Materials recovery facilities (MRF) · Illinois

Area Recycling, Inc.

Pekin, IL · ~21 workers · 5 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

F
Failing Safety Record
9.0
Avg TCR
2.6
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

Area Recycling, Inc. runs at 345% of its industry's injury rate - far more dangerous than the typical Materials recovery facilities (MRF) workplace, earning a grade F.

Area Recycling, Inc.: 9.0 TCR = 345% of Materials recovery facilities (MRF) BLS 2.6 · 5y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Area Recycling, Inc. safety composite

Area Recycling, Inc. scores strongest on fatalities (safer than 51% of same-industry peers) and weakest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 14%), 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

27/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
F 8.96 per 100 workers

Safer than 14% of industry peers

DART rate
F 4.04 per 100 workers

Safer than 24% 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

−10.8

2016→2020

Area Recycling, Inc. injury rate improved

Area Recycling, Inc.'s TCR fell 10.8 from 14.8 in 2016 to 4.0 in 2020. Peak filing year was 2016 at 14.8 TCR. In 2020, DART was 0.45× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2016=14.8 · 2017=10.8 · 2018=4.5 · 2019=10.6 · 2020=4.0

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 562920 · Pekin, IL ABOVE-IND · SMALL

Grade F · TCR 9.0 · 345% of ind

  • DART 4.0 DART
  • RANK #22/22
  • PHOTO Parallel Products of…
  • BOOK 5y book
  • INJ 10 inj
  • SIZE ~21 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: Parallel Products of Florida (0.1 TCR gap)

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Area Recycling, Inc. in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows Area Recycling, Inc. averages 9.0 TCR (345% of the Materials recovery facilities (MRF) BLS benchmark).

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

Area Recycling, Inc. TCR series: 2016=14.8 · 2017=10.8 · 2018=4.5 · 2019=10.6 · 2020=4 · BLS 2.6

Where Area Recycling, Inc. falls in its industry

422 Materials recovery facilities establishments

Safer than 14% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 3.8.

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to Illinois alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #22 safest of 22 Materials recovery facilities employers in Illinois.

Area Recycling, Inc. (21 employees, TCR 9.0) 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 Area Recycling, Inc.
Area Recycling, Inc. (21 employees, TCR 9.0) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 44 employees and a TCR of 3.8

Area Recycling, Inc. has fewer employees than the Materials recovery facilities (MRF) median and a higher 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 4.0 4.0 1 0 0
2019 10.6 7.1 3 0 0
2018 4.5 4.5 1 0 0
2017 10.8 10.8 2 0 0
2016 14.8 5.0 3 0 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

562920 · IL · Pekin

422 Materials recovery facilities (MRF) employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 22,804 rated employers in Illinois with headcount on file · 84 employers in Pekin, IL · 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 Parallel Products of Florida 8.9 TCR
NAICS-TCR Santa Fe Springs 8.9 TCR
NAICS-TCR Cedar Poly, LLC 9.1 TCR
NAICS-TCR S09802 - WM Recycling Brevard 8.8 TCR
STATE-SIZE Frank W. Lewis & Son Seed FArms, Inc 21 FTE
STATE-SIZE RAVENS LIVESTOCK & FARMS INC 21 FTE
STATE-SIZE Bushnell 21 FTE
STATE-SIZE 21st Century Sow Farm 21 FTE
CITY-NEAR Federal Correctional Institution - Staff and Inmates 1,380 FTE
CITY-NEAR Pekin Hospital 420 FTE
CITY-NEAR 603 367 FTE
CITY-NEAR WM 603 351 FTE
NAT-TCR 0000000098 Quick Chek Food Stores 9.0 TCR
NAT-TCR Ross store 634 9.0 TCR
NAT-TCR Scantibodies Biologics 9.0 TCR
NAT-TCR Lear Corporation - Rochester Hills (2) 9.0 TCR
NAT-SIZE Taylor Terminal (Agronomy) 21 FTE
NAT-SIZE KanPak Dunndee whse 21 FTE
NAT-SIZE PCS Visalia 21 FTE
NAT-SIZE Hawaii Supply 21 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, 2018, 2017, 2016. 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.