Refuse collection services · Arizona

Cave Creek

Phoenix, AZ · ~70 workers · 6 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

D
Poor Safety Record
4.1
Avg TCR
2.6
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

Cave Creek runs at 158% of its industry's injury rate - more dangerous than the typical Refuse collection services workplace, earning a grade D.

Cave Creek: 4.1 TCR = 158% of Refuse collection services BLS 2.6 · 6y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Cave Creek safety composite

Cave Creek scores strongest on dart rate (safer than 74% 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).

C

63/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
C 4.11 per 100 workers

Safer than 60% of industry peers

DART rate
C 1.06 per 100 workers

Safer than 74% 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

−2.0

2017→2024

Cave Creek injury rate improved

Cave Creek's TCR fell 2.0 from 6.2 in 2017 to 4.2 in 2024. Peak filing year was 2018 at 10.0 TCR. In 2024, DART was 0.26× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2017=6.2 · 2018=10.0 · 2020=0.0 · 2022=2.2 · 2023=2.1 · 2024=4.2

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 562111 · Phoenix, AZ ABOVE-IND · SMALL

Grade D · TCR 4.1 · 158% of ind

  • DART 1.1 DART
  • RANK #31/49
  • PHOTO S02962 - Compton Hau…
  • BOOK 6y book
  • INJ 19 inj
  • SIZE ~70 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: S02962 - Compton Hauling (0.0 TCR gap)

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Cave Creek in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows Cave Creek averages 4.1 TCR (158% of the Refuse collection services BLS benchmark).

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

Cave Creek TCR series: 2017=6.2 · 2018=10 · 2020=0 · 2022=2.2 · 2023=2.1 · 2024=4.2 · BLS 2.6

Where Cave Creek falls in its industry

2,322 Refuse collection services establishments

Safer than 60% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 5.1.

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to Arizona alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #31 safest of 49 Refuse collection services employers in Arizona.

Cave Creek (70 employees, TCR 4.1) 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 Cave Creek
Cave Creek (70 employees, TCR 4.1) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 55 employees and a TCR of 5.1

Cave Creek 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
2024 4.2 1.1 4 0 0
2023 2.1 2.1 2 0 0
2022 2.2 0.0 2 0 0
2020 0.0 0.0 0 0 0
2018 10.0 7.1 7 0 0
2017 6.2 3.1 4 0 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

562111 · AZ · Phoenix

2,322 Refuse collection services employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 9,594 rated employers in Arizona with headcount on file · 2,630 employers in Phoenix, AZ · 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 S02962 - Compton Hauling 4.1 TCR
NAICS-TCR Coos Bay/North Bend 4.1 TCR
NAICS-TCR S05498 - Beach Lake Hauling 4.1 TCR
NAICS-TCR Republic Services Of Columbia 4743 4.1 TCR
STATE-SIZE Holbrook 70 FTE
STATE-SIZE Phoenix Office 70 FTE
STATE-SIZE Mirabella 70 FTE
STATE-SIZE Porter Brothers 70 FTE
CITY-NEAR Maricopa County 15,504 FTE
CITY-NEAR Phoenix Children's Hospital 7,575 FTE
CITY-NEAR All Company 6,261 FTE
CITY-NEAR 6403-64030500 6,153 FTE
NAT-TCR St. Petersburg General Hospital 4.1 TCR
NAT-TCR London Store 4.1 TCR
NAT-TCR Barrington Park District 4.1 TCR
NAT-TCR The Fresh Market 235 4.1 TCR
NAT-SIZE Dublin 70 FTE
NAT-SIZE S04 Sen - Grass Valley 70 FTE
NAT-SIZE Laird Family Estate 70 FTE
NAT-SIZE General Wax and Candle Co, 70 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, 2020, 2018, 2017. 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.