Removal of recyclable materials from a waste stream · Indiana

DAK Americas

Richmond, IN · ~99 workers · 4 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

C
Average Safety Record
3.0
Avg TCR
2.6
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

DAK Americas runs at 116% of its industry's injury rate - about level with the typical Removal of recyclable materials from a waste stream workplace, earning a grade C.

DAK Americas: 3.0 TCR = 116% of Removal of recyclable materials from a waste stream BLS 2.6 · 4y Form 300A (see methodology below)

DAK Americas safety composite

DAK Americas scores strongest on dart rate (safer than 80% of same-industry peers) and weakest on fatalities (safer than 51%), 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

65/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
C 3.01 per 100 workers

Safer than 60% of industry peers

DART rate
B 0 per 100 workers

Safer than 80% 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

−2.8

2019→2022

DAK Americas injury rate improved

DAK Americas's TCR fell 2.8 from 5.4 in 2019 to 2.6 in 2022. Peak filing year was 2019 at 5.4 TCR. In 2022, DART was 0× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2019=5.4 · 2020=3.0 · 2021=1.1 · 2022=2.6

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 562920 · Richmond, IN ABOVE-IND · SMALL

Grade C · TCR 3.0 · 116% of ind

  • DART 0.0 DART
  • RANK #5/15
  • PHOTO S07328 - Downtown Di…
  • BOOK 4y book
  • INJ 12 inj
  • SIZE ~99 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: S07328 - Downtown Diversion (0.0 TCR gap)

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DAK Americas in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows DAK Americas averages 3.0 TCR (116% of the Removal of recyclable materials from a waste stream BLS benchmark).

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

DAK Americas TCR series: 2019=5.4 · 2020=3 · 2021=1.1 · 2022=2.6 · BLS 2.6

Where DAK Americas falls in its industry

422 Removal of recyclable material establishments

Safer than 60% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 3.8.

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to Indiana alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #5 safest of 15 Removal of recyclable material employers in Indiana.

DAK Americas (99 employees, TCR 3.0) 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 DAK Americas
DAK Americas (99 employees, TCR 3.0) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 44 employees and a TCR of 3.8

DAK Americas has more employees than the Removal of recyclable materials from a w median and a lower 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
2022 2.6 0.0 3 0 0
2021 1.1 0.0 1 0 0
2020 3.0 1.5 4 0 0
2019 5.4 5.4 4 0 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

562920 · IN · Richmond

422 Removal of recyclable materials from a waste stream employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 12,750 rated employers in Indiana with headcount on file · 131 employers in Richmond, IN · 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 S07328 - Downtown Diversion 3.0 TCR
NAICS-TCR Zanker Road Resource Management, LLC 3.0 TCR
NAICS-TCR S06717 - Raleigh MRF 3.0 TCR
NAICS-TCR Dallas MRF 3.1 TCR
STATE-SIZE 2580-Remington, IN 99 FTE
STATE-SIZE Grand Industrial LLC 99 FTE
STATE-SIZE Capitol Construction Services, Inc. 99 FTE
STATE-SIZE Ragle, Inc. 99 FTE
CITY-NEAR City Of Richmond 535 FTE
CITY-NEAR Belden, Inc. 399 FTE
CITY-NEAR WM 1745 369 FTE
CITY-NEAR 1745 361 FTE
NAT-TCR Cobb Mechanical Contractors 3.0 TCR
NAT-TCR Cranbury, NJ 3.0 TCR
NAT-TCR Boon Edam 3.0 TCR
NAT-TCR 695 - Elk Grove 3.0 TCR
NAT-SIZE County Market #244 99 FTE
NAT-SIZE Tops 213 99 FTE
NAT-SIZE Johnson Plastics Plus 99 FTE
NAT-SIZE Direct Services Inc 99 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: 2022, 2021, 2020, 2019. 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.