Zinc dust reclaiming · Tennessee

American Zinc Recycling Corp.

Rockwood, TN · ~70 workers · 2 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

F
Failing Safety Record
6.6
Avg TCR
3.3
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

American Zinc Recycling Corp. runs at 201% of its industry's injury rate - far more dangerous than the typical Zinc dust reclaiming workplace, earning a grade F.

American Zinc Recycling Corp.: 6.6 TCR = 201% of Zinc dust reclaiming BLS 3.3 · 2y Form 300A (see methodology below)

American Zinc Recycling Corp. safety composite

American Zinc Recycling Corp. scores strongest on fatalities (safer than 51% of same-industry peers) and weakest on dart rate (safer than 5%), 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

21/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
F 6.62 per 100 workers

Safer than 17% of industry peers

DART rate
F 6.46 per 100 workers

Safer than 5% 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%).

American Zinc Recycling Corp. held a steady TCR band

American Zinc Recycling Corp.'s TCR held near 0.3 from 6.8 in 2019 to 6.5 in 2020. Peak filing year was 2019 at 6.8 TCR. In 2020, DART was 0.98× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2019=6.8 · 2020=6.5

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 331492 · Rockwood, TN ABOVE-IND · SMALL

Grade F · TCR 6.6 · 201% of ind

  • DART 6.5 DART
  • RANK #13/14
  • PHOTO Buick Resource Recyc…
  • BOOK 2y book
  • INJ 10 inj
  • SIZE ~70 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: Buick Resource Recycling Facility (0.0 TCR gap)

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American Zinc Recycling Corp. in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows American Zinc Recycling Corp. averages 6.6 TCR (201% of the Zinc dust reclaiming BLS benchmark).

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

American Zinc Recycling Corp. TCR series: 2019=6.8 · 2020=6.5 · BLS 3.3

Where American Zinc Recycling Corp. falls in its industry

132 Zinc dust reclaiming establishments

Safer than 17% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 3.7.

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to Tennessee alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #13 safest of 14 Zinc dust reclaiming employers in Tennessee.

American Zinc Recycling Corp. (70 employees, TCR 6.6) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 67 employees and a TCR of 3.7 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 02004006008001,000 051015 Average employees Total Case Rate American Zinc Recycling Corp.
American Zinc Recycling Corp. (70 employees, TCR 6.6) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 67 employees and a TCR of 3.7

American Zinc Recycling Corp. has more employees than the Zinc dust reclaiming median and a higher injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 3.7. 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 6.5 6.5 5 0 0
2019 6.8 4.1 5 0 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

331492 · TN · Rockwood

132 Zinc dust reclaiming employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 10,743 rated employers in Tennessee with headcount on file · 19 employers in Rockwood, 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 Buick Resource Recycling Facility 6.7 TCR
NAICS-TCR Metalor Technologies Powders and Flakes 6.4 TCR
NAICS-TCR Heraeus Prescious Metals North America LLC 6.8 TCR
NAICS-TCR Calumet 6.8 TCR
STATE-SIZE PCUD 70 FTE
STATE-SIZE Commercial Painting Inc 70 FTE
STATE-SIZE Rogers Group, Inc 70 FTE
STATE-SIZE JARRETT FIRE PROTECTION, LLC 70 FTE
CITY-NEAR DWK Rockwood 335 FTE
CITY-NEAR WM 676 309 FTE
CITY-NEAR 676 280 FTE
CITY-NEAR DWK Life Sciences, LLC - Rockwood, TN 246 FTE
NAT-TCR Wolfsen Inc 6.6 TCR
NAT-TCR Marriott Teaneck 6.6 TCR
NAT-TCR Cactus - 05 6.6 TCR
NAT-TCR Klink Citrus Association 6.6 TCR
NAT-SIZE Uncle Giuseppe's of Port Washington, Inc. 70 FTE
NAT-SIZE Domestic Uniform Rental 70 FTE
NAT-SIZE VAM USA Miller Rd. 70 FTE
NAT-SIZE Chemtool, Inc., CTC 70 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, 2019. 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.