Other Nonhazardous Waste Treatment and Disposal · Arizona

Stericycle - Tempe,AZ

Tempe, AZ · ~49 workers · 5 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

F
Failing Safety Record
9.2
Avg TCR
2.6
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

Stericycle - Tempe,AZ runs at 355% of its industry's injury rate - far more dangerous than the typical Other Nonhazardous Waste Treatment and Disposal workplace, earning a grade F.

Stericycle - Tempe,AZ: 9.2 TCR = 355% of Other Nonhazardous Waste Treatment and Disposal BLS 2.6 · 5y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Stericycle - Tempe,AZ safety composite

Stericycle - Tempe,AZ 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

30/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
F 9.23 per 100 workers

Safer than 17% of industry peers

DART rate
F 3.61 per 100 workers

Safer than 29% 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

−1.5

2020→2024

Stericycle - Tempe,AZ injury rate improved

Stericycle - Tempe,AZ's TCR fell 1.5 from 8.7 in 2020 to 7.2 in 2024. Peak filing year was 2021 at 10.4 TCR. In 2024, DART was 0.39× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2020=8.7 · 2021=10.4 · 2022=10.1 · 2023=9.7 · 2024=7.2

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 562219 · Tempe, AZ ABOVE-IND · SMALL

Grade F · TCR 9.2 · 355% of ind

  • DART 3.6 DART
  • RANK P17
  • PHOTO Waste Industries Dee…
  • BOOK 5y book
  • INJ 24 inj
  • SIZE ~49 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: Waste Industries Deep Run (0.0 TCR gap)

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Stericycle - Tempe,AZ in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows Stericycle - Tempe,AZ averages 9.2 TCR (355% 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 - Tempe,AZ TCR series: 2020=8.7 · 2021=10.4 · 2022=10.1 · 2023=9.7 · 2024=7.2 · BLS 2.6

Where Stericycle - Tempe,AZ falls in its industry

171 Other Nonhazardous Waste Treat establishments

Safer than 17% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 4.9.

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers
Stericycle - Tempe,AZ (49 employees, TCR 9.2) 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 - Tempe,AZ
Stericycle - Tempe,AZ (49 employees, TCR 9.2) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 45 employees and a TCR of 4.9

Stericycle - Tempe,AZ 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 7.2 3.6 4 0 0
2023 9.7 7.8 5 0 0
2022 10.1 8.1 5 0 0
2021 10.4 10.4 5 0 0
2020 8.7 7.0 5 0 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

562219 · AZ · Tempe

171 Other Nonhazardous Waste Treatment and Disposal employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 9,594 rated employers in Arizona with headcount on file · 569 employers in Tempe, AZ · 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 Waste Industries Deep Run 9.2 TCR
NAICS-TCR SOUTHWASTE EMPLOYMENT, LLC- Hurst 9.2 TCR
NAICS-TCR Stericycle - Springhill,LA 9.5 TCR
NAICS-TCR Daniels Sharpsmart, Inc. Orlando 8.9 TCR
STATE-SIZE 2349-Eloy, AZ 49 FTE
STATE-SIZE 2349-Eloy, AZ (Monsanto Co.) 49 FTE
STATE-SIZE Sierra Vista Business Office 49 FTE
STATE-SIZE Utilities - Water Distribution 49 FTE
CITY-NEAR SALT RIVER PROJECT DISTRICT VALLEY 4,655 FTE
CITY-NEAR 202376 4,627 FTE
CITY-NEAR Valley Plants and Offices 4,518 FTE
CITY-NEAR IES Communications, LLC 3,432 FTE
NAT-TCR Margaritaville Resort Palm Springs 9.2 TCR
NAT-TCR 1953 - Four Points 9.2 TCR
NAT-TCR 1949 - Morgantown 9.2 TCR
NAT-TCR Cass County Road Commission 9.2 TCR
NAT-SIZE Artis Senior Living of Yardley 49 FTE
NAT-SIZE Piggly Wiggly 186 49 FTE
NAT-SIZE Great Southern Wood - Mobile 49 FTE
NAT-SIZE Cole Eye Institute Beachwood 49 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. This is publicly available government data - not a legal determination of workplace conditions.
Data sourced from official public datasets. See our methodology for details.