsmouth Inc. averages 3.8 TCR (146% of the Solid waste combustors or incinerators, nonhazardous BLS benchmark).

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

Wheelabrator Portsmouth Inc. TCR series: 2016=5.3 · 2017=4.5 · 2018=2.3 · 2019=3.1 · BLS 2.6

Where Wheelabrator Portsmouth Inc. falls in its industry

74 Solid waste combustors or inci establishments

Safer than 16% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 1.9.

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to Virginia alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #6 safest of 6 Solid waste combustors or inci employers in Virginia.

Wheelabrator Portsmouth Inc. (114 employees, TCR 3.8) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 51 employees and a TCR of 1.9 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 050100150200250 05101520 Average employees Total Case Rate Wheelabrator Portsmouth Inc.
Wheelabrator Portsmouth Inc. (114 employees, TCR 3.8) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 51 employees and a TCR of 1.9

Wheelabrator Portsmouth Inc. has more employees than the Solid waste combustors or incinerators, median and a higher injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 1.9. 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 3.1 3.1 4 0 0
2018 2.3 2.3 3 0 0
2017 4.5 3.2 7 0 0
2016 5.3 4.6 8 0 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

562213 · VA · Portsmouth

74 Solid waste combustors or incinerators, nonhazardous employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 12,673 rated employers in Virginia with headcount on file · 137 employers in Portsmouth, VA · 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 Dutchess County WtE 3.7 TCR
NAICS-TCR Wheelabrator North Andover Inc. 3.5 TCR
NAICS-TCR Westchester WtE 3.5 TCR
NAICS-TCR Hennepin Energy Recovery Center 4.1 TCR
STATE-SIZE WVWA Field Operations 114 FTE
STATE-SIZE Cleco Corporation 114 FTE
STATE-SIZE Mid-Atlantic Steel Erectors, Inc. 114 FTE
STATE-SIZE ACTA, LLC D/B/A Russell's 114 FTE
CITY-NEAR Maryview Medical Center 1,724 FTE
CITY-NEAR Virginia International Gateway 926 FTE
CITY-NEAR Ceres Hampton Roads 797 FTE
CITY-NEAR Virginia International Gateway by Virginia Interna 545 FTE
NAT-TCR Countryside Health & Living 3.8 TCR
NAT-TCR Coleman Company - NEKS 3.8 TCR
NAT-TCR Hospital Couriers Denver (Cosp) 3.8 TCR
NAT-TCR 213 - Madison East 3.8 TCR
NAT-SIZE SCCY 114 FTE
NAT-SIZE Refuse Division - Honolulu Collection Yard 114 FTE
NAT-SIZE Comm HVAC NA and EMEA : SVC-New England District : SVC-Boston MA-USA 114 FTE
NAT-SIZE 202 - Fargo 114 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, 2017, 2016. This is publicly available government data - not a legal determination of workplace conditions.
Data sourced from official public datasets. See our methodology for details.