Refuse collection services · California

Waste Resources Gardena, Inc

Name: Waste Resources Gardena, Inc Workplace Safety Data
Creator: PlainSafetyScore
License: https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/

Los Angeles, CA · ~34 workers · 3 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

Compiled by PlainSafetyScore · August 25, 2026

D
Poor Safety Record: 4.0
Avg TCR: 2.6
Industry avg: 0
Fatalities

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The verdict

Waste Resources Gardena, Inc runs at 153% of its industry's injury rate - more dangerous than the typical Refuse collection services workplace, earning a grade D.

Waste Resources Gardena, Inc: 4.0 TCR = 153% of Refuse collection services BLS 2.6 · 3y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Waste Resources Gardena, Inc safety composite

Waste Resources Gardena, Inc scores strongest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 62% 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).

58/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR): C 3.97 per 100 workers

Safer than 62% of industry peers
DART rate: C 2.5 per 100 workers

Safer than 59% 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

Waste Resources Gardena, Inc: 2.1 → 5.0 TCR

Peak year 2019 @ 5.0 TCR · DART/TCR 0.63× in 2019

Waste Resources Gardena, Inc's TCR rose 2.9 from 2.1 in 2017 to 5.0 in 2019. In 2019, DART was 0.63× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 562111 · Los Angeles, CA ABOVE-IND · SMALL

Grade D · TCR 4.0 · 153% of ind

DART 2.5 DART
RANK #66/247
PHOTO Waste Industries Dur…
BOOK 3y book
INJ 4 inj
SIZE ~34 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: Waste Industries Durham (0.0 TCR gap)

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What this shows Waste Resources Gardena, Inc averages 4.0 TCR (153% of the Refuse collection services BLS benchmark).

Waste Resources Gardena, Inc TCR series: 2017=2.1 · 2018=4.8 · 2019=5 · BLS 2.6

Where Waste Resources Gardena, Inc falls in its industry

2,322 Refuse collection services establishments

Safer than 62% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 5.1.

Grade D

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to California alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #66 safest of 247 Refuse collection services employers in California.

Waste Resources Gardena, Inc (34 employees, TCR 4.0) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 55 employees and a TCR of 5.1

Waste Resources Gardena, Inc has fewer employees than the Refuse 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
2019	5.0	2.5	1	1
2018	4.8	2.4	2	0
2017	2.1	2.1	1	0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

562111 · CA · Los Angeles

2,322 Refuse collection services employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 51,834 rated employers in California with headcount on file · 2,064 employers in Los Angeles, CA · 4 cross-state NAT-TCR peers · 4 cross-state NAT-SIZE peers. Closest matches by relationship code are listed below.

Rel	Establishment	Place	Metric
NAICS-TCR	Waste Industries Durham	DURHAM, NC	4.0 TCR
NAICS-TCR	Plattsburgh NY Collection	PLATTSBURGH, NY	4.0 TCR
NAICS-TCR	Norwalk Recycling Service Center	NORWALK, CA	4.0 TCR
NAICS-TCR	Americus	AMERICUS, GA	4.0 TCR
STATE-SIZE	Ardent Mills Yuba City	YUBA CITY	34 FTE
STATE-SIZE	Filice Farms, L.P.	HOLLISTER	34 FTE
STATE-SIZE	Alexander Ranch, Inc.	CARPINTERIA	34 FTE
STATE-SIZE	MFarms	FELICITY	34 FTE
CITY-NEAR	Live Nation Worldwide, Inc.	Los Angeles	50,317 FTE
CITY-NEAR	UC Los Angeles	Los Angeles	40,333 FTE
CITY-NEAR	LADWP	Los Angeles	11,717 FTE
CITY-NEAR	Los Angeles Department of Water and Power	Los Angeles	10,346 FTE
NAT-TCR	Arkadelphia	Arkadelphia, AR	4.0 TCR
NAT-TCR	Clayton Homes Waycross	Waycross, GA	4.0 TCR
NAT-TCR	M/V Aleutian Falcon	Seattle, WA	4.0 TCR
NAT-TCR	Rusken Packaging Oxford/Heflin	Heflin, AL	4.0 TCR
NAT-SIZE	Salt Lake City Transportation	Salt Lake City, UT	34 FTE
NAT-SIZE	CSC Transportation LLC-Florida terminal	Palatka, FL	34 FTE
NAT-SIZE	Building Envelope Solutions	Oshkosh, WI	34 FTE
NAT-SIZE	Maple Street Day Habilitation	Stoneham, MA	34 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: 2019, 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.