Metal scrap and waste merchant wholesalers · Texas

Encore Recyclers,Inc.

Garland, TX · ~35 workers · 6 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

A
Excellent Safety Record
0.9
Avg TCR
2.2
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

Encore Recyclers,Inc. runs at 43% of its industry's injury rate - far safer than the typical Metal scrap and waste merchant wholesalers workplace, earning a grade A.

Encore Recyclers,Inc.: 0.9 TCR = 43% of Metal scrap and waste merchant wholesalers BLS 2.2 · 6y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Encore Recyclers,Inc. safety composite

Encore Recyclers,Inc. scores strongest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 93% of same-industry peers) and weakest on dart rate (safer than 39%), 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

64/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
A 0.94 per 100 workers

Safer than 93% of industry peers

DART rate
D 2.78 per 100 workers

Safer than 39% 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%).

Encore Recyclers,Inc. held a steady TCR band

Encore Recyclers,Inc.'s TCR held near 0.1 from 2.9 in 2019 to 2.8 in 2024. Peak filing year was 2019 at 2.9 TCR. In 2024, DART was 2.96× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2019=2.9 · 2020=0.0 · 2021=0.0 · 2022=0.0 · 2023=0.0 · 2024=2.8

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 423930 · Garland, TX AT/BELOW-IND · SMALL

Grade A · TCR 0.9 · 43% of ind

  • DART 2.8 DART
  • RANK #6/101
  • PHOTO CMC Recycling Austin
  • BOOK 6y book
  • INJ 2 inj
  • SIZE ~35 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: CMC Recycling Austin (0.0 TCR gap)

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Encore Recyclers,Inc. in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows Encore Recyclers,Inc. averages 0.9 TCR (43% 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

Encore Recyclers,Inc. TCR series: 2019=2.9 · 2020=0 · 2021=0 · 2022=0 · 2023=0 · 2024=2.8 · BLS 2.2

Where Encore Recyclers,Inc. falls in its industry

1,126 Metal scrap and waste merchant establishments

Safer than 93% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 4.0.

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to Texas alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #6 safest of 101 Metal scrap and waste merchant employers in Texas.

Encore Recyclers,Inc. (35 employees, TCR 0.9) 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 Encore Recyclers,Inc.
Encore Recyclers,Inc. (35 employees, TCR 0.9) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 39 employees and a TCR of 4.0

Encore Recyclers,Inc. has fewer employees than the Metal scrap and waste merchant wholesale median and a lower 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
2024 2.8 2.8 1 0 0
2023 0.0 0.0 0 0 0
2022 0.0 0.0 0 0 0
2021 0.0 0.0 0 0 0
2020 0.0 0.0 0 0 0
2019 2.9 2.9 1 0 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

423930 · TX · Garland

1,126 Metal scrap and waste merchant wholesalers employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 38,394 rated employers in Texas with headcount on file · 316 employers in Garland, TX · 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 CMC Recycling Austin 0.9 TCR
NAICS-TCR Texas Port Recycling 0.9 TCR
NAICS-TCR SMM Group Johnston Facility 0.9 TCR
NAICS-TCR Greif Recovered Fiber 0.9 TCR
STATE-SIZE Southwest Feedyard 35 FTE
STATE-SIZE CDF Dairy 35 FTE
STATE-SIZE Cal-Maine Foods, Inc. - Marion, TX 35 FTE
STATE-SIZE Growers Select Produce, Inc. 35 FTE
CITY-NEAR AMZL : DDA2 1,704 FTE
CITY-NEAR Kraft Heinz Comany Garland 1,482 FTE
CITY-NEAR Kraft Heinz 1,370 FTE
CITY-NEAR Osburn Contractors 933 FTE
NAT-TCR Isola USA Corp. 0.9 TCR
NAT-TCR Nutkao USA 0.9 TCR
NAT-TCR Tech Center 0.9 TCR
NAT-TCR M5053 Croasdaile Vi 0.9 TCR
NAT-SIZE Goucher Res at Mary Fisher 35 FTE
NAT-SIZE Primary Care Cabot Drive 35 FTE
NAT-SIZE Kansas City Vending 35 FTE
NAT-SIZE FS-Carroll Manor 35 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. 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.