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
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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.

West Contra Costa Sanitary LF/Golden Bear TS: 7.8 TCR = 299% of Refuse collection services BLS 2.6 · 6y Form 300A (see methodology below)

West Contra Costa Sanitary LF/Golden Bear TS safety composite

West Contra Costa Sanitary LF/Golden Bear TS scores strongest on fatalities (safer than 52% of same-industry peers) and weakest on dart rate (safer than 4%), 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).

F

25/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
F 7.77 per 100 workers

Safer than 26% of industry peers

DART rate
F 16.96 per 100 workers

Safer than 4% 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

West Contra Costa Sanitary LF/Golden Bear TS: 11.6 → 17.7 TCR

Peak year 2023 @ 17.7 TCR · DART/TCR 2.18× in 2023

West Contra Costa Sanitary LF/Golden Bear TS's TCR rose 6.1 from 11.6 in 2018 to 17.7 in 2023. In 2023, DART was 2.18× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 562111 · Richmond, CA ABOVE-IND · SMALL

Grade F · TCR 7.8 · 299% of ind

  • DART 17.0 DART
  • RANK #146/247
  • PHOTO Best Way Disposal
  • BOOK 6y book
  • INJ 41 inj
  • SIZE ~68 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: Best Way Disposal (0.0 TCR gap)

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West Contra Costa Sanitary LF/Golden Bear TS in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows West Contra Costa Sanitary LF/Golden Bear TS averages 7.8 TCR (299% of the Refuse collection services BLS benchmark).

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

West Contra Costa Sanitary LF/Golden Bear TS TCR series: 2018=11.6 · 2019=3.4 · 2020=7.1 · 2021=5.1 · 2022=1.7 · 2023=17.7 · BLS 2.6

Where West Contra Costa Sanitary LF/Golden Bear TS falls in its industry

2,322 Refuse collection services establishments

Safer than 26% 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 #146 safest of 247 Refuse collection services employers in California.

West Contra Costa Sanitary LF/Golden Bear TS (68 employees, TCR 7.8) 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 West Contra Costa Sanitary LF/Golden Bear TS
West Contra Costa Sanitary LF/Golden Bear TS (68 employees, TCR 7.8) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 55 employees and a TCR of 5.1

West Contra Costa Sanitary LF/Golden Bear TS has more employees than the Refuse collection services median and a higher 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
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

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

562111 · CA · Richmond

2,322 Refuse collection services employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 51,834 rated employers in California with headcount on file · 158 employers in Richmond, 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 Best Way Disposal 7.8 TCR
NAICS-TCR Greenville 7.8 TCR
NAICS-TCR LRS - New Berlin 7.8 TCR
NAICS-TCR kmG Hauling, Inc. 7.8 TCR
STATE-SIZE California Valley Land Co. 68 FTE
STATE-SIZE MCFFO 68 FTE
STATE-SIZE VinePro Vineyard Management, Inc. 68 FTE
STATE-SIZE Knights Grapevine Nursery 68 FTE
CITY-NEAR California Department of Transportation Facility 134 2,891 FTE
CITY-NEAR California Department of Transportation Facility 635 2,891 FTE
CITY-NEAR California Department of Transportation Facility 147 2,859 FTE
CITY-NEAR California Department of Transportation Facility 105 2,724 FTE
NAT-TCR Serv-All 7.8 TCR
NAT-TCR RIL/Lennox Remotes - 4267 7.8 TCR
NAT-TCR North Chicago 111 7.8 TCR
NAT-TCR Kansas City Specialty 7.8 TCR
NAT-SIZE Higginbotham Automobiles LLC 68 FTE
NAT-SIZE BMP America, Inc 68 FTE
NAT-SIZE Carrington Elementary School 68 FTE
NAT-SIZE Duggan School 68 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: 2023, 2022, 2021, 2020, 2019, 2018. This is publicly available government data - not a legal determination of workplace conditions.
Data sourced from official public datasets. See our methodology for details.