Materials recovery facilities (MRF) · North Carolina

GDS Conover MRF 3154

Conover, NC · ~30 workers · 2 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

B
Good Safety Record
1.7
Avg TCR
2.6
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

GDS Conover MRF 3154 runs at 64% of its industry's injury rate - safer than the typical Materials recovery facilities (MRF) workplace, earning a grade B.

GDS Conover MRF 3154: 1.7 TCR = 64% of Materials recovery facilities (MRF) BLS 2.6 · 2y Form 300A (see methodology below)

GDS Conover MRF 3154 safety composite

GDS Conover MRF 3154 scores strongest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 84% of same-industry peers) and weakest on dart rate (safer than 33%), 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

58/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
B 1.66 per 100 workers

Safer than 84% of industry peers

DART rate
F 3.31 per 100 workers

Safer than 33% 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

GDS Conover MRF 3154: 0.0 → 3.3 TCR

Peak year 2024 @ 3.3 TCR · DART/TCR 1.99× in 2024

GDS Conover MRF 3154's TCR rose 3.3 from 0.0 in 2022 to 3.3 in 2024. In 2024, DART was 1.99× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 562920 · Conover, NC AT/BELOW-IND · SMALL

Grade B · TCR 1.7 · 64% of ind

  • DART 3.3 DART
  • RANK #5/13
  • PHOTO S04298 - Spiegel Was…
  • BOOK 2y book
  • INJ 1 inj
  • SIZE ~30 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: S04298 - Spiegel Wast Management (0.0 TCR gap)

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GDS Conover MRF 3154 in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows GDS Conover MRF 3154 averages 1.7 TCR (64% 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

GDS Conover MRF 3154 TCR series: 2022=0 · 2024=3.3 · BLS 2.6

Where GDS Conover MRF 3154 falls in its industry

422 Materials recovery facilities establishments

Safer than 84% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 3.8.

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to North Carolina alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #5 safest of 13 Materials recovery facilities employers in North Carolina.

GDS Conover MRF 3154 (30 employees, TCR 1.7) 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 GDS Conover MRF 3154
GDS Conover MRF 3154 (30 employees, TCR 1.7) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 44 employees and a TCR of 3.8

GDS Conover MRF 3154 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 3.3 3.3 1 0 0
2022 0.0 0.0 0 0 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

562920 · NC · Conover

422 Materials recovery facilities (MRF) employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 16,981 rated employers in North Carolina with headcount on file · 95 employers in Conover, NC · 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 S04298 - Spiegel Wast Management 1.7 TCR
NAICS-TCR Metro Site, Inc. 1.7 TCR
NAICS-TCR US Tire Recycling Partners, LP 1.6 TCR
NAICS-TCR Caraustar Recycling 1.6 TCR
STATE-SIZE Shugart Farm 30 FTE
STATE-SIZE Hays Hatchery 30 FTE
STATE-SIZE Hight Family Farms LLC 30 FTE
STATE-SIZE High Point Operations Center 30 FTE
CITY-NEAR Zenith - Conover 409 FTE
CITY-NEAR WM 4224 369 FTE
CITY-NEAR 4224 327 FTE
CITY-NEAR 2510 Conover Folding 309 FTE
NAT-TCR 444 Lakeville Rd 1.7 TCR
NAT-TCR Phoseon Technology, Inc. 1.7 TCR
NAT-TCR Kay Manufacturing Co. 1.7 TCR
NAT-TCR Norwich Springs Health Campus 1.7 TCR
NAT-SIZE Dav-Lin, LLC 30 FTE
NAT-SIZE Tighe Trucking 30 FTE
NAT-SIZE Solenis LLC 30 FTE
NAT-SIZE Universal Manufacturing Services, Inc. 30 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, 2022. 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.