Materials recovery facilities (MRF) · Indiana

East Central Recycling

Muncie, IN · ~24 workers · 9 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

B
Good Safety Record
2.0
Avg TCR
2.6
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

East Central Recycling runs at 78% of its industry's injury rate - safer than the typical Materials recovery facilities (MRF) workplace, earning a grade B.

East Central Recycling: 2.0 TCR = 78% of Materials recovery facilities (MRF) BLS 2.6 · 9y Form 300A (see methodology below)

East Central Recycling safety composite

East Central Recycling scores strongest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 76% of same-industry peers) and weakest on dart rate (safer than 24%), 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

52/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
B 2.04 per 100 workers

Safer than 76% of industry peers

DART rate
F 4.03 per 100 workers

Safer than 24% 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

East Central Recycling: 0.0 → 8.1 TCR

Peak year 2024 @ 8.1 TCR · DART/TCR 1.98× in 2024

East Central Recycling's TCR rose 8.1 from 0.0 in 2016 to 8.1 in 2024. In 2024, DART was 1.98× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 562920 · Muncie, IN AT/BELOW-IND · SMALL

Grade B · TCR 2.0 · 78% of ind

  • DART 4.0 DART
  • RANK #3/15
  • PHOTO Eurecat U.S. Incorpo…
  • BOOK 9y book
  • INJ 5 inj
  • SIZE ~24 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: Eurecat U.S. Incorporated - Pasadena Plant (0.0 TCR gap)

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East Central Recycling in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows East Central Recycling averages 2.0 TCR (78% 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

East Central Recycling TCR series: 2016=0 · 2017=3 · 2018=0 · 2019=0 · 2020=0 · 2021=7.3 · 2022=0 · 2023=0 · 2024=8.1 · BLS 2.6

Where East Central Recycling falls in its industry

422 Materials recovery facilities establishments

Safer than 76% 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 #3 safest of 15 Materials recovery facilities employers in Indiana.

East Central Recycling (24 employees, TCR 2.0) 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 East Central Recycling
East Central Recycling (24 employees, TCR 2.0) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 44 employees and a TCR of 3.8

East Central Recycling 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
2024 8.1 4.0 2 0 0
2023 0.0 0.0 0 0 0
2022 0.0 0.0 0 0 0
2021 7.3 0.0 2 0 0
2020 0.0 0.0 0 0 0
2019 0.0 0.0 0 0 0
2018 0.0 0.0 0 0 0
2017 3.0 3.0 1 0 0
2016 0.0 0.0 0 0 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

562920 · IN · Muncie

422 Materials recovery facilities (MRF) employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 12,750 rated employers in Indiana with headcount on file · 143 employers in Muncie, 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 Eurecat U.S. Incorporated - Pasadena Plant 2.1 TCR
NAICS-TCR 4408 Portland East Recycle 2.1 TCR
NAICS-TCR Memphis Recycyling 2.0 TCR
NAICS-TCR RIVER RECYCLING, LLC DBA SAN ANTONIO RECYCLING 2.1 TCR
STATE-SIZE Midwest Poultry Services - Corporate Office 24 FTE
STATE-SIZE Midwest Pullet Farm / QC / Lab 24 FTE
STATE-SIZE 327-NiSource-West Terre Haute IN 24 FTE
STATE-SIZE Bedford Operations Center 24 FTE
CITY-NEAR DIY Group Muncie 545 FTE
CITY-NEAR PMC Muncie IN Locomotive 521 FTE
CITY-NEAR TTS - Indiana 415 FTE
CITY-NEAR WM 1665 393 FTE
NAT-TCR OFFICE 2.0 TCR
NAT-TCR Allied Construction Group Inc 2.0 TCR
NAT-TCR Alexandria 2.0 TCR
NAT-TCR Boone Brothers Roofing 2.0 TCR
NAT-SIZE 400 East Corp. 24 FTE
NAT-SIZE Oaks Precision Fabricating, Inc. 24 FTE
NAT-SIZE WLC 24 FTE
NAT-SIZE Oakwood 24 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.

Read our methodology - how this data is sourced, computed, and verified.

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