Solid Waste Collection · California

Recology Auburn Placer

Auburn, CA · ~94 workers · 8 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

F
Failing Safety Record
10.0
Avg TCR
2.6
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

Recology Auburn Placer runs at 386% of its industry's injury rate - far more dangerous than the typical Solid Waste Collection workplace, earning a grade F.

Recology Auburn Placer: 10.0 TCR = 386% of Solid Waste Collection BLS 2.6 · 8y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Recology Auburn Placer safety composite

Recology Auburn Placer scores strongest on fatalities (safer than 52% of same-industry peers) and weakest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 16%), 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

30/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
F 10.04 per 100 workers

Safer than 16% of industry peers

DART rate
F 5.42 per 100 workers

Safer than 30% 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

−9.3

2017→2024

Recology Auburn Placer injury rate improved

Recology Auburn Placer's TCR fell 9.3 from 18.4 in 2017 to 9.0 in 2024. Peak filing year was 2017 at 18.4 TCR. In 2024, DART was 0.54× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2017=18.4 · 2018=6.2 · 2019=11.1 · 2020=7.9 · 2021=6.6 · 2022=8.7 · 2023=12.7 · 2024=9.0

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

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

Grade F · TCR 10.0 · 386% of ind

  • DART 5.4 DART
  • RANK #175/247
  • PHOTO Paterson Garage
  • BOOK 8y book
  • INJ 81 inj
  • SIZE ~94 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: Paterson Garage (0.0 TCR gap)

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Recology Auburn Placer in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows Recology Auburn Placer averages 10.0 TCR (386% of the Solid Waste Collection BLS benchmark).

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

Recology Auburn Placer TCR series: 2017=18.4 · 2018=6.2 · 2019=11.1 · 2020=7.9 · 2021=6.6 · 2022=8.7 · 2023=12.7 · 2024=9 · BLS 2.6

Where Recology Auburn Placer falls in its industry

2,322 Solid Waste Collection establishments

Safer than 16% 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 #175 safest of 247 Solid Waste Collection employers in California.

Recology Auburn Placer (94 employees, TCR 10.0) 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 Recology Auburn Placer
Recology Auburn Placer (94 employees, TCR 10.0) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 55 employees and a TCR of 5.1

Recology Auburn Placer has more employees than the Solid Waste Collection 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
2024 9.0 5.4 10 0 0
2023 12.7 7.2 14 0 0
2022 8.7 7.7 9 0 0
2021 6.6 3.8 7 0 0
2020 7.9 6.9 8 0 0
2019 11.1 9.1 11 0 0
2018 6.2 5.2 6 0 0
2017 18.4 11.5 16 0 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

562111 · CA · Auburn

2,322 Solid Waste Collection employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 51,834 rated employers in California with headcount on file · 96 employers in Auburn, 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 Paterson Garage 10.1 TCR
NAICS-TCR Newark Evergreen Hauling 10.0 TCR
NAICS-TCR Alpine Disposal Inc. 10.0 TCR
NAICS-TCR Public Works 10.1 TCR
STATE-SIZE MORALES FARM LABOR SERVICE 94 FTE
STATE-SIZE Fondomonte CA - Blythe Farm 94 FTE
STATE-SIZE Robinson Enterprises, Inc 94 FTE
STATE-SIZE Javier Martinez Contracting 94 FTE
CITY-NEAR California Department of Transportation Facility 37 2,161 FTE
CITY-NEAR Sutter Valley Hospitals (30095) 762 FTE
CITY-NEAR Health and Human Services 743 FTE
CITY-NEAR Sutter Auburn Faith Hospital (110-4001) 676 FTE
NAT-TCR Bronson Commons 10.0 TCR
NAT-TCR 1005 - Alsip 10.0 TCR
NAT-TCR Manchester Packaging Company 10.0 TCR
NAT-TCR D & S Hydraulic and Machine DBA Industrial Repair Service 10.0 TCR
NAT-SIZE The Village at Woods Edge 94 FTE
NAT-SIZE Bird Kultgen Inc 94 FTE
NAT-SIZE Robert A. Tull, Inc. 94 FTE
NAT-SIZE Marion Jr. High School 94 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, 2020, 2019, 2018, 2017. This is publicly available government data - not a legal determination of workplace conditions.
Data sourced from official public datasets. See our methodology for details.