SCRAP AND WASTE MATERIALS · Tennessee

3118 Chattanooga Recycle

Chattanooga, TN · ~42 workers · 4 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

F
Failing Safety Record
6.0
Avg TCR
2.2
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

3118 Chattanooga Recycle runs at 275% of its industry's injury rate - far more dangerous than the typical SCRAP AND WASTE MATERIALS workplace, earning a grade F.

3118 Chattanooga Recycle: 6.0 TCR = 275% of SCRAP AND WASTE MATERIALS BLS 2.2 · 4y Form 300A (see methodology below)

3118 Chattanooga Recycle safety composite

3118 Chattanooga Recycle scores strongest on dart rate (safer than 79% of same-industry peers) and weakest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 31%), 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

53/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
F 6.05 per 100 workers

Safer than 31% of industry peers

DART rate
B 0 per 100 workers

Safer than 79% 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%).

TCR Δ

−0.6

2019→2022

3118 Chattanooga Recycle injury rate improved

3118 Chattanooga Recycle's TCR fell 0.6 from 8.3 in 2019 to 7.7 in 2022. Peak filing year was 2019 at 8.3 TCR. In 2022, DART was 0× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2019=8.3 · 2020=2.8 · 2021=5.5 · 2022=7.7

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 423930 · Chattanooga, TN ABOVE-IND · SMALL

Grade F · TCR 6.0 · 275% of ind

  • DART 0.0 DART
  • RANK #30/35
  • PHOTO Fritz Enterprises Ta…
  • BOOK 4y book
  • INJ 9 inj
  • SIZE ~42 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: Fritz Enterprises Taylor (0.0 TCR gap)

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3118 Chattanooga Recycle in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows 3118 Chattanooga Recycle averages 6.0 TCR (275% of the SCRAP AND WASTE MATERIALS BLS benchmark).

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

3118 Chattanooga Recycle TCR series: 2019=8.3 · 2020=2.8 · 2021=5.5 · 2022=7.7 · BLS 2.2

Where 3118 Chattanooga Recycle falls in its industry

1,126 SCRAP AND WASTE MATERIALS establishments

Safer than 31% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 4.0.

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to Tennessee alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #30 safest of 35 SCRAP AND WASTE MATERIALS employers in Tennessee.

3118 Chattanooga Recycle (42 employees, TCR 6.0) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 39 employees and a TCR of 4.0 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 020406080100 0246810 Average employees Total Case Rate 3118 Chattanooga Recycle
3118 Chattanooga Recycle (42 employees, TCR 6.0) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 39 employees and a TCR of 4.0

3118 Chattanooga Recycle has more employees than the SCRAP AND WASTE MATERIALS median and a higher injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 4.0. 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
2022 7.7 0.0 3 0 0
2021 5.5 0.0 2 0 0
2020 2.8 2.8 1 0 0
2019 8.3 8.3 3 0 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

423930 · TN · Chattanooga

1,126 SCRAP AND WASTE MATERIALS employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 10,743 rated employers in Tennessee with headcount on file · 695 employers in Chattanooga, TN · 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 Fritz Enterprises Taylor 6.1 TCR
NAICS-TCR Palm Beach Metal, Inc. 6.1 TCR
NAICS-TCR Consolidated Resources, Inc. 6.1 TCR
NAICS-TCR Brookfield Iron & Metal LLC 6.0 TCR
STATE-SIZE Benton County Electric System 42 FTE
STATE-SIZE Citizens Gas Utility District 42 FTE
STATE-SIZE Providence Builders 42 FTE
STATE-SIZE PCC Johnson City 42 FTE
CITY-NEAR CHATTANOOGA COKE 8,650 FTE
CITY-NEAR CHATTANOOGA FOOD 8,650 FTE
CITY-NEAR USXpress 7,385 FTE
CITY-NEAR Cardiology GB 6,606 FTE
NAT-TCR Walnut Woods 6.0 TCR
NAT-TCR Aquidneck Place 6.0 TCR
NAT-TCR Evans Chemetics 6.0 TCR
NAT-TCR Hanken Cono Assad & Co., Inc. 6.0 TCR
NAT-SIZE 5824 Cleveland OH 42 FTE
NAT-SIZE Autotrader Florida Est 42 FTE
NAT-SIZE Reno D.C. 42 FTE
NAT-SIZE Plant McIntosh (Combine Cycle) 42 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: 2022, 2021, 2020, 2019. This is publicly available government data - not a legal determination of workplace conditions.
Data sourced from official public datasets. See our methodology for details.