Garbage collection services · New Jersey

Gaeta Recycling Company Inc

Paterson, NJ · ~172 workers · 5 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

D
Poor Safety Record
5.1
Avg TCR
2.6
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

Gaeta Recycling Company Inc runs at 197% of its industry's injury rate - more dangerous than the typical Garbage collection services workplace, earning a grade D.

Gaeta Recycling Company Inc: 5.1 TCR = 197% of Garbage collection services BLS 2.6 · 5y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Gaeta Recycling Company Inc safety composite

Gaeta Recycling Company Inc scores strongest on dart rate (safer than 74% of same-industry peers) and weakest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 49%), 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

59/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
D 5.12 per 100 workers

Safer than 49% of industry peers

DART rate
C 1.19 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

−7.8

2020→2024

Gaeta Recycling Company Inc injury rate improved

Gaeta Recycling Company Inc's TCR fell 7.8 from 9.0 in 2020 to 1.2 in 2024. Peak filing year was 2020 at 9.0 TCR. In 2024, DART was 0.23× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2020=9.0 · 2021=5.4 · 2022=5.6 · 2023=4.4 · 2024=1.2

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 562111 · Paterson, NJ ABOVE-IND · MID

Grade D · TCR 5.1 · 197% of ind

  • DART 1.2 DART
  • RANK #18/70
  • PHOTO Florida Express Envi…
  • BOOK 5y book
  • INJ 30 inj
  • SIZE ~172 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: Florida Express Environmental (0.0 TCR gap)

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Gaeta Recycling Company Inc in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows Gaeta Recycling Company Inc averages 5.1 TCR (197% of the Garbage collection services BLS benchmark).

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

Gaeta Recycling Company Inc TCR series: 2020=9 · 2021=5.4 · 2022=5.6 · 2023=4.4 · 2024=1.2 · BLS 2.6

Where Gaeta Recycling Company Inc falls in its industry

2,322 Garbage collection services establishments

Safer than 49% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 5.1.

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to New Jersey alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #18 safest of 70 Garbage collection services employers in New Jersey.

Gaeta Recycling Company Inc (172 employees, TCR 5.1) 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 Gaeta Recycling Company Inc
Gaeta Recycling Company Inc (172 employees, TCR 5.1) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 55 employees and a TCR of 5.1

Gaeta Recycling Company Inc has more 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 Illnesses Fatalities
2024 1.2 1.2 3 0 0
2023 4.4 4.4 8 0 0
2022 5.6 5.6 5 0 0
2021 5.4 5.4 0 7 0
2020 9.0 7.7 14 0 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

562111 · NJ · Paterson

2,322 Garbage collection services employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 11,201 rated employers in New Jersey with headcount on file · 76 employers in Paterson, NJ · 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 Florida Express Environmental 5.1 TCR
NAICS-TCR S04192 - WM of Denver - D & R Transfer Station 5.1 TCR
NAICS-TCR Inland Waste Solutions Augusta 5.1 TCR
NAICS-TCR Central Kentucky Hauling 5.1 TCR
STATE-SIZE Structure Tone 172 FTE
STATE-SIZE Nova Brothers, Inc. 172 FTE
STATE-SIZE DFA FLUID - BURLINGTON NJ 172 FTE
STATE-SIZE Cosette Pharmaceuticals Inc 172 FTE
CITY-NEAR 6164-PATERSON 4,413 FTE
CITY-NEAR St. Joseph's Health & Med Center 4,220 FTE
CITY-NEAR Preakness Healthcare Center 421 FTE
CITY-NEAR J&K Ingredients LLC 323 FTE
NAT-TCR Johnstone Supply - PDC 5.1 TCR
NAT-TCR Store 1070 5.1 TCR
NAT-TCR Store 0547 5.1 TCR
NAT-TCR Cfc Recycleing 5.1 TCR
NAT-SIZE Mercy Hospital Aurora 172 FTE
NAT-SIZE Troutdale Terminal 172 FTE
NAT-SIZE ResourceMFG/Toyota Manufacturing 172 FTE
NAT-SIZE Encompass Health Rehabilitation Hospital of Pensacola 172 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. This is publicly available government data - not a legal determination of workplace conditions.
Data sourced from official public datasets. See our methodology for details.