Material recovery facility · California
South Bay Recycling
San Carlos, CA · ~75 workers · 6 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.
- F
- Failing Safety Record
- 10.1
- Avg TCR
- 2.6
- Industry avg
- 0
- Fatalities
The verdict
South Bay Recycling runs at 390% of its industry's injury rate - far more dangerous than the typical Material recovery facility workplace, earning a grade F.
South Bay Recycling: 10.1 TCR = 390% of Material recovery facility BLS 2.6 · 6y Form 300A (see methodology below)
South Bay Recycling safety composite
South Bay Recycling scores strongest on fatalities (safer than 51% of same-industry peers) and weakest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 10%), 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).
24/100
Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures
- Total Case Rate (TCR)
- F 10.14 per 100 workers
Safer than 10% of industry peers
- DART rate
- F 4.29 per 100 workers
Safer than 22% 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%).
Rising injury rate
South Bay Recycling: 5.3 → 8.6 TCR
Peak year 2019 @ 15.4 TCR · DART/TCR 0.42× in 2022
South Bay Recycling's TCR rose 3.3 from 5.3 in 2017 to 8.6 in 2022. Peak filing year was 2019 at 15.4 TCR. In 2022, DART was 0.42× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).
OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard
Establishment book 562920 · San Carlos, CA ABOVE-IND · SMALL
Grade F · TCR 10.1 · 390% of ind
- DART 4.3 DART
- RANK #33/45
- PHOTO Scott Area Recycling…
- BOOK 6y book
- INJ 44 inj
- SIZE ~75 FTE
Nearest TCR peer: Scott Area Recycling Center (0.1 TCR gap)
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South Bay Recycling in the TCR neighbourhood
Average Total Case Rate among this establishment and nearest same-industry peers
- Balcones Recyc
Balcones Recycling- Taylor
10.3 TCR
- This site
South Bay Recycling
10.1 TCR
- Scott Area Rec
Scott Area Recycling Center
10.1 TCR
- Mazza Recyclin
Mazza Recycling Services Ltd.
10 TCR
- Wilco Recyclin
Wilco Recycling
10 TCR
What this shows South Bay Recycling averages 10.1 TCR (390% of the Material recovery facility BLS benchmark).
South Bay Recycling TCR series: 2017=5.3 · 2018=5.2 · 2019=15.4 · 2020=13.1 · 2021=13.3 · 2022=8.6 · BLS 2.6
Where South Bay Recycling falls in its industry
422 Material recovery facility establishmentsSafer than 10% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 3.8.
Narrower to California alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #33 safest of 45 Material recovery facility employers in California.
South Bay Recycling has more employees than the Material recovery facility median and a higher injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 3.8. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | 8.6 | 4.3 | 6 | 0 | 0 |
| 2021 | 13.3 | 8.9 | 9 | 0 | 0 |
| 2020 | 13.1 | 8.7 | 9 | 0 | 0 |
| 2019 | 15.4 | 10.3 | 12 | 0 | 0 |
| 2018 | 5.2 | 5.2 | 4 | 0 | 0 |
| 2017 | 5.3 | 0.0 | 4 | 0 | 0 |
OSHA ITA peer cross-reference
Establishment peer ledger
562920 · CA · San Carlos
422 Material recovery facility 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 | Scott Area Recycling Center | 10.1 TCR |
| NAICS-TCR | Mazza Recycling Services Ltd. | 10.0 TCR |
| NAICS-TCR | Wilco Recycling | 10.0 TCR |
| NAICS-TCR | Balcones Recycling- Taylor | 10.3 TCR |
| STATE-SIZE | Sunset Farms, Inc | 75 FTE |
| STATE-SIZE | Martinelli Vineyard Managment, Inc | 75 FTE |
| STATE-SIZE | WESTVIEW BERRY FARMS | 75 FTE |
| STATE-SIZE | DJRAS CORP DBA PRIME HARVEST CONTRACTING | 75 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 | Louis Industries | 10.1 TCR |
| NAT-TCR | 161704-Collinsville Po | 10.1 TCR |
| NAT-TCR | 165791-Oak-South Station Br | 10.1 TCR |
| NAT-TCR | 016120-Odenville Po | 10.1 TCR |
| NAT-SIZE | Auberge at Plano | 75 FTE |
| NAT-SIZE | AWC Portland | 75 FTE |
| NAT-SIZE | 3495-10DP115 | 75 FTE |
| NAT-SIZE | AML Riverside | 75 FTE |
Rel codes: NAICS-TCR · STATE-SIZE · CITY-NEAR · NAT-TCR/NAT-SIZE cross-state. Read with this employer →
Read our methodology - how this data is sourced, computed, and verified.