Garbage collection services · Oregon

Southern Oregon Sanitation

Grants Pass, OR · ~60 workers · 4 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

F
Failing Safety Record
5.4
Avg TCR
2.6
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

Southern Oregon Sanitation runs at 207% of its industry's injury rate - far more dangerous than the typical Garbage collection services workplace, earning a grade F.

Southern Oregon Sanitation: 5.4 TCR = 207% of Garbage collection services BLS 2.6 · 4y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Southern Oregon Sanitation safety composite

Southern Oregon Sanitation scores strongest on dart rate (safer than 67% of same-industry peers) and weakest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 46%), 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).

C

55/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
D 5.37 per 100 workers

Safer than 46% of industry peers

DART rate
C 1.83 per 100 workers

Safer than 67% 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

−10.5

2021→2024

Southern Oregon Sanitation injury rate improved

Southern Oregon Sanitation's TCR fell 10.5 from 12.3 in 2021 to 1.8 in 2024. Peak filing year was 2021 at 12.3 TCR. In 2024, DART was 0.34× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2021=12.3 · 2022=3.6 · 2023=3.7 · 2024=1.8

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 562111 · Grants Pass, OR ABOVE-IND · SMALL

Grade F · TCR 5.4 · 207% of ind

  • DART 1.8 DART
  • RANK #19/34
  • PHOTO S03999 - IA DES MOIN…
  • BOOK 4y book
  • INJ 11 inj
  • SIZE ~60 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: S03999 - IA DES MOINES HAULING (0.0 TCR gap)

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Southern Oregon Sanitation in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows Southern Oregon Sanitation averages 5.4 TCR (207% of the Garbage collection services BLS benchmark).

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

Southern Oregon Sanitation TCR series: 2021=12.3 · 2022=3.6 · 2023=3.7 · 2024=1.8 · BLS 2.6

Where Southern Oregon Sanitation falls in its industry

2,322 Garbage collection services establishments

Safer than 46% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 5.1.

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to Oregon alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #19 safest of 34 Garbage collection services employers in Oregon.

Southern Oregon Sanitation (60 employees, TCR 5.4) 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 Southern Oregon Sanitation
Southern Oregon Sanitation (60 employees, TCR 5.4) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 55 employees and a TCR of 5.1

Southern Oregon Sanitation 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 1.8 1.8 1 0 0
2023 3.7 3.7 2 0 0
2022 3.6 1.8 2 0 0
2021 12.3 10.3 6 0 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

562111 · OR · Grants Pass

2,322 Garbage collection services employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 8,031 rated employers in Oregon with headcount on file · 130 employers in Grants Pass, OR · 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 S03999 - IA DES MOINES HAULING 5.4 TCR
NAICS-TCR S06708 - WM Fairview Hauling 5.4 TCR
NAICS-TCR Stericycle - Miami,FL-6375 NW 84th 5.4 TCR
NAICS-TCR S10365 - MN ST PAUL 5.4 TCR
STATE-SIZE Microplant Nurseries Inc 60 FTE
STATE-SIZE OREGON BERRY PACKING INC. 60 FTE
STATE-SIZE McMinnville Water and Light 60 FTE
STATE-SIZE Rose City Renovation 60 FTE
CITY-NEAR Rever Grand 2,163 FTE
CITY-NEAR Colvin Oil I, LLC DBA GP Energy 744 FTE
CITY-NEAR Grants Pass, OR 480 FTE
CITY-NEAR WM 1834 423 FTE
NAT-TCR Caldwell & Gregory FL 5.4 TCR
NAT-TCR Quick Cut Inc 5.4 TCR
NAT-TCR Roane Medical Center 5.4 TCR
NAT-TCR 10682 Dadeland 5.4 TCR
NAT-SIZE Mediacom Albany, GA 60 FTE
NAT-SIZE Hopkinsville Electric System 60 FTE
NAT-SIZE Martin Sprocket & Gear Sac 60 FTE
NAT-SIZE S10271 - Augusta West Hauling 60 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. 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.