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
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.
- F
- Failing Safety Record
- 28.4
- avg TCR · per 100 workers
- 2.6
- industry benchmark (BLS)
- 516
- recordable injuries tracked
Grade compares Recology San Mateo County's OSHA Total Case Rate of 28.4 to the Solid Waste Collection BLS benchmark of 2.6 (1092% of benchmark) across 8 years of Form 300A filings (2016–2024). <a href="/methodology">See methodology</a> for reporting-limitation caveats.
Injury rate over time
Recology San Mateo County's yearly Total Case Rate, against the 2.6 industry benchmark.
Where Recology San Mateo County falls in its industry
2,506 Solid Waste Collection establishmentsSafer than 0% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 4.7.
Narrower to California alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #264 safest of 266 Solid Waste Collection employers in California.
Trend analysis for Recology San Mateo County
Between 2017 and 2024, Recology San Mateo County's Total Case Rate worsened from 22.4 to 27.0 recordable injuries per 100 full-time workers, a 20% increase across 7 years of OSHA reporting.
The safest year on record was 2019, at a TCR of 18.5, while 2018 saw the highest rate, at 37.5, a spread of 19.1 points between the best and worst reporting years. That's a wide swing relative to the establishment's overall rate, worth checking the year-by-year table below for whether a single severe year is driving the average, rather than a sustained trend.
Summed across those 8 reporting years, Recology San Mateo County recorded 516 total injuries and illnesses, with no fatalities reported in any of those years. Readers comparing establishments should weigh the 8-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 516 injuries, 1 illnesses shown on this page for Recology San Mateo County are sourced from its own 8 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.
37 DART incidents × 200,000 ÷ 458,941 hours worked = 16.12 DART
Methodology: 29 CFR 1904, OSHA Form 300A recordkeeping
Cross-Validating Context, Establishment vs Industry vs State
| Benchmark | TCR | Source |
|---|---|---|
| Recology San Mateo County (this establishment) | 28.39 | OSHA ITA Form 300A, 8-year avg |
| Garbage collection services industry avg | 2.60 | BLS IIF, NAICS 562111 |
| California state avg (all industries) | 5.64 | 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 San Mateo 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: 62 reportable incidents · 62 injuries, 0 illnesses, 0 fatalities - OSHA inspection records (case numbers)
- 2023: 70 reportable incidents · 70 injuries, 0 illnesses, 0 fatalities - OSHA inspection records (case numbers)
- 2022: 64 reportable incidents · 63 injuries, 1 illnesses, 0 fatalities - OSHA inspection records (case numbers)
- 2021: 79 reportable incidents · 79 injuries, 0 illnesses, 0 fatalities - OSHA inspection records (case numbers)
- 2020: 58 reportable incidents · 58 injuries, 0 illnesses, 0 fatalities - OSHA inspection records (case numbers)
- 2019: 42 reportable incidents · 42 injuries, 0 illnesses, 0 fatalities - OSHA inspection records (case numbers)
- 2018: 93 reportable incidents · 93 injuries, 0 illnesses, 0 fatalities - OSHA inspection records (case numbers)
- 2017: 49 reportable incidents · 49 injuries, 0 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 | 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 |
What this grade means for you
Use this grade as a relative read on Recology San Mateo County's reported OSHA injury record versus its Solid Waste Collection peers, not a verdict on whether any single site is safe today.
- At 1092% of the Solid Waste Collection benchmark, Recology San Mateo 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.