Solid Waste Collection · Massachusetts

Worcester Hauling

Worcester, MA · ~58 workers · 2 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

F
Failing Safety Record
7.2
Avg TCR
2.6
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

Worcester Hauling runs at 275% of its industry's injury rate - far more dangerous than the typical Solid Waste Collection workplace, earning a grade F.

Worcester Hauling: 7.2 TCR = 275% of Solid Waste Collection BLS 2.6 · 2y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Worcester Hauling safety composite

Worcester Hauling scores strongest on dart rate (safer than 71% of same-industry peers) and weakest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 30%), 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

50/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
F 7.15 per 100 workers

Safer than 30% of industry peers

DART rate
C 1.47 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

−8.4

2023→2024

Worcester Hauling injury rate improved

Worcester Hauling's TCR fell 8.4 from 11.4 in 2023 to 2.9 in 2024. Peak filing year was 2023 at 11.4 TCR. In 2024, DART was 0.21× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2023=11.4 · 2024=2.9

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 562111 · Worcester, MA ABOVE-IND · SMALL

Grade F · TCR 7.2 · 275% of ind

  • DART 1.5 DART
  • RANK #22/36
  • PHOTO Republic Services
  • BOOK 2y book
  • INJ 9 inj
  • SIZE ~58 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: Republic Services (0.0 TCR gap)

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Worcester Hauling in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows Worcester Hauling averages 7.2 TCR (275% of the Solid Waste Collection BLS benchmark).

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

Worcester Hauling TCR series: 2023=11.4 · 2024=2.9 · BLS 2.6

Where Worcester Hauling falls in its industry

2,322 Solid Waste Collection establishments

Safer than 30% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 5.1.

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to Massachusetts alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #22 safest of 36 Solid Waste Collection employers in Massachusetts.

Worcester Hauling (58 employees, TCR 7.2) 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 Worcester Hauling
Worcester Hauling (58 employees, TCR 7.2) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 55 employees and a TCR of 5.1

Worcester Hauling has more employees than the Solid Waste Collection 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
2024 2.9 1.5 2 0 0
2023 11.4 9.8 7 0 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

562111 · MA · Worcester

2,322 Solid Waste Collection employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 10,108 rated employers in Massachusetts with headcount on file · 248 employers in Worcester, MA · 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 Republic Services 7.2 TCR
NAICS-TCR S09028 - IL South 7.2 TCR
NAICS-TCR S04018 - Granite Quarry Hauling 7.2 TCR
NAICS-TCR Inland Waste Solutions Bethel Heights 7.2 TCR
STATE-SIZE FirstLight Power Resources - Northfield Mountain/NERC 58 FTE
STATE-SIZE Liberty Utilities Charles Street 58 FTE
STATE-SIZE Eversource - Somerville Gas 58 FTE
STATE-SIZE Elkins 58 FTE
CITY-NEAR UMass Memorial Health 12,452 FTE
CITY-NEAR 4701-813 2,492 FTE
CITY-NEAR St Vincent hospital 1,965 FTE
CITY-NEAR NBC Distributors Inc 1,276 FTE
NAT-TCR Quermback Electric, Inc. 7.2 TCR
NAT-TCR Grigg Box 7.2 TCR
NAT-TCR Elementary 7.2 TCR
NAT-TCR Public Utilities 7.2 TCR
NAT-SIZE Derse Las Vegas 58 FTE
NAT-SIZE Bosch Rexroth Corporation - Logistics Center 58 FTE
NAT-SIZE The Scotts Company - Chester 58 FTE
NAT-SIZE The Building Center Inc - Gastonia 58 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, 2023. 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.