Solid Waste Collection · California

Recology San Mateo County

San Carlos, CA · ~242 workers · 8 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

F
Failing Safety Record
28.4
Avg TCR
2.6
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

Recology San Mateo County runs at 1092% of its industry's injury rate - far more dangerous than the typical Solid Waste Collection workplace, earning a grade F.

Recology San Mateo County: 28.4 TCR = 1092% of Solid Waste Collection BLS 2.6 · 8y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Recology San Mateo County safety composite

Recology San Mateo County 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

14/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
F 28.39 per 100 workers

Safer than 0% of industry peers

DART rate
F 16.12 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%).

Rising injury rate

Recology San Mateo County: 22.4 → 27.0 TCR

Peak year 2018 @ 37.5 TCR · DART/TCR 0.57× in 2024

Recology San Mateo County's TCR rose 4.6 from 22.4 in 2017 to 27.0 in 2024. Peak filing year was 2018 at 37.5 TCR. In 2024, DART was 0.57× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 562111 · San Carlos, CA ABOVE-IND · MID

Grade F · TCR 28.4 · 1092% of ind

  • DART 16.1 DART
  • RANK #247/247
  • PHOTO Affinity Waste Solut…
  • BOOK 8y book
  • INJ 516 inj
  • SIZE ~242 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: Affinity Waste Solutions (0.2 TCR gap)

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Recology San Mateo County in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows Recology San Mateo County averages 28.4 TCR (1092% 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 Mateo County TCR series: 2017=22.4 · 2018=37.5 · 2019=18.5 · 2020=25.7 · 2021=35.6 · 2022=28.8 · 2023=31.5 · 2024=27 · BLS 2.6

Where Recology San Mateo County falls in its industry

2,322 Solid Waste Collection establishments

Safer than 0% 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 #247 safest of 247 Solid Waste Collection employers in California.

Recology San Mateo County (242 employees, TCR 28.4) 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 San Mateo County
Recology San Mateo County (242 employees, TCR 28.4) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 55 employees and a TCR of 5.1

Recology San Mateo 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 27.0 16.1 62 0 0
2023 31.5 12.6 70 0 0
2022 28.8 13.5 63 1 0
2021 35.6 13.5 79 0 0
2020 25.7 10.2 58 0 0
2019 18.5 11.0 42 0 0
2018 37.5 15.3 93 0 0
2017 22.4 16.9 49 0 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

562111 · CA · San Carlos

2,322 Solid Waste Collection employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 51,834 rated employers in California with headcount on file · 57 employers in San Carlos, 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 Affinity Waste Solutions 28.6 TCR
NAICS-TCR Tule Trash Company LLC 28.0 TCR
NAICS-TCR GOLDEN GATE DISPOSAL COMPANY 27.9 TCR
NAICS-TCR Capitol Waste Services Inc. 29.0 TCR
STATE-SIZE 2400-Oxnard, CA (Monsanto Co.) 242 FTE
STATE-SIZE CHI Employee Benefit Company 242 FTE
STATE-SIZE NCVM 242 FTE
STATE-SIZE City of Santa Rosa - Water Department 242 FTE
CITY-NEAR Rudolph and Sletten 686 FTE
CITY-NEAR Sutter Bay Medical Foundation (30507) 534 FTE
CITY-NEAR Palo Alto Medical Foundation (378-10145) 387 FTE
CITY-NEAR San Mateo County Transit District 293 FTE
NAT-TCR Piasecki Steel Construction Corp. 28.4 TCR
NAT-TCR Abq-Ground Ops 28.4 TCR
NAT-TCR Ind-Ground Ops 28.4 TCR
NAT-TCR Good Shepherd Home - Bethlehem (GSRN) 28.4 TCR
NAT-SIZE Nucor Steel Marion, Inc. 242 FTE
NAT-SIZE Marriott's Ocean Pointe 242 FTE
NAT-SIZE Carthage 242 FTE
NAT-SIZE Encompass Health Northern Kentucky Rehabilitation Hospital 242 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, 2018, 2017. This is publicly available government data - not a legal determination of workplace conditions.
Data sourced from official public datasets. See our methodology for details.