Refuse collection services · California

BFI Services of Salinas

Salinas, CA · ~52 workers · 4 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

F
Failing Safety Record
7.9
Avg TCR
2.6
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

BFI Services of Salinas runs at 303% of its industry's injury rate - far more dangerous than the typical Refuse collection services workplace, earning a grade F.

BFI Services of Salinas: 7.9 TCR = 303% of Refuse collection services BLS 2.6 · 4y Form 300A (see methodology below)

BFI Services of Salinas safety composite

BFI Services of Salinas scores strongest on fatalities (safer than 52% of same-industry peers) and weakest on dart rate (safer than 19%), 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).

F

30/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
F 7.89 per 100 workers

Safer than 25% of industry peers

DART rate
F 7.44 per 100 workers

Safer than 19% 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

BFI Services of Salinas: 7.0 → 7.4 TCR

Peak year 2019 @ 13.7 TCR · DART/TCR 0.94× in 2021

BFI Services of Salinas's TCR rose 0.5 from 7.0 in 2018 to 7.4 in 2021. Peak filing year was 2019 at 13.7 TCR. In 2021, DART was 0.94× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

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

Grade F · TCR 7.9 · 303% of ind

  • DART 7.4 DART
  • RANK #149/247
  • PHOTO Austin Hauling
  • BOOK 4y book
  • INJ 17 inj
  • SIZE ~52 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: Austin Hauling (0.0 TCR gap)

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BFI Services of Salinas in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows BFI Services of Salinas averages 7.9 TCR (303% of the Refuse collection services BLS benchmark).

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

BFI Services of Salinas TCR series: 2018=7 · 2019=13.7 · 2020=3.4 · 2021=7.4 · BLS 2.6

Where BFI Services of Salinas falls in its industry

2,322 Refuse collection services establishments

Safer than 25% 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 #149 safest of 247 Refuse collection services employers in California.

BFI Services of Salinas (52 employees, TCR 7.9) 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 BFI Services of Salinas
BFI Services of Salinas (52 employees, TCR 7.9) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 55 employees and a TCR of 5.1

BFI Services of Salinas has fewer employees than the Refuse 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
2021 7.4 7.4 4 0 0
2020 3.4 3.4 2 0 0
2019 13.7 10.3 8 0 0
2018 7.0 7.0 3 1 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

562111 · CA · Salinas

2,322 Refuse collection services employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 51,834 rated employers in California with headcount on file · 337 employers in Salinas, 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 Austin Hauling 7.9 TCR
NAICS-TCR 204 - North Georgia Hauling 7.9 TCR
NAICS-TCR Advanced Disposal - Minocqua 7.9 TCR
NAICS-TCR S04230 - WM of the Twin Cities - Blaine 7.9 TCR
STATE-SIZE Phil Foster Ranch 52 FTE
STATE-SIZE Oceano Packing Company 52 FTE
STATE-SIZE Sun Pacific Farming | Citrus Farming | Ivanhoe 52 FTE
STATE-SIZE Brassfield Estate Vineyard 52 FTE
CITY-NEAR Foothill Packing 8,854 FTE
CITY-NEAR Foothill Packing-California 3,255 FTE
CITY-NEAR Salinas Valley Memorial Hospital 2,197 FTE
CITY-NEAR Salinas Valley Healthcare System 2,133 FTE
NAT-TCR Overlea Health and Rehabilitation Center 7.9 TCR
NAT-TCR Orlando Dodge Chrysler Jeep 7.9 TCR
NAT-TCR Balgas - Fort Myers, FL 7.9 TCR
NAT-TCR Hutchinson Police Services 7.9 TCR
NAT-SIZE The Chelsea at Manalapan 52 FTE
NAT-SIZE Bitumar USA Inc. 52 FTE
NAT-SIZE Crowne Plaza Jacksonville Airport 52 FTE
NAT-SIZE Value Village-123hawt 52 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: 2021, 2020, 2019, 2018. 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.