Refuse collection services · California
West Contra Costa Sanitary LF/Golden Bear TS
Richmond, CA · ~68 workers · 6 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.
- F
- Failing Safety Record
- 7.8
- Avg TCR
- 2.6
- Industry avg
- 0
- Fatalities
The verdict
West Contra Costa Sanitary LF/Golden Bear TS runs at 299% of its industry's injury rate - far more dangerous than the typical Refuse collection services workplace, earning a grade F.
- F
- Failing Safety Record
- 7.8
- avg TCR · per 100 workers
- 2.6
- industry benchmark (BLS)
- 41
- recordable injuries tracked
Grade compares West Contra Costa Sanitary LF/Golden Bear TS's OSHA Total Case Rate of 7.8 to the Refuse collection services BLS benchmark of 2.6 (299% of benchmark) across 6 years of Form 300A filings (2016–2024). This reflects reported recordable injuries, not an independent safety inspection -- underreporting is a known limitation of employer self-recordkeeping.
Injury rate over time
West Contra Costa Sanitary LF/Golden Bear TS's yearly Total Case Rate, against the 2.6 industry benchmark.
Where West Contra Costa Sanitary LF/Golden Bear TS falls in its industry
2,506 Refuse collection services establishmentsSafer than 25% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 4.7.
Narrower to California alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #163 safest of 266 Refuse collection services employers in California.
Trend analysis for West Contra Costa Sanitary LF/Golden Bear TS
Between 2018 and 2023, West Contra Costa Sanitary LF/Golden Bear TS's Total Case Rate worsened from 11.6 to 17.7 recordable injuries per 100 full-time workers, a 53% increase across 5 years of OSHA reporting.
The safest year on record was 2022, at a TCR of 1.7, while 2023 saw the highest rate, at 17.7, a spread of 16.0 points between the best and worst reporting years. That's a wide swing relative to the establishment's overall rate, worth checking the year-by-year table below for whether a single severe year is driving the average, rather than a sustained trend.
Summed across those 6 reporting years, West Contra Costa Sanitary LF/Golden Bear TS recorded 41 total injuries and illnesses, with no fatalities reported in any of those years. Readers comparing establishments should weigh the 6-year trend above alongside establishment size, since a larger workforce naturally accumulates more raw incidents even at a lower per-100-worker rate.
Verify This Employer with OSHA
The 41 injuries shown on this page for West Contra Costa Sanitary LF/Golden Bear TS are sourced from its own 6 years of mandatory OSHA Form 300A summaries. Cross-check the underlying establishment record directly against the federal source, name, NAICS classification, recordable case totals, and inspection history are all searchable on OSHA's Establishment-Specific Injury and Illness Data system.
Verify on OSHA Establishment SearchSource: U.S. Department of Labor, OSHA Establishment-Specific Injury and Illness Data. NAICS 562111 - Refuse collection services.
DART Rate, Transparent Calculation (2023)
What is the DART rate formula?
DART (Days Away, Restricted, or Transferred) is computed by OSHA as incidents × 200,000 ÷ hours worked. The 200,000-hour denominator equals roughly 100 full-time workers, which lets establishments of very different sizes be compared directly.
23 DART incidents × 200,000 ÷ 271,275 hours worked = 16.96 DART
Methodology: 29 CFR 1904, OSHA Form 300A recordkeeping
Cross-Validating Context, Establishment vs Industry vs State
| Benchmark | TCR | Source |
|---|---|---|
| West Contra Costa Sanitary LF/Golden Bear TS (this establishment) | 7.77 | OSHA ITA Form 300A, 6-year avg |
| Garbage collection services industry avg | 2.60 | BLS IIF, NAICS 562111 |
| California state avg (all industries) | 5.64 | OSHA ITA, state-level rollup |
Industry benchmarks: Bureau of Labor Statistics, Injuries, Illnesses, and Fatalities (IIF) program
Reportable Incident Timeline
Year-by-year reportable incidents (recordable injuries + illnesses + fatalities) submitted by West Contra Costa Sanitary LF/Golden Bear TS to OSHA's Injury Tracking Application. Each row anchors to OSHA's inspection records search where you can pull the underlying inspection case numbers and citations for that establishment-year.
- 2023: 24 reportable incidents · 24 injuries, 0 illnesses, 0 fatalities - OSHA inspection records (case numbers)
- 2022: 1 reportable incidents · 1 injuries, 0 illnesses, 0 fatalities - OSHA inspection records (case numbers)
- 2021: 3 reportable incidents · 3 injuries, 0 illnesses, 0 fatalities - OSHA inspection records (case numbers)
- 2020: 4 reportable incidents · 4 injuries, 0 illnesses, 0 fatalities - OSHA inspection records (case numbers)
- 2019: 2 reportable incidents · 2 injuries, 0 illnesses, 0 fatalities - OSHA inspection records (case numbers)
- 2018: 7 reportable incidents · 7 injuries, 0 illnesses, 0 fatalities - OSHA inspection records (case numbers)
Source: OSHA Inspection Information System (IMIS) - inspection case-number records
Year-by-Year Safety Data
| Year | TCR | DART | Injuries | Illnesses | Fatalities |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2023 | 17.7 | 17.0 | 24 | 0 | 0 |
| 2022 | 1.7 | 1.7 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 2021 | 5.1 | 3.4 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| 2020 | 7.1 | 7.1 | 4 | 0 | 0 |
| 2019 | 3.4 | 3.4 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| 2018 | 11.6 | 11.6 | 7 | 0 | 0 |
What this grade means for you
Use this grade as a relative read on West Contra Costa Sanitary LF/Golden Bear TS's reported OSHA injury record versus its Refuse collection services peers, not a verdict on whether any single site is safe today.
- At 299% of the Refuse collection services benchmark, West Contra Costa Sanitary LF/Golden Bear TS reports more injuries than typical peers, ask specifically how the employer is reducing them. Know your rights
- Judge this record against the wider Refuse collection services sector, where injury rates vary widely, before comparing it in isolation. See the industry
- Grades reflect 2016–2024 filings; check the latest establishment record straight from OSHA, or look up a different employer. Look up another
Safety grades reflect employers' self-reported OSHA Form 300A filings from 2016 to 2024 and can lag current conditions. A grade is not a guarantee that any specific workplace is safe or unsafe today. See our methodology and disclaimer.
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Every figure and grade on PlainSafetyScore is computed directly from OSHA's published Injury Tracking Application data and BLS industry benchmarks, no number is typed in by an editor. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these safety grades, or report a data error. Data current as of 2016-2024 OSHA ITA release.