Garbage collection services · California

American Refuse, Inc

Wasco, CA · ~34 workers · 5 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

F
Failing Safety Record
10.2
Avg TCR
2.6
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

American Refuse, Inc runs at 393% of its industry's injury rate - far more dangerous than the typical Garbage collection services workplace, earning a grade F.

American Refuse, Inc: 10.2 TCR = 393% of Garbage collection services BLS 2.6 · 5y Form 300A (see methodology below)

American Refuse, Inc safety composite

American Refuse, Inc scores strongest on dart rate (safer than 88% 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).

D

50/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
F 10.21 per 100 workers

Safer than 16% 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

−75.1

2020→2024

American Refuse, Inc injury rate improved

American Refuse, Inc's TCR fell 75.1 from 80.1 in 2020 to 5.0 in 2024. Peak filing year was 2021 at 85.7 TCR. In 2024, DART was 0× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2020=80.1 · 2021=85.7 · 2022=6.7 · 2023=19.0 · 2024=5.0

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 562111 · Wasco, CA ABOVE-IND · SMALL

Grade F · TCR 10.2 · 393% of ind

  • DART 0.0 DART
  • RANK #176/247
  • PHOTO Greenville Hauling O…
  • BOOK 5y book
  • INJ 7 inj
  • SIZE ~34 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: Greenville Hauling Operations and Transfer Station (0.0 TCR gap)

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American Refuse, Inc in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows American Refuse, Inc averages 10.2 TCR (393% of the Garbage collection services BLS benchmark).

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

American Refuse, Inc TCR series: 2020=80.1 · 2021=85.7 · 2022=6.7 · 2023=19 · 2024=5 · BLS 2.6

Where American Refuse, Inc falls in its industry

2,322 Garbage collection services establishments

Safer than 16% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 5.1.

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to California alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #176 safest of 247 Garbage collection services employers in California.

American Refuse, Inc (34 employees, TCR 10.2) 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 American Refuse, Inc
American Refuse, Inc (34 employees, TCR 10.2) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 55 employees and a TCR of 5.1

American Refuse, Inc has fewer employees than the Garbage collection services 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 5.0 0.0 2 0 0
2023 19.0 19.0 2 6 0
2022 6.7 6.7 1 1 0
2021 85.7 13.2 0 26 0
2020 80.1 44.1 2 18 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

562111 · CA · Wasco

2,322 Garbage collection services employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 51,834 rated employers in California with headcount on file · 44 employers in Wasco, 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 Greenville Hauling Operations and Transfer Station 10.2 TCR
NAICS-TCR Henderson Transfer Station 10.2 TCR
NAICS-TCR Montpelier Hauling 10.3 TCR
NAICS-TCR AWS-Delaware 10.3 TCR
STATE-SIZE Ardent Mills Yuba City 34 FTE
STATE-SIZE Filice Farms, L.P. 34 FTE
STATE-SIZE Alexander Ranch, Inc. 34 FTE
STATE-SIZE MFarms 34 FTE
CITY-NEAR California Department of Transportation Facility 179 1,600 FTE
CITY-NEAR JERRY'S FLC, INC. 770 FTE
CITY-NEAR MOT 661 FTE
CITY-NEAR R.M.T. Contracting, Inc. 505 FTE
NAT-TCR Holiday Wholesale, Inc. Warehouse 10.2 TCR
NAT-TCR Wingra Ready-Mix Inc 10.2 TCR
NAT-TCR Mary Wade Home 10.2 TCR
NAT-TCR Horizon Services - PA 10.2 TCR
NAT-SIZE McCray Lumber - Edwardsville 34 FTE
NAT-SIZE Hampshire Fire Protection District 34 FTE
NAT-SIZE Solstice Senior Living at Point Defiance 34 FTE
NAT-SIZE Spellman High Voltage Electronics Valhalla 34 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, 2020. This is publicly available government data - not a legal determination of workplace conditions.
Data sourced from official public datasets. See our methodology for details.