Recyclable materials (e.g., glass, metal, paper) merchant wholesalers · Indiana
ERI Plainfield, IN
Plainfield, IN · ~235 workers · 9 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.
- D
- Poor Safety Record
- 4.3
- Avg TCR
- 2.2
- Industry avg
- 0
- Fatalities
The verdict
ERI Plainfield, IN runs at 194% of its industry's injury rate - more dangerous than the typical Recyclable materials (e.g., glass, metal, paper) merchant wholesalers workplace, earning a grade D.
- D
- Poor Safety Record
- 4.3
- avg TCR · per 100 workers
- 2.2
- industry benchmark (BLS)
- 91
- recordable injuries tracked
Grade compares ERI Plainfield, IN's OSHA Total Case Rate of 4.3 to the Recyclable materials (e.g., glass, metal, paper) merchant wholesalers BLS benchmark of 2.2 (194% of benchmark) across 9 years of Form 300A filings (2016–2024). <a href="/methodology">See methodology</a> for reporting-limitation caveats.
Injury rate over time
ERI Plainfield, IN's yearly Total Case Rate, against the 2.2 industry benchmark.
Where ERI Plainfield, IN falls in its industry
1,247 Recyclable materials (e.g., gl establishmentsSafer than 42% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 3.4.
Narrower to Indiana alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #41 safest of 66 Recyclable materials (e.g., gl employers in Indiana.
Trend analysis for ERI Plainfield, IN
Between 2016 and 2024, ERI Plainfield, IN's Total Case Rate worsened from 3.0 to 5.7 recordable injuries per 100 full-time workers, a 90% increase across 8 years of OSHA reporting.
The safest year on record was 2019, at a TCR of 2.3, while 2024 saw the highest rate, at 5.7, a spread of 3.4 points between the best and worst reporting years. That's a wide swing relative to the establishment's overall rate, worth checking the year-by-year table below for whether a single severe year is driving the average, rather than a sustained trend.
Summed across those 9 reporting years, ERI Plainfield, IN recorded 91 total injuries and illnesses, with no fatalities reported in any of those years. Readers comparing establishments should weigh the 9-year trend above alongside establishment size, since a larger workforce naturally accumulates more raw incidents even at a lower per-100-worker rate.
Verify This Employer with OSHA
The 91 injuries, 2 illnesses shown on this page for ERI Plainfield, IN are sourced from its own 9 years of mandatory OSHA Form 300A summaries. Cross-check the underlying establishment record directly against the federal source, name, NAICS classification, recordable case totals, and inspection history are all searchable on OSHA's Establishment-Specific Injury and Illness Data system.
Verify on OSHA Establishment SearchSource: U.S. Department of Labor, OSHA Establishment-Specific Injury and Illness Data. NAICS 423930 - Recyclable materials (e.g., glass, metal, paper) merchant wholesalers.
DART Rate, Transparent Calculation (2024)
What is the DART rate formula?
DART (Days Away, Restricted, or Transferred) is computed by OSHA as incidents × 200,000 ÷ hours worked. The 200,000-hour denominator equals roughly 100 full-time workers, which lets establishments of very different sizes be compared directly.
3 DART incidents × 200,000 ÷ 527,560 hours worked = 1.14 DART
Methodology: 29 CFR 1904, OSHA Form 300A recordkeeping
Cross-Validating Context, Establishment vs Industry vs State
| Benchmark | TCR | Source |
|---|---|---|
| ERI Plainfield, IN (this establishment) | 4.27 | OSHA ITA Form 300A, 9-year avg |
| Metal scrap and waste merchant wholesalers industry avg | 2.20 | BLS IIF, NAICS 423930 |
| Indiana state avg (all industries) | 4.53 | OSHA ITA, state-level rollup |
Industry benchmarks: Bureau of Labor Statistics, Injuries, Illnesses, and Fatalities (IIF) program
Reportable Incident Timeline
Year-by-year reportable incidents (recordable injuries + illnesses + fatalities) submitted by ERI Plainfield, IN to OSHA's Injury Tracking Application. Each row anchors to OSHA's inspection records search where you can pull the underlying inspection case numbers and citations for that establishment-year.
- 2024: 15 reportable incidents · 15 injuries, 0 illnesses, 0 fatalities - OSHA inspection records (case numbers)
- 2023: 15 reportable incidents · 14 injuries, 1 illnesses, 0 fatalities - OSHA inspection records (case numbers)
- 2022: 10 reportable incidents · 9 injuries, 1 illnesses, 0 fatalities - OSHA inspection records (case numbers)
- 2021: 14 reportable incidents · 14 injuries, 0 illnesses, 0 fatalities - OSHA inspection records (case numbers)
- 2020: 13 reportable incidents · 13 injuries, 0 illnesses, 0 fatalities - OSHA inspection records (case numbers)
- 2019: 4 reportable incidents · 4 injuries, 0 illnesses, 0 fatalities - OSHA inspection records (case numbers)
- 2018: 5 reportable incidents · 5 injuries, 0 illnesses, 0 fatalities - OSHA inspection records (case numbers)
- 2017: 12 reportable incidents · 12 injuries, 0 illnesses, 0 fatalities - OSHA inspection records (case numbers)
- 2016: 5 reportable incidents · 5 injuries, 0 illnesses, 0 fatalities - OSHA inspection records (case numbers)
Source: OSHA Inspection Information System (IMIS) - inspection case-number records
Year-by-Year Safety Data
| Year | TCR | DART | Injuries | Illnesses | Fatalities |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 5.7 | 1.1 | 15 | 0 | 0 |
| 2023 | 5.6 | 1.9 | 14 | 1 | 0 |
| 2022 | 3.8 | 1.9 | 9 | 1 | 0 |
| 2021 | 5.4 | 2.3 | 14 | 0 | 0 |
| 2020 | 5.0 | 2.7 | 13 | 0 | 0 |
| 2019 | 2.3 | 2.3 | 4 | 0 | 0 |
| 2018 | 2.7 | 1.6 | 5 | 0 | 0 |
| 2017 | 4.8 | 2.0 | 12 | 0 | 0 |
| 2016 | 3.0 | 1.2 | 5 | 0 | 0 |
What this grade means for you
Use this grade as a relative read on ERI Plainfield, IN's reported OSHA injury record versus its Recyclable materials (e.g., glass, metal, paper) merchant wholesalers peers, not a verdict on whether any single site is safe today.
- At 194% of the Recyclable materials (e.g., glass, metal, paper) merchant wholesalers benchmark, ERI Plainfield, IN reports more injuries than typical peers, ask specifically how the employer is reducing them. Know your rights
- Judge this record against the wider Recyclable materials (e.g., glass, metal, paper) merchant wholesalers sector, where injury rates vary widely, before comparing it in isolation. See the industry
- Grades reflect 2016–2024 filings; check the latest establishment record straight from OSHA, or look up a different employer. Look up another
Safety grades reflect employers' self-reported OSHA Form 300A filings from 2016 to 2024 and can lag current conditions. A grade is not a guarantee that any specific workplace is safe or unsafe today. See our methodology and disclaimer.
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Read our methodology - how this data is sourced, computed, and verified.
Every figure and grade on PlainSafetyScore is computed directly from OSHA's published Injury Tracking Application data and BLS industry benchmarks, no number is typed in by an editor. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these safety grades, or report a data error. Data current as of 2016-2024 OSHA ITA release.