Recyclable materials (e.g., glass, metal, paper) merchant wholesalers · Pennsylvania

Aerc -12

Allentown, PA · ~22 workers · 2 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

C
Average Safety Record
2.6
Avg TCR
2.2
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

Aerc -12 runs at 118% of its industry's injury rate - about level with the typical Recyclable materials (e.g., glass, metal, paper) merchant wholesalers workplace, earning a grade C.

Aerc -12: 2.6 TCR = 118% of Recyclable materials (e.g., glass, metal, paper) merchant wholesalers BLS 2.2 · 2y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Aerc -12 safety composite

Aerc -12 scores strongest on dart rate (safer than 79% of same-industry peers) and weakest on fatalities (safer than 51%), 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).

C

67/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
C 2.59 per 100 workers

Safer than 66% 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

−5.2

2020→2021

Aerc -12 injury rate improved

Aerc -12's TCR fell 5.2 from 5.2 in 2020 to 0.0 in 2021. Peak filing year was 2020 at 5.2 TCR. In 2021, DART was 0× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2020=5.2 · 2021=0.0

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 423930 · Allentown, PA ABOVE-IND · SMALL

Grade C · TCR 2.6 · 118% of ind

  • DART 0.0 DART
  • RANK #12/62
  • PHOTO Batliner Recycling
  • BOOK 2y book
  • INJ 1 inj
  • SIZE ~22 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: Batliner Recycling (0.0 TCR gap)

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Aerc -12 in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows Aerc -12 averages 2.6 TCR (118% of the Recyclable materials (e.g., glass, metal, paper) merchant wholesalers BLS benchmark).

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

Aerc -12 TCR series: 2020=5.2 · 2021=0 · BLS 2.2

Where Aerc -12 falls in its industry

1,126 Recyclable materials (e.g., gl establishments

Safer than 66% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 4.0.

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to Pennsylvania alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #12 safest of 62 Recyclable materials (e.g., gl employers in Pennsylvania.

Aerc -12 (22 employees, TCR 2.6) 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 Aerc -12
Aerc -12 (22 employees, TCR 2.6) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 39 employees and a TCR of 4.0

Aerc -12 has fewer employees than the Recyclable materials (e.g., glass, metal median and a lower 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
2021 0.0 0.0 0 0 0
2020 5.2 0.0 1 0 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

423930 · PA · Allentown

1,126 Recyclable materials (e.g., glass, metal, paper) merchant wholesalers employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 22,692 rated employers in Pennsylvania with headcount on file · 447 employers in Allentown, PA · 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 Batliner Recycling 2.6 TCR
NAICS-TCR Trans Cycle Industries of Ohio 2.6 TCR
NAICS-TCR Pasco Inc 2.6 TCR
NAICS-TCR OmniSource LLC - SID Trucking 2.6 TCR
STATE-SIZE Dawson's Orchards 22 FTE
STATE-SIZE Kuhn Orchards, LLC 22 FTE
STATE-SIZE Giorgi Mushroom Farm 3 22 FTE
STATE-SIZE New Hope 22 FTE
CITY-NEAR Lehigh Valley Hospital 9,463 FTE
CITY-NEAR 1200SCC 6,531 FTE
CITY-NEAR Air Products and Chemicals Inc.- Main Campus 2,118 FTE
CITY-NEAR LOCATION 48042 1,728 FTE
NAT-TCR PCH 2.6 TCR
NAT-TCR Minnkota Windows 2.6 TCR
NAT-TCR Mollenberg-Betz Inc 2.6 TCR
NAT-TCR Entergy Harrison 2.6 TCR
NAT-SIZE Lafayette Hotel 22 FTE
NAT-SIZE California Hazardous Services, inc. 22 FTE
NAT-SIZE Njsssx-Yapi-Sussex County Nj 22 FTE
NAT-SIZE U.S. Materials Handling Corp 22 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: 2021, 2020. 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.