Garbage collection services · California

West Valley

San Jose, CA · ~87 workers · 2 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

F
Failing Safety Record
6.1
Avg TCR
2.6
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

West Valley runs at 236% of its industry's injury rate - far more dangerous than the typical Garbage collection services workplace, earning a grade F.

West Valley: 6.1 TCR = 236% of Garbage collection services BLS 2.6 · 2y Form 300A (see methodology below)

West Valley safety composite

West Valley scores strongest on fatalities (safer than 52% of same-industry peers) and weakest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 38%), 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).

D

42/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
D 6.13 per 100 workers

Safer than 38% of industry peers

DART rate
D 4.19 per 100 workers

Safer than 40% 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 Valley: 5.3 → 7.0 TCR

Peak year 2023 @ 7.0 TCR · DART/TCR 0.68× in 2023

West Valley's TCR rose 1.7 from 5.3 in 2018 to 7.0 in 2023. In 2023, DART was 0.68× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 562111 · San Jose, CA ABOVE-IND · SMALL

Grade F · TCR 6.1 · 236% of ind

  • DART 4.2 DART
  • RANK #115/247
  • PHOTO S04180 - SD Sioux Fa…
  • BOOK 2y book
  • INJ 15 inj
  • SIZE ~87 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: S04180 - SD Sioux Falls (0.0 TCR gap)

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West Valley in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows West Valley averages 6.1 TCR (236% of the Garbage collection services BLS benchmark).

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

West Valley TCR series: 2018=5.3 · 2023=7 · BLS 2.6

Where West Valley falls in its industry

2,322 Garbage collection services establishments

Safer than 38% 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 #115 safest of 247 Garbage collection services employers in California.

West Valley (87 employees, TCR 6.1) 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 West Valley
West Valley (87 employees, TCR 6.1) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 55 employees and a TCR of 5.1

West Valley has more employees than the Garbage 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 7.0 4.2 5 0 0
2018 5.3 3.7 10 0 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

562111 · CA · San Jose

2,322 Garbage collection services employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 51,834 rated employers in California with headcount on file · 1,102 employers in San Jose, 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 S04180 - SD Sioux Falls 6.1 TCR
NAICS-TCR Harter's Trash and Recycling 6.1 TCR
NAICS-TCR S03810 - Telford Hauling 6.1 TCR
NAICS-TCR 117 - Pembroke Pines 6.1 TCR
STATE-SIZE Martinelli Vineyard Management, Inc 87 FTE
STATE-SIZE farming 87 FTE
STATE-SIZE A. SAMBADO & SON INC 87 FTE
STATE-SIZE Agromillora California 87 FTE
CITY-NEAR 2636-CALIFORNIA.SAN JOSE 11,308 FTE
CITY-NEAR Santa Clara Valley Healthcare, Valley Medical Center (Hospital & Clinics) 7,299 FTE
CITY-NEAR Rosendin - Main 6,964 FTE
CITY-NEAR Santa Clara Valley Medical Center (SCVMC & Clinics) 6,576 FTE
NAT-TCR 0280 - West Palm Beach Fl (Wet) Depot 6.1 TCR
NAT-TCR USM Store #554 (United) 6.1 TCR
NAT-TCR Filmquest Group, Inc. 6.1 TCR
NAT-TCR MAU at Michelin US4 6.1 TCR
NAT-SIZE Unit #2872 87 FTE
NAT-SIZE 3804 Maple Heights 87 FTE
NAT-SIZE Unit #2484 87 FTE
NAT-SIZE Unit #1590 87 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, 2018. 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.