Business to business electronic markets, durable goods, wholesale trade · Colorado

Blue Star Recyclers Inc.-Colorado Springs

Colorado Springs, CO · ~21 workers · 5 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

F
Failing Safety Record
10.6
Avg TCR
2.2
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

Blue Star Recyclers Inc.-Colorado Springs runs at 481% of its industry's injury rate - far more dangerous than the typical Business to business electronic markets, durable goods, wholesale trade workplace, earning a grade F.

Blue Star Recyclers Inc.-Colorado Springs: 10.6 TCR = 481% of Business to business electronic markets, durable goods, wholesale trade BLS 2.2 · 5y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Blue Star Recyclers Inc.-Colorado Springs safety composite

Blue Star Recyclers Inc.-Colorado Springs scores strongest on dart rate (safer than 67% 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).

D

42/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
F 10.58 per 100 workers

Safer than 14% of industry peers

DART rate
C 0 per 100 workers

Safer than 67% 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

−11.3

2016→2020

Blue Star Recyclers Inc.-Colorado Springs injury rate improved

Blue Star Recyclers Inc.-Colorado Springs's TCR fell 11.3 from 22.7 in 2016 to 11.4 in 2020. Peak filing year was 2016 at 22.7 TCR. In 2020, DART was 0× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2016=22.7 · 2017=0.0 · 2018=7.4 · 2019=11.3 · 2020=11.4

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 425110 · Colorado Springs, CO ABOVE-IND · SMALL

Grade F · TCR 10.6 · 481% of ind

  • DART 0.0 DART
  • RANK P14
  • PHOTO Petra Industries, LLC
  • BOOK 5y book
  • INJ 5 inj
  • SIZE ~21 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: Petra Industries, LLC (0.1 TCR gap)

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Blue Star Recyclers Inc.-Colorado Springs in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows Blue Star Recyclers Inc.-Colorado Springs averages 10.6 TCR (481% of the Business to business electronic markets, durable goods, wholesale trade BLS benchmark).

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

Blue Star Recyclers Inc.-Colorado Springs TCR series: 2016=22.7 · 2017=0 · 2018=7.4 · 2019=11.3 · 2020=11.4 · BLS 2.2

Where Blue Star Recyclers Inc.-Colorado Springs falls in its industry

36 Business to business electroni establishments

Safer than 14% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 2.8.

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers
Blue Star Recyclers Inc.-Colorado Springs (21 employees, TCR 10.6) among 24 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 61 employees and a TCR of 2.8 2×2 strategic matrix plotting 25 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 05001,0001,5002,000 05101520 Average employees Total Case Rate Blue Star Recyclers Inc.-Colorado Springs
Blue Star Recyclers Inc.-Colorado Springs (21 employees, TCR 10.6) among 24 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 61 employees and a TCR of 2.8

Blue Star Recyclers Inc.-Colorado Springs has fewer employees than the Business to business electronic markets, median and a higher injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 2.8. 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 11.4 0.0 1 0 0
2019 11.3 0.0 1 0 0
2018 7.4 0.0 1 0 0
2017 0.0 0.0 0 0 0
2016 22.7 0.0 2 0 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

425110 · CO · Colorado Springs

36 Business to business electronic markets, durable goods, wholesale trade employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 9,007 rated employers in Colorado with headcount on file · 832 employers in Colorado Springs, CO · 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 Petra Industries, LLC 10.7 TCR
NAICS-TCR A&D Supply LLC 11.5 TCR
NAICS-TCR WWL Vehicle Services Americas, Inc. (BMW) 7.0 TCR
NAICS-TCR Valley Janitor Supply 6.9 TCR
STATE-SIZE Sacred Seed 21 FTE
STATE-SIZE NGL WATER SOLUTIONS, LLC-C3 LASALLE 21 FTE
STATE-SIZE WGW Golden West Wind 21 FTE
STATE-SIZE BHE - Canon City Utility Dr (CO008) 21 FTE
CITY-NEAR University of Colorado Hospital Memorial Central 3,102 FTE
CITY-NEAR Amazon.com Services LLC - DEN4 2,948 FTE
CITY-NEAR Penrose Hospital 2,841 FTE
CITY-NEAR 05070001-050701 PENROSE HOSPITAL 2,391 FTE
NAT-TCR Magnolia Health and Rehab 10.6 TCR
NAT-TCR FLL - Inflight 10.6 TCR
NAT-TCR Tmx2150 - South Bend 10.6 TCR
NAT-TCR Pacific Coast Transportation Inc 10.6 TCR
NAT-SIZE North Ridge Assisted Living 21 FTE
NAT-SIZE TTI- Portage, IN 21 FTE
NAT-SIZE Tartan Arena 21 FTE
NAT-SIZE Changing Spaces Moving, Inc. - Birmingham 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.
Data sourced from official public datasets. See our methodology for details.