Materials recovery facilities (MRF) · Maryland

Encore Recycling, llc

Laurel, MD · ~29 workers · 3 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

D
Poor Safety Record
3.7
Avg TCR
2.6
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

Encore Recycling, llc runs at 142% of its industry's injury rate - more dangerous than the typical Materials recovery facilities (MRF) workplace, earning a grade D.

Encore Recycling, llc: 3.7 TCR = 142% of Materials recovery facilities (MRF) BLS 2.6 · 3y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Encore Recycling, llc safety composite

Encore Recycling, llc scores strongest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 51% of same-industry peers) and weakest on dart rate (safer than 40%), 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

47/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
D 3.7 per 100 workers

Safer than 51% of industry peers

DART rate
D 2.89 per 100 workers

Safer than 40% 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

−5.3

2022→2024

Encore Recycling, llc injury rate improved

Encore Recycling, llc's TCR fell 5.3 from 8.2 in 2022 to 2.9 in 2024. Peak filing year was 2022 at 8.2 TCR. In 2024, DART was 0.78× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2022=8.2 · 2023=0.0 · 2024=2.9

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 562920 · Laurel, MD ABOVE-IND · SMALL

Grade D · TCR 3.7 · 142% of ind

  • DART 2.9 DART
  • RANK P51
  • PHOTO Consolidated Scrap R…
  • BOOK 3y book
  • INJ 4 inj
  • SIZE ~29 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: Consolidated Scrap Resources (0.0 TCR gap)

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Encore Recycling, llc in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows Encore Recycling, llc averages 3.7 TCR (142% 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

Encore Recycling, llc TCR series: 2022=8.2 · 2023=0 · 2024=2.9 · BLS 2.6

Where Encore Recycling, llc falls in its industry

422 Materials recovery facilities establishments

Safer than 51% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 3.8.

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers
Encore Recycling, llc (29 employees, TCR 3.7) 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 Encore Recycling, llc
Encore Recycling, llc (29 employees, TCR 3.7) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 44 employees and a TCR of 3.8

Encore Recycling, llc 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 2.9 2.9 1 0 0
2023 0.0 0.0 0 0 0
2022 8.2 5.5 3 0 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

562920 · MD · Laurel

422 Materials recovery facilities (MRF) employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 7,213 rated employers in Maryland with headcount on file · 125 employers in Laurel, MD · 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 Consolidated Scrap Resources 3.7 TCR
NAICS-TCR City Recycling Inc 3.7 TCR
NAICS-TCR Liberty Tire Services of Ohio, LLC 3.7 TCR
NAICS-TCR S08486 - NW Regional MRF 3.7 TCR
STATE-SIZE Fort Smallwood 29 FTE
STATE-SIZE Frederick Division 29 FTE
STATE-SIZE WGL MD - Rockville 29 FTE
STATE-SIZE IPS - Integrated Project Services, LLC - Germantown 29 FTE
CITY-NEAR BURTONSVILLE (MDBUR) 2,341 FTE
CITY-NEAR MDBUR - BURTONSVILLE 2,339 FTE
CITY-NEAR WSSC Water 1,668 FTE
CITY-NEAR Beltsville (Laurel) 1,661 FTE
NAT-TCR Universal Supply Company 3.7 TCR
NAT-TCR Oakdale Community Hospital 3.7 TCR
NAT-TCR Highway 6 3.7 TCR
NAT-TCR Volvo Penta Lexington 3.7 TCR
NAT-SIZE JBS Partners LLC 29 FTE
NAT-SIZE Hohmann & Barnard (Alabama) 29 FTE
NAT-SIZE Main Industries, Inc - South Carolina 29 FTE
NAT-SIZE Dream South Beach 29 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. 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.