Materials recovery facilities (MRF) · Maine
Casella Recycling - Lewiston
Lewiston, ME · ~34 workers · 9 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.
- F
- Failing Safety Record
- 13.8
- Avg TCR
- 2.6
- Industry avg
- 0
- Fatalities
The verdict
Casella Recycling - Lewiston runs at 532% of its industry's injury rate - far more dangerous than the typical Materials recovery facilities (MRF) workplace, earning a grade F.
Casella Recycling - Lewiston: 13.8 TCR = 532% of Materials recovery facilities (MRF) BLS 2.6 · 9y Form 300A (see methodology below)
Casella Recycling - Lewiston safety composite
Casella Recycling - Lewiston scores strongest on fatalities (safer than 51% of same-industry peers) and weakest on dart rate (safer than 0%), 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).
14/100
Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures
- Total Case Rate (TCR)
- F 13.83 per 100 workers
Safer than 4% of industry peers
- DART rate
- F 26.93 per 100 workers
Safer than 0% 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
Casella Recycling - Lewiston: 11.7 → 29.9 TCR
Peak year 2024 @ 29.9 TCR · DART/TCR 1.95× in 2024
Casella Recycling - Lewiston's TCR rose 18.3 from 11.7 in 2016 to 29.9 in 2024. In 2024, DART was 1.95× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).
OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard
Establishment book 562920 · Lewiston, ME ABOVE-IND · SMALL
Grade F · TCR 13.8 · 532% of ind
- DART 26.9 DART
- RANK #4/4
- PHOTO Millennium Recycling…
- BOOK 9y book
- INJ 37 inj
- SIZE ~34 FTE
Nearest TCR peer: Millennium Recycling Inc (0.3 TCR gap)
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Casella Recycling - Lewiston in the TCR neighbourhood
Average Total Case Rate among this establishment and nearest same-industry peers
- MarBorg Recove
MarBorg Recovery
14.1 TCR
- Revolution Rec
Revolution Recovery Lehigh Valley LLC
14.1 TCR
- This site
Casella Recycling - Lewiston
13.8 TCR
- Millennium Rec
Millennium Recycling Inc
13.6 TCR
- Discover Goodw
Discover Goodwill of Southern and Western Colorado- Recycle/Salvage
13.5 TCR
What this shows Casella Recycling - Lewiston averages 13.8 TCR (532% of the Materials recovery facilities (MRF) BLS benchmark).
Casella Recycling - Lewiston TCR series: 2016=11.7 · 2017=29.8 · 2018=10.1 · 2019=2.4 · 2020=14.8 · 2021=8.8 · 2022=11.5 · 2023=5.5 · 2024=29.9 · BLS 2.6
Where Casella Recycling - Lewiston falls in its industry
422 Materials recovery facilities establishmentsSafer than 4% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 3.8.
Narrower to Maine alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #4 safest of 4 Materials recovery facilities employers in Maine.
Casella Recycling - Lewiston has fewer 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 29.9 | 26.9 | 10 | 0 | 0 |
| 2023 | 5.5 | 5.5 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| 2022 | 11.5 | 11.5 | 4 | 0 | 0 |
| 2021 | 8.8 | 5.9 | 2 | 1 | 0 |
| 2020 | 14.8 | 11.8 | 5 | 0 | 0 |
| 2019 | 2.4 | 2.4 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 2018 | 10.1 | 10.1 | 4 | 0 | 0 |
| 2017 | 29.8 | 13.3 | 5 | 4 | 0 |
| 2016 | 11.7 | 8.7 | 4 | 0 | 0 |
OSHA ITA peer cross-reference
Establishment peer ledger
562920 · ME · Lewiston
422 Materials recovery facilities (MRF) employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 2,397 rated employers in Maine with headcount on file · 99 employers in Lewiston, ME · 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 | Millennium Recycling Inc | 13.6 TCR |
| NAICS-TCR | Discover Goodwill of Southern and Western Colorado- Recycle/Salvage | 13.5 TCR |
| NAICS-TCR | MarBorg Recovery | 14.1 TCR |
| NAICS-TCR | Revolution Recovery Lehigh Valley LLC | 14.1 TCR |
| STATE-SIZE | Langford & Low, Inc. | 34 FTE |
| STATE-SIZE | Liberty | 34 FTE |
| STATE-SIZE | Houle's | 34 FTE |
| STATE-SIZE | Ray Labbe & Sons Inc | 34 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | St Mary's Regional Medical Center | 1,287 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | Central Maine Medical Center | 1,117 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | WM 7014 | 661 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | 7014 | 606 FTE |
| NAT-TCR | The Lakes of Monclova | 13.8 TCR |
| NAT-TCR | Valu Home Center #38 | 13.8 TCR |
| NAT-TCR | Oregon State Hospital-Junction City Campus | 13.8 TCR |
| NAT-TCR | Mountain City | 13.8 TCR |
| NAT-SIZE | Goodwill Beloit | 34 FTE |
| NAT-SIZE | Goodwill DeKalb | 34 FTE |
| NAT-SIZE | JRB Associates | 34 FTE |
| NAT-SIZE | Atchley Steel Company, Inc. | 34 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.