Waste collection services, nonhazardous solid · California

GreenWaste of Palo Alto, LLC

Santa Clara, CA · ~57 workers · 4 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

D
Poor Safety Record
3.4
Avg TCR
2.6
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

GreenWaste of Palo Alto, LLC runs at 130% of its industry's injury rate - more dangerous than the typical Waste collection services, nonhazardous solid workplace, earning a grade D.

GreenWaste of Palo Alto, LLC: 3.4 TCR = 130% of Waste collection services, nonhazardous solid BLS 2.6 · 4y Form 300A (see methodology below)

GreenWaste of Palo Alto, LLC safety composite

GreenWaste of Palo Alto, LLC scores strongest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 70% of same-industry peers) and weakest on dart rate (safer than 45%), 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

57/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
C 3.37 per 100 workers

Safer than 70% of industry peers

DART rate
D 3.73 per 100 workers

Safer than 45% 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%).

GreenWaste of Palo Alto, LLC held a steady TCR band

GreenWaste of Palo Alto, LLC's TCR held near 0.1 from 3.9 in 2021 to 3.7 in 2024. Peak filing year was 2022 at 4.0 TCR. In 2024, DART was 1.11× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2021=3.9 · 2022=4.0 · 2023=1.9 · 2024=3.7

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 562111 · Santa Clara, CA ABOVE-IND · SMALL

Grade D · TCR 3.4 · 130% of ind

  • DART 3.7 DART
  • RANK #44/247
  • PHOTO Coastal Waste & Recy…
  • BOOK 4y book
  • INJ 5 inj
  • SIZE ~57 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: Coastal Waste & Recyling of Miami-Dade County, LLC (0.0 TCR gap)

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GreenWaste of Palo Alto, LLC in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows GreenWaste of Palo Alto, LLC averages 3.4 TCR (130% of the Waste collection services, nonhazardous solid BLS benchmark).

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

GreenWaste of Palo Alto, LLC TCR series: 2021=3.9 · 2022=4 · 2023=1.9 · 2024=3.7 · BLS 2.6

Where GreenWaste of Palo Alto, LLC falls in its industry

2,322 Waste collection services, non establishments

Safer than 70% 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 #44 safest of 247 Waste collection services, non employers in California.

GreenWaste of Palo Alto, LLC (57 employees, TCR 3.4) 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 GreenWaste of Palo Alto, LLC
GreenWaste of Palo Alto, LLC (57 employees, TCR 3.4) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 55 employees and a TCR of 5.1

GreenWaste of Palo Alto, LLC has more employees than the Waste collection services, nonhazardous median and a lower 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 3.7 3.7 2 0 0
2023 1.9 1.9 1 0 0
2022 4.0 2.0 0 2 0
2021 3.9 1.9 2 0 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

562111 · CA · Santa Clara

2,322 Waste collection services, nonhazardous solid employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 51,834 rated employers in California with headcount on file · 332 employers in Santa Clara, 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 Coastal Waste & Recyling of Miami-Dade County, LLC 3.4 TCR
NAICS-TCR Republic Services of Sangamon COunty 3.4 TCR
NAICS-TCR Republic Services Jacksonville 3.4 TCR
NAICS-TCR AW of Chattanooga 3.4 TCR
STATE-SIZE Bowles Farming Company 57 FTE
STATE-SIZE Blanc Vineyards, LLC 57 FTE
STATE-SIZE MI RANCHITO FARMING INC 57 FTE
STATE-SIZE Farmland Management Services 57 FTE
CITY-NEAR Mission Campus 6,222 FTE
CITY-NEAR Pure Storage 5,595 FTE
CITY-NEAR 2032-02120751 3,887 FTE
CITY-NEAR 0206-02620751 3,154 FTE
NAT-TCR Telcon, LLC 3.4 TCR
NAT-TCR District Wide 3.4 TCR
NAT-TCR Transportation : Hammond - Trans 3.4 TCR
NAT-TCR Sodexo at Kessler Rehab Hospital 3.4 TCR
NAT-SIZE Audio-Video Corporation 57 FTE
NAT-SIZE Professional Fabrications 57 FTE
NAT-SIZE Preferred Powder Coating 57 FTE
NAT-SIZE Town of Simsbury Police 57 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. This is publicly available government data - not a legal determination of workplace conditions.
Data sourced from official public datasets. See our methodology for details.