Recyclable material collection services · California

Valley Environmental MRF

El Centro, CA · ~16 workers · 6 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

C
Average Safety Record
2.1
Avg TCR
2.6
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

Valley Environmental MRF runs at 83% of its industry's injury rate - about level with the typical Recyclable material collection services workplace, earning a grade C.

Valley Environmental MRF: 2.1 TCR = 83% of Recyclable material collection services BLS 2.6 · 6y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Valley Environmental MRF safety composite

Valley Environmental MRF scores strongest on dart rate (safer than 88% of same-industry peers) and weakest on fatalities (safer than 52%), 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).

B

78/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
B 2.15 per 100 workers

Safer than 85% of industry peers

DART rate
B 0 per 100 workers

Safer than 88% 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

−8.8

2017→2024

Valley Environmental MRF injury rate improved

Valley Environmental MRF's TCR fell 8.8 from 8.8 in 2017 to 0.0 in 2024. Peak filing year was 2017 at 8.8 TCR. In 2024, DART was 0× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2017=8.8 · 2018=4.1 · 2020=0.0 · 2022=0.0 · 2023=0.0 · 2024=0.0

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 562111 · El Centro, CA AT/BELOW-IND · SMALL

Grade C · TCR 2.1 · 83% of ind

  • DART 0.0 DART
  • RANK #20/247
  • PHOTO Republic services of…
  • BOOK 6y book
  • INJ 3 inj
  • SIZE ~16 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: Republic services of Summit County 4494 (0.0 TCR gap)

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Valley Environmental MRF in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows Valley Environmental MRF averages 2.1 TCR (83% of the Recyclable material collection services BLS benchmark).

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

Valley Environmental MRF TCR series: 2017=8.8 · 2018=4.1 · 2020=0 · 2022=0 · 2023=0 · 2024=0 · BLS 2.6

Where Valley Environmental MRF falls in its industry

2,322 Recyclable material collection establishments

Safer than 85% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 5.1.

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to California alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #20 safest of 247 Recyclable material collection employers in California.

Valley Environmental MRF (16 employees, TCR 2.1) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 55 employees and a TCR of 5.1 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 05101520 Average employees Total Case Rate Valley Environmental MRF
Valley Environmental MRF (16 employees, TCR 2.1) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 55 employees and a TCR of 5.1

Valley Environmental MRF has fewer employees than the Recyclable material collection services median and a lower 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 0.0 0.0 0 0 0
2023 0.0 0.0 0 0 0
2022 0.0 0.0 0 0 0
2020 0.0 0.0 0 0 0
2018 4.1 4.1 1 0 0
2017 8.8 0.0 2 0 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

562111 · CA · El Centro

2,322 Recyclable material collection services employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 51,834 rated employers in California with headcount on file · 91 employers in El Centro, CA · 4 cross-state NAT-TCR peers. Closest matches by relationship code are listed below.

Rel Establishment Metric
NAICS-TCR Republic services of Summit County 4494 2.1 TCR
NAICS-TCR Milford Hauling 2.1 TCR
NAICS-TCR Waste Industries LLC 3 2.1 TCR
NAICS-TCR USA - Oakville 2.1 TCR
STATE-SIZE CANAL RANCH FARMS, INC. 16 FTE
STATE-SIZE ESPINOZA FLC 16 FTE
STATE-SIZE RAM G LABOR CONTRACTING 16 FTE
STATE-SIZE VF - Santa Maria 16 FTE
CITY-NEAR County of Imperial 2,285 FTE
CITY-NEAR JJ HARVESTING 1,237 FTE
CITY-NEAR California Department of Transportation Facility 350 1,170 FTE
CITY-NEAR U.S. Border Patrol Sector - El Centro 971 FTE
NAT-TCR Canby Secondary School 2.1 TCR
NAT-TCR Ball Beverage Pkg 171 Fort Atkinson 2.1 TCR
NAT-TCR Wilson School 2.1 TCR
NAT-TCR Hale Contracting, Inc. 2.1 TCR

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, 2020, 2018, 2017. This is publicly available government data - not a legal determination of workplace conditions.

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