Materials recovery facilities (MRF) · California

Fremont Recycling & Transfer Station

Fremont, CA · ~72 workers · 2 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

F
Failing Safety Record
7.5
Avg TCR
2.6
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

Fremont Recycling & Transfer Station runs at 287% of its industry's injury rate - far more dangerous than the typical Materials recovery facilities (MRF) workplace, earning a grade F.

Fremont Recycling & Transfer Station: 7.5 TCR = 287% of Materials recovery facilities (MRF) BLS 2.6 · 2y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Fremont Recycling & Transfer Station safety composite

Fremont Recycling & Transfer Station scores strongest on dart rate (safer than 80% of same-industry peers) and weakest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 20%), 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

49/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
F 7.46 per 100 workers

Safer than 20% of industry peers

DART rate
B 0 per 100 workers

Safer than 80% of industry peers

Fatalities
D 0

Safer than 51% 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

−12.5

2017→2018

Fremont Recycling & Transfer Station injury rate improved

Fremont Recycling & Transfer Station's TCR fell 12.5 from 13.7 in 2017 to 1.2 in 2018. Peak filing year was 2017 at 13.7 TCR. In 2018, DART was 0× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2017=13.7 · 2018=1.2

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 562920 · Fremont, CA ABOVE-IND · SMALL

Grade F · TCR 7.5 · 287% of ind

  • DART 0.0 DART
  • RANK #27/45
  • PHOTO North Texas Recyclin…
  • BOOK 2y book
  • INJ 10 inj
  • SIZE ~72 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: North Texas Recycling Center (0.0 TCR gap)

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Fremont Recycling & Transfer Station in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows Fremont Recycling & Transfer Station averages 7.5 TCR (287% of the Materials recovery facilities (MRF) BLS benchmark).

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

Fremont Recycling & Transfer Station TCR series: 2017=13.7 · 2018=1.2 · BLS 2.6

Where Fremont Recycling & Transfer Station falls in its industry

422 Materials recovery facilities establishments

Safer than 20% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 3.8.

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to California alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #27 safest of 45 Materials recovery facilities employers in California.

Fremont Recycling & Transfer Station (72 employees, TCR 7.5) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 44 employees and a TCR of 3.8 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 0100200300 051015 Average employees Total Case Rate Fremont Recycling & Transfer Station
Fremont Recycling & Transfer Station (72 employees, TCR 7.5) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 44 employees and a TCR of 3.8

Fremont Recycling & Transfer Station has more employees than the Materials recovery facilities (MRF) median and a higher injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 3.8. 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
2018 1.2 0.0 1 0 0
2017 13.7 12.2 9 0 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

562920 · CA · Fremont

422 Materials recovery facilities (MRF) employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 51,834 rated employers in California with headcount on file · 348 employers in Fremont, 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 North Texas Recycling Center 7.4 TCR
NAICS-TCR West Rock Recycling - Shared staff 7.4 TCR
NAICS-TCR Agricultural Services, Inc. 7.5 TCR
NAICS-TCR Dayton Material Recovery Facility 7.6 TCR
STATE-SIZE Monterey Pacific, LLC 72 FTE
STATE-SIZE Arts Ranch 72 FTE
STATE-SIZE Mellano & Company - Los Angeles Wholesale House 72 FTE
STATE-SIZE Greg Hooker dba Diamond H Dairy 72 FTE
CITY-NEAR NA-US-CA-Fremont-45500 Fremont Blvd 21,378 FTE
CITY-NEAR NA-US-CA-Fremont-Factory 12,707 FTE
CITY-NEAR California Department of Transportation Facility 517 2,891 FTE
CITY-NEAR Lam Research Corp. Fremont Campus 2,887 FTE
NAT-TCR Canton Dns 7.5 TCR
NAT-TCR Senior Care of Onion Creek 7.5 TCR
NAT-TCR 5th Avenue (AZ) 7.5 TCR
NAT-TCR Marshalltown Pipe & Precast 7.5 TCR
NAT-SIZE Dallas Office (4318) 72 FTE
NAT-SIZE T-Bone Construction, Inc 72 FTE
NAT-SIZE BMW 72 FTE
NAT-SIZE City of Dowagiac 72 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: 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.