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
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.
- F
- Failing Safety Record
- 24.7
- avg TCR · per 100 workers
- 2.6
- industry benchmark (BLS)
- 620
- recordable injuries tracked
Grade compares Recology King County's OSHA Total Case Rate of 24.7 to the Solid Waste Collection BLS benchmark of 2.6 (949% of benchmark) across 6 years of Form 300A filings (2016–2024). <a href="/methodology">See methodology</a> for reporting-limitation caveats.
Injury rate over time
Recology King County's yearly Total Case Rate, against the 2.6 industry benchmark.
Where Recology King County falls in its industry
2,506 Solid Waste Collection establishmentsSafer than 1% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 4.7.
Narrower to Washington alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #34 safest of 36 Solid Waste Collection employers in Washington.
Trend analysis for Recology King County
Between 2019 and 2024, Recology King County's Total Case Rate improved from 30.4 to 24.1 recordable injuries per 100 full-time workers, a 21% decrease across 5 years of OSHA reporting.
The safest year on record was 2022, at a TCR of 21.7, while 2019 saw the highest rate, at 30.4, a spread of 8.6 points between the best and worst reporting years. That's a comparatively narrow spread, suggesting a fairly consistent safety record across the 6 years with a usable rate on file, rather than one outlier year skewing the multi-year average.
Summed across those 6 reporting years, Recology King County recorded 620 total injuries and illnesses, with no fatalities reported in any of those years. Readers comparing establishments should weigh the 6-year trend above alongside establishment size, since a larger workforce naturally accumulates more raw incidents even at a lower per-100-worker rate.
Verify This Employer with OSHA
The 620 injuries, 8 illnesses shown on this page for Recology King County are sourced from its own 6 years of mandatory OSHA Form 300A summaries. Cross-check the underlying establishment record directly against the federal source, name, NAICS classification, recordable case totals, and inspection history are all searchable on OSHA's Establishment-Specific Injury and Illness Data system.
Verify on OSHA Establishment SearchSource: U.S. Department of Labor, OSHA Establishment-Specific Injury and Illness Data. NAICS 562111 - Solid Waste Collection.
DART Rate, Transparent Calculation (2024)
What is the DART rate formula?
DART (Days Away, Restricted, or Transferred) is computed by OSHA as incidents × 200,000 ÷ hours worked. The 200,000-hour denominator equals roughly 100 full-time workers, which lets establishments of very different sizes be compared directly.
81 DART incidents × 200,000 ÷ 988,726 hours worked = 16.38 DART
Methodology: 29 CFR 1904, OSHA Form 300A recordkeeping
Cross-Validating Context, Establishment vs Industry vs State
| Benchmark | TCR | Source |
|---|---|---|
| Recology King County (this establishment) | 24.67 | OSHA ITA Form 300A, 6-year avg |
| Garbage collection services industry avg | 2.60 | BLS IIF, NAICS 562111 |
| Washington state avg (all industries) | 6.20 | OSHA ITA, state-level rollup |
Industry benchmarks: Bureau of Labor Statistics, Injuries, Illnesses, and Fatalities (IIF) program
Reportable Incident Timeline
Year-by-year reportable incidents (recordable injuries + illnesses + fatalities) submitted by Recology King County to OSHA's Injury Tracking Application. Each row anchors to OSHA's inspection records search where you can pull the underlying inspection case numbers and citations for that establishment-year.
- 2024: 119 reportable incidents · 119 injuries, 0 illnesses, 0 fatalities - OSHA inspection records (case numbers)
- 2023: 113 reportable incidents · 113 injuries, 0 illnesses, 0 fatalities - OSHA inspection records (case numbers)
- 2022: 93 reportable incidents · 93 injuries, 0 illnesses, 0 fatalities - OSHA inspection records (case numbers)
- 2021: 102 reportable incidents · 97 injuries, 5 illnesses, 0 fatalities - OSHA inspection records (case numbers)
- 2020: 100 reportable incidents · 100 injuries, 0 illnesses, 0 fatalities - OSHA inspection records (case numbers)
- 2019: 101 reportable incidents · 98 injuries, 3 illnesses, 0 fatalities - OSHA inspection records (case numbers)
Source: OSHA Inspection Information System (IMIS) - inspection case-number records
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 |
What this grade means for you
Use this grade as a relative read on Recology King County's reported OSHA injury record versus its Solid Waste Collection peers, not a verdict on whether any single site is safe today.
- At 949% of the Solid Waste Collection benchmark, Recology King County reports more injuries than typical peers, ask specifically how the employer is reducing them. Know your rights
- Judge this record against the wider Solid Waste Collection sector, where injury rates vary widely, before comparing it in isolation. See the industry
- Grades reflect 2016–2024 filings; check the latest establishment record straight from OSHA, or look up a different employer. Look up another
Safety grades reflect employers' self-reported OSHA Form 300A filings from 2016 to 2024 and can lag current conditions. A grade is not a guarantee that any specific workplace is safe or unsafe today. See our methodology and disclaimer.
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Every figure and grade on PlainSafetyScore is computed directly from OSHA's published Injury Tracking Application data and BLS industry benchmarks, no number is typed in by an editor. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these safety grades, or report a data error. Data current as of 2016-2024 OSHA ITA release.