Recyclable materials (e.g., glass, metal, paper) merchant wholesalers · Pennsylvania

First Capital Fibers, Inc

Name: First Capital Fibers, Inc Workplace Safety Data
Creator: PlainSafetyScore
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York, PA · ~21 workers · 7 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

Compiled by PlainSafetyScore · August 25, 2026

F
Failing Safety Record: 20.2
Avg TCR: 2.2
Industry avg: 0
Fatalities

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The verdict

First Capital Fibers, Inc runs at 918% of its industry's injury rate - far more dangerous than the typical Recyclable materials (e.g., glass, metal, paper) merchant wholesalers workplace, earning a grade F.

First Capital Fibers, Inc: 20.2 TCR = 918% of Recyclable materials (e.g., glass, metal, paper) merchant wholesalers BLS 2.2 · 7y Form 300A (see methodology below)

First Capital Fibers, Inc safety composite

First Capital Fibers, Inc scores strongest on fatalities (safer than 51% of same-industry peers) and weakest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 1%), 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).

14/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR): F 20.2 per 100 workers

Safer than 1% of industry peers
DART rate: F 13.18 per 100 workers

Safer than 2% 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%).

Rising injury rate

First Capital Fibers, Inc: 5.1 → 35.2 TCR

Peak year 2024 @ 35.2 TCR · DART/TCR 0.65× in 2024

First Capital Fibers, Inc's TCR rose 30.1 from 5.1 in 2017 to 35.2 in 2024. In 2024, DART was 0.65× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 423930 · York, PA ABOVE-IND · SMALL

Grade F · TCR 20.2 · 918% of ind

DART 13.2 DART
RANK #62/62
PHOTO Upstate Shredding
BOOK 7y book
INJ 28 inj
SIZE ~21 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: Upstate Shredding (0.0 TCR gap)

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What this shows First Capital Fibers, Inc averages 20.2 TCR (918% of the Recyclable materials (e.g., glass, metal, paper) merchant wholesalers BLS benchmark).

First Capital Fibers, Inc TCR series: 2017=5.1 · 2019=18.4 · 2020=7.6 · 2021=24.9 · 2022=16 · 2023=34.3 · 2024=35.2 · BLS 2.2

Where First Capital Fibers, Inc falls in its industry

1,126 Recyclable materials (e.g., gl establishments

Safer than 1% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 4.0.

Grade F

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to Pennsylvania alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #62 safest of 62 Recyclable materials (e.g., gl employers in Pennsylvania.

First Capital Fibers, Inc (21 employees, TCR 20.2) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 39 employees and a TCR of 4.0

First Capital Fibers, Inc has fewer employees than the Recyclable materials (e.g., glass, metal 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
2024	35.2	13.2	8
2023	34.3	0.0	6
2022	16.0	16.0	4
2021	24.9	24.9	5
2020	7.6	0.0	1
2019	18.4	6.1	3
2017	5.1	0.0	1

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

423930 · PA · York

1,126 Recyclable materials (e.g., glass, metal, paper) merchant wholesalers employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 22,692 rated employers in Pennsylvania with headcount on file · 496 employers in York, PA · 4 cross-state NAT-TCR peers · 4 cross-state NAT-SIZE peers. Closest matches by relationship code are listed below.

Rel	Establishment	Place	Metric
NAICS-TCR	Upstate Shredding	OWEGO, NY	20.2 TCR
NAICS-TCR	Alandro Plastic Resources LLC	BROWNSVILLE, TX	19.9 TCR
NAICS-TCR	CASS NV, LLC	MCCARRAN, NV	20.5 TCR
NAICS-TCR	Mallin Companies, Inc.	KANSAS CITY, MO	19.0 TCR
STATE-SIZE	Smiling Porker	MORRIS	21 FTE
STATE-SIZE	STgenetics-PA Dairy	LINCOLN UNIVERSITY	21 FTE
STATE-SIZE	LUMA, Carolina Hangar	CAROLINA	21 FTE
STATE-SIZE	UGI Frackville	FRACKVILLE	21 FTE
CITY-NEAR	WellSpan York Hospital	York	4,886 FTE
CITY-NEAR	WellSpan Medical Group	York	4,293 FTE
CITY-NEAR	Wellspan Health	York	2,591 FTE
CITY-NEAR	FedEx Supply Chain (Target York)	York	1,875 FTE
NAT-TCR	Ignite Medical Resort St. Marys LLC	Blue Springs, MO	20.2 TCR
NAT-TCR	Hunt Legacy Holdings LLC	Abilene, TX	20.2 TCR
NAT-TCR	Santa Ana 5	Santa Ana, CA	20.2 TCR
NAT-TCR	Ridgefield Station	Ridgefield, CT	20.2 TCR
NAT-SIZE	Ring Container Hagerstown	Hagerstown, MD	21 FTE
NAT-SIZE	GT Mechanical, Inc.	Homer Glen, IL	21 FTE
NAT-SIZE	Charleston Commissary	Goose Creek, SC	21 FTE
NAT-SIZE	Ronsco, Inc.	New York, NY	21 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, 2017. 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.