Recyclable material collection services · Maryland

Apple Valley Recycling

Name: Apple Valley Recycling Workplace Safety Data
Creator: PlainSafetyScore
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Hagerstown, MD · ~33 workers · 2 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

Compiled by PlainSafetyScore · August 25, 2026

D
Poor Safety Record: 3.5
Avg TCR: 2.6
Industry avg: 0
Fatalities

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The verdict

Apple Valley Recycling runs at 134% of its industry's injury rate - more dangerous than the typical Recyclable material collection services workplace, earning a grade D.

Apple Valley Recycling: 3.5 TCR = 134% of Recyclable material collection services BLS 2.6 · 2y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Apple Valley Recycling safety composite

Apple Valley Recycling scores strongest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 69% of same-industry peers) and weakest on dart rate (safer than 44%), 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).

56/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR): C 3.48 per 100 workers

Safer than 69% of industry peers
DART rate: D 3.82 per 100 workers

Safer than 44% 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

Apple Valley Recycling: 3.1 → 3.8 TCR

Peak year 2019 @ 3.8 TCR · DART/TCR 1.1× in 2019

Apple Valley Recycling's TCR rose 0.7 from 3.1 in 2018 to 3.8 in 2019. In 2019, DART was 1.1× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 562111 · Hagerstown, MD ABOVE-IND · SMALL

Grade D · TCR 3.5 · 134% of ind

DART 3.8 DART
RANK #9/33
PHOTO Newark Evergreen TS
BOOK 2y book
INJ 3 inj
SIZE ~33 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: Newark Evergreen TS (0.0 TCR gap)

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What this shows Apple Valley Recycling averages 3.5 TCR (134% of the Recyclable material collection services BLS benchmark).

Apple Valley Recycling TCR series: 2018=3.1 · 2019=3.8 · BLS 2.6

Where Apple Valley Recycling falls in its industry

2,322 Recyclable material collection establishments

Safer than 69% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 5.1.

Grade D

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to Maryland alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #9 safest of 33 Recyclable material collection employers in Maryland.

Apple Valley Recycling (33 employees, TCR 3.5) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 55 employees and a TCR of 5.1

Apple Valley Recycling has fewer employees than the Recyclable material collection services median and a lower 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
2019	3.8	3.8	1	0	0
2018	3.1	1.6	2	0	0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

562111 · MD · Hagerstown

2,322 Recyclable material collection services employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 7,213 rated employers in Maryland with headcount on file · 205 employers in Hagerstown, MD · 4 cross-state NAT-TCR peers · 4 cross-state NAT-SIZE peers. Closest matches by relationship code are listed below.

Rel	Establishment	Place	Metric
NAICS-TCR	Newark Evergreen TS	NEWARK, NJ	3.5 TCR
NAICS-TCR	S02935 - Springdale Hauling	SPRINGDALE, AR	3.5 TCR
NAICS-TCR	Southeastern Public Service Authority	CHESAPEAKE, VA	3.5 TCR
NAICS-TCR	Londonderry Drivers	LONDONDERRY, NH	3.5 TCR
STATE-SIZE	Amick Farms, LLC MD Hatchery	HURLOCK	33 FTE
STATE-SIZE	201-NiSource-Cumberland MD-Indus Blvd	CUMBERLAND	33 FTE
STATE-SIZE	East Coast Construction, Inc	MECHANICSVILLE	33 FTE
STATE-SIZE	2016106 - NIST Building 245 Modernization T.O. #1	GAITHERSBURG	33 FTE
CITY-NEAR	Meritus Health	Hagerstown	2,796 FTE
CITY-NEAR	Meritus Medical Center	Hagerstown	2,460 FTE
CITY-NEAR	6458-HAGE	Hagerstown	1,921 FTE
CITY-NEAR	Volvo Group Trucks Operations - Hagerstown, Maryland	Hagerstown	1,592 FTE
NAT-TCR	Wuesthoff Medical Center-Rockledge	Rockledge, FL	3.5 TCR
NAT-TCR	MSC	Middlesex, NJ	3.5 TCR
NAT-TCR	New Holland, PA Terminal	New Holland, PA	3.5 TCR
NAT-TCR	DimcoGray Corporation	Centerville, OH	3.5 TCR
NAT-SIZE	Pfister Energy	Hawthorne, NJ	33 FTE
NAT-SIZE	4113-41131003-R51	Indianapolis, IN	33 FTE
NAT-SIZE	Manteca, Ca/Northern Ca District	Manteca, CA	33 FTE
NAT-SIZE	Pacific Power & Systems, Inc.	Fairfield, CA	33 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: 2019, 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.