Waste recovery facilities · Minnesota

Elk River Resource Processing Plant

Elk River, MN · ~27 workers · 2 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

D
Poor Safety Record
4.7
Avg TCR
2.6
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

Elk River Resource Processing Plant runs at 182% of its industry's injury rate - more dangerous than the typical Waste recovery facilities workplace, earning a grade D.

Elk River Resource Processing Plant: 4.7 TCR = 182% of Waste recovery facilities BLS 2.6 · 2y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Elk River Resource Processing Plant safety composite

Elk River Resource Processing Plant scores strongest on dart rate (safer than 80% of same-industry peers) and weakest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 38%), 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

56/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
D 4.74 per 100 workers

Safer than 38% 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

−9.5

2018→2019

Elk River Resource Processing Plant injury rate improved

Elk River Resource Processing Plant's TCR fell 9.5 from 9.5 in 2018 to 0.0 in 2019. Peak filing year was 2018 at 9.5 TCR. In 2019, DART was 0× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2018=9.5 · 2019=0.0

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 562920 · Elk River, MN ABOVE-IND · SMALL

Grade D · TCR 4.7 · 182% of ind

  • DART 0.0 DART
  • RANK #6/10
  • PHOTO Carolina Recycling C…
  • BOOK 2y book
  • INJ 4 inj
  • SIZE ~27 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: Carolina Recycling Corp. (0.0 TCR gap)

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Elk River Resource Processing Plant in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows Elk River Resource Processing Plant averages 4.7 TCR (182% of the Waste recovery facilities BLS benchmark).

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

Elk River Resource Processing Plant TCR series: 2018=9.5 · 2019=0 · BLS 2.6

Where Elk River Resource Processing Plant falls in its industry

422 Waste recovery facilities establishments

Safer than 38% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 3.8.

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to Minnesota alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #6 safest of 10 Waste recovery facilities employers in Minnesota.

Elk River Resource Processing Plant (27 employees, TCR 4.7) 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 Elk River Resource Processing Plant
Elk River Resource Processing Plant (27 employees, TCR 4.7) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 44 employees and a TCR of 3.8

Elk River Resource Processing Plant has fewer employees than the Waste recovery facilities 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
2019 0.0 0.0 0 0 0
2018 9.5 9.5 4 0 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

562920 · MN · Elk River

422 Waste recovery facilities employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 15,828 rated employers in Minnesota with headcount on file · 102 employers in Elk River, MN · 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 Carolina Recycling Corp. 4.8 TCR
NAICS-TCR Fort Worth 4.8 TCR
NAICS-TCR King County Wastewater Treatment 4.7 TCR
NAICS-TCR Manassas 3807 4.8 TCR
STATE-SIZE Featherstone Fruits and Vegetables LLC. 27 FTE
STATE-SIZE Forest City Feedmill 27 FTE
STATE-SIZE Schwartz Farms PAP MN 27 FTE
STATE-SIZE 2011-Stanton, MN 27 FTE
CITY-NEAR WM 3209 437 FTE
CITY-NEAR Sherburne County Government Center - General 418 FTE
CITY-NEAR 3209 387 FTE
CITY-NEAR Sherburne County Government Center 367 FTE
NAT-TCR Super Dollar Store #2843 4.7 TCR
NAT-TCR Northwest Orthopedics & Sports Medicine 4.7 TCR
NAT-TCR JW Marriott Desert Springs Resort and Spa 4.7 TCR
NAT-TCR MI 36250 Van Dyke - Bldg B 4.7 TCR
NAT-SIZE Avera Gettysburg Hospital 27 FTE
NAT-SIZE Martin Sullivan Quincy IL 27 FTE
NAT-SIZE Nichols St. ICF 27 FTE
NAT-SIZE Panda Liberty 27 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: 2019, 2018. This is publicly available government data - not a legal determination of workplace conditions.

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