Building cleaning services, janitorial · California

Janitorial

San Jose, CA · ~3,026 workers · 5 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

F
Failing Safety Record
12.5
Avg TCR
4.5
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

Janitorial runs at 277% of its industry's injury rate - far more dangerous than the typical Building cleaning services, janitorial workplace, earning a grade F.

Janitorial: 12.5 TCR = 277% of Building cleaning services, janitorial BLS 4.5 · 5y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Janitorial safety composite

Janitorial scores strongest on fatalities (safer than 50% of same-industry peers) and weakest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 4%), 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

22/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
F 12.47 per 100 workers

Safer than 4% of industry peers

DART rate
F 4.04 per 100 workers

Safer than 22% of industry peers

Fatalities
D 0

Safer than 50% 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

Janitorial: 3.3 → 6.9 TCR

Peak year 2021 @ 43.6 TCR · DART/TCR 0.32× in 2023

Janitorial's TCR rose 3.6 from 3.3 in 2019 to 6.9 in 2023. Peak filing year was 2021 at 43.6 TCR. In 2023, DART was 0.32× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 561720 · San Jose, CA ABOVE-IND · LARGE

Grade F · TCR 12.5 · 277% of ind

  • DART 4.0 DART
  • RANK #342/368
  • PHOTO HES H Ed at St Ambr…
  • BOOK 5y book
  • INJ 280 inj
  • SIZE ~3,026 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: HES H Ed at St Ambrose University (0.0 TCR gap)

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Janitorial in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows Janitorial averages 12.5 TCR (277% of the Building cleaning services, janitorial BLS benchmark).

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

Janitorial TCR series: 2019=3.3 · 2020=3.9 · 2021=43.6 · 2022=4.8 · 2023=6.9 · BLS 4.5

Where Janitorial falls in its industry

4,064 Building cleaning services, ja establishments

Safer than 4% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 3.2.

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to California alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #342 safest of 368 Building cleaning services, ja employers in California.

Janitorial (3,026 employees, TCR 12.5) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 56 employees and a TCR of 3.2 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 01,0002,0003,0004,000 051015 Average employees Total Case Rate Janitorial
Janitorial (3,026 employees, TCR 12.5) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 56 employees and a TCR of 3.2

Janitorial has more employees than the Building cleaning services, janitorial median and a higher injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 3.2. 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
2023 6.9 4.0 72 3 0
2022 4.8 3.3 71 3 0
2021 43.6 39.4 48 4 0
2020 3.9 2.9 48 0 0
2019 3.3 2.6 41 0 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

561720 · CA · San Jose

4,064 Building cleaning services, janitorial employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 51,834 rated employers in California with headcount on file · 1,102 employers in San Jose, 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 HES H Ed at St Ambrose University 12.5 TCR
NAICS-TCR Deroose Plants 12.5 TCR
NAICS-TCR National Management Resources (University of the Ozarks) 12.5 TCR
NAICS-TCR SODEXO AT SHARP MEMORIAL HOSPITAL - HSKG 12.4 TCR
STATE-SIZE Skechers 3,027 FTE
STATE-SIZE 08880002 LOS ANGELES MEDICAL CENTER 3,024 FTE
STATE-SIZE Palomar Medical Center Escondido 3,031 FTE
STATE-SIZE 4701-930 3,018 FTE
CITY-NEAR 2636-CALIFORNIA.SAN JOSE 11,308 FTE
CITY-NEAR Santa Clara Valley Healthcare, Valley Medical Center (Hospital & Clinics) 7,299 FTE
CITY-NEAR Rosendin - Main 6,964 FTE
CITY-NEAR Santa Clara Valley Medical Center (SCVMC & Clinics) 6,576 FTE
NAT-TCR Allegheny Paper Shredders Corporation 12.5 TCR
NAT-TCR Springstone 12.5 TCR
NAT-TCR HG519 12.5 TCR
NAT-TCR 5472-NAI-0033-0033-00608 12.5 TCR
NAT-SIZE OK005 3,027 FTE
NAT-SIZE Lafayette Operations 3,025 FTE
NAT-SIZE Hendrick Medical Center 3,025 FTE
NAT-SIZE Medical City Dallas 3,024 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: 2023, 2022, 2021, 2020, 2019. This is publicly available government data - not a legal determination of workplace conditions.
Data sourced from official public datasets. See our methodology for details.