Garbage hauling, local · California

Gardena Hauling

Gardena, CA · ~316 workers · 4 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

F
Failing Safety Record
8.1
Avg TCR
2.6
Industry avg
1
Fatality
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The verdict

Gardena Hauling runs at 312% of its industry's injury rate - far more dangerous than the typical Garbage hauling, local workplace, earning a grade F.

Gardena Hauling: 8.1 TCR = 312% of Garbage hauling, local BLS 2.6 · 4y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Gardena Hauling safety composite

Gardena Hauling scores strongest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 24% of same-industry peers) and weakest on fatalities (safer than 2%), 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

14/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
F 8.12 per 100 workers

Safer than 24% of industry peers

DART rate
F 9.97 per 100 workers

Safer than 11% of industry peers

Fatalities
F 1

Safer than 2% 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

Gardena Hauling: 5.9 → 10.0 TCR

Peak year 2021 @ 10.0 TCR · DART/TCR 1.23× in 2021

Gardena Hauling's TCR rose 4.1 from 5.9 in 2018 to 10.0 in 2021. In 2021, DART was 1.23× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

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

Grade F · TCR 8.1 · 312% of ind

  • DART 10.0 DART
  • RANK #154/247
  • PHOTO Parks/Hometown Selin…
  • BOOK 4y book
  • INJ 120 inj
  • SIZE ~316 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: Parks/Hometown Selinsgrove (0.0 TCR gap)

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Gardena Hauling in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows Gardena Hauling averages 8.1 TCR (312% of the Garbage hauling, local BLS benchmark).

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

Gardena Hauling TCR series: 2018=5.9 · 2019=7.2 · 2020=9.4 · 2021=10 · BLS 2.6

Where Gardena Hauling falls in its industry

2,322 Garbage hauling, local establishments

Safer than 24% 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 #154 safest of 247 Garbage hauling, local employers in California.

Gardena Hauling (316 employees, TCR 8.1) 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 Gardena Hauling
Gardena Hauling (316 employees, TCR 8.1) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 55 employees and a TCR of 5.1

Gardena Hauling has more employees than the Garbage hauling, local 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
2021 10.0 10.0 37 0 0
2020 9.4 8.6 30 6 1
2019 7.2 7.0 29 0 0
2018 5.9 5.4 24 0 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

562111 · CA · Gardena

2,322 Garbage hauling, local employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 51,834 rated employers in California with headcount on file · 223 employers in Gardena, 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 Parks/Hometown Selinsgrove 8.1 TCR
NAICS-TCR S04231 - WM of Central MN - St Cloud 8.1 TCR
NAICS-TCR Juniper Ridge Landfill 8.1 TCR
NAICS-TCR Stericycle - Bronx,NY 8.1 TCR
STATE-SIZE San Diego Farms LLC 316 FTE
STATE-SIZE Inland Empire Utilites Agency 316 FTE
STATE-SIZE Borrego Solar Systems, Inc. 316 FTE
STATE-SIZE Brady SoCal Inc 316 FTE
CITY-NEAR California Department of Transportation Facility 602 2,621 FTE
CITY-NEAR Ono-030 909 FTE
CITY-NEAR GARDENA HUB (CAGAR) 809 FTE
CITY-NEAR CAGAR - GARDENA HUB 794 FTE
NAT-TCR 1344 - St. Cloud Mn Whse 8.1 TCR
NAT-TCR Alden Poplar Creek Rehab 8.1 TCR
NAT-TCR Lakeside Foods, Inc Manitowoc Plant 8.1 TCR
NAT-TCR CBC 8.1 TCR
NAT-SIZE TTS - Georgia 316 FTE
NAT-SIZE High Liner Foods USA Inc. 316 FTE
NAT-SIZE Westinghouse Electric Company - New Stanton Site 316 FTE
NAT-SIZE MTM Recognition OKC 316 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: 2021, 2020, 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.