Solid Waste Collection · Washington

Recology King County

Seattle, WA · ~412 workers · 6 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

F
Failing Safety Record
24.7
Avg TCR
2.6
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

Recology King County runs at 949% of its industry's injury rate - far more dangerous than the typical Solid Waste Collection workplace, earning a grade F.

Recology King County: 24.7 TCR = 949% of Solid Waste Collection BLS 2.6 · 6y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Recology King County safety composite

Recology King County scores strongest on fatalities (safer than 52% of same-industry peers) and weakest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 1%), 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

15/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
F 24.67 per 100 workers

Safer than 1% of industry peers

DART rate
F 16.38 per 100 workers

Safer than 4% 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

−6.3

2019→2024

Recology King County injury rate improved

Recology King County's TCR fell 6.3 from 30.4 in 2019 to 24.1 in 2024. Peak filing year was 2019 at 30.4 TCR. In 2024, DART was 0.66× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2019=30.4 · 2020=22.7 · 2021=24.4 · 2022=21.7 · 2023=24.7 · 2024=24.1

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

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

Grade F · TCR 24.7 · 949% of ind

  • DART 16.4 DART
  • RANK #27/28
  • PHOTO Recology of the Coast
  • BOOK 6y book
  • INJ 620 inj
  • SIZE ~412 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: Recology of the Coast (0.1 TCR gap)

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Recology King County in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows Recology King County averages 24.7 TCR (949% 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 King County TCR series: 2019=30.4 · 2020=22.7 · 2021=24.4 · 2022=21.7 · 2023=24.7 · 2024=24.1 · BLS 2.6

Where Recology King County falls in its industry

2,322 Solid Waste Collection establishments

Safer than 1% 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 #27 safest of 28 Solid Waste Collection employers in Washington.

Recology King County (412 employees, TCR 24.7) 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 0100200300400500 0102030 Average employees Total Case Rate Recology King County
Recology King County (412 employees, TCR 24.7) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 55 employees and a TCR of 5.1

Recology King County 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 24.1 16.4 119 0 0
2023 24.7 17.7 113 0 0
2022 21.7 18.7 93 0 0
2021 24.4 19.9 97 5 0
2020 22.7 18.6 100 0 0
2019 30.4 24.6 98 3 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

562111 · WA · Seattle

2,322 Solid Waste Collection 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 Recology of the Coast 24.8 TCR
NAICS-TCR LASAN - Solid Resources Valley Collection Division West Valley District 24.6 TCR
NAICS-TCR Walnut Creek Metro 24.8 TCR
NAICS-TCR Purchase America d/b/a Sunrise Scavenger 24.8 TCR
STATE-SIZE rotschy 412 FTE
STATE-SIZE Vigor Marine - Seattle 412 FTE
STATE-SIZE QUINCY WA 411 FTE
STATE-SIZE Tacoma Mill 413 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 Elevate Care Waukegan 24.7 TCR
NAT-TCR Family Dollar (WC USX FKY) 24.7 TCR
NAT-TCR Monterey County Sheriff'S Office 24.7 TCR
NAT-TCR Residence Inn & SpringHill Suites San Diego Downtown Bayfront by Marriott 24.7 TCR
NAT-SIZE Clt Util 412 FTE
NAT-SIZE CS Wholesale Grocers : Keene - Optical Ave 412 FTE
NAT-SIZE Lorain FHC Surgery 412 FTE
NAT-SIZE Roma Main Office 412 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. This is publicly available government data - not a legal determination of workplace conditions.

Read our methodology - how this data is sourced, computed, and verified.

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