Solid Waste Combustors And Incinerators · Massachusetts

Wheelabrator Saugus Inc.

Name: Wheelabrator Saugus Inc. Workplace Safety Data
Creator: PlainSafetyScore
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Saugus, MA · ~53 workers · 7 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

Compiled by PlainSafetyScore · August 25, 2026

C
Average Safety Record: 2.3
Avg TCR: 2.6
Industry avg: 0
Fatalities

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The verdict

Wheelabrator Saugus Inc. runs at 90% of its industry's injury rate - about level with the typical Solid Waste Combustors And Incinerators workplace, earning a grade C.

Wheelabrator Saugus Inc.: 2.3 TCR = 90% of Solid Waste Combustors And Incinerators BLS 2.6 · 7y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Wheelabrator Saugus Inc. safety composite

Wheelabrator Saugus Inc. scores strongest on dart rate (safer than 75% of same-industry peers) and weakest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 35%), 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).

53/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR): D 2.34 per 100 workers

Safer than 35% of industry peers
DART rate: B 0 per 100 workers

Safer than 75% 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%).

Rising injury rate

Wheelabrator Saugus Inc.: 1.6 → 2.6 TCR

Peak year 2019 @ 6.2 TCR · DART/TCR 0× in 2022

Wheelabrator Saugus Inc.'s TCR rose 1.1 from 1.6 in 2016 to 2.6 in 2022. Peak filing year was 2019 at 6.2 TCR. In 2022, DART was 0× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 562213 · Saugus, MA AT/BELOW-IND · SMALL

Grade C · TCR 2.3 · 90% of ind

DART 0.0 DART
RANK #4/7
PHOTO Kent County Waste to…
BOOK 7y book
INJ 11 inj
SIZE ~53 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: Kent County Waste to Energy Facility (0.0 TCR gap)

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2.5
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2.5
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2.3
Kent County Wa

2.3
Covanta Hennep

2.3

What this shows Wheelabrator Saugus Inc. averages 2.3 TCR (90% of the Solid Waste Combustors And Incinerators BLS benchmark).

Wheelabrator Saugus Inc. TCR series: 2016=1.6 · 2017=3 · 2018=1.6 · 2019=6.2 · 2020=1.3 · 2021=0 · 2022=2.6 · BLS 2.6

Where Wheelabrator Saugus Inc. falls in its industry

74 Solid Waste Combustors And Inc establishments

Safer than 35% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 1.9.

Grade C

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to Massachusetts alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #4 safest of 7 Solid Waste Combustors And Inc employers in Massachusetts.

Wheelabrator Saugus Inc. (53 employees, TCR 2.3) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 51 employees and a TCR of 1.9

Wheelabrator Saugus Inc. has more employees than the Solid Waste Combustors And 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
2022	2.6	0.0	2
2021	0.0	0.0	0
2020	1.3	1.3	1
2019	6.2	6.2	4
2018	1.6	1.6	1
2017	3.0	3.0	2
2016	1.6	1.6	1

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

562213 · MA · Saugus

74 Solid Waste Combustors And Incinerators employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 10,108 rated employers in Massachusetts with headcount on file · 36 employers in Saugus, MA · 4 cross-state NAT-TCR peers · 4 cross-state NAT-SIZE peers. Closest matches by relationship code are listed below.

Rel	Establishment	Place	Metric
NAICS-TCR	Kent County Waste to Energy Facility	GRAND RAPIDS, MI	2.3 TCR
NAICS-TCR	Covanta Hennepin Energy Resource Co, LLC	MINNEAPOLIS, MN	2.3 TCR
NAICS-TCR	Covanta Marion, Inc.	BROOKS, OR	2.5 TCR
NAICS-TCR	Covanta Warren Energy Resource Co., LLC	OXFORD, NJ	2.5 TCR
STATE-SIZE	Insa Salem	SALEM	53 FTE
STATE-SIZE	Northfield Mountain	NORTHFIELD	53 FTE
STATE-SIZE	Campanelli	BRAINTREE	53 FTE
STATE-SIZE	H.P. Cummings Construction Company	WARE	53 FTE
CITY-NEAR	WM 3114	Saugus	307 FTE
CITY-NEAR	3114	Saugus	254 FTE
CITY-NEAR	Square One 226	Saugus	238 FTE
CITY-NEAR	1290 - Saugus	Saugus	236 FTE
NAT-TCR	MedVet Silicon Valley	San Jose, CA	2.3 TCR
NAT-TCR	Service One Terminal and Warehouse	Plymouth, WI	2.3 TCR
NAT-TCR	Kuehne + Nagel Inc. (CHI-6320)	Elk Grove Village, IL	2.3 TCR
NAT-TCR	3435 Family Fare Chippewa Falls fka Gordy's	Chippewa Falls, WI	2.3 TCR
NAT-SIZE	Intermodal Cartage Co. - Dallas	Wilmer, TX	53 FTE
NAT-SIZE	Auberge at The Woodlands	The Woodlands, TX	53 FTE
NAT-SIZE	Ellwood Specialty Steel Company	New Castle, PA	53 FTE
NAT-SIZE	Texmark Chemicals Inc.	Galena Park, TX	53 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: 2022, 2021, 2020, 2019, 2018, 2017, 2016. This is publicly available government data - not a legal determination of workplace conditions.

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