Materials recovery facilities (MRF) · California

653 Charles (MRF)

San Jose, CA · ~271 workers · 4 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

F
Failing Safety Record
6.2
Avg TCR
2.6
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

653 Charles (MRF) runs at 237% of its industry's injury rate - far more dangerous than the typical Materials recovery facilities (MRF) workplace, earning a grade F.

653 Charles (MRF): 6.2 TCR = 237% of Materials recovery facilities (MRF) BLS 2.6 · 4y Form 300A (see methodology below)

653 Charles (MRF) safety composite

653 Charles (MRF) scores strongest on dart rate (safer than 59% of same-industry peers) and weakest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 28%), 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

45/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
F 6.17 per 100 workers

Safer than 28% of industry peers

DART rate
C 0.87 per 100 workers

Safer than 59% of industry peers

Fatalities
D 0

Safer than 51% 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

−11.4

2021→2024

653 Charles (MRF) injury rate improved

653 Charles (MRF)'s TCR fell 11.4 from 13.4 in 2021 to 2.0 in 2024. Peak filing year was 2021 at 13.4 TCR. In 2024, DART was 0.14× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2021=13.4 · 2022=7.0 · 2023=2.3 · 2024=2.0

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 562920 · San Jose, CA ABOVE-IND · MID

Grade F · TCR 6.2 · 237% of ind

  • DART 0.9 DART
  • RANK #26/45
  • PHOTO S09091 - Allentown MRF
  • BOOK 4y book
  • INJ 81 inj
  • SIZE ~271 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: S09091 - Allentown MRF (0.0 TCR gap)

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653 Charles (MRF) in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows 653 Charles (MRF) averages 6.2 TCR (237% of the Materials recovery facilities (MRF) BLS benchmark).

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

653 Charles (MRF) TCR series: 2021=13.4 · 2022=7 · 2023=2.3 · 2024=2 · BLS 2.6

Where 653 Charles (MRF) falls in its industry

422 Materials recovery facilities establishments

Safer than 28% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 3.8.

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to California alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #26 safest of 45 Materials recovery facilities employers in California.

653 Charles (MRF) (271 employees, TCR 6.2) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 44 employees and a TCR of 3.8 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 0100200300 051015 Average employees Total Case Rate 653 Charles (MRF)
653 Charles (MRF) (271 employees, TCR 6.2) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 44 employees and a TCR of 3.8

653 Charles (MRF) has more employees than the Materials recovery facilities (MRF) median and a higher injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 3.8. 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 2.0 0.9 7 0 0
2023 2.3 0.8 7 1 0
2022 7.0 3.3 23 2 0
2021 13.4 7.7 44 3 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

562920 · CA · San Jose

422 Materials recovery facilities (MRF) employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 51,834 rated employers in California with headcount on file · 1,102 employers in San Jose, CA · 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 S09091 - Allentown MRF 6.2 TCR
NAICS-TCR We Recycle Solar, Inc. 6.1 TCR
NAICS-TCR g2 Revolution, LLC Lake Zurich 6.1 TCR
NAICS-TCR CSR Harrisburg 6.2 TCR
STATE-SIZE Trinity Packing Company Inc. Plant 1 271 FTE
STATE-SIZE RIVERMAID TRADING COMPANY 271 FTE
STATE-SIZE Otis Elevator Company-San Francisco 271 FTE
STATE-SIZE Command Packaging 271 FTE
CITY-NEAR 2636-CALIFORNIA.SAN JOSE 11,308 FTE
CITY-NEAR Santa Clara Valley Healthcare, Valley Medical Center (Hospital & Clinics) 7,299 FTE
CITY-NEAR Rosendin - Main 6,964 FTE
CITY-NEAR Santa Clara Valley Medical Center (SCVMC & Clinics) 6,576 FTE
NAT-TCR Lincoln-Way Area Special Education Joint Agreement District 843 6.2 TCR
NAT-TCR Vision Plastics, inc. 6.2 TCR
NAT-TCR 50075 - Capstone Unfi Chesterfield 6.2 TCR
NAT-TCR Ward-Henshaw Construction 6.2 TCR
NAT-SIZE Encompass Health Rehabilitation Hospital of Morgantown 271 FTE
NAT-SIZE Commercial Roofers 271 FTE
NAT-SIZE Administration 271 FTE
NAT-SIZE City of Urbana 271 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, 2022, 2021. 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.