Other Nonhazardous Waste Treatment and Disposal · California
Stericycle - Vernon,CA
Vernon, CA · ~179 workers · 8 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.
- D
- Poor Safety Record
- 5.0
- Avg TCR
- 2.6
- Industry avg
- 0
- Fatalities
The verdict
Stericycle - Vernon,CA runs at 191% of its industry's injury rate - more dangerous than the typical Other Nonhazardous Waste Treatment and Disposal workplace, earning a grade D.
Stericycle - Vernon,CA: 5.0 TCR = 191% of Other Nonhazardous Waste Treatment and Disposal BLS 2.6 · 8y Form 300A (see methodology below)
Stericycle - Vernon,CA safety composite
Stericycle - Vernon,CA scores strongest on fatalities (safer than 52% of same-industry peers) and weakest on dart rate (safer than 6%), 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).
35/100
Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures
- Total Case Rate (TCR)
- D 4.96 per 100 workers
Safer than 49% of industry peers
- DART rate
- F 10.13 per 100 workers
Safer than 6% 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 - Vernon,CA: 4.2 → 14.2 TCR
Peak year 2024 @ 14.2 TCR · DART/TCR 2.04× in 2024
Stericycle - Vernon,CA's TCR rose 10.0 from 4.2 in 2017 to 14.2 in 2024. In 2024, DART was 2.04× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).
OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard
Establishment book 562219 · Vernon, CA ABOVE-IND · MID
Grade D · TCR 5.0 · 191% of ind
- DART 10.1 DART
- RANK #6/21
- PHOTO ERC of PA
- BOOK 8y book
- INJ 79 inj
- SIZE ~179 FTE
Nearest TCR peer: ERC of PA (0.0 TCR gap)
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Stericycle - Vernon,CA in the TCR neighbourhood
Average Total Case Rate among this establishment and nearest same-industry peers
- This site
Stericycle - Vernon,CA
5 TCR
- Stericycle - B
Stericycle - Baltimore,MD-5901 Chemical
5 TCR
- Stericycle - S
Stericycle - St. Louis,MO
5 TCR
- Clean Earth of
Clean Earth of Connecticut
5 TCR
- ERC of PA
ERC of PA
4.9 TCR
What this shows Stericycle - Vernon,CA averages 5.0 TCR (191% of the Other Nonhazardous Waste Treatment and Disposal BLS benchmark).
Stericycle - Vernon,CA TCR series: 2017=4.2 · 2018=3 · 2019=2 · 2020=3.8 · 2021=4.2 · 2022=4.6 · 2023=3.6 · 2024=14.2 · BLS 2.6
Where Stericycle - Vernon,CA falls in its industry
171 Other Nonhazardous Waste Treat establishmentsSafer than 49% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 4.9.
Narrower to California alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #6 safest of 21 Other Nonhazardous Waste Treat employers in California.
Stericycle - Vernon,CA 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 | 14.2 | 10.1 | 28 | 0 | 0 |
| 2023 | 3.6 | 2.6 | 7 | 0 | 0 |
| 2022 | 4.6 | 4.1 | 9 | 0 | 0 |
| 2021 | 4.2 | 3.7 | 8 | 0 | 0 |
| 2020 | 3.8 | 2.2 | 7 | 0 | 0 |
| 2019 | 2.0 | 2.0 | 4 | 0 | 0 |
| 2018 | 3.0 | 2.0 | 6 | 0 | 0 |
| 2017 | 4.2 | 2.9 | 10 | 0 | 0 |
OSHA ITA peer cross-reference
Establishment peer ledger
562219 · CA · Vernon
171 Other Nonhazardous Waste Treatment and Disposal employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 51,834 rated employers in California with headcount on file · 146 employers in Vernon, 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 | ERC of PA | 4.9 TCR |
| NAICS-TCR | Stericycle - Baltimore,MD-5901 Chemical | 5.0 TCR |
| NAICS-TCR | Stericycle - St. Louis,MO | 5.0 TCR |
| NAICS-TCR | Clean Earth of Connecticut | 5.0 TCR |
| STATE-SIZE | Beach Cities Const/Fiel Ser - Bld: 5360 - 01 | 179 FTE |
| STATE-SIZE | Inland Engineering Services | 179 FTE |
| STATE-SIZE | Sunwest Electric | 179 FTE |
| STATE-SIZE | Westech Systems, LLC | 179 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | Smithfield Foods, Inc. - Vernon, CA | 1,633 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | GRANDE VISTA (CAGVS) | 1,333 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | CAGVS - GRANDE VISTA | 1,215 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | Smithfield Foods - Vernon | 984 FTE |
| NAT-TCR | Camp Street | 5.0 TCR |
| NAT-TCR | Glo Electric LLC | 5.0 TCR |
| NAT-TCR | Town Hall | 5.0 TCR |
| NAT-TCR | Browning Service and Distribution Center | 5.0 TCR |
| NAT-SIZE | Spartanburg Hospital for Restorative Care | 179 FTE |
| NAT-SIZE | Milan-Deere Returns | 179 FTE |
| NAT-SIZE | Cumberland County Hospital Foundation, Inc. | 179 FTE |
| NAT-SIZE | A.O. Hardee and Son, Inc. | 179 FTE |
Rel codes: NAICS-TCR · STATE-SIZE · CITY-NEAR · NAT-TCR/NAT-SIZE cross-state. Read with this employer →
Read our methodology - how this data is sourced, computed, and verified.