Materials recovery facilities (MRF) · California

MRF San Jose

San Jose, CA · ~67 workers · 3 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

MRF San Jose runs at 132% of its industry's injury rate - more dangerous than the typical Materials recovery facilities (MRF) workplace, earning a grade D.

MRF San Jose: 3.4 TCR = 132% of Materials recovery facilities (MRF) BLS 2.6 · 3y Form 300A (see methodology below)

MRF San Jose safety composite

MRF San Jose scores strongest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 54% of same-industry peers) and weakest on fatalities (safer than 51%), 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

53/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
D 3.42 per 100 workers

Safer than 54% of industry peers

DART rate
D 1.55 per 100 workers

Safer than 54% of industry peers

Fatalities
D 0

Safer than 51% 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%).

MRF San Jose held a steady TCR band

MRF San Jose's TCR held near 0.3 from 3.4 in 2017 to 3.1 in 2019. Peak filing year was 2018 at 3.8 TCR. In 2019, DART was 0.45× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2017=3.4 · 2018=3.8 · 2019=3.1

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 562920 · San Jose, CA ABOVE-IND · SMALL

Grade D · TCR 3.4 · 132% of ind

  • DART 1.6 DART
  • RANK #15/45
  • PHOTO Stockton Recycle
  • BOOK 3y book
  • INJ 6 inj
  • SIZE ~67 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: Stockton Recycle (0.0 TCR gap)

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MRF San Jose in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows MRF San Jose averages 3.4 TCR (132% of the Materials recovery facilities (MRF) BLS benchmark).

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

MRF San Jose TCR series: 2017=3.4 · 2018=3.8 · 2019=3.1 · BLS 2.6

Where MRF San Jose falls in its industry

422 Materials recovery facilities establishments

Safer than 54% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 3.8.

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to California alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #15 safest of 45 Materials recovery facilities employers in California.

MRF San Jose (67 employees, TCR 3.4) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 44 employees and a TCR of 3.8 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 0100200300 051015 Average employees Total Case Rate MRF San Jose
MRF San Jose (67 employees, TCR 3.4) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 44 employees and a TCR of 3.8

MRF San Jose has more employees than the Materials recovery facilities (MRF) median and a lower injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 3.8. 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
2019 3.1 1.6 2 0 0
2018 3.8 3.8 2 0 0
2017 3.4 1.7 2 0 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

562920 · CA · San Jose

422 Materials recovery facilities (MRF) 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 Stockton Recycle 3.4 TCR
NAICS-TCR S09103 - Houston Westside SS 3.4 TCR
NAICS-TCR QRP - WBD 3.4 TCR
NAICS-TCR Hanover 3.4 TCR
STATE-SIZE Sonoma GVIC Ranches 67 FTE
STATE-SIZE MUGU RANCH PARTNERSHIP 67 FTE
STATE-SIZE Travaille and Phippen, Inc. 67 FTE
STATE-SIZE Nurseries 67 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 Toledo Recycling and Transfer Center 3.4 TCR
NAT-TCR The Jung Hotel & Residences 3.4 TCR
NAT-TCR Skills of Central Pa Inc Chestnut Ave 3.4 TCR
NAT-TCR Plant 5 3.4 TCR
NAT-SIZE #197 Art Van Downers Grove 67 FTE
NAT-SIZE #34 Art Van Burton 67 FTE
NAT-SIZE #12 Art Van Taylor 67 FTE
NAT-SIZE Owens Corning Tallmadge Plant 67 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: 2019, 2018, 2017. This is publicly available government data - not a legal determination of workplace conditions.

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Data sourced from official public datasets. See our methodology for details.