Hazardous waste treatment facilities · Arizona

US Ecology Phoenix

Laveen, AZ · ~22 workers · 8 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

B
Good Safety Record
2.0
Avg TCR
2.6
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

US Ecology Phoenix runs at 76% of its industry's injury rate - safer than the typical Hazardous waste treatment facilities workplace, earning a grade B.

US Ecology Phoenix: 2.0 TCR = 76% of Hazardous waste treatment facilities BLS 2.6 · 8y Form 300A (see methodology below)

US Ecology Phoenix safety composite

US Ecology Phoenix scores strongest on dart rate (safer than 73% of same-industry peers) and weakest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 44%), 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).

C

56/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
D 1.97 per 100 workers

Safer than 44% of industry peers

DART rate
C 0 per 100 workers

Safer than 73% of industry peers

Fatalities
D 0

Safer than 51% 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%).

US Ecology Phoenix held a steady TCR band

US Ecology Phoenix's TCR held near 0.0 from 0.0 in 2017 to 0.0 in 2024. Peak filing year was 2019 at 6.5 TCR. In 2024, DART was 0× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2017=0.0 · 2018=0.0 · 2019=6.5 · 2020=3.5 · 2021=0.0 · 2022=5.7 · 2023=0.0 · 2024=0.0

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 562211 · Laveen, AZ AT/BELOW-IND · SMALL

Grade B · TCR 2.0 · 76% of ind

  • DART 0.0 DART
  • RANK P44
  • PHOTO US Ecology Chicago
  • BOOK 8y book
  • INJ 5 inj
  • SIZE ~22 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: US Ecology Chicago (0.0 TCR gap)

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US Ecology Phoenix in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows US Ecology Phoenix averages 2.0 TCR (76% of the Hazardous waste treatment facilities BLS benchmark).

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

US Ecology Phoenix TCR series: 2017=0 · 2018=0 · 2019=6.5 · 2020=3.5 · 2021=0 · 2022=5.7 · 2023=0 · 2024=0 · BLS 2.6

Where US Ecology Phoenix falls in its industry

211 Hazardous waste treatment faci establishments

Safer than 44% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 1.8.

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers
US Ecology Phoenix (22 employees, TCR 2.0) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 50 employees and a TCR of 1.8 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 0200400600800 051015 Average employees Total Case Rate US Ecology Phoenix
US Ecology Phoenix (22 employees, TCR 2.0) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 50 employees and a TCR of 1.8

US Ecology Phoenix has fewer employees than the Hazardous waste treatment facilities median and a higher injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 1.8. 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 0.0 0.0 0 0 0
2023 0.0 0.0 0 0 0
2022 5.7 2.8 2 0 0
2021 0.0 0.0 0 0 0
2020 3.5 0.0 1 0 0
2019 6.5 6.5 2 0 0
2018 0.0 0.0 0 0 0
2017 0.0 0.0 0 0 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

562211 · AZ · Laveen

211 Hazardous waste treatment facilities employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 9,594 rated employers in Arizona with headcount on file · 12 employers in Laveen, 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 US Ecology Chicago 2.0 TCR
NAICS-TCR US Ecology Tampa 2.0 TCR
NAICS-TCR General Dynamics 2.0 TCR
NAICS-TCR PERMA-FIX NORTHWEST RICHLAND, INC. (PFNWR) 2.0 TCR
STATE-SIZE Lehi Farm 22 FTE
STATE-SIZE Trulieve - El Mirage 22 FTE
STATE-SIZE Stanfield Farm 22 FTE
STATE-SIZE Kammann & Son Farms LLC 22 FTE
CITY-NEAR Vee Quiva Hotel & Casino 913 FTE
CITY-NEAR Vee Quiva Resort & Casino 813 FTE
CITY-NEAR 660-00087 205 FTE
CITY-NEAR Danzeisen Dairy, LLC 33 FTE
NAT-TCR Dart Container North Aurora 2.0 TCR
NAT-TCR Shell Lake 2.0 TCR
NAT-TCR Birmingham Division 2.0 TCR
NAT-TCR American Fiber Cushion 2.0 TCR
NAT-SIZE US Ecology Baltimore 22 FTE
NAT-SIZE Alter Metal Recycling - Behr Iron South Beloit - Fe Operations 22 FTE
NAT-SIZE Beckley Hydraulic 22 FTE
NAT-SIZE Alter Metal Recycling - Behr Iron S. Beloit - Z NF Recovery 22 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.

Read our methodology - how this data is sourced, computed, and verified.

Data sourced from official public datasets. See our methodology for details.