Solid Waste Collection · California

Recology South Bay

San Jose, CA · ~85 workers · 7 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

F
Failing Safety Record
16.6
Avg TCR
2.6
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

Recology South Bay runs at 640% of its industry's injury rate - far more dangerous than the typical Solid Waste Collection workplace, earning a grade F.

Recology South Bay: 16.6 TCR = 640% of Solid Waste Collection BLS 2.6 · 7y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Recology South Bay safety composite

Recology South Bay scores strongest on dart rate (safer than 55% of same-industry peers) and weakest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 5%), 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

34/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
F 16.63 per 100 workers

Safer than 5% of industry peers

DART rate
C 2.79 per 100 workers

Safer than 55% 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

−7.1

2018→2024

Recology South Bay injury rate improved

Recology South Bay's TCR fell 7.1 from 16.8 in 2018 to 9.8 in 2024. Peak filing year was 2021 at 27.6 TCR. In 2024, DART was 0.17× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2018=16.8 · 2019=24.9 · 2020=21.2 · 2021=27.6 · 2022=9.0 · 2023=7.2 · 2024=9.8

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 562111 · San Jose, CA ABOVE-IND · SMALL

Grade F · TCR 16.6 · 640% of ind

  • DART 2.8 DART
  • RANK #221/247
  • PHOTO Recology Sonoma Marin
  • BOOK 7y book
  • INJ 75 inj
  • SIZE ~85 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: Recology Sonoma Marin (0.0 TCR gap)

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Recology South Bay in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows Recology South Bay averages 16.6 TCR (640% 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 South Bay TCR series: 2018=16.8 · 2019=24.9 · 2020=21.2 · 2021=27.6 · 2022=9 · 2023=7.2 · 2024=9.8 · BLS 2.6

Where Recology South Bay falls in its industry

2,322 Solid Waste Collection establishments

Safer than 5% 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 #221 safest of 247 Solid Waste Collection employers in California.

Recology South Bay (85 employees, TCR 16.6) 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 South Bay
Recology South Bay (85 employees, TCR 16.6) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 55 employees and a TCR of 5.1

Recology South Bay 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 9.8 2.8 7 0 0
2023 7.2 4.3 5 0 0
2022 9.0 4.5 6 0 0
2021 27.6 13.0 17 0 0
2020 21.2 3.3 13 0 0
2019 24.9 21.8 16 0 0
2018 16.8 12.2 11 0 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

562111 · CA · San Jose

2,322 Solid Waste Collection employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 51,834 rated employers in California with headcount on file · 1,102 employers in San Jose, 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 Recology Sonoma Marin 16.6 TCR
NAICS-TCR Trash Butler 16.7 TCR
NAICS-TCR J. P. Mascaro & Sons 16.6 TCR
NAICS-TCR City of Asheville Public Works 16.7 TCR
STATE-SIZE Gallo Vineyards, Inc. 85 FTE
STATE-SIZE Roche Brothers Inc. 85 FTE
STATE-SIZE Village Nurseries Pauma Valley Yard 85 FTE
STATE-SIZE Sunlet Nursery, Inc. 85 FTE
CITY-NEAR 2636-CALIFORNIA.SAN JOSE 11,308 FTE
CITY-NEAR Santa Clara Valley Healthcare, Valley Medical Center (Hospital & Clinics) 7,299 FTE
CITY-NEAR Rosendin - Main 6,964 FTE
CITY-NEAR Santa Clara Valley Medical Center (SCVMC & Clinics) 6,576 FTE
NAT-TCR Morningside of Concord 16.6 TCR
NAT-TCR ACS Steel Company, LLC 16.6 TCR
NAT-TCR Bozeman #160 16.6 TCR
NAT-TCR Completecare@Laurelton 16.6 TCR
NAT-SIZE MediLodge of Ludington 85 FTE
NAT-SIZE Shin-Etsu Silicones of America, Inc. Damar 85 FTE
NAT-SIZE Bowen's Corner Elementary 85 FTE
NAT-SIZE International Operations & Services USA LLC 85 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. 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.