Metal scrap and waste merchant wholesalers · Michigan

Beacon Recycling, Inc.

Muskegon, MI · ~38 workers · 6 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

F
Failing Safety Record
10.5
Avg TCR
2.2
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

Beacon Recycling, Inc. runs at 479% of its industry's injury rate - far more dangerous than the typical Metal scrap and waste merchant wholesalers workplace, earning a grade F.

Beacon Recycling, Inc.: 10.5 TCR = 479% of Metal scrap and waste merchant wholesalers BLS 2.2 · 6y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Beacon Recycling, Inc. safety composite

Beacon Recycling, Inc. scores strongest on fatalities (safer than 51% of same-industry peers) and weakest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 9%), 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

24/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
F 10.53 per 100 workers

Safer than 9% of industry peers

DART rate
F 5.09 per 100 workers

Safer than 22% 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

−9.9

2018→2023

Beacon Recycling, Inc. injury rate improved

Beacon Recycling, Inc.'s TCR fell 9.9 from 17.5 in 2018 to 7.6 in 2023. Peak filing year was 2020 at 19.8 TCR. In 2023, DART was 0.48× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2018=17.5 · 2019=15.3 · 2020=19.8 · 2021=2.9 · 2022=0.0 · 2023=7.6

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 423930 · Muskegon, MI ABOVE-IND · SMALL

Grade F · TCR 10.5 · 479% of ind

  • DART 5.1 DART
  • RANK #56/62
  • PHOTO ERI Holliston, MA
  • BOOK 6y book
  • INJ 23 inj
  • SIZE ~38 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: ERI Holliston, MA (0.0 TCR gap)

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Beacon Recycling, Inc. in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows Beacon Recycling, Inc. averages 10.5 TCR (479% of the Metal scrap and waste merchant wholesalers BLS benchmark).

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

Beacon Recycling, Inc. TCR series: 2018=17.5 · 2019=15.3 · 2020=19.8 · 2021=2.9 · 2022=0 · 2023=7.6 · BLS 2.2

Where Beacon Recycling, Inc. falls in its industry

1,126 Metal scrap and waste merchant establishments

Safer than 9% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 4.0.

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to Michigan alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #56 safest of 62 Metal scrap and waste merchant employers in Michigan.

Beacon Recycling, Inc. (38 employees, TCR 10.5) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 39 employees and a TCR of 4.0 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 020406080100 051015 Average employees Total Case Rate Beacon Recycling, Inc.
Beacon Recycling, Inc. (38 employees, TCR 10.5) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 39 employees and a TCR of 4.0

Beacon Recycling, Inc. has fewer employees than the Metal scrap and waste merchant wholesale median and a higher injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 4.0. 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
2023 7.6 5.1 3 0 0
2022 0.0 0.0 0 0 0
2021 2.9 2.9 1 0 0
2020 19.8 19.8 3 0 0
2019 15.3 3.8 8 0 0
2018 17.5 13.2 8 0 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

423930 · MI · Muskegon

1,126 Metal scrap and waste merchant wholesalers employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 16,393 rated employers in Michigan with headcount on file · 230 employers in Muskegon, MI · 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 ERI Holliston, MA 10.5 TCR
NAICS-TCR TT&E Iron & Metal, Inc. 10.5 TCR
NAICS-TCR Yaffe Iron & Metal Corp. 10.6 TCR
NAICS-TCR IronMe 10.6 TCR
STATE-SIZE Westview Orchards 38 FTE
STATE-SIZE C3 Industries, Inc - Webberville (Indoor) 38 FTE
STATE-SIZE Great Lakes Packing Co. Kewadin 38 FTE
STATE-SIZE McConnell & Scully, Inc. 38 FTE
CITY-NEAR Mercy Health Partners - Sherman Campus 3,461 FTE
CITY-NEAR Mercy Health Partners-1500 E Sherman BLVD-MH-MI 2,598 FTE
CITY-NEAR Mercy Health Partners - Hackley 1,329 FTE
CITY-NEAR Mercy Health Arena 861 FTE
NAT-TCR Century Villa Health Care 10.5 TCR
NAT-TCR Stop & Shop 100569 10.5 TCR
NAT-TCR Garland Express 10.5 TCR
NAT-TCR Streets/San. 2010 W. 500 So. 10.5 TCR
NAT-SIZE Paulding Putnam Electric Cooperative 38 FTE
NAT-SIZE Ihop 3235 38 FTE
NAT-SIZE Ihop 3085 38 FTE
NAT-SIZE Ihop 3052 38 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: 2023, 2022, 2021, 2020, 2019, 2018. 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.