Garbage collection services · California

Buena Park - EDCO

Buena Park, CA · ~52 workers · 8 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

D
Poor Safety Record
5.1
Avg TCR
2.6
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

Buena Park - EDCO runs at 195% of its industry's injury rate - more dangerous than the typical Garbage collection services workplace, earning a grade D.

Buena Park - EDCO: 5.1 TCR = 195% of Garbage collection services BLS 2.6 · 8y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Buena Park - EDCO safety composite

Buena Park - EDCO scores strongest on fatalities (safer than 52% of same-industry peers) and weakest on dart rate (safer than 48%), 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)
D 5.06 per 100 workers

Safer than 50% of industry peers

DART rate
D 3.42 per 100 workers

Safer than 48% 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

Buena Park - EDCO: 6.3 → 6.8 TCR

Peak year 2021 @ 9.1 TCR · DART/TCR 0.68× in 2024

Buena Park - EDCO's TCR rose 0.6 from 6.3 in 2017 to 6.8 in 2024. Peak filing year was 2021 at 9.1 TCR. In 2024, DART was 0.68× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 562111 · Buena Park, CA ABOVE-IND · SMALL

Grade D · TCR 5.1 · 195% of ind

  • DART 3.4 DART
  • RANK #93/247
  • PHOTO Republic Services Me…
  • BOOK 8y book
  • INJ 27 inj
  • SIZE ~52 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: Republic Services Melrose Park (0.0 TCR gap)

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Buena Park - EDCO in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows Buena Park - EDCO averages 5.1 TCR (195% of the Garbage collection services BLS benchmark).

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

Buena Park - EDCO TCR series: 2017=6.3 · 2018=4.6 · 2019=1.6 · 2020=6.4 · 2021=9.1 · 2022=2.8 · 2023=2.9 · 2024=6.8 · BLS 2.6

Where Buena Park - EDCO falls in its industry

2,322 Garbage collection services establishments

Safer than 50% 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 #93 safest of 247 Garbage collection services employers in California.

Buena Park - EDCO (52 employees, TCR 5.1) 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 Buena Park - EDCO
Buena Park - EDCO (52 employees, TCR 5.1) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 55 employees and a TCR of 5.1

Buena Park - EDCO 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 6.8 3.4 4 0 0
2023 2.9 1.9 3 0 0
2022 2.8 2.8 2 0 0
2021 9.1 5.2 7 0 0
2020 6.4 3.2 4 0 0
2019 1.6 1.6 1 0 0
2018 4.6 2.3 2 0 0
2017 6.3 3.1 4 0 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

562111 · CA · Buena Park

2,322 Garbage collection services employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 51,834 rated employers in California with headcount on file · 112 employers in Buena Park, 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 Republic Services Melrose Park 5.1 TCR
NAICS-TCR S04052 - WM of Acadiana - Lafayette 5.1 TCR
NAICS-TCR S04201 - WM of Utah - Orem 5.1 TCR
NAICS-TCR Stericycle - Maumelle,AR 5.1 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 Amazon Transportation Services : LAX5 1,220 FTE
CITY-NEAR Ono-041 910 FTE
CITY-NEAR Amazon.com Services LLC - LAX5 898 FTE
CITY-NEAR BUENA PARK CA 831 FTE
NAT-TCR Earthbox Inn & Spa 5.1 TCR
NAT-TCR Carlisle Naples 5.1 TCR
NAT-TCR Specialty Coating Systems Amherst 5.1 TCR
NAT-TCR Sodexo at Burlington County Special Svcs 5.1 TCR
NAT-SIZE Mertz 52 FTE
NAT-SIZE Magpro LLC 52 FTE
NAT-SIZE Sheehy Construction Company 52 FTE
NAT-SIZE Lindenmeyr Hanover 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: 2024, 2023, 2022, 2021, 2020, 2019, 2018, 2017. This is publicly available government data - not a legal determination of workplace conditions.
Data sourced from official public datasets. See our methodology for details.