Garbage collection services · California

La Mesa Operations

La Mesa, CA · ~46 workers · 3 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

La Mesa Operations runs at 197% of its industry's injury rate - more dangerous than the typical Garbage collection services workplace, earning a grade D.

La Mesa Operations: 5.1 TCR = 197% of Garbage collection services BLS 2.6 · 3y Form 300A (see methodology below)

La Mesa Operations safety composite

La Mesa Operations scores strongest on dart rate (safer than 56% 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).

D

52/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
D 5.13 per 100 workers

Safer than 49% of industry peers

DART rate
C 2.7 per 100 workers

Safer than 56% 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

−3.9

2021→2023

La Mesa Operations injury rate improved

La Mesa Operations's TCR fell 3.9 from 8.0 in 2021 to 4.0 in 2023. Peak filing year was 2021 at 8.0 TCR. In 2023, DART was 0.53× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2021=8.0 · 2022=3.3 · 2023=4.0

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 562111 · La Mesa, CA ABOVE-IND · SMALL

Grade D · TCR 5.1 · 197% of ind

  • DART 2.7 DART
  • RANK #96/247
  • PHOTO Central Kentucky Hau…
  • BOOK 3y book
  • INJ 9 inj
  • SIZE ~46 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: Central Kentucky Hauling (0.0 TCR gap)

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La Mesa Operations in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows La Mesa Operations 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

La Mesa Operations TCR series: 2021=8 · 2022=3.3 · 2023=4 · BLS 2.6

Where La Mesa Operations 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 California alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #96 safest of 247 Garbage collection services employers in California.

La Mesa Operations (46 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 La Mesa Operations
La Mesa Operations (46 employees, TCR 5.1) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 55 employees and a TCR of 5.1

La Mesa Operations has fewer 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
2023 4.0 2.7 3 0 0
2022 3.3 1.7 2 0 0
2021 8.0 4.0 4 0 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

562111 · CA · La Mesa

2,322 Garbage collection services employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 51,834 rated employers in California with headcount on file · 85 employers in La Mesa, 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 Central Kentucky Hauling 5.1 TCR
NAICS-TCR Transwaste Warner Robins 5.1 TCR
NAICS-TCR S04145 - IA Independence 5.1 TCR
NAICS-TCR Gaeta Recycling Company Inc 5.1 TCR
STATE-SIZE Matteoli Brothers 46 FTE
STATE-SIZE IMR Farms-San Miguel 46 FTE
STATE-SIZE G&G Berry Farms 46 FTE
STATE-SIZE Pitigliano Farm Services, Inc. 46 FTE
CITY-NEAR Grossmont Hospital - 5555 Grossmont Center Drive 3,453 FTE
CITY-NEAR Grossmont Hospital 3,275 FTE
CITY-NEAR 0469 - LA MESA CA WHSE 365 FTE
CITY-NEAR City of La Mesa 345 FTE
NAT-TCR Brattleboro #136 5.1 TCR
NAT-TCR Tuckahoe Family YMCA 5.1 TCR
NAT-TCR Shelter Enterprises, Inc. 5.1 TCR
NAT-TCR North Bay Produce MAA 5.1 TCR
NAT-SIZE Bill Adams Enterprises LLC 46 FTE
NAT-SIZE EverStaff - Fairview Park 46 FTE
NAT-SIZE Jacksonville Dirt Cheap 46 FTE
NAT-SIZE Hattiesburg Dirt Cheap 46 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. This is publicly available government data - not a legal determination of workplace conditions.
Data sourced from official public datasets. See our methodology for details.