Hazardous waste treatment facilities · California

US Ecology Vernon

Vernon, CA · ~33 workers · 9 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

A
Excellent Safety Record
1.3
Avg TCR
2.6
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

US Ecology Vernon runs at 49% of its industry's injury rate - far safer than the typical Hazardous waste treatment facilities workplace, earning a grade A.

US Ecology Vernon: 1.3 TCR = 49% of Hazardous waste treatment facilities BLS 2.6 · 9y Form 300A (see methodology below)

US Ecology Vernon safety composite

US Ecology Vernon scores strongest on dart rate (safer than 73% of same-industry peers) and weakest on fatalities (safer than 51%), 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

65/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
C 1.27 per 100 workers

Safer than 66% 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%).

TCR Δ

−2.6

2016→2024

US Ecology Vernon injury rate improved

US Ecology Vernon's TCR fell 2.6 from 2.6 in 2016 to 0.0 in 2024. Peak filing year was 2017 at 6.1 TCR. In 2024, DART was 0× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2016=2.6 · 2017=6.1 · 2018=0.0 · 2019=0.0 · 2020=2.8 · 2021=0.0 · 2022=0.0 · 2023=0.0 · 2024=0.0

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 562211 · Vernon, CA AT/BELOW-IND · SMALL

Grade A · TCR 1.3 · 49% of ind

  • DART 0.0 DART
  • RANK #3/17
  • PHOTO Houston TSDF
  • BOOK 9y book
  • INJ 4 inj
  • SIZE ~33 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: Houston TSDF (0.0 TCR gap)

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US Ecology Vernon in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows US Ecology Vernon averages 1.3 TCR (49% 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 Vernon TCR series: 2016=2.6 · 2017=6.1 · 2018=0 · 2019=0 · 2020=2.8 · 2021=0 · 2022=0 · 2023=0 · 2024=0 · BLS 2.6

Where US Ecology Vernon falls in its industry

211 Hazardous waste treatment faci establishments

Safer than 66% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 1.8.

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to California alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #3 safest of 17 Hazardous waste treatment faci employers in California.

US Ecology Vernon (33 employees, TCR 1.3) 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 Vernon
US Ecology Vernon (33 employees, TCR 1.3) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 50 employees and a TCR of 1.8

US Ecology Vernon has fewer employees than the Hazardous waste treatment facilities median and a lower 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 0.0 0.0 0 0 0
2021 0.0 0.0 0 0 0
2020 2.8 0.0 1 0 0
2019 0.0 0.0 0 0 0
2018 0.0 0.0 0 0 0
2017 6.1 6.1 2 0 0
2016 2.6 2.6 1 0 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

562211 · CA · Vernon

211 Hazardous waste treatment facilities 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 Houston TSDF 1.3 TCR
NAICS-TCR Clean Harbors Florida LLC 64BW 1.3 TCR
NAICS-TCR Waste Control Specialists LLC 1.3 TCR
NAICS-TCR Rineco Chemical Industries 1.3 TCR
STATE-SIZE Tutti Frutti Farms 33 FTE
STATE-SIZE EL CENTRO 33 FTE
STATE-SIZE BULLSEYE FARMS 18 33 FTE
STATE-SIZE River Vista Farms LLC 33 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 Stolle Machinery - Sidney 1.3 TCR
NAT-TCR York Parts Distribution Center 1.3 TCR
NAT-TCR Hampton Marlborough 1.3 TCR
NAT-TCR Buist Electric 1.3 TCR
NAT-SIZE Alter Metal Recycling - Anoka 33 FTE
NAT-SIZE XHM 33 FTE
NAT-SIZE XFM 33 FTE
NAT-SIZE XER 33 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, 2016. This is publicly available government data - not a legal determination of workplace conditions.
Data sourced from official public datasets. See our methodology for details.