Materials recovery facilities (MRF) · Illinois

Chicago

Montgomery, IL · ~33 workers · 8 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

F
Failing Safety Record
5.6
Avg TCR
2.6
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

Chicago runs at 214% of its industry's injury rate - far more dangerous than the typical Materials recovery facilities (MRF) workplace, earning a grade F.

Chicago: 5.6 TCR = 214% of Materials recovery facilities (MRF) BLS 2.6 · 8y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Chicago safety composite

Chicago scores strongest on fatalities (safer than 51% of same-industry peers) and weakest on dart rate (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).

F

30/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
F 5.56 per 100 workers

Safer than 32% of industry peers

DART rate
F 6.27 per 100 workers

Safer than 14% 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

Chicago: 2.0 → 6.3 TCR

Peak year 2021 @ 11.4 TCR · DART/TCR 1.13× in 2023

Chicago's TCR rose 4.3 from 2.0 in 2016 to 6.3 in 2023. Peak filing year was 2021 at 11.4 TCR. In 2023, DART was 1.13× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 562920 · Montgomery, IL ABOVE-IND · SMALL

Grade F · TCR 5.6 · 214% of ind

  • DART 6.3 DART
  • RANK #18/22
  • PHOTO GARLAND RECYCLING
  • BOOK 8y book
  • INJ 16 inj
  • SIZE ~33 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: GARLAND RECYCLING (0.0 TCR gap)

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Chicago in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows Chicago averages 5.6 TCR (214% of the Materials recovery facilities (MRF) BLS benchmark).

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

Chicago TCR series: 2016=2 · 2017=5 · 2018=0 · 2019=10.6 · 2020=4.8 · 2021=11.4 · 2022=4.5 · 2023=6.3 · BLS 2.6

Where Chicago falls in its industry

422 Materials recovery facilities establishments

Safer than 32% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 3.8.

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to Illinois alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #18 safest of 22 Materials recovery facilities employers in Illinois.

Chicago (33 employees, TCR 5.6) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 44 employees and a TCR of 3.8 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 0100200300 051015 Average employees Total Case Rate Chicago
Chicago (33 employees, TCR 5.6) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 44 employees and a TCR of 3.8

Chicago 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
2023 6.3 6.3 3 0 0
2022 4.5 2.3 2 0 0
2021 11.4 9.1 5 0 0
2020 4.8 4.8 1 0 0
2019 10.6 10.6 2 0 0
2018 0.0 0.0 0 0 0
2017 5.0 5.0 2 0 0
2016 2.0 2.0 1 0 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

562920 · IL · Montgomery

422 Materials recovery facilities (MRF) employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 22,804 rated employers in Illinois with headcount on file · 66 employers in Montgomery, 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 GARLAND RECYCLING 5.6 TCR
NAICS-TCR Tomra NY Recycling, LLC 5.6 TCR
NAICS-TCR Viatek Solutions, Lawrenceville 5.6 TCR
NAICS-TCR Anaheim Post Collection 5.7 TCR
STATE-SIZE PharmaCann Dwight 33 FTE
STATE-SIZE Konos 33 FTE
STATE-SIZE Mendota Farm Shop 208 33 FTE
STATE-SIZE NRG Will County Generating Station 33 FTE
CITY-NEAR Aurora Facility 1,328 FTE
CITY-NEAR Carl Buddig & Company-Montgomery 575 FTE
CITY-NEAR Foodservice Chicago - 0785 433 FTE
CITY-NEAR Performance Chicago - 0785 413 FTE
NAT-TCR R+L Carriers - DCA 5.6 TCR
NAT-TCR Port Huron - 12 5.6 TCR
NAT-TCR Wolyniec Construction, Inc. 5.6 TCR
NAT-TCR Target Windows & Doors 5.6 TCR
NAT-SIZE Penn Metal Stamping, Inc. 33 FTE
NAT-SIZE Gen-El-Mec Associates, LLC 33 FTE
NAT-SIZE Continental Tide Defense Systems 33 FTE
NAT-SIZE VanderSloot Farms 33 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, 2017, 2016. 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.