Waste collection services, nonhazardous solid · Washington

Recology CleanScapes

Seattle, WA · ~342 workers · 2 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

F
Failing Safety Record
26.4
Avg TCR
2.6
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

Recology CleanScapes runs at 1016% of its industry's injury rate - far more dangerous than the typical Waste collection services, nonhazardous solid workplace, earning a grade F.

Recology CleanScapes: 26.4 TCR = 1016% of Waste collection services, nonhazardous solid BLS 2.6 · 2y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Recology CleanScapes safety composite

Recology CleanScapes scores strongest on fatalities (safer than 52% of same-industry peers) and weakest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 0%), 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

13/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
F 26.41 per 100 workers

Safer than 0% of industry peers

DART rate
F 23.63 per 100 workers

Safer than 1% 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%).

Rising injury rate

Recology CleanScapes: 21.6 → 31.2 TCR

Peak year 2018 @ 31.2 TCR · DART/TCR 0.89× in 2018

Recology CleanScapes's TCR rose 9.6 from 21.6 in 2017 to 31.2 in 2018. In 2018, DART was 0.89× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 562111 · Seattle, WA ABOVE-IND · MID

Grade F · TCR 26.4 · 1016% of ind

  • DART 23.6 DART
  • RANK #28/28
  • PHOTO City Yards
  • BOOK 2y book
  • INJ 194 inj
  • SIZE ~342 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: City Yards (0.1 TCR gap)

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Recology CleanScapes in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows Recology CleanScapes averages 26.4 TCR (1016% of the Waste collection services, nonhazardous solid BLS benchmark).

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

Recology CleanScapes TCR series: 2017=21.6 · 2018=31.2 · BLS 2.6

Where Recology CleanScapes falls in its industry

2,322 Waste collection services, non establishments

Safer than 0% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 5.1.

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to Washington alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #28 safest of 28 Waste collection services, non employers in Washington.

Recology CleanScapes (342 employees, TCR 26.4) 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 0102030 Average employees Total Case Rate Recology CleanScapes
Recology CleanScapes (342 employees, TCR 26.4) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 55 employees and a TCR of 5.1

Recology CleanScapes has more employees than the Waste collection services, nonhazardous 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
2018 31.2 23.6 99 0 0
2017 21.6 15.0 95 0 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

562111 · WA · Seattle

2,322 Waste collection services, nonhazardous solid employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 10,147 rated employers in Washington with headcount on file · 1,279 employers in Seattle, WA · 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 City Yards 26.5 TCR
NAICS-TCR LASAN - Solid Resources Valley Collection Division 25.9 TCR
NAICS-TCR Conwaste Recogido Zona 3 25.5 TCR
NAICS-TCR Conwaste Recogido Canovanas 27.4 TCR
STATE-SIZE WM 2121 342 FTE
STATE-SIZE Ida Culver House Broadview 342 FTE
STATE-SIZE 6146-61463000-6003 342 FTE
STATE-SIZE Crystal Mountain Inc 342 FTE
CITY-NEAR UW Seattle 32,378 FTE
CITY-NEAR The United States of America 25,000 FTE
CITY-NEAR Starz Entertainment 25,000 FTE
CITY-NEAR UW Medical Center - Montlake and NW 11,307 FTE
NAT-TCR 0332 - Idaho Falls, Id 26.4 TCR
NAT-TCR STL - Provisioning 26.4 TCR
NAT-TCR Carrington Place at Wytheville 26.4 TCR
NAT-TCR Eden Springs Nursing and Rehab 26.4 TCR
NAT-SIZE Accounting (Txacc) 342 FTE
NAT-SIZE Associated Milk Producers Inc (Portage) 342 FTE
NAT-SIZE West-Ward Eatontown 342 FTE
NAT-SIZE Cooperative Production, Inc. 342 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: 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.