Solid Waste Collection · Oregon

Recology Portland

Portland, OR · ~43 workers · 8 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

F
Failing Safety Record
11.5
Avg TCR
2.6
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

Recology Portland runs at 443% of its industry's injury rate - far more dangerous than the typical Solid Waste Collection workplace, earning a grade F.

Recology Portland: 11.5 TCR = 443% of Solid Waste Collection BLS 2.6 · 8y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Recology Portland safety composite

Recology Portland scores strongest on fatalities (safer than 52% of same-industry peers) and weakest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 12%), 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

26/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
F 11.53 per 100 workers

Safer than 12% of industry peers

DART rate
F 6.44 per 100 workers

Safer than 23% 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

−1.2

2016→2024

Recology Portland injury rate improved

Recology Portland's TCR fell 1.2 from 7.6 in 2016 to 6.4 in 2024. Peak filing year was 2022 at 25.5 TCR. In 2024, DART was 0.56× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2016=7.6 · 2017=17.8 · 2018=7.1 · 2020=4.4 · 2021=9.3 · 2022=25.5 · 2023=14.1 · 2024=6.4

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 562111 · Portland, OR ABOVE-IND · SMALL

Grade F · TCR 11.5 · 443% of ind

  • DART 6.4 DART
  • RANK #30/34
  • PHOTO S04198 - WM of Steam…
  • BOOK 8y book
  • INJ 41 inj
  • SIZE ~43 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: S04198 - WM of Steamboat Springs Hauling and MRF (0.0 TCR gap)

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Recology Portland in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows Recology Portland averages 11.5 TCR (443% 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 Portland TCR series: 2016=7.6 · 2017=17.8 · 2018=7.1 · 2020=4.4 · 2021=9.3 · 2022=25.5 · 2023=14.1 · 2024=6.4 · BLS 2.6

Where Recology Portland falls in its industry

2,322 Solid Waste Collection establishments

Safer than 12% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 5.1.

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to Oregon alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #30 safest of 34 Solid Waste Collection employers in Oregon.

Recology Portland (43 employees, TCR 11.5) 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 Portland
Recology Portland (43 employees, TCR 11.5) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 55 employees and a TCR of 5.1

Recology Portland has fewer 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 6.4 6.4 3 0 0
2023 14.1 11.8 6 0 0
2022 25.5 20.8 11 0 0
2021 9.3 4.6 4 0 0
2020 4.4 4.4 2 0 0
2018 7.1 1.8 4 0 0
2017 17.8 15.6 8 0 0
2016 7.6 7.6 3 0 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

562111 · OR · Portland

2,322 Solid Waste Collection employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 8,031 rated employers in Oregon with headcount on file · 1,728 employers in Portland, OR · 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 S04198 - WM of Steamboat Springs Hauling and MRF 11.5 TCR
NAICS-TCR Humacao Hauling 11.6 TCR
NAICS-TCR 123 - Lake County 11.6 TCR
NAICS-TCR Conwaste Rio Grande 11.6 TCR
STATE-SIZE Dahle Orchards LLC 43 FTE
STATE-SIZE Creekside Valley Farms LLC 43 FTE
STATE-SIZE Slegers, Inc 43 FTE
STATE-SIZE L&B Reforestation, INC. 43 FTE
CITY-NEAR OHSU Main Campus 18,003 FTE
CITY-NEAR OR349 PROVIDENCE ST VINCENT MEDICAL CTR-PORTLA 4,033 FTE
CITY-NEAR OR346 PROVIDENCE PORTLAND MEDICAL CTR-PORTLAND 3,684 FTE
CITY-NEAR 2252-00000530 3,498 FTE
NAT-TCR Western Container Corporation 11.5 TCR
NAT-TCR Alcyone Plumbing Co. Inc. 11.5 TCR
NAT-TCR Wright Construction Co Inc 11.5 TCR
NAT-TCR Western Sun Enterprises INC 11.5 TCR
NAT-SIZE Horizon Environmental Services, Inc. 43 FTE
NAT-SIZE North Fork Farms 43 FTE
NAT-SIZE Associated Contracting, Inc. 43 FTE
NAT-SIZE Fresh Meadow Power Piping, LLC 43 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, 2018, 2017, 2016. This is publicly available government data - not a legal determination of workplace conditions.
Data sourced from official public datasets. See our methodology for details.