Recycling · California

Norwalk Recycling Service Center

Norwalk, CA · ~25 workers · 2 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

D
Poor Safety Record
4.0
Avg TCR
2.6
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

Norwalk Recycling Service Center runs at 153% of its industry's injury rate - more dangerous than the typical Recycling workplace, earning a grade D.

Norwalk Recycling Service Center: 4.0 TCR = 153% of Recycling BLS 2.6 · 2y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Norwalk Recycling Service Center safety composite

Norwalk Recycling Service Center scores strongest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 62% of same-industry peers) and weakest on dart rate (safer than 43%), 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)
C 3.97 per 100 workers

Safer than 62% of industry peers

DART rate
D 3.88 per 100 workers

Safer than 43% 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%).

Norwalk Recycling Service Center held a steady TCR band

Norwalk Recycling Service Center's TCR held near 0.2 from 4.1 in 2022 to 3.9 in 2023. Peak filing year was 2022 at 4.1 TCR. In 2023, DART was 0.98× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2022=4.1 · 2023=3.9

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 562111 · Norwalk, CA ABOVE-IND · SMALL

Grade D · TCR 4.0 · 153% of ind

  • DART 3.9 DART
  • RANK #65/247
  • PHOTO Waste Industries Dur…
  • BOOK 2y book
  • INJ 2 inj
  • SIZE ~25 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: Waste Industries Durham (0.0 TCR gap)

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Norwalk Recycling Service Center in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows Norwalk Recycling Service Center averages 4.0 TCR (153% of the Recycling BLS benchmark).

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

Norwalk Recycling Service Center TCR series: 2022=4.1 · 2023=3.9 · BLS 2.6

Where Norwalk Recycling Service Center falls in its industry

2,322 Recycling establishments

Safer than 62% 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 #65 safest of 247 Recycling employers in California.

Norwalk Recycling Service Center (25 employees, TCR 4.0) 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 Norwalk Recycling Service Center
Norwalk Recycling Service Center (25 employees, TCR 4.0) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 55 employees and a TCR of 5.1

Norwalk Recycling Service Center has fewer employees than the Recycling 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
2023 3.9 3.9 1 0 0
2022 4.1 4.1 1 0 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

562111 · CA · Norwalk

2,322 Recycling employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 51,834 rated employers in California with headcount on file · 67 employers in Norwalk, 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 Waste Industries Durham 4.0 TCR
NAICS-TCR Plattsburgh NY Collection 4.0 TCR
NAICS-TCR Americus 4.0 TCR
NAICS-TCR WASTE RESOURCES GARDENA, INC 4.0 TCR
STATE-SIZE Conservation Farms Ranches 25 FTE
STATE-SIZE GM Ag Services, Inc. 25 FTE
STATE-SIZE Farm Shop 25 FTE
STATE-SIZE Dougherty Brothers 25 FTE
CITY-NEAR Metropolitan State Hospital 1,782 FTE
CITY-NEAR Department of State Hospitals 1,475 FTE
CITY-NEAR Los Angeles County Registrar-Recorder County Clerk 1,302 FTE
CITY-NEAR MEC Manufacturing LLC Norwalk 1,255 FTE
NAT-TCR Brookdale Reynolda 4.0 TCR
NAT-TCR Blaise Alexander Chevrolet Buick 4.0 TCR
NAT-TCR 7500 York 4.0 TCR
NAT-TCR Heidelberg Distributing Dayton 4.0 TCR
NAT-SIZE 2018-Ucpmc-Szczygiel Ira 25 FTE
NAT-SIZE American Red Cross - 3681 Renee Dr 25 FTE
NAT-SIZE Odessa, Tx #00065 25 FTE
NAT-SIZE Hialeah, Fl #00346 25 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. 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.