Recyclable material collection services · Illinois

Brackenbox

Markham, IL · ~89 workers · 9 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

D
Poor Safety Record
4.9
Avg TCR
2.6
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

Brackenbox runs at 189% of its industry's injury rate - more dangerous than the typical Recyclable material collection services workplace, earning a grade D.

Brackenbox: 4.9 TCR = 189% of Recyclable material collection services BLS 2.6 · 9y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Brackenbox safety composite

Brackenbox scores strongest on dart rate (safer than 63% of same-industry peers) and weakest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 52%), 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).

C

56/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
D 4.91 per 100 workers

Safer than 52% of industry peers

DART rate
C 2.16 per 100 workers

Safer than 63% 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

−21.8

2016→2024

Brackenbox injury rate improved

Brackenbox's TCR fell 21.8 from 23.9 in 2016 to 2.2 in 2024. Peak filing year was 2016 at 23.9 TCR. In 2024, DART was 0.44× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2016=23.9 · 2017=5.2 · 2018=2.6 · 2019=2.3 · 2020=1.0 · 2021=1.1 · 2022=1.9 · 2023=4.0 · 2024=2.2

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 562111 · Markham, IL ABOVE-IND · SMALL

Grade D · TCR 4.9 · 189% of ind

  • DART 2.2 DART
  • RANK #61/143
  • PHOTO Twin Cities Recyclin…
  • BOOK 9y book
  • INJ 27 inj
  • SIZE ~89 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: Twin Cities Recycling Collection Center (0.0 TCR gap)

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Brackenbox in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows Brackenbox averages 4.9 TCR (189% of the Recyclable material collection services BLS benchmark).

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

Brackenbox TCR series: 2016=23.9 · 2017=5.2 · 2018=2.6 · 2019=2.3 · 2020=1 · 2021=1.1 · 2022=1.9 · 2023=4 · 2024=2.2 · BLS 2.6

Where Brackenbox falls in its industry

2,322 Recyclable material collection establishments

Safer than 52% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 5.1.

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to Illinois alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #61 safest of 143 Recyclable material collection employers in Illinois.

Brackenbox (89 employees, TCR 4.9) 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 Brackenbox
Brackenbox (89 employees, TCR 4.9) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 55 employees and a TCR of 5.1

Brackenbox has more employees than the Recyclable material collection services median and a lower 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 2.2 2.2 2 0 0
2023 4.0 4.0 4 0 0
2022 1.9 1.9 2 0 0
2021 1.1 1.1 1 0 0
2020 1.0 1.0 1 0 0
2019 2.3 0.8 3 0 0
2018 2.6 2.6 3 0 0
2017 5.2 3.1 5 0 0
2016 23.9 15.9 6 0 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

562111 · IL · Markham

2,322 Recyclable material collection services employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 22,804 rated employers in Illinois with headcount on file · 22 employers in Markham, 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 Twin Cities Recycling Collection Center 4.9 TCR
NAICS-TCR S04060 - WM of TN - Knoxville 4.9 TCR
NAICS-TCR Cascade Disposal 4.9 TCR
NAICS-TCR S03973 - WM of Northwest Indiana 4.9 TCR
STATE-SIZE AMEREN ILLINOIS - Decatur 89 FTE
STATE-SIZE NG Des Plaines Reporting Center 89 FTE
STATE-SIZE Mundelein 89 FTE
STATE-SIZE Macon GC LLC 89 FTE
CITY-NEAR Amazon.com Services LLC - IGQ1 2,441 FTE
CITY-NEAR STA-Markham (MDW-210) 130 FTE
CITY-NEAR Reyes Group Ltd 123 FTE
CITY-NEAR City of Markham 122 FTE
NAT-TCR Pioneer Feedyard LLC 4.9 TCR
NAT-TCR Apples (Sheffield Lake) 4.9 TCR
NAT-TCR Select Specialty Hospital - Evansville, LLC 4.9 TCR
NAT-TCR Downtown Aquarium Houston 4.9 TCR
NAT-SIZE Trader Joe's 0663 Knoxville 89 FTE
NAT-SIZE Trader Joe's 0719 Omaha 89 FTE
NAT-SIZE Trader Joe's 0726 Brookfield 89 FTE
NAT-SIZE Oklahoma City Office 89 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, 2023, 2022, 2021, 2020, 2019, 2018, 2017, 2016. This is publicly available government data - not a legal determination of workplace conditions.

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Data sourced from official public datasets. See our methodology for details.