MRF (materials recovery facilities) · Arizona

27th Avenue Recycling

Phoenix, AZ · ~49 workers · 2 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

D
Poor Safety Record
3.3
Avg TCR
2.6
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

27th Avenue Recycling runs at 128% of its industry's injury rate - more dangerous than the typical MRF (materials recovery facilities) workplace, earning a grade D.

27th Avenue Recycling: 3.3 TCR = 128% of MRF (materials recovery facilities) BLS 2.6 · 2y Form 300A (see methodology below)

27th Avenue Recycling safety composite

27th Avenue Recycling scores strongest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 56% of same-industry peers) and weakest on dart rate (safer than 47%), 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

52/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
C 3.33 per 100 workers

Safer than 56% of industry peers

DART rate
D 2.22 per 100 workers

Safer than 47% of industry peers

Fatalities
D 0

Safer than 51% 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

27th Avenue Recycling: 0.0 → 6.7 TCR

Peak year 2020 @ 6.7 TCR · DART/TCR 0.67× in 2020

27th Avenue Recycling's TCR rose 6.7 from 0.0 in 2018 to 6.7 in 2020. In 2020, DART was 0.67× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 562920 · Phoenix, AZ ABOVE-IND · SMALL

Grade D · TCR 3.3 · 128% of ind

  • DART 2.2 DART
  • RANK #5/14
  • PHOTO Sims Recycling Solut…
  • BOOK 2y book
  • INJ 3 inj
  • SIZE ~49 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: Sims Recycling Solutions (0.0 TCR gap)

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27th Avenue Recycling in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows 27th Avenue Recycling averages 3.3 TCR (128% of the MRF (materials recovery facilities) BLS benchmark).

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

27th Avenue Recycling TCR series: 2018=0 · 2020=6.7 · BLS 2.6

Where 27th Avenue Recycling falls in its industry

422 MRF (materials recovery facili establishments

Safer than 56% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 3.8.

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to Arizona alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #5 safest of 14 MRF (materials recovery facili employers in Arizona.

27th Avenue Recycling (49 employees, TCR 3.3) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 44 employees and a TCR of 3.8 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 0100200300 051015 Average employees Total Case Rate 27th Avenue Recycling
27th Avenue Recycling (49 employees, TCR 3.3) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 44 employees and a TCR of 3.8

27th Avenue Recycling has more employees than the MRF (materials recovery facilities) median and a lower injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 3.8. 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
2020 6.7 2.2 3 0 0
2018 0.0 0.0 0 0 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

562920 · AZ · Phoenix

422 MRF (materials recovery facilities) employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 9,594 rated employers in Arizona with headcount on file · 2,630 employers in Phoenix, AZ · 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 Sims Recycling Solutions 3.3 TCR
NAICS-TCR S06631 - PGI Paper Valley 3.3 TCR
NAICS-TCR Waste Pro 809 - American Recycling 3.3 TCR
NAICS-TCR S06627 - PGI Milwaukee A-1 3.3 TCR
STATE-SIZE 2349-Eloy, AZ 49 FTE
STATE-SIZE 2349-Eloy, AZ (Monsanto Co.) 49 FTE
STATE-SIZE Sierra Vista Business Office 49 FTE
STATE-SIZE Utilities - Water Distribution 49 FTE
CITY-NEAR Maricopa County 15,504 FTE
CITY-NEAR Phoenix Children's Hospital 7,575 FTE
CITY-NEAR All Company 6,261 FTE
CITY-NEAR 6403-64030500 6,153 FTE
NAT-TCR Columbus Hospice 3.3 TCR
NAT-TCR Total Comfort 3.3 TCR
NAT-TCR BAADER LINCO, Inc. 3.3 TCR
NAT-TCR Ohmapl-Opi-Maple Heights 3.3 TCR
NAT-SIZE 1st Choice Aerospace 49 FTE
NAT-SIZE 2359 - Gilboa 49 FTE
NAT-SIZE Sholom Community Alliance, Inc 49 FTE
NAT-SIZE Location 60001 49 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: 2020, 2018. This is publicly available government data - not a legal determination of workplace conditions.

Read our methodology - how this data is sourced, computed, and verified.

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