Garbage collection services · California
Strategic Sanitation Services, Inc.
Mission Viejo, CA · ~56 workers · 7 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.
- F
- Failing Safety Record
- 16.9
- Avg TCR
- 2.6
- Industry avg
- 0
- Fatalities
The verdict
Strategic Sanitation Services, Inc. runs at 651% of its industry's injury rate - far more dangerous than the typical Garbage collection services workplace, earning a grade F.
Strategic Sanitation Services, Inc.: 16.9 TCR = 651% of Garbage collection services BLS 2.6 · 7y Form 300A (see methodology below)
Strategic Sanitation Services, Inc. safety composite
Strategic Sanitation Services, Inc. scores strongest on fatalities (safer than 52% of same-industry peers) and weakest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 5%), 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).
17/100
Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures
- Total Case Rate (TCR)
- F 16.93 per 100 workers
Safer than 5% of industry peers
- DART rate
- F 15.15 per 100 workers
Safer than 5% 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
Strategic Sanitation Services, Inc.: 13.7 → 16.7 TCR
Peak year 2023 @ 26.7 TCR · DART/TCR 0.89× in 2024
Strategic Sanitation Services, Inc.'s TCR rose 3.0 from 13.7 in 2018 to 16.7 in 2024. Peak filing year was 2023 at 26.7 TCR. In 2024, DART was 0.89× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).
OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard
Establishment book 562111 · Mission Viejo, CA ABOVE-IND · SMALL
Grade F · TCR 16.9 · 651% of ind
- DART 15.2 DART
- RANK #222/247
- PHOTO Conwaste Recogido Fa…
- BOOK 7y book
- INJ 60 inj
- SIZE ~56 FTE
Nearest TCR peer: Conwaste Recogido Fajardo (0.0 TCR gap)
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Strategic Sanitation Services, Inc. in the TCR neighbourhood
Average Total Case Rate among this establishment and nearest same-industry peers
- 6935-SW - SOLI
6935-SW - SOLID WASTE
17 TCR
- Department of
Department of Streets & Sanitation - Bureau of Sanitation
17 TCR
- This site
Strategic Sanitation Services, Inc.
16.9 TCR
- Conwaste Recog
Conwaste Recogido Fajardo
16.9 TCR
- C-6 Disposa Sy
C-6 Disposa Systems Inc.
16.9 TCR
What this shows Strategic Sanitation Services, Inc. averages 16.9 TCR (651% of the Garbage collection services BLS benchmark).
Strategic Sanitation Services, Inc. TCR series: 2018=13.7 · 2019=25.5 · 2020=10.5 · 2021=16 · 2022=9.5 · 2023=26.7 · 2024=16.7 · BLS 2.6
Where Strategic Sanitation Services, Inc. falls in its industry
2,322 Garbage collection services establishmentsSafer than 5% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 5.1.
Narrower to California alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #222 safest of 247 Garbage collection services employers in California.
Strategic Sanitation Services, Inc. has more employees than the Garbage collection services 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 | 16.7 | 15.2 | 10 | 1 | 0 |
| 2023 | 26.7 | 16.3 | 15 | 3 | 0 |
| 2022 | 9.5 | 9.5 | 6 | 0 | 0 |
| 2021 | 16.0 | 9.6 | 9 | 1 | 0 |
| 2020 | 10.5 | 6.3 | 5 | 0 | 0 |
| 2019 | 25.5 | 25.5 | 10 | 0 | 0 |
| 2018 | 13.7 | 10.9 | 5 | 0 | 0 |
OSHA ITA peer cross-reference
Establishment peer ledger
562111 · CA · Mission Viejo
2,322 Garbage collection services employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 51,834 rated employers in California with headcount on file · 77 employers in Mission Viejo, 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 | Conwaste Recogido Fajardo | 16.9 TCR |
| NAICS-TCR | C-6 Disposa Systems Inc. | 16.9 TCR |
| NAICS-TCR | 6935-SW - SOLID WASTE | 17.0 TCR |
| NAICS-TCR | Department of Streets & Sanitation - Bureau of Sanitation | 17.0 TCR |
| STATE-SIZE | Wallace Brothers | 56 FTE |
| STATE-SIZE | New Sun Farms, Inc | 56 FTE |
| STATE-SIZE | 1624 Poole Blvd., Yuba City, CA 95993 | 56 FTE |
| STATE-SIZE | Copperhill | 56 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | CA822 MISSION HOSPITAL MISSION VIEJO HR | 2,178 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | Amazon.com Services LLC - DCX2 | 347 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | South Coast Community Services | 340 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | Mission Viejo 526 | 298 FTE |
| NAT-TCR | Cherry Mountain Orchards, Inc. | 16.9 TCR |
| NAT-TCR | Charleston Ground | 16.9 TCR |
| NAT-TCR | Farmington Plant | 16.9 TCR |
| NAT-TCR | Homer Township Fire Protection District | 16.9 TCR |
| NAT-SIZE | Kalmbach Trucking | 56 FTE |
| NAT-SIZE | Lynchburg Women's & Pediatric Health Services | 56 FTE |
| NAT-SIZE | Logoplaste, Chicago | 56 FTE |
| NAT-SIZE | Fayetteville NC | 56 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.