Garbage collection services · California

Elder Creek Transfer Station

Name: Elder Creek Transfer Station Workplace Safety Data
Creator: PlainSafetyScore
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Sacramento, CA · ~51 workers · 5 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

Compiled by PlainSafetyScore · August 25, 2026

F
Failing Safety Record: 9.3
Avg TCR: 2.6
Industry avg: 0
Fatalities

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The verdict

Elder Creek Transfer Station runs at 359% of its industry's injury rate - far more dangerous than the typical Garbage collection services workplace, earning a grade F.

Elder Creek Transfer Station: 9.3 TCR = 359% of Garbage collection services BLS 2.6 · 5y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Elder Creek Transfer Station safety composite

Elder Creek Transfer Station scores strongest on fatalities (safer than 52% of same-industry peers) and weakest on total case rate (tcr) (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).

28/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR): F 9.33 per 100 workers

Safer than 19% of industry peers
DART rate: F 7.07 per 100 workers

Safer than 21% 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

−6.7

2017→2023

Elder Creek Transfer Station injury rate improved

Elder Creek Transfer Station's TCR fell 6.7 from 13.7 in 2017 to 7.1 in 2023. Peak filing year was 2019 at 25.8 TCR. In 2023, DART was 0.76× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2017=13.7 · 2019=25.8 · 2020=0.0 · 2022=0.0 · 2023=7.1

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

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

Grade F · TCR 9.3 · 359% of ind

DART 7.1 DART
RANK #164/247
PHOTO Central Missouri Tra…
BOOK 5y book
INJ 23 inj
SIZE ~51 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: Central Missouri Transfer (0.0 TCR gap)

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9.3
Central Missou

9.3
Des Moines -IA

9.3
Oak Ridge Wast

9.3
Waste Pro 613

9.3

What this shows Elder Creek Transfer Station averages 9.3 TCR (359% of the Garbage collection services BLS benchmark).

Elder Creek Transfer Station TCR series: 2017=13.7 · 2019=25.8 · 2020=0 · 2022=0 · 2023=7.1 · BLS 2.6

Where Elder Creek Transfer Station falls in its industry

2,322 Garbage collection services establishments

Safer than 19% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 5.1.

Grade F

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to California alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #164 safest of 247 Garbage collection services employers in California.

Elder Creek Transfer Station (51 employees, TCR 9.3) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 55 employees and a TCR of 5.1

Elder Creek Transfer Station 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
2023	7.1	7.1	18
2022	0.0	0.0	0
2020	0.0	0.0	0
2019	25.8	17.2	3
2017	13.7	6.9	2

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

562111 · CA · Sacramento

2,322 Garbage collection services employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 51,834 rated employers in California with headcount on file · 1,348 employers in Sacramento, CA · 4 cross-state NAT-TCR peers · 4 cross-state NAT-SIZE peers. Closest matches by relationship code are listed below.

Rel	Establishment	Place	Metric
NAICS-TCR	Central Missouri Transfer	SAINT JAMES, MO	9.3 TCR
NAICS-TCR	Des Moines -IA	DES MOINES, IA	9.3 TCR
NAICS-TCR	Oak Ridge Waste & Recycling of CT, LLC - Stamford	STAMFORD, CT	9.3 TCR
NAICS-TCR	Waste Pro 613 - Baton Rouge	GEISMAR, LA	9.3 TCR
STATE-SIZE	Robert Young Vineyards	GEYSERVILLE	51 FTE
STATE-SIZE	H&W Vineyards	REDWOOD VALLEY	51 FTE
STATE-SIZE	Huber Farms Inc	KERMAN	51 FTE
STATE-SIZE	Taylor Brothers Farms Inc	YUBA CITY	51 FTE
CITY-NEAR	UC Davis Health	Sacramento	10,481 FTE
CITY-NEAR	Employment Development Department	Sacramento	8,494 FTE
CITY-NEAR	California Department of Transportation Facility 451	Sacramento	5,500 FTE
CITY-NEAR	California Department of Transportation Facility 485	Sacramento	5,500 FTE
NAT-TCR	Spring Market #717	Whitewright, TX	9.3 TCR
NAT-TCR	Gheen Irrigation Airport	Eugene, OR	9.3 TCR
NAT-TCR	Steelhead Composites Headquarters	Golden, CO	9.3 TCR
NAT-TCR	Nyacol Nano Technologies, Inc.	Ashland, MA	9.3 TCR
NAT-SIZE	Tiger Sioux Falls	Sioux Falls, SD	51 FTE
NAT-SIZE	Summer Breeze Operating, LLC	Savannah, GA	51 FTE
NAT-SIZE	Linc 0850 (Fort Wayne - F)	Roanoke, IN	51 FTE
NAT-SIZE	Madison Children's Museum	Madison, WI	51 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: 2023, 2022, 2020, 2019, 2017. This is publicly available government data - not a legal determination of workplace conditions.

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Data sourced from official public datasets. See our methodology for details.