Waste collection services, nonhazardous solid · California

Specialty Solid Waste & Recycling

Santa Clara, CA · ~73 workers · 8 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

F
Failing Safety Record
6.1
Avg TCR
2.6
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

Specialty Solid Waste & Recycling runs at 235% of its industry's injury rate - far more dangerous than the typical Waste collection services, nonhazardous solid workplace, earning a grade F.

Specialty Solid Waste & Recycling: 6.1 TCR = 235% of Waste collection services, nonhazardous solid BLS 2.6 · 8y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Specialty Solid Waste & Recycling safety composite

Specialty Solid Waste & Recycling scores strongest on fatalities (safer than 52% of same-industry peers) and weakest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 39%), 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

43/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
D 6.1 per 100 workers

Safer than 39% of industry peers

DART rate
D 4.05 per 100 workers

Safer than 42% 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

−3.0

2017→2024

Specialty Solid Waste & Recycling injury rate improved

Specialty Solid Waste & Recycling's TCR fell 3.0 from 7.1 in 2017 to 4.0 in 2024. Peak filing year was 2022 at 10.7 TCR. In 2024, DART was 0.66× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2017=7.1 · 2018=4.3 · 2019=1.5 · 2020=7.5 · 2021=8.5 · 2022=10.7 · 2023=5.3 · 2024=4.0

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 562111 · Santa Clara, CA ABOVE-IND · SMALL

Grade F · TCR 6.1 · 235% of ind

  • DART 4.0 DART
  • RANK #114/247
  • PHOTO 613 - Baton Rouge
  • BOOK 8y book
  • INJ 36 inj
  • SIZE ~73 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: 613 - Baton Rouge (0.0 TCR gap)

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Specialty Solid Waste & Recycling in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows Specialty Solid Waste & Recycling averages 6.1 TCR (235% of the Waste collection services, nonhazardous solid BLS benchmark).

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

Specialty Solid Waste & Recycling TCR series: 2017=7.1 · 2018=4.3 · 2019=1.5 · 2020=7.5 · 2021=8.5 · 2022=10.7 · 2023=5.3 · 2024=4 · BLS 2.6

Where Specialty Solid Waste & Recycling falls in its industry

2,322 Waste collection services, non establishments

Safer than 39% 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 #114 safest of 247 Waste collection services, non employers in California.

Specialty Solid Waste & Recycling (73 employees, TCR 6.1) 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 Specialty Solid Waste & Recycling
Specialty Solid Waste & Recycling (73 employees, TCR 6.1) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 55 employees and a TCR of 5.1

Specialty Solid Waste & Recycling has more employees than the Waste collection services, nonhazardous 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 4.0 4.0 3 0 0
2023 5.3 4.0 4 0 0
2022 10.7 8.0 8 0 0
2021 8.5 8.5 6 0 0
2020 7.5 4.5 5 0 0
2019 1.5 1.5 2 0 0
2018 4.3 2.9 3 0 0
2017 7.1 7.1 5 0 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

562111 · CA · Santa Clara

2,322 Waste collection services, nonhazardous solid employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 51,834 rated employers in California with headcount on file · 332 employers in Santa Clara, 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 613 - Baton Rouge 6.1 TCR
NAICS-TCR Best Way Disposal Inc., Kalamazoo 6.1 TCR
NAICS-TCR Waste Services of Kentucky 6.1 TCR
NAICS-TCR Polk County 6.1 TCR
STATE-SIZE CONSTRUCTION ADMINISTRATION 73 FTE
STATE-SIZE New Columbia 73 FTE
STATE-SIZE Main Location 73 FTE
STATE-SIZE P-R Farms Inc/Palomate Inc 73 FTE
CITY-NEAR Mission Campus 6,222 FTE
CITY-NEAR Pure Storage 5,595 FTE
CITY-NEAR 2032-02120751 3,887 FTE
CITY-NEAR 0206-02620751 3,154 FTE
NAT-TCR The Retreat at Sunriver 6.1 TCR
NAT-TCR IAD-M 6.1 TCR
NAT-TCR Mid-Valley Hospital 6.1 TCR
NAT-TCR Seymour, in Branch 6.1 TCR
NAT-SIZE H. Lamm Industries 73 FTE
NAT-SIZE Senior Community Services813000 73 FTE
NAT-SIZE Sam Rust Seafood, Inc. 73 FTE
NAT-SIZE S09087 - Billerica MRF 73 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.
Data sourced from official public datasets. See our methodology for details.