Materials recovery facilities (MRF) · Illinois

Diversified Recycling, Inc.-EHC

East Hazel Crest, IL · ~23 workers · 4 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

C
Average Safety Record
3.1
Avg TCR
2.6
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

Diversified Recycling, Inc.-EHC runs at 119% of its industry's injury rate - about level with the typical Materials recovery facilities (MRF) workplace, earning a grade C.

Diversified Recycling, Inc.-EHC: 3.1 TCR = 119% of Materials recovery facilities (MRF) BLS 2.6 · 4y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Diversified Recycling, Inc.-EHC safety composite

Diversified Recycling, Inc.-EHC scores strongest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 60% of same-industry peers) and weakest on dart rate (safer than 13%), 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

41/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
C 3.1 per 100 workers

Safer than 60% of industry peers

DART rate
F 6.36 per 100 workers

Safer than 13% 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

Diversified Recycling, Inc.-EHC: 2.9 → 6.4 TCR

Peak year 2020 @ 6.4 TCR · DART/TCR 2.05× in 2020

Diversified Recycling, Inc.-EHC's TCR rose 3.5 from 2.9 in 2017 to 6.4 in 2020. In 2020, DART was 2.05× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 562920 · East Hazel Crest, IL ABOVE-IND · SMALL

Grade C · TCR 3.1 · 119% of ind

  • DART 6.4 DART
  • RANK #12/22
  • PHOTO S09217 - Houston Str…
  • BOOK 4y book
  • INJ 4 inj
  • SIZE ~23 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: S09217 - Houston Street MRF (0.0 TCR gap)

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Diversified Recycling, Inc.-EHC in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows Diversified Recycling, Inc.-EHC averages 3.1 TCR (119% 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

Diversified Recycling, Inc.-EHC TCR series: 2017=2.9 · 2018=0 · 2019=3.2 · 2020=6.4 · BLS 2.6

Where Diversified Recycling, Inc.-EHC falls in its industry

422 Materials recovery facilities establishments

Safer than 60% 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 #12 safest of 22 Materials recovery facilities employers in Illinois.

Diversified Recycling, Inc.-EHC (23 employees, TCR 3.1) 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 Diversified Recycling, Inc.-EHC
Diversified Recycling, Inc.-EHC (23 employees, TCR 3.1) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 44 employees and a TCR of 3.8

Diversified Recycling, Inc.-EHC has fewer employees than the Materials recovery facilities (MRF) 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
2020 6.4 6.4 2 0 0
2019 3.2 3.2 1 0 0
2018 0.0 0.0 0 0 0
2017 2.9 2.9 1 0 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

562920 · IL · East Hazel Crest

422 Materials recovery facilities (MRF) employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 22,804 rated employers in Illinois with headcount on file · 6 employers in East Hazel Crest, 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 S09217 - Houston Street MRF 3.1 TCR
NAICS-TCR Agilyx Corporation 3.1 TCR
NAICS-TCR Phoenix Recycling LLC 3.1 TCR
NAICS-TCR Office 3.1 TCR
STATE-SIZE Oak Grove 23 FTE
STATE-SIZE Eagle Point Farms, LLC. 23 FTE
STATE-SIZE Mendota Office 23 FTE
STATE-SIZE Nokomis Area Fire Protection District 23 FTE
CITY-NEAR Electrical Systems Inc. 126 FTE
CITY-NEAR East Hazel Crest 55 FTE
CITY-NEAR BrandSafway Industries, LLC - Chicago - Branch 40 FTE
CITY-NEAR Diversified Recycling 26 FTE
NAT-TCR DGS Aviation Services : FWA - Fort Wayne 3.1 TCR
NAT-TCR Main Office 3.1 TCR
NAT-TCR Petroleum Equipment / Pump Brokerage 3.1 TCR
NAT-TCR WI001 Green Bay, WI SPG 3.1 TCR
NAT-SIZE ECM Transport-Charleston 23 FTE
NAT-SIZE 0000000091 Quickchek Food Stores 23 FTE
NAT-SIZE Spurlock Power Station 23 FTE
NAT-SIZE PDI Dallas TX 23 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. 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.