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

Island Recycling Inc

Kapolei, HI · ~55 workers · 2 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

F
Failing Safety Record
8.0
Avg TCR
2.2
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

Island Recycling Inc runs at 365% 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.

Island Recycling Inc: 8.0 TCR = 365% of Recyclable materials (e.g., glass, metal, paper) merchant wholesalers BLS 2.2 · 2y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Island Recycling Inc safety composite

Island Recycling Inc scores strongest on fatalities (safer than 51% of same-industry peers) and weakest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 18%), 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).

D

37/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
F 8.04 per 100 workers

Safer than 18% of industry peers

DART rate
D 1.73 per 100 workers

Safer than 50% 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

−12.6

2021→2024

Island Recycling Inc injury rate improved

Island Recycling Inc's TCR fell 12.6 from 14.4 in 2021 to 1.7 in 2024. Peak filing year was 2021 at 14.4 TCR. In 2024, DART was 0.22× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2021=14.4 · 2024=1.7

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 423930 · Kapolei, HI ABOVE-IND · SMALL

Grade F · TCR 8.0 · 365% of ind

  • DART 1.7 DART
  • RANK P18
  • PHOTO Star Wipers- Gastonia
  • BOOK 2y book
  • INJ 10 inj
  • SIZE ~55 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: Star Wipers- Gastonia (0.0 TCR gap)

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Island Recycling Inc in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows Island Recycling Inc averages 8.0 TCR (365% of the Recyclable materials (e.g., glass, metal, paper) merchant wholesalers BLS benchmark).

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

Island Recycling Inc TCR series: 2021=14.4 · 2024=1.7 · BLS 2.2

Where Island Recycling Inc falls in its industry

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

Safer than 18% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 4.0.

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers
Island Recycling Inc (55 employees, TCR 8.0) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 39 employees and a TCR of 4.0 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 020406080100 0246810 Average employees Total Case Rate Island Recycling Inc
Island Recycling Inc (55 employees, TCR 8.0) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 39 employees and a TCR of 4.0

Island Recycling Inc has more 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 Illnesses Fatalities
2024 1.7 1.7 1 0 0
2021 14.4 14.4 9 0 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

423930 · HI · Kapolei

1,126 Recyclable materials (e.g., glass, metal, paper) merchant wholesalers employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 2,022 rated employers in Hawaii with headcount on file · 119 employers in Kapolei, HI · 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 Star Wipers- Gastonia 8.1 TCR
NAICS-TCR Service Recycling 8.0 TCR
NAICS-TCR Recycle Midland 8.1 TCR
NAICS-TCR Sims Bros., Inc. 8.0 TCR
STATE-SIZE Refuse Division - Pearl City Collection Yard 55 FTE
STATE-SIZE D.R. Horton Hawaii LLC 55 FTE
STATE-SIZE APB Construction Corp. 55 FTE
STATE-SIZE Big Save - Kapaa 55 FTE
CITY-NEAR Disney Vacation Club Hawaii Management Company, LLC, dba Aulani, A Disney Resort & Spa 1,613 FTE
CITY-NEAR Disney Vacation Club Hawaii Mgmt Co., LLC, dba Aulani, A Disney Resort & Spa, Ko Olina, Hawaii 1,584 FTE
CITY-NEAR City and County of Honolulu - Department of Environmental Services 913 FTE
CITY-NEAR Four Seasons Resort Ko Olina 668 FTE
NAT-TCR Walnut 8.0 TCR
NAT-TCR Progreso LMMM Houston #36, LTD 8.0 TCR
NAT-TCR Amazon.com Services LLC - BWI1 8.0 TCR
NAT-TCR Style Crest - OH Distribution 8.0 TCR
NAT-SIZE Lake Erie Electric, Inc. - Dayton 55 FTE
NAT-SIZE Tampco Inc. 55 FTE
NAT-SIZE Correctional Facility 55 FTE
NAT-SIZE Susquehanna Valley Construction Corporation 55 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, 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.