MRF (materials recovery facilities) · Illinois

Imperial Recycling

Chicago, IL · ~62 workers · 4 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

C
Average Safety Record
2.3
Avg TCR
2.6
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

Imperial Recycling runs at 89% of its industry's injury rate - about level with the typical MRF (materials recovery facilities) workplace, earning a grade C.

Imperial Recycling: 2.3 TCR = 89% of MRF (materials recovery facilities) BLS 2.6 · 4y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Imperial Recycling safety composite

Imperial Recycling scores strongest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 72% of same-industry peers) and weakest on dart rate (safer than 44%), 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

57/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
C 2.31 per 100 workers

Safer than 72% of industry peers

DART rate
D 2.49 per 100 workers

Safer than 44% 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

−1.1

2021→2024

Imperial Recycling injury rate improved

Imperial Recycling's TCR fell 1.1 from 3.6 in 2021 to 2.5 in 2024. Peak filing year was 2021 at 3.6 TCR. In 2024, DART was 1.08× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2021=3.6 · 2022=3.2 · 2023=0.0 · 2024=2.5

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 562920 · Chicago, IL AT/BELOW-IND · SMALL

Grade C · TCR 2.3 · 89% of ind

  • DART 2.5 DART
  • RANK #8/22
  • PHOTO Balcones Recycling S…
  • BOOK 4y book
  • INJ 6 inj
  • SIZE ~62 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: Balcones Recycling Sarasota (0.0 TCR gap)

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Imperial Recycling in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows Imperial Recycling averages 2.3 TCR (89% of the MRF (materials recovery facilities) BLS benchmark).

Source U.S. Department of Labor, OSHA Injury Tracking Application (Form 300A) As of 2026-08-25

Imperial Recycling TCR series: 2021=3.6 · 2022=3.2 · 2023=0 · 2024=2.5 · BLS 2.6

Where Imperial Recycling falls in its industry

422 MRF (materials recovery facili establishments

Safer than 72% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 3.8.

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to Illinois alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #8 safest of 22 MRF (materials recovery facili employers in Illinois.

Imperial Recycling (62 employees, TCR 2.3) 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 Imperial Recycling
Imperial Recycling (62 employees, TCR 2.3) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 44 employees and a TCR of 3.8

Imperial Recycling has more employees than the MRF (materials recovery facilities) 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 2.5 2.5 2 0 0
2023 0.0 0.0 0 0 0
2022 3.2 3.2 2 0 0
2021 3.6 1.8 2 0 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

562920 · IL · Chicago

422 MRF (materials recovery facilities) employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 22,804 rated employers in Illinois with headcount on file · 2,934 employers in Chicago, IL · 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 Balcones Recycling Sarasota 2.3 TCR
NAICS-TCR Central Carolina Holdings, LLC 2.3 TCR
NAICS-TCR Metro Recycling Facility 2.3 TCR
NAICS-TCR Cleanlites Recycling Inc. 2.4 TCR
STATE-SIZE Dupont Pioneer Mcleansboro MCL1 62 FTE
STATE-SIZE Hinsdale Nurseries, Inc. - Plano 62 FTE
STATE-SIZE 03U - Electric Field Meter Services 62 FTE
STATE-SIZE AMEREN ILLINOIS - Gas Tech Services 62 FTE
CITY-NEAR Chicago Public Schools 49,500 FTE
CITY-NEAR Chicago/Corporate 18,831 FTE
CITY-NEAR University of Illinois at Chicago 13,092 FTE
CITY-NEAR University Health Service UIC UIC Campus 12,732 FTE
NAT-TCR Pilot Precision Products, LLC 2.3 TCR
NAT-TCR UFP Eagan LLC DBA Packnet Ltd. 2.3 TCR
NAT-TCR 248 - Solon Township MI 2.3 TCR
NAT-TCR 237 - Warren 2.3 TCR
NAT-SIZE Marblehead Plant 62 FTE
NAT-SIZE Columbia Falls 62 FTE
NAT-SIZE Crippen Auto Mall Inc. 62 FTE
NAT-SIZE RHDD - Muskingum 62 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. 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.