Solid Waste Collection · California

Stericycle - Hayward,CA

Hayward, CA · ~47 workers · 8 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

F
Failing Safety Record
9.7
Avg TCR
2.6
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

Stericycle - Hayward,CA runs at 373% of its industry's injury rate - far more dangerous than the typical Solid Waste Collection workplace, earning a grade F.

Stericycle - Hayward,CA: 9.7 TCR = 373% of Solid Waste Collection BLS 2.6 · 8y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Stericycle - Hayward,CA safety composite

Stericycle - Hayward,CA scores strongest on fatalities (safer than 52% of same-industry peers) and weakest on dart rate (safer than 13%), 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

25/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
F 9.7 per 100 workers

Safer than 18% of industry peers

DART rate
F 9.24 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%).

TCR Δ

−2.1

2017→2024

Stericycle - Hayward,CA injury rate improved

Stericycle - Hayward,CA's TCR fell 2.1 from 13.6 in 2017 to 11.6 in 2024. Peak filing year was 2018 at 15.8 TCR. In 2024, DART was 0.95× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2017=13.6 · 2018=15.8 · 2019=5.5 · 2020=7.7 · 2021=5.8 · 2022=6.2 · 2023=11.5 · 2024=11.6

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 562111 · Hayward, CA ABOVE-IND · SMALL

Grade F · TCR 9.7 · 373% of ind

  • DART 9.2 DART
  • RANK #166/247
  • PHOTO Sun Valley
  • BOOK 8y book
  • INJ 42 inj
  • SIZE ~47 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: Sun Valley (0.0 TCR gap)

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Stericycle - Hayward,CA in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows Stericycle - Hayward,CA averages 9.7 TCR (373% 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 - Hayward,CA TCR series: 2017=13.6 · 2018=15.8 · 2019=5.5 · 2020=7.7 · 2021=5.8 · 2022=6.2 · 2023=11.5 · 2024=11.6 · BLS 2.6

Where Stericycle - Hayward,CA falls in its industry

2,322 Solid Waste Collection establishments

Safer than 18% 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 #166 safest of 247 Solid Waste Collection employers in California.

Stericycle - Hayward,CA (47 employees, TCR 9.7) 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 - Hayward,CA
Stericycle - Hayward,CA (47 employees, TCR 9.7) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 55 employees and a TCR of 5.1

Stericycle - Hayward,CA 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 11.6 9.2 5 0 0
2023 11.5 4.6 5 0 0
2022 6.2 2.0 3 0 0
2021 5.8 3.9 3 0 0
2020 7.7 1.9 4 0 0
2019 5.5 3.6 3 0 0
2018 15.8 11.8 8 0 0
2017 13.6 3.7 11 0 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

562111 · CA · Hayward

2,322 Solid Waste Collection employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 51,834 rated employers in California with headcount on file · 336 employers in Hayward, 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 Sun Valley 9.7 TCR
NAICS-TCR Dallas-Rowlett 9.7 TCR
NAICS-TCR Enviro Express Inc 9.7 TCR
NAICS-TCR McClellandtown Hauling 9.7 TCR
STATE-SIZE Bowles Farming Company,Inc. 47 FTE
STATE-SIZE Ruiz Farm Labor 47 FTE
STATE-SIZE Fresh Valley Harvesting, LLC. 47 FTE
STATE-SIZE Timothy & Viguie C.S.V. 47 FTE
CITY-NEAR California Department of Transportation Facility 518 2,891 FTE
CITY-NEAR California Department of Transportation Facility 100 2,817 FTE
CITY-NEAR California Department of Transportation Facility 117 2,817 FTE
CITY-NEAR St Rose Hospital 929 FTE
NAT-TCR Care Center 9.7 TCR
NAT-TCR Engineered Building Products, Inc. 9.7 TCR
NAT-TCR Dothan Glass Company 9.7 TCR
NAT-TCR Serco - Jacksonville,FL 9.7 TCR
NAT-SIZE TMR Okeechobee 47 FTE
NAT-SIZE High School 47 FTE
NAT-SIZE Silver Maple Construction, LLC 47 FTE
NAT-SIZE Serco - Austin,TX 47 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.