Refuse collection services · California
AWS- Santa Clara County
Milpitas, CA · ~106 workers · 4 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.
- D
- Poor Safety Record
- 4.6
- Avg TCR
- 2.6
- Industry avg
- 0
- Fatalities
The verdict
AWS- Santa Clara County runs at 178% of its industry's injury rate - more dangerous than the typical Refuse collection services workplace, earning a grade D.
AWS- Santa Clara County: 4.6 TCR = 178% of Refuse collection services BLS 2.6 · 4y Form 300A (see methodology below)
AWS- Santa Clara County safety composite
AWS- Santa Clara County scores strongest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 55% of same-industry peers) and weakest on fatalities (safer than 52%), 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).
54/100
Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures
- Total Case Rate (TCR)
- C 4.64 per 100 workers
Safer than 55% of industry peers
- DART rate
- C 2.86 per 100 workers
Safer than 55% 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%).
Rising injury rate
AWS- Santa Clara County: 2.5 → 5.7 TCR
Peak year 2019 @ 5.7 TCR · DART/TCR 0.62× in 2021
AWS- Santa Clara County's TCR rose 3.2 from 2.5 in 2018 to 5.7 in 2021. Peak filing year was 2019 at 5.7 TCR. In 2021, DART was 0.62× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).
OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard
Establishment book 562111 · Milpitas, CA ABOVE-IND · MID
Grade D · TCR 4.6 · 178% of ind
- DART 2.9 DART
- RANK #81/247
- PHOTO Freehold Cartage Inc…
- BOOK 4y book
- INJ 21 inj
- SIZE ~106 FTE
Nearest TCR peer: Freehold Cartage Inc., Solid Waste (0.0 TCR gap)
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AWS- Santa Clara County in the TCR neighbourhood
Average Total Case Rate among this establishment and nearest same-industry peers
- This site
AWS- Santa Clara County
4.6 TCR
- Freehold Carta
Freehold Cartage Inc., Solid Waste
4.6 TCR
- Mega Disposal
Mega Disposal
4.6 TCR
- Stericycle - F
Stericycle - Fresno,TX
4.6 TCR
- S03457 - Colum
S03457 - Columbus Hauling
4.6 TCR
What this shows AWS- Santa Clara County averages 4.6 TCR (178% of the Refuse collection services BLS benchmark).
AWS- Santa Clara County TCR series: 2018=2.5 · 2019=5.7 · 2020=4.5 · 2021=5.7 · BLS 2.6
Where AWS- Santa Clara County falls in its industry
2,322 Refuse collection services establishmentsSafer than 55% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 5.1.
Narrower to California alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #81 safest of 247 Refuse collection services employers in California.
AWS- Santa Clara County has more employees than the Refuse collection services median and a lower 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2021 | 5.7 | 2.9 | 6 | 0 | 0 |
| 2020 | 4.5 | 3.6 | 5 | 0 | 0 |
| 2019 | 5.7 | 4.1 | 7 | 0 | 0 |
| 2018 | 2.5 | 1.7 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
OSHA ITA peer cross-reference
Establishment peer ledger
562111 · CA · Milpitas
2,322 Refuse collection services employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 51,834 rated employers in California with headcount on file · 161 employers in Milpitas, 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 | Freehold Cartage Inc., Solid Waste | 4.6 TCR |
| NAICS-TCR | Mega Disposal | 4.6 TCR |
| NAICS-TCR | Stericycle - Fresno,TX | 4.6 TCR |
| NAICS-TCR | S03457 - Columbus Hauling | 4.6 TCR |
| STATE-SIZE | D & J Farm Management LLC | 106 FTE |
| STATE-SIZE | Robinson Calf Ranch | 106 FTE |
| STATE-SIZE | Monte Vista Farming Company LLC. | 106 FTE |
| STATE-SIZE | Empire Farm Labor Contracting, Inc | 106 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | California Department of Transportation Facility 454 | 2,891 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | California | 2,531 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | 2636-CALIFORNIA, MILPITAS | 2,400 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | 011 SanDisk HQ | 1,952 FTE |
| NAT-TCR | Dick Houston Plumbing & Heating, Inc. | 4.6 TCR |
| NAT-TCR | Panama Transfer Des Moines | 4.6 TCR |
| NAT-TCR | Dept. of Health & Social Services (12) | 4.6 TCR |
| NAT-TCR | Drury Inn & Suites - Mt. Vernon | 4.6 TCR |
| NAT-SIZE | CellXion - Building Pole Facility | 106 FTE |
| NAT-SIZE | DRB Group - Raleigh | 106 FTE |
| NAT-SIZE | Harrison Energy Partners Corp. | 106 FTE |
| NAT-SIZE | 078415-Denver Insp Svc Division | 106 FTE |
Rel codes: NAICS-TCR · STATE-SIZE · CITY-NEAR · NAT-TCR/NAT-SIZE cross-state. Read with this employer →
Read our methodology - how this data is sourced, computed, and verified.