Employer · California

S05362 - Palmdale Disposal

Palmdale, CA · ~34 workers · 9 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

C
Average Safety Record
2.9
Avg TCR
2.6
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

S05362 - Palmdale Disposal runs at 113% of its industry's injury rate - about level with the typical industry workplace, earning a grade C.

S05362 - Palmdale Disposal: 2.9 TCR = 113% of industry BLS 2.6 · 9y Form 300A (see methodology below)

S05362 - Palmdale Disposal safety composite

S05362 - Palmdale Disposal scores strongest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 62% of same-industry peers) and weakest on dart rate (safer than 47%), 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).

D

54/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
C 2.94 per 100 workers

Safer than 62% of industry peers

DART rate
D 2.53 per 100 workers

Safer than 47% of industry peers

Fatalities
D 0

Safer than 51% 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

−1.3

2016→2024

S05362 - Palmdale Disposal injury rate improved

S05362 - Palmdale Disposal's TCR fell 1.3 from 3.8 in 2016 to 2.5 in 2024. Peak filing year was 2019 at 7.5 TCR. In 2024, DART was 0.86× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2016=3.8 · 2017=0.0 · 2018=3.7 · 2019=7.5 · 2020=3.5 · 2021=2.6 · 2022=2.8 · 2023=0.0 · 2024=2.5

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 562212 · Palmdale, CA ABOVE-IND · SMALL

Grade C · TCR 2.9 · 113% of ind

  • DART 2.5 DART
  • RANK #11/41
  • PHOTO TESSMAN ROAD LANDFILL
  • BOOK 9y book
  • INJ 8 inj
  • SIZE ~34 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: TESSMAN ROAD LANDFILL (0.0 TCR gap)

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S05362 - Palmdale Disposal in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows S05362 - Palmdale Disposal averages 2.9 TCR (113% of the industry BLS benchmark).

Source U.S. Department of Labor, OSHA Injury Tracking Application (Form 300A) As of 2026-08-25

S05362 - Palmdale Disposal TCR series: 2016=3.8 · 2017=0 · 2018=3.7 · 2019=7.5 · 2020=3.5 · 2021=2.6 · 2022=2.8 · 2023=0 · 2024=2.5 · BLS 2.6

Where S05362 - Palmdale Disposal falls in its industry

288 industry establishments

Safer than 62% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 3.9.

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to California alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #11 safest of 41 industry employers in California.

S05362 - Palmdale Disposal (34 employees, TCR 2.9) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 32 employees and a TCR of 3.9 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 050100150200 0510152025 Average employees Total Case Rate S05362 - Palmdale Disposal
S05362 - Palmdale Disposal (34 employees, TCR 2.9) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 32 employees and a TCR of 3.9

S05362 - Palmdale Disposal has more employees than the industry median and a lower injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 3.9. 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 2.5 2.5 1 0 0
2023 0.0 0.0 0 0 0
2022 2.8 2.8 1 0 0
2021 2.6 2.6 1 0 0
2020 3.5 3.5 1 0 0
2019 7.5 7.5 2 0 0
2018 3.7 0.0 1 0 0
2017 0.0 0.0 0 0 0
2016 3.8 3.8 1 0 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

562212 · CA · Palmdale

288 industry employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 51,834 rated employers in California with headcount on file · 135 employers in Palmdale, 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 TESSMAN ROAD LANDFILL 3.0 TCR
NAICS-TCR Texas Landfill Management 3.0 TCR
NAICS-TCR Republic Waste Services of Texas LTD 2.9 TCR
NAICS-TCR S04108 - Simi Valley Landfill and Recycling Center 3.0 TCR
STATE-SIZE Ardent Mills Yuba City 34 FTE
STATE-SIZE Filice Farms, L.P. 34 FTE
STATE-SIZE Alexander Ranch, Inc. 34 FTE
STATE-SIZE MFarms 34 FTE
CITY-NEAR NGAS-A502 5,323 FTE
CITY-NEAR CA-06 4,525 FTE
CITY-NEAR Lockheed Martin Corporation Palmdale Campus (1513) 3,420 FTE
CITY-NEAR California Department of Transportation Facility 612 2,127 FTE
NAT-TCR S04181 - WM of Central MS - Meridian Hauling 2.9 TCR
NAT-TCR Giant Eagle #0059 2.9 TCR
NAT-TCR Phoenix Air Group, Inc. 2.9 TCR
NAT-TCR McCall ID Yard 2.9 TCR
NAT-SIZE S03798 - WM of South Louisiana 34 FTE
NAT-SIZE Euclid - Cuyahoga Molded Plastics 34 FTE
NAT-SIZE TWF Industries 34 FTE
NAT-SIZE St. George 34 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, 2016. 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.