Metal scrap and waste merchant wholesalers · Virginia

Elizabeth River Recycling LLC

Chesapeake, VA · ~30 workers · 3 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

F
Failing Safety Record
5.7
Avg TCR
2.2
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

Elizabeth River Recycling LLC runs at 257% of its industry's injury rate - far more dangerous than the typical Metal scrap and waste merchant wholesalers workplace, earning a grade F.

Elizabeth River Recycling LLC: 5.7 TCR = 257% of Metal scrap and waste merchant wholesalers BLS 2.2 · 3y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Elizabeth River Recycling LLC safety composite

Elizabeth River Recycling LLC scores strongest on dart rate (safer than 79% of same-industry peers) and weakest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 34%), 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

54/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
F 5.65 per 100 workers

Safer than 34% of industry peers

DART rate
B 0 per 100 workers

Safer than 79% 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

−5.7

2017→2021

Elizabeth River Recycling LLC injury rate improved

Elizabeth River Recycling LLC's TCR fell 5.7 from 8.4 in 2017 to 2.7 in 2021. Peak filing year was 2017 at 8.4 TCR. In 2021, DART was 0× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2017=8.4 · 2020=5.8 · 2021=2.7

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 423930 · Chesapeake, VA ABOVE-IND · SMALL

Grade F · TCR 5.7 · 257% of ind

  • DART 0.0 DART
  • RANK #8/9
  • PHOTO McCoy Iron & Metal, …
  • BOOK 3y book
  • INJ 5 inj
  • SIZE ~30 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: McCoy Iron & Metal, Inc. (0.0 TCR gap)

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Elizabeth River Recycling LLC in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows Elizabeth River Recycling LLC averages 5.7 TCR (257% of the Metal scrap and waste merchant wholesalers BLS benchmark).

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

Elizabeth River Recycling LLC TCR series: 2017=8.4 · 2020=5.8 · 2021=2.7 · BLS 2.2

Where Elizabeth River Recycling LLC falls in its industry

1,126 Metal scrap and waste merchant establishments

Safer than 34% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 4.0.

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to Virginia alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #8 safest of 9 Metal scrap and waste merchant employers in Virginia.

Elizabeth River Recycling LLC (30 employees, TCR 5.7) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 39 employees and a TCR of 4.0 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 020406080100 0246810 Average employees Total Case Rate Elizabeth River Recycling LLC
Elizabeth River Recycling LLC (30 employees, TCR 5.7) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 39 employees and a TCR of 4.0

Elizabeth River Recycling LLC has fewer employees than the Metal scrap and waste merchant wholesale median and a higher injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 4.0. 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
2021 2.7 0.0 1 0 0
2020 5.8 2.9 2 0 0
2017 8.4 8.4 2 0 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

423930 · VA · Chesapeake

1,126 Metal scrap and waste merchant wholesalers employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 12,673 rated employers in Virginia with headcount on file · 434 employers in Chesapeake, VA · 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 McCoy Iron & Metal, Inc. 5.6 TCR
NAICS-TCR CMC Recycling Beaumont 5.7 TCR
NAICS-TCR Mervis Iron & Metal 5.7 TCR
NAICS-TCR L. Gordon Iron & Metal Company - Salisbury Road Facility 5.6 TCR
STATE-SIZE NAES : Altavista Power Station 30 FTE
STATE-SIZE Northwest River Water Treatment Plant 30 FTE
STATE-SIZE Utilities - Wastewater Collections 30 FTE
STATE-SIZE First Class Contracting of Tidewater, LLC 30 FTE
CITY-NEAR Amazon.com Services LLC - ORF2 2,432 FTE
CITY-NEAR Chesapeake Regional Medical Center 2,059 FTE
CITY-NEAR QVC Chesapeake, Inc. 1,056 FTE
CITY-NEAR Crossways 931 FTE
NAT-TCR Midstate Reclamation, Inc 5.7 TCR
NAT-TCR Tft #565 Salem Nh 5.7 TCR
NAT-TCR International paper, Northlake, IL 5.7 TCR
NAT-TCR Ideal Manufacturing 5.7 TCR
NAT-SIZE #741 NYLO Plano 30 FTE
NAT-SIZE Marc Refrigeration Manufacturing Inc. 30 FTE
NAT-SIZE Ambulance Express Inc. 30 FTE
NAT-SIZE Viking Fabrication - Houston 30 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: 2021, 2020, 2017. This is publicly available government data - not a legal determination of workplace conditions.
Data sourced from official public datasets. See our methodology for details.