Waste hauling, local, nonhazardous solid · Ohio

Athens Hocking Recycling

Athens, OH · ~40 workers · 4 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

F
Failing Safety Record
8.2
Avg TCR
2.6
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

Athens Hocking Recycling runs at 316% of its industry's injury rate - far more dangerous than the typical Waste hauling, local, nonhazardous solid workplace, earning a grade F.

Athens Hocking Recycling: 8.2 TCR = 316% of Waste hauling, local, nonhazardous solid BLS 2.6 · 4y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Athens Hocking Recycling safety composite

Athens Hocking Recycling scores strongest on dart rate (safer than 88% of same-industry peers) and weakest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 23%), 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 8.21 per 100 workers

Safer than 23% of industry peers

DART rate
B 0 per 100 workers

Safer than 88% 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%).

TCR Δ

−2.0

2020→2024

Athens Hocking Recycling injury rate improved

Athens Hocking Recycling's TCR fell 2.0 from 5.7 in 2020 to 3.8 in 2024. Peak filing year was 2021 at 17.9 TCR. In 2024, DART was 0× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2020=5.7 · 2021=17.9 · 2022=5.5 · 2024=3.8

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 562111 · Athens, OH ABOVE-IND · SMALL

Grade F · TCR 8.2 · 316% of ind

  • DART 0.0 DART
  • RANK #44/56
  • PHOTO S04175 - WM of Green…
  • BOOK 4y book
  • INJ 11 inj
  • SIZE ~40 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: S04175 - WM of Greencastle (0.0 TCR gap)

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Athens Hocking Recycling in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows Athens Hocking Recycling averages 8.2 TCR (316% of the Waste hauling, local, nonhazardous solid BLS benchmark).

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

Athens Hocking Recycling TCR series: 2020=5.7 · 2021=17.9 · 2022=5.5 · 2024=3.8 · BLS 2.6

Where Athens Hocking Recycling falls in its industry

2,322 Waste hauling, local, nonhazar establishments

Safer than 23% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 5.1.

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to Ohio alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #44 safest of 56 Waste hauling, local, nonhazar employers in Ohio.

Athens Hocking Recycling (40 employees, TCR 8.2) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 55 employees and a TCR of 5.1 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 0100200300400 05101520 Average employees Total Case Rate Athens Hocking Recycling
Athens Hocking Recycling (40 employees, TCR 8.2) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 55 employees and a TCR of 5.1

Athens Hocking Recycling has fewer employees than the Waste hauling, local, nonhazardous solid median and a higher 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
2024 3.8 0.0 1 0 0
2022 5.5 2.8 2 0 0
2021 17.9 14.9 6 0 0
2020 5.7 5.7 2 0 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

562111 · OH · Athens

2,322 Waste hauling, local, nonhazardous solid employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 22,650 rated employers in Ohio with headcount on file · 44 employers in Athens, OH · 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 S04175 - WM of Greencastle 8.2 TCR
NAICS-TCR Bay Counties Smart 8.2 TCR
NAICS-TCR Republic Services- Peabody 8.2 TCR
NAICS-TCR University Rd. 8.2 TCR
STATE-SIZE Croton Pullet 2 40 FTE
STATE-SIZE Chemsteel Construction Company 40 FTE
STATE-SIZE BluSky Restoration Contractors Toledo 40 FTE
STATE-SIZE Summit Construction Company LLC (Akron) 40 FTE
CITY-NEAR O'Bleness Memorial Hospital 731 FTE
CITY-NEAR WM 3486 366 FTE
CITY-NEAR 3486 338 FTE
CITY-NEAR Integrated Services for Behavioral Health 281 FTE
NAT-TCR Warren Township Highway Department 8.2 TCR
NAT-TCR NJD Delivery services 8.2 TCR
NAT-TCR Southeast Raleigh - Ymca of the Triangle 8.2 TCR
NAT-TCR LMMM Dallas #24 LTD. 8.2 TCR
NAT-SIZE Home Path Financial 40 FTE
NAT-SIZE Hardman Lumber Company of Arkadelphia Inc 40 FTE
NAT-SIZE Ian Marie Inc. dba The Journeyman Press 40 FTE
NAT-SIZE 3LS Inc 40 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: 2024, 2022, 2021, 2020. This is publicly available government data - not a legal determination of workplace conditions.
Data sourced from official public datasets. See our methodology for details.