Other Waste Collection · California

Recology Blossom Valley Organics North

Vernalis, CA · ~64 workers · 7 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

F
Failing Safety Record
11.6
Avg TCR
2.6
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

Recology Blossom Valley Organics North runs at 447% of its industry's injury rate - far more dangerous than the typical Other Waste Collection workplace, earning a grade F.

Recology Blossom Valley Organics North: 11.6 TCR = 447% of Other Waste Collection BLS 2.6 · 7y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Recology Blossom Valley Organics North safety composite

Recology Blossom Valley Organics North scores strongest on fatalities (safer than 52% of same-industry peers) and weakest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 7%), 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 11.61 per 100 workers

Safer than 7% of industry peers

DART rate
F 5.13 per 100 workers

Safer than 17% 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

−2.4

2017→2023

Recology Blossom Valley Organics North injury rate improved

Recology Blossom Valley Organics North's TCR fell 2.4 from 14.4 in 2017 to 12.0 in 2023. Peak filing year was 2019 at 16.6 TCR. In 2023, DART was 0.44× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2017=14.4 · 2018=6.9 · 2019=16.6 · 2020=10.7 · 2021=9.8 · 2022=11.0 · 2023=12.0

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 562119 · Vernalis, CA ABOVE-IND · SMALL

Grade F · TCR 11.6 · 447% of ind

  • DART 5.1 DART
  • RANK #11/14
  • PHOTO Best Way Disposal An…
  • BOOK 7y book
  • INJ 59 inj
  • SIZE ~64 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: Best Way Disposal Anderson (0.1 TCR gap)

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Recology Blossom Valley Organics North in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows Recology Blossom Valley Organics North averages 11.6 TCR (447% of the Other Waste Collection BLS benchmark).

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

Recology Blossom Valley Organics North TCR series: 2017=14.4 · 2018=6.9 · 2019=16.6 · 2020=10.7 · 2021=9.8 · 2022=11 · 2023=12 · BLS 2.6

Where Recology Blossom Valley Organics North falls in its industry

57 Other Waste Collection establishments

Safer than 7% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 4.6.

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to California alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #11 safest of 14 Other Waste Collection employers in California.

Recology Blossom Valley Organics North (64 employees, TCR 11.6) among 24 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 61 employees and a TCR of 4.6 2×2 strategic matrix plotting 25 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 05001,0001,500 0102030 Average employees Total Case Rate Recology Blossom Valley Organics North
Recology Blossom Valley Organics North (64 employees, TCR 11.6) among 24 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 61 employees and a TCR of 4.6

Recology Blossom Valley Organics North has more employees than the Other Waste Collection median and a higher injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 4.6. 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 12.0 5.1 7 0 0
2022 11.0 1.8 6 0 0
2021 9.8 4.9 6 0 0
2020 10.7 4.7 9 0 0
2019 16.6 6.6 15 0 0
2018 6.9 2.3 6 0 0
2017 14.4 8.6 10 0 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

562119 · CA · Vernalis

57 Other Waste Collection employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 51,834 rated employers in California with headcount on file · 5 employers in Vernalis, 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 Best Way Disposal Anderson 11.5 TCR
NAICS-TCR Ceres Environmental Services - Florida DMS 11.5 TCR
NAICS-TCR Hilton Trucking & Supply Co. 9.8 TCR
NAICS-TCR Pecan 14.0 TCR
STATE-SIZE Costa Farms, Inc. 64 FTE
STATE-SIZE MDERA 64 FTE
STATE-SIZE AGS FARM LABOR CORPORATION 64 FTE
STATE-SIZE Arroyo Seco Vineyards, Inc 64 FTE
CITY-NEAR Vernalis - Packaging 39 FTE
CITY-NEAR Vernalis CA 27 FTE
CITY-NEAR 70327 26 FTE
CITY-NEAR CVE Demolition Inc 25 FTE
NAT-TCR Stop & Shop 102576 11.6 TCR
NAT-TCR BYK Construction Inc. 11.6 TCR
NAT-TCR Police Department 11.6 TCR
NAT-TCR Arbor Terrace of Knoxville 11.6 TCR
NAT-SIZE United Dairy Farmers Wholesale 64 FTE
NAT-SIZE M2 Missoula Tenant LLC 64 FTE
NAT-SIZE Hotwire Communications - Bala 64 FTE
NAT-SIZE RK-006-Effingham ( RK-006 ) 64 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, 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.