Waste collection services, nonhazardous solid · California

EDCO Disposal

Lemon Grove, CA · ~229 workers · 9 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

F
Failing Safety Record
7.2
Avg TCR
2.6
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

EDCO Disposal runs at 278% of its industry's injury rate - far more dangerous than the typical Waste collection services, nonhazardous solid workplace, earning a grade F.

EDCO Disposal: 7.2 TCR = 278% of Waste collection services, nonhazardous solid BLS 2.6 · 9y Form 300A (see methodology below)

EDCO Disposal safety composite

EDCO Disposal scores strongest on fatalities (safer than 52% of same-industry peers) and weakest on dart rate (safer than 23%), 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

33/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
F 7.23 per 100 workers

Safer than 30% of industry peers

DART rate
F 6.49 per 100 workers

Safer than 23% 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

EDCO Disposal: 5.2 → 15.6 TCR

Peak year 2024 @ 15.6 TCR · DART/TCR 0.9× in 2024

EDCO Disposal's TCR rose 10.3 from 5.2 in 2016 to 15.6 in 2024. In 2024, DART was 0.9× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 562111 · Lemon Grove, CA ABOVE-IND · MID

Grade F · TCR 7.2 · 278% of ind

  • DART 6.5 DART
  • RANK #138/247
  • PHOTO S03422 - West Louisv…
  • BOOK 9y book
  • INJ 165 inj
  • SIZE ~229 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: S03422 - West Louisville Hauling (0.0 TCR gap)

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EDCO Disposal in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows EDCO Disposal averages 7.2 TCR (278% of the Waste collection services, nonhazardous solid BLS benchmark).

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

EDCO Disposal TCR series: 2016=5.2 · 2017=5.5 · 2018=7.4 · 2019=3.6 · 2020=6.6 · 2021=4 · 2022=6.2 · 2023=10.9 · 2024=15.6 · BLS 2.6

Where EDCO Disposal falls in its industry

2,322 Waste collection services, non establishments

Safer than 30% 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 #138 safest of 247 Waste collection services, non employers in California.

EDCO Disposal (229 employees, TCR 7.2) 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 EDCO Disposal
EDCO Disposal (229 employees, TCR 7.2) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 55 employees and a TCR of 5.1

EDCO Disposal has more employees than the Waste collection services, nonhazardous 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 15.6 6.5 24 0 0
2023 10.9 6.8 26 3 0
2022 6.2 4.7 24 0 0
2021 4.0 2.8 13 0 0
2020 6.6 4.9 20 3 0
2019 3.6 3.3 11 1 0
2018 7.4 7.0 19 0 0
2017 5.5 4.0 17 1 0
2016 5.2 3.8 11 0 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

562111 · CA · Lemon Grove

2,322 Waste collection services, nonhazardous solid employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 51,834 rated employers in California with headcount on file · 33 employers in Lemon Grove, 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 S03422 - West Louisville Hauling 7.2 TCR
NAICS-TCR G. Mello / Salisbury Maintenance 7.2 TCR
NAICS-TCR 112 - Daytona Beach 7.2 TCR
NAICS-TCR S03764 - WM of IL - West (Batavia) 7.2 TCR
STATE-SIZE New Stone 229 FTE
STATE-SIZE 2400-Oxnard, CA 229 FTE
STATE-SIZE SOUTHERN FARMLAND CULTIVATION, INC. 229 FTE
STATE-SIZE CA-Central Orange County S/C 229 FTE
CITY-NEAR Aztec Landscaping, Inc. 271 FTE
CITY-NEAR Bella Vista Health Center 269 FTE
CITY-NEAR Lemon Grove Care and Rehabilitation 206 FTE
CITY-NEAR 0659 LEMON GROVE 202 FTE
NAT-TCR Prairie Manor Inc. 7.2 TCR
NAT-TCR Darling Ingredients Inc. 7.2 TCR
NAT-TCR Riverton 7.2 TCR
NAT-TCR Prospect International Airport Services TUS 7.2 TCR
NAT-SIZE Dalton 229 FTE
NAT-SIZE NOW Foods - Corporate 229 FTE
NAT-SIZE WMI 229 FTE
NAT-SIZE Racetrack Supermarket LLC 229 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, 2016. 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.