Garbage collection services · California

South San Francisco Scavenger Co.

South San Franicsco, CA · ~70 workers · 3 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

F
Failing Safety Record
11.3
Avg TCR
2.6
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

South San Francisco Scavenger Co. runs at 437% of its industry's injury rate - far more dangerous than the typical Garbage collection services workplace, earning a grade F.

South San Francisco Scavenger Co.: 11.3 TCR = 437% of Garbage collection services BLS 2.6 · 3y Form 300A (see methodology below)

South San Francisco Scavenger Co. safety composite

South San Francisco Scavenger Co. scores strongest on fatalities (safer than 52% of same-industry peers) and weakest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 12%), 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

22/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
F 11.35 per 100 workers

Safer than 12% of industry peers

DART rate
F 9.23 per 100 workers

Safer than 13% 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%).

South San Francisco Scavenger Co. held a steady TCR band

South San Francisco Scavenger Co.'s TCR held near 0.2 from 9.1 in 2022 to 9.2 in 2024. Peak filing year was 2023 at 15.8 TCR. In 2024, DART was 0.81× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2022=9.1 · 2023=15.8 · 2024=9.2

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 562111 · South San Franicsco, CA ABOVE-IND · SMALL

Grade F · TCR 11.3 · 437% of ind

  • DART 9.2 DART
  • RANK #194/247
  • PHOTO Gardena Hauling - Re…
  • BOOK 3y book
  • INJ 21 inj
  • SIZE ~70 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: Gardena Hauling - Republic Services (0.0 TCR gap)

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South San Francisco Scavenger Co. in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows South San Francisco Scavenger Co. averages 11.3 TCR (437% of the Garbage collection services BLS benchmark).

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

South San Francisco Scavenger Co. TCR series: 2022=9.1 · 2023=15.8 · 2024=9.2 · BLS 2.6

Where South San Francisco Scavenger Co. falls in its industry

2,322 Garbage collection services establishments

Safer than 12% 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 #194 safest of 247 Garbage collection services employers in California.

South San Francisco Scavenger Co. (70 employees, TCR 11.3) 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 South San Francisco Scavenger Co.
South San Francisco Scavenger Co. (70 employees, TCR 11.3) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 55 employees and a TCR of 5.1

South San Francisco Scavenger Co. has more employees than the Garbage collection services 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 9.2 9.2 6 0 0
2023 15.8 15.8 10 0 0
2022 9.1 9.1 5 0 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

562111 · CA · South San Franicsco

2,322 Garbage collection services employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 51,834 rated employers in California with headcount on file · 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 Gardena Hauling - Republic Services 11.4 TCR
NAICS-TCR Advanced Disposal - Kathleen Hauling 11.3 TCR
NAICS-TCR South San Francisco Scavenger Company, Inc. 11.3 TCR
NAICS-TCR Mid Valley Recycling, LLC 11.4 TCR
STATE-SIZE Heritage Land Company 70 FTE
STATE-SIZE Ceballos Ag Services, Inc. 70 FTE
STATE-SIZE NRTHN 70 FTE
STATE-SIZE EW Merritt Farms 70 FTE
CITY-NEAR BLUE LINE TRANSFER INC. 72 FTE
NAT-TCR PCC Community Markets - Issaquah 11.3 TCR
NAT-TCR Western Ag Enterprises, Inc.-Az 11.3 TCR
NAT-TCR Logan Coach Inc. 11.3 TCR
NAT-TCR Phrg Den 11.3 TCR
NAT-SIZE Grocery Outlet Clackamas Warehouse 70 FTE
NAT-SIZE HWE Sutton Insulation 70 FTE
NAT-SIZE Crossroads Care Center 70 FTE
NAT-SIZE Volunteer Fire and Ambulance 70 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. 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.