Solid Waste Collection · New Jersey

Stericycle - Elizabeth,NJ

Elizabeth, NJ · ~41 workers · 8 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

F
Failing Safety Record
9.8
Avg TCR
2.6
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

Stericycle - Elizabeth,NJ runs at 377% of its industry's injury rate - far more dangerous than the typical Solid Waste Collection workplace, earning a grade F.

Stericycle - Elizabeth,NJ: 9.8 TCR = 377% of Solid Waste Collection BLS 2.6 · 8y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Stericycle - Elizabeth,NJ safety composite

Stericycle - Elizabeth,NJ scores strongest on fatalities (safer than 52% of same-industry peers) and weakest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 17%), 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

26/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
F 9.8 per 100 workers

Safer than 17% of industry peers

DART rate
F 7.9 per 100 workers

Safer than 17% 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%).

Rising injury rate

Stericycle - Elizabeth,NJ: 7.0 → 7.9 TCR

Peak year 2021 @ 16.3 TCR · DART/TCR 0.81× in 2024

Stericycle - Elizabeth,NJ's TCR rose 0.9 from 7.0 in 2017 to 7.9 in 2024. Peak filing year was 2021 at 16.3 TCR. In 2024, DART was 0.81× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 562111 · Elizabeth, NJ ABOVE-IND · SMALL

Grade F · TCR 9.8 · 377% of ind

  • DART 7.9 DART
  • RANK #53/70
  • PHOTO Advanced Disposal - …
  • BOOK 8y book
  • INJ 36 inj
  • SIZE ~41 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: Advanced Disposal - Somerset (0.0 TCR gap)

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Stericycle - Elizabeth,NJ in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows Stericycle - Elizabeth,NJ averages 9.8 TCR (377% of the Solid Waste Collection BLS benchmark).

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

Stericycle - Elizabeth,NJ TCR series: 2017=7 · 2018=5.8 · 2019=8.4 · 2020=10.8 · 2021=16.3 · 2022=7.3 · 2023=15 · 2024=7.9 · BLS 2.6

Where Stericycle - Elizabeth,NJ falls in its industry

2,322 Solid Waste Collection establishments

Safer than 17% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 5.1.

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to New Jersey alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #53 safest of 70 Solid Waste Collection employers in New Jersey.

Stericycle - Elizabeth,NJ (41 employees, TCR 9.8) 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 Stericycle - Elizabeth,NJ
Stericycle - Elizabeth,NJ (41 employees, TCR 9.8) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 55 employees and a TCR of 5.1

Stericycle - Elizabeth,NJ has fewer employees than the Solid Waste Collection 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 7.9 7.9 4 0 0
2023 15.0 11.3 8 0 0
2022 7.3 7.3 4 0 0
2021 16.3 13.9 7 0 0
2020 10.8 10.8 4 0 0
2019 8.4 5.6 3 0 0
2018 5.8 5.8 2 0 0
2017 7.0 5.2 4 0 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

562111 · NJ · Elizabeth

2,322 Solid Waste Collection employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 11,201 rated employers in New Jersey with headcount on file · 145 employers in Elizabeth, NJ · 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 Advanced Disposal - Somerset 9.8 TCR
NAICS-TCR Parks Garbage Service - Chambersburg 9.8 TCR
NAICS-TCR Republic Services of New Jersey LLC 9.8 TCR
NAICS-TCR G. Mello Disposal 9.8 TCR
STATE-SIZE Swimming River Treatment Plant 41 FTE
STATE-SIZE Office 60 41 FTE
STATE-SIZE RC Andersen LLC 41 FTE
STATE-SIZE Mcr office 41 FTE
CITY-NEAR AMZL : DEW2 2,770 FTE
CITY-NEAR Trinitas Regional Medical Center 2,376 FTE
CITY-NEAR APM Terminals 1,389 FTE
CITY-NEAR Maher Berth 64 1,041 FTE
NAT-TCR Oxnard Facility 9.8 TCR
NAT-TCR Perry Plant 9.8 TCR
NAT-TCR Safety Equipment Leasing Co. 9.8 TCR
NAT-TCR Visalia Rescue Mission 9.8 TCR
NAT-SIZE Wanamingo Elementary 41 FTE
NAT-SIZE Transystems LLC - Billings Project 41 FTE
NAT-SIZE Classic Finishes LLC 41 FTE
NAT-SIZE DIY Home Center Agoura 41 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.

Read our methodology - how this data is sourced, computed, and verified.

Data sourced from official public datasets. See our methodology for details.