Waste transfer stations, nonhazardous solid · Illinois

Heartland Recycling

Name: Heartland Recycling Workplace Safety Data
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Forest View, IL · ~120 workers · 5 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

Compiled by PlainSafetyScore · August 25, 2026

F
Failing Safety Record: 5.3
Avg TCR: 2.6
Industry avg: 0
Fatalities

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The verdict

Heartland Recycling runs at 206% of its industry's injury rate - far more dangerous than the typical Waste transfer stations, nonhazardous solid workplace, earning a grade F.

Heartland Recycling: 5.3 TCR = 206% of Waste transfer stations, nonhazardous solid BLS 2.6 · 5y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Heartland Recycling safety composite

Heartland Recycling scores strongest on fatalities (safer than 52% of same-industry peers) and weakest on dart rate (safer than 28%), 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).

41/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR): D 5.35 per 100 workers

Safer than 46% of industry peers
DART rate: F 5.69 per 100 workers

Safer than 28% of industry peers
Fatalities: D 0

Safer than 52% 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

Heartland Recycling: 4.1 → 9.1 TCR

Peak year 2020 @ 9.1 TCR · DART/TCR 1.06× in 2020

Heartland Recycling's TCR rose 5.0 from 4.1 in 2016 to 9.1 in 2020. In 2020, DART was 1.06× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 562111 · Forest View, IL ABOVE-IND · MID

Grade F · TCR 5.3 · 206% of ind

DART 5.7 DART
RANK #71/143
PHOTO S04283 - Gilbertsvil…
BOOK 5y book
INJ 34 inj
SIZE ~120 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: S04283 - Gilbertsville Hauling (0.0 TCR gap)

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What this shows Heartland Recycling averages 5.3 TCR (206% of the Waste transfer stations, nonhazardous solid BLS benchmark).

Heartland Recycling TCR series: 2016=4.1 · 2017=3.9 · 2018=2.8 · 2019=6.8 · 2020=9.1 · BLS 2.6

Where Heartland Recycling falls in its industry

2,322 Waste transfer stations, nonha establishments

Safer than 46% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 5.1.

Grade F

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to Illinois alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #71 safest of 143 Waste transfer stations, nonha employers in Illinois.

Heartland Recycling (120 employees, TCR 5.3) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 55 employees and a TCR of 5.1

Heartland Recycling has more employees than the Waste transfer stations, nonhazardous so median and a higher injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 5.1. 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
2020	9.1	5.7	8
2019	6.8	4.1	10
2018	2.8	2.1	4
2017	3.9	1.9	6
2016	4.1	0.7	6

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

562111 · IL · Forest View

2,322 Waste transfer stations, nonhazardous solid employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 22,804 rated employers in Illinois with headcount on file · 8 employers in Forest View, IL · 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	S04283 - Gilbertsville Hauling	GILBERTSVILLE, PA	5.3 TCR
NAICS-TCR	S03819 - Woburn Hauling	WOBURN, MA	5.3 TCR
NAICS-TCR	Republic Services of NJ, LLC dba Marpal	TINTON FALLS, NJ	5.3 TCR
NAICS-TCR	GFL Environmental Brimley Transfer and Hauling	BRIMLEY, MI	5.3 TCR
STATE-SIZE	Ragnar Benson	CHICAGO	120 FTE
STATE-SIZE	TKC Highland	HIGHLAND	120 FTE
STATE-SIZE	Utility Constructors	ADDISON	120 FTE
STATE-SIZE	123 - Archer Western/Herzog 4 JV	CHICAGO	120 FTE
CITY-NEAR	Midway IL FXFE-MDW	Forest View	396 FTE
CITY-NEAR	Daubert Chemical Company	Forest View	111 FTE
CITY-NEAR	LRS - Heartland	Forest View	71 FTE
CITY-NEAR	USA Forest View 5401 W 47th Street	Forest View	70 FTE
NAT-TCR	High Springs	High Springs, FL	5.3 TCR
NAT-TCR	Ross store 1064	Sunrise, FL	5.3 TCR
NAT-TCR	101 Nashua, Nh	Nashua, NH	5.3 TCR
NAT-TCR	Lockheed Martin Corporation US AZ Yuma PO Box 99170 (1250)	Yuma, AZ	5.3 TCR
NAT-SIZE	Div. 178	Monroe, LA	120 FTE
NAT-SIZE	PA - Amazon (Carlisle)	Carlisle, PA	120 FTE
NAT-SIZE	PADNOS Grandville Recycling	Grandville, MI	120 FTE
NAT-SIZE	Cedar Health and Rehabilitation	Cedar City, UT	120 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: 2020, 2019, 2018, 2017, 2016. This is publicly available government data - not a legal determination of workplace conditions.

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