Solid Waste Collection · California

Recology South Valley

Gilroy, CA · ~94 workers · 8 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

F
Failing Safety Record
13.2
Avg TCR
2.6
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

Recology South Valley runs at 506% of its industry's injury rate - far more dangerous than the typical Solid Waste Collection workplace, earning a grade F.

Recology South Valley: 13.2 TCR = 506% of Solid Waste Collection BLS 2.6 · 8y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Recology South Valley safety composite

Recology South Valley scores strongest on fatalities (safer than 52% of same-industry peers) and weakest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 9%), 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

24/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
F 13.16 per 100 workers

Safer than 9% of industry peers

DART rate
F 6.84 per 100 workers

Safer than 21% 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

−0.7

2017→2024

Recology South Valley injury rate improved

Recology South Valley's TCR fell 0.7 from 14.4 in 2017 to 13.7 in 2024. Peak filing year was 2021 at 18.3 TCR. In 2024, DART was 0.52× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2017=14.4 · 2018=12.7 · 2019=8.2 · 2020=12.4 · 2021=18.3 · 2022=17.6 · 2023=8.0 · 2024=13.7

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

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

Grade F · TCR 13.2 · 506% of ind

  • DART 6.8 DART
  • RANK #204/247
  • PHOTO Park's Garbage Servi…
  • BOOK 8y book
  • INJ 102 inj
  • SIZE ~94 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: Park's Garbage Service- Hometown Disposal (0.0 TCR gap)

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Recology South Valley in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows Recology South Valley averages 13.2 TCR (506% 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 Valley TCR series: 2017=14.4 · 2018=12.7 · 2019=8.2 · 2020=12.4 · 2021=18.3 · 2022=17.6 · 2023=8 · 2024=13.7 · BLS 2.6

Where Recology South Valley falls in its industry

2,322 Solid Waste Collection establishments

Safer than 9% 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 #204 safest of 247 Solid Waste Collection employers in California.

Recology South Valley (94 employees, TCR 13.2) 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 05101520 Average employees Total Case Rate Recology South Valley
Recology South Valley (94 employees, TCR 13.2) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 55 employees and a TCR of 5.1

Recology South Valley 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 13.7 6.8 14 0 0
2023 8.0 5.0 8 0 0
2022 17.6 3.1 17 0 0
2021 18.3 7.1 18 0 0
2020 12.4 4.1 12 0 0
2019 8.2 3.1 8 0 0
2018 12.7 7.4 12 0 0
2017 14.4 9.9 13 0 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

562111 · CA · Gilroy

2,322 Solid Waste Collection employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 51,834 rated employers in California with headcount on file · 113 employers in Gilroy, 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 Park's Garbage Service- Hometown Disposal 13.2 TCR
NAICS-TCR Conwaste Recogido Desperdicios Solidos Lares 13.2 TCR
NAICS-TCR AWS- Contra Costa County 13.2 TCR
NAICS-TCR 203 - Atlanta West 13.1 TCR
STATE-SIZE MORALES FARM LABOR SERVICE 94 FTE
STATE-SIZE Fondomonte CA - Blythe Farm 94 FTE
STATE-SIZE Robinson Enterprises, Inc 94 FTE
STATE-SIZE Javier Martinez Contracting 94 FTE
CITY-NEAR California Department of Transportation Facility 9 2,891 FTE
CITY-NEAR Christopher Ranch LLC 660 FTE
CITY-NEAR 0010-00100005 475 FTE
CITY-NEAR Olam West Coast 450 FTE
NAT-TCR Pioneer Center East 13.2 TCR
NAT-TCR Fimbel Paunet Corp. 13.2 TCR
NAT-TCR McChesney Ave - Brunswick 13.2 TCR
NAT-TCR Parkchester South Condominium 13.2 TCR
NAT-SIZE The Village at Woods Edge 94 FTE
NAT-SIZE Bird Kultgen Inc 94 FTE
NAT-SIZE Robert A. Tull, Inc. 94 FTE
NAT-SIZE Marion Jr. High School 94 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.

Read our methodology - how this data is sourced, computed, and verified.

Data sourced from official public datasets. See our methodology for details.