Materials recovery facilities (MRF) · Texas
Balcones Recycling, Inc.. - Dallas Division
Farmers Branch, TX · ~60 workers · 2 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.
- F
- Failing Safety Record
- 7.2
- Avg TCR
- 2.6
- Industry avg
- 0
- Fatalities
The verdict
Balcones Recycling, Inc.. - Dallas Division runs at 277% of its industry's injury rate - far more dangerous than the typical Materials recovery facilities (MRF) workplace, earning a grade F.
Balcones Recycling, Inc.. - Dallas Division: 7.2 TCR = 277% of Materials recovery facilities (MRF) BLS 2.6 · 2y Form 300A (see methodology below)
Balcones Recycling, Inc.. - Dallas Division safety composite
Balcones Recycling, Inc.. - Dallas Division scores strongest on fatalities (safer than 51% of same-industry peers) and weakest on dart rate (safer than 20%), 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).
29/100
Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures
- Total Case Rate (TCR)
- F 7.2 per 100 workers
Safer than 22% of industry peers
- DART rate
- F 4.83 per 100 workers
Safer than 20% 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%).
Rising injury rate
Balcones Recycling, Inc.. - Dallas Division: 2.3 → 12.1 TCR
Peak year 2018 @ 12.1 TCR · DART/TCR 0.67× in 2018
Balcones Recycling, Inc.. - Dallas Division's TCR rose 9.7 from 2.3 in 2017 to 12.1 in 2018. In 2018, DART was 0.67× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).
OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard
Establishment book 562920 · Farmers Branch, TX ABOVE-IND · SMALL
Grade F · TCR 7.2 · 277% of ind
- DART 4.8 DART
- RANK #34/40
- PHOTO Canon Environmental …
- BOOK 2y book
- INJ 5 inj
- SIZE ~60 FTE
Nearest TCR peer: Canon Environmental Technologies Incorporated (0.0 TCR gap)
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Balcones Recycling, Inc.. - Dallas Division in the TCR neighbourhood
Average Total Case Rate among this establishment and nearest same-industry peers
- Empire Recycli
Empire Recycling-Utica
7.3 TCR
- This site
Balcones Recycling, Inc.. - Dallas Division
7.2 TCR
- Canon Environm
Canon Environmental Technologies Incorporated
7.2 TCR
- G&F Recycling
G&F Recycling
7.2 TCR
- Rapid Recyclin
Rapid Recycling, Inc.
7.2 TCR
What this shows Balcones Recycling, Inc.. - Dallas Division averages 7.2 TCR (277% of the Materials recovery facilities (MRF) BLS benchmark).
Balcones Recycling, Inc.. - Dallas Division TCR series: 2017=2.3 · 2018=12.1 · BLS 2.6
Where Balcones Recycling, Inc.. - Dallas Division falls in its industry
422 Materials recovery facilities establishmentsSafer than 22% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 3.8.
Narrower to Texas alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #34 safest of 40 Materials recovery facilities employers in Texas.
Balcones Recycling, Inc.. - Dallas Division has more 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2018 | 12.1 | 4.8 | 4 | 1 | 0 |
| 2017 | 2.3 | 2.3 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
OSHA ITA peer cross-reference
Establishment peer ledger
562920 · TX · Farmers Branch
422 Materials recovery facilities (MRF) employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 38,394 rated employers in Texas with headcount on file · 94 employers in Farmers Branch, TX · 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 | Canon Environmental Technologies Incorporated | 7.2 TCR |
| NAICS-TCR | G&F Recycling | 7.2 TCR |
| NAICS-TCR | Rapid Recycling, Inc. | 7.2 TCR |
| NAICS-TCR | Empire Recycling-Utica | 7.3 TCR |
| STATE-SIZE | Frontier Feedlot Dublin LLC | 60 FTE |
| STATE-SIZE | Waelder 1 Complex | 60 FTE |
| STATE-SIZE | ACRT, Inc. Arlington TX | 60 FTE |
| STATE-SIZE | VES Survey International | 60 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | 4818-48180056-2001 DIPLOMAT DR-WC | 1,065 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | 4818-TX02 | 920 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | JMEG, LLC - DFW | 906 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | CING10037820 | 701 FTE |
| NAT-TCR | Selvage Plumbing | 7.2 TCR |
| NAT-TCR | District 10 | 7.2 TCR |
| NAT-TCR | Dubuque County Sheriff'S Department | 7.2 TCR |
| NAT-TCR | Creekside - Ambridge | 7.2 TCR |
| NAT-SIZE | Romanoff Electric Residential - Raleigh | 60 FTE |
| NAT-SIZE | Sleepy Creek Turkeys | 60 FTE |
| NAT-SIZE | Sunoco Mariner East | 60 FTE |
| NAT-SIZE | Wixom MI | 60 FTE |
Rel codes: NAICS-TCR · STATE-SIZE · CITY-NEAR · NAT-TCR/NAT-SIZE cross-state. Read with this employer →
Read our methodology - how this data is sourced, computed, and verified.