Other Nonhazardous Waste Treatment and Disposal · Florida

Stericycle - Lakeland,FL

Lakeland, FL · ~83 workers · 8 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

F
Failing Safety Record
11.5
Avg TCR
2.6
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

Stericycle - Lakeland,FL runs at 443% of its industry's injury rate - far more dangerous than the typical Other Nonhazardous Waste Treatment and Disposal workplace, earning a grade F.

Stericycle - Lakeland,FL: 11.5 TCR = 443% of Other Nonhazardous Waste Treatment and Disposal BLS 2.6 · 8y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Stericycle - Lakeland,FL safety composite

Stericycle - Lakeland,FL scores strongest on fatalities (safer than 52% of same-industry peers) and weakest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 10%), 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

35/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
F 11.51 per 100 workers

Safer than 10% of industry peers

DART rate
D 1.23 per 100 workers

Safer than 50% 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

−6.8

2017→2024

Stericycle - Lakeland,FL injury rate improved

Stericycle - Lakeland,FL's TCR fell 6.8 from 11.7 in 2017 to 4.9 in 2024. Peak filing year was 2023 at 16.8 TCR. In 2024, DART was 0.11× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2017=11.7 · 2018=8.8 · 2019=11.7 · 2020=12.1 · 2021=14.5 · 2022=11.7 · 2023=16.8 · 2024=4.9

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 562219 · Lakeland, FL ABOVE-IND · SMALL

Grade F · TCR 11.5 · 443% of ind

  • DART 1.2 DART
  • RANK #9/9
  • PHOTO Zbest
  • BOOK 8y book
  • INJ 76 inj
  • SIZE ~83 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: Zbest (0.5 TCR gap)

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Stericycle - Lakeland,FL in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows Stericycle - Lakeland,FL averages 11.5 TCR (443% of the Other Nonhazardous Waste Treatment and Disposal BLS benchmark).

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

Stericycle - Lakeland,FL TCR series: 2017=11.7 · 2018=8.8 · 2019=11.7 · 2020=12.1 · 2021=14.5 · 2022=11.7 · 2023=16.8 · 2024=4.9 · BLS 2.6

Where Stericycle - Lakeland,FL falls in its industry

171 Other Nonhazardous Waste Treat establishments

Safer than 10% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 4.9.

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to Florida alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #9 safest of 9 Other Nonhazardous Waste Treat employers in Florida.

Stericycle - Lakeland,FL (83 employees, TCR 11.5) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 45 employees and a TCR of 4.9 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 010203040 Average employees Total Case Rate Stericycle - Lakeland,FL
Stericycle - Lakeland,FL (83 employees, TCR 11.5) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 45 employees and a TCR of 4.9

Stericycle - Lakeland,FL has more employees than the Other Nonhazardous Waste Treatment and D median and a higher injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 4.9. 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 4.9 1.2 4 0 0
2023 16.8 15.5 13 0 0
2022 11.7 6.5 9 0 0
2021 14.5 6.6 11 0 0
2020 12.1 6.7 9 0 0
2019 11.7 7.0 10 0 0
2018 8.8 3.3 7 1 0
2017 11.7 1.8 13 0 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

562219 · FL · Lakeland

171 Other Nonhazardous Waste Treatment and Disposal employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 26,569 rated employers in Florida with headcount on file · 426 employers in Lakeland, FL · 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 Zbest 12.0 TCR
NAICS-TCR Daniels Sharpsmart, Inc. Westland 12.2 TCR
NAICS-TCR Daniels Sharpsmart, Inc. Fresno 12.2 TCR
NAICS-TCR RENUoil of America Inc. 10.7 TCR
STATE-SIZE Parallel Florida 83 FTE
STATE-SIZE M K HARVESTING INC 83 FTE
STATE-SIZE Pembroke Pines - OMI 83 FTE
STATE-SIZE Lennar Multi-Family - South Florida 83 FTE
CITY-NEAR Lakeland Regional Medical Center 5,518 FTE
CITY-NEAR Lakeland Distribution 2,927 FTE
CITY-NEAR Clinic 1,651 FTE
CITY-NEAR Amazon.com Services LLC - KLAL 1,210 FTE
NAT-TCR Store 2 11.5 TCR
NAT-TCR City of Myrtle Point 11.5 TCR
NAT-TCR Midland TX 11.5 TCR
NAT-TCR LMI, Inc-Lodi 11.5 TCR
NAT-SIZE JHB Corporate 83 FTE
NAT-SIZE Ellen Sagar Nursing Center 83 FTE
NAT-SIZE OC Concrete, LLC 83 FTE
NAT-SIZE RC Furniture 83 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.