Solid Waste Collection · California

Recology San Bruno

Burlingame, CA · ~36 workers · 5 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

F
Failing Safety Record
19.2
Avg TCR
2.6
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

Recology San Bruno runs at 739% of its industry's injury rate - far more dangerous than the typical Solid Waste Collection workplace, earning a grade F.

Recology San Bruno: 19.2 TCR = 739% of Solid Waste Collection BLS 2.6 · 5y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Recology San Bruno safety composite

Recology San Bruno scores strongest on fatalities (safer than 52% of same-industry peers) and weakest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 3%), 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

25/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
F 19.21 per 100 workers

Safer than 3% of industry peers

DART rate
F 5.33 per 100 workers

Safer than 30% 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

−7.4

2017→2024

Recology San Bruno injury rate improved

Recology San Bruno's TCR fell 7.4 from 18.0 in 2017 to 10.7 in 2024. Peak filing year was 2018 at 32.3 TCR. In 2024, DART was 0.28× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2017=18.0 · 2018=32.3 · 2019=22.9 · 2020=12.1 · 2024=10.7

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 562111 · Burlingame, CA ABOVE-IND · SMALL

Grade F · TCR 19.2 · 739% of ind

  • DART 5.3 DART
  • RANK #226/247
  • PHOTO MTG Disposal, LLC
  • BOOK 5y book
  • INJ 33 inj
  • SIZE ~36 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: MTG Disposal, LLC (0.0 TCR gap)

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Recology San Bruno in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows Recology San Bruno averages 19.2 TCR (739% 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 San Bruno TCR series: 2017=18 · 2018=32.3 · 2019=22.9 · 2020=12.1 · 2024=10.7 · BLS 2.6

Where Recology San Bruno falls in its industry

2,322 Solid Waste Collection establishments

Safer than 3% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 5.1.

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to California alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #226 safest of 247 Solid Waste Collection employers in California.

Recology San Bruno (36 employees, TCR 19.2) 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 0510152025 Average employees Total Case Rate Recology San Bruno
Recology San Bruno (36 employees, TCR 19.2) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 55 employees and a TCR of 5.1

Recology San Bruno 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 10.7 5.3 4 0 0
2020 12.1 6.1 4 0 0
2019 22.9 17.2 8 0 0
2018 32.3 17.6 11 0 0
2017 18.0 12.0 6 0 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

562111 · CA · Burlingame

2,322 Solid Waste Collection employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 51,834 rated employers in California with headcount on file · 93 employers in Burlingame, 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 MTG Disposal, LLC 19.2 TCR
NAICS-TCR Waste Pro 111 - Lake City 19.1 TCR
NAICS-TCR Portland Metro AWS - Transportation Services 19.1 TCR
NAICS-TCR National Waste & Disposal, Inc. 19.4 TCR
STATE-SIZE River Garden Farms 36 FTE
STATE-SIZE Knight Farms 36 FTE
STATE-SIZE J.H. MEEK & SONS INC. 36 FTE
STATE-SIZE Dirt Farmer and Company 36 FTE
CITY-NEAR Mills-Peninsula Medical Center (360-22) 1,835 FTE
CITY-NEAR Sutter Bay Hospitals (30191) 1,765 FTE
CITY-NEAR 2453-00060388-60388 909 FTE
CITY-NEAR SFO-SPUSA 512 FTE
NAT-TCR Southern Winds Hospital 19.2 TCR
NAT-TCR AZP055 19.2 TCR
NAT-TCR Hopewell 19.2 TCR
NAT-TCR Brunswick Pointe Transitional Care 19.2 TCR
NAT-SIZE Police & Fire Departments 36 FTE
NAT-SIZE Timber Lake Farm 36 FTE
NAT-SIZE Roaring River Feed Mill 36 FTE
NAT-SIZE Pro-Tec Division 36 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, 2020, 2019, 2018, 2017. 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.