Refuse collection services · California

Fresno Sanitation Division

Fresno, CA · ~171 workers · 2 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

F
Failing Safety Record
14.5
Avg TCR
2.6
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

Fresno Sanitation Division runs at 559% of its industry's injury rate - far more dangerous than the typical Refuse collection services workplace, earning a grade F.

Fresno Sanitation Division: 14.5 TCR = 559% of Refuse collection services BLS 2.6 · 2y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Fresno Sanitation Division safety composite

Fresno Sanitation Division scores strongest on fatalities (safer than 52% of same-industry peers) and weakest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 7%), 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

20/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
F 14.54 per 100 workers

Safer than 7% of industry peers

DART rate
F 10.23 per 100 workers

Safer than 11% 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

−2.2

2018→2019

Fresno Sanitation Division injury rate improved

Fresno Sanitation Division's TCR fell 2.2 from 15.7 in 2018 to 13.4 in 2019. Peak filing year was 2018 at 15.7 TCR. In 2019, DART was 0.7× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2018=15.7 · 2019=13.4

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 562111 · Fresno, CA ABOVE-IND · MID

Grade F · TCR 14.5 · 559% of ind

  • DART 10.2 DART
  • RANK #211/247
  • PHOTO Maui Disposal Compan…
  • BOOK 2y book
  • INJ 48 inj
  • SIZE ~171 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: Maui Disposal Company Inc. (0.0 TCR gap)

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Fresno Sanitation Division in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows Fresno Sanitation Division averages 14.5 TCR (559% of the Refuse collection services BLS benchmark).

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

Fresno Sanitation Division TCR series: 2018=15.7 · 2019=13.4 · BLS 2.6

Where Fresno Sanitation Division falls in its industry

2,322 Refuse collection services establishments

Safer than 7% 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 #211 safest of 247 Refuse collection services employers in California.

Fresno Sanitation Division (171 employees, TCR 14.5) 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 Fresno Sanitation Division
Fresno Sanitation Division (171 employees, TCR 14.5) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 55 employees and a TCR of 5.1

Fresno Sanitation Division has more employees than the Refuse 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
2019 13.4 10.2 20 1 0
2018 15.7 11.2 28 0 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

562111 · CA · Fresno

2,322 Refuse collection services employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 51,834 rated employers in California with headcount on file · 981 employers in Fresno, 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 Maui Disposal Company Inc. 14.5 TCR
NAICS-TCR 1231 Second St - Recycling 14.6 TCR
NAICS-TCR Sloatsburg Hauling 14.6 TCR
NAICS-TCR E. J. Harrison and Sons, Inc. 14.6 TCR
STATE-SIZE MACHADO FARM SERVICES, LLC 171 FTE
STATE-SIZE Amalur, LLC 171 FTE
STATE-SIZE Ocean Mist Farms-Castroville 171 FTE
STATE-SIZE Colinas Farming Company 171 FTE
CITY-NEAR County of Fresno 7,553 FTE
CITY-NEAR Ag Force LLC 6,430 FTE
CITY-NEAR Community Regional Medical Ctr 5,549 FTE
CITY-NEAR Community Regional Medical Center 4,921 FTE
NAT-TCR WHEMCO-Ohio Foundry Inc. 14.5 TCR
NAT-TCR Catawba Hospital 14.5 TCR
NAT-TCR Regency Sun Terrace Hermiston 14.5 TCR
NAT-TCR Bodycote Thermal Processing Inc. - Covington 14.5 TCR
NAT-SIZE Apex Tool Group 171 FTE
NAT-SIZE Florida Cleaning Systems dba FCS Facility Svcs -GOAA 171 FTE
NAT-SIZE Hollingsworth and Vose Co. Easton Mill 171 FTE
NAT-SIZE Borden Dairy Company LLC (Lafayette, LA) 171 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: 2019, 2018. 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.