Recyclable material hauling, long-distance · Indiana

Kendallville Recycling

Name: Kendallville Recycling Workplace Safety Data
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Kendallville, IN · ~28 workers · 2 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

Compiled by PlainSafetyScore · August 25, 2026

D
Poor Safety Record: 5.6
Avg TCR: 4.5
Industry avg: 0
Fatalities

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The verdict

Kendallville Recycling runs at 125% of its industry's injury rate - more dangerous than the typical Recyclable material hauling, long-distance workplace, earning a grade D.

Kendallville Recycling: 5.6 TCR = 125% of Recyclable material hauling, long-distance BLS 4.5 · 2y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Kendallville Recycling safety composite

Kendallville Recycling scores strongest on fatalities (safer than 53% of same-industry peers) and weakest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 22%), 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).

32/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR): F 5.63 per 100 workers

Safer than 22% of industry peers
DART rate: F 3.74 per 100 workers

Safer than 29% of industry peers
Fatalities: D 0

Safer than 53% 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

Kendallville Recycling: 3.8 → 7.5 TCR

Peak year 2017 @ 7.5 TCR · DART/TCR 0.66× in 2017

Kendallville Recycling's TCR rose 3.7 from 3.8 in 2016 to 7.5 in 2017. In 2017, DART was 0.66× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 484230 · Kendallville, IN ABOVE-IND · SMALL

Grade D · TCR 5.6 · 125% of ind

DART 3.7 DART
RANK #29/36
PHOTO CAM - 540
BOOK 2y book
INJ 3 inj
SIZE ~28 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: CAM - 540 (0.0 TCR gap)

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What this shows Kendallville Recycling averages 5.6 TCR (125% of the Recyclable material hauling, long-distance BLS benchmark).

Kendallville Recycling TCR series: 2016=3.8 · 2017=7.5 · BLS 4.5

Where Kendallville Recycling falls in its industry

1,026 Recyclable material hauling, l establishments

Safer than 22% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 3.2.

Grade D

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to Indiana alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #29 safest of 36 Recyclable material hauling, l employers in Indiana.

Kendallville Recycling (28 employees, TCR 5.6) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 45 employees and a TCR of 3.2

Kendallville Recycling has fewer employees than the Recyclable material hauling, long-distan median and a higher injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 3.2. 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
2017	7.5	3.7	2	0	0
2016	3.8	0.0	1	0	0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

484230 · IN · Kendallville

1,026 Recyclable material hauling, long-distance employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 12,750 rated employers in Indiana with headcount on file · 37 employers in Kendallville, IN · 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	CAM - 540	CAMDEN, TN	5.6 TCR
NAICS-TCR	America's Service Line, LLC	GREEN BAY, WI	5.6 TCR
NAICS-TCR	Groendyke Transport - Denver	HENDERSON, CO	5.6 TCR
NAICS-TCR	Dedicated - Target Woodland	WOODLAND, CA	5.6 TCR
STATE-SIZE	Eagle Valley CCGT	MARTINSVILLE	28 FTE
STATE-SIZE	Shelbyville District Office	SHELBYVILLE	28 FTE
STATE-SIZE	Decatur County REMC	GREENSBURG	28 FTE
STATE-SIZE	CenterPoint Energy - Columbus	COLUMBUS	28 FTE
CITY-NEAR	Creative Liquid Coatings, Inc. Kendallville	Kendallville	711 FTE
CITY-NEAR	LSC Communications	Kendallville	488 FTE
CITY-NEAR	WM 1388	Kendallville	303 FTE
CITY-NEAR	Kraft Heinz Company	Kendallville	300 FTE
NAT-TCR	CC006 - South Valley-Fresno	Fresno, CA	5.6 TCR
NAT-TCR	Nashville Hub (Tnmas)	Nashville, TN	5.6 TCR
NAT-TCR	Leader BR	Baton Rouge, LA	5.6 TCR
NAT-TCR	LifeShare Blood Center - Alexandria	Alexandria, LA	5.6 TCR
NAT-SIZE	Arizona Production Center	Mesa, AZ	28 FTE
NAT-SIZE	0773 - Enterprise, Al	Enterprise, AL	28 FTE
NAT-SIZE	0445 - Murrieta, Ca	Murrieta, CA	28 FTE
NAT-SIZE	0196 - Albany, Ny	Albany, NY	28 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: 2017, 2016. This is publicly available government data - not a legal determination of workplace conditions.

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