Plastics resins compounding from recycled materials · Alabama

KW Recycling

Troy, AL · ~193 workers · 2 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

D
Poor Safety Record
6.5
Avg TCR
3.3
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

KW Recycling runs at 198% of its industry's injury rate - more dangerous than the typical Plastics resins compounding from recycled materials workplace, earning a grade D.

KW Recycling: 6.5 TCR = 198% of Plastics resins compounding from recycled materials BLS 3.3 · 2y Form 300A (see methodology below)

KW Recycling safety composite

KW Recycling scores strongest on fatalities (safer than 50% of same-industry peers) and weakest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 11%), 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).

F

30/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
F 6.52 per 100 workers

Safer than 11% of industry peers

DART rate
D 1.93 per 100 workers

Safer than 36% of industry peers

Fatalities
D 0

Safer than 50% 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

−7.3

2016→2017

KW Recycling injury rate improved

KW Recycling's TCR fell 7.3 from 10.2 in 2016 to 2.9 in 2017. Peak filing year was 2016 at 10.2 TCR. In 2017, DART was 0.3× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2016=10.2 · 2017=2.9

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 325991 · Troy, AL ABOVE-IND · MID

Grade D · TCR 6.5 · 198% of ind

  • DART 1.9 DART
  • RANK #12/13
  • PHOTO RTP COMPANY-INDIANAP…
  • BOOK 2y book
  • INJ 25 inj
  • SIZE ~193 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: RTP COMPANY-INDIANAPOLIS (0.0 TCR gap)

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KW Recycling in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows KW Recycling averages 6.5 TCR (198% of the Plastics resins compounding from recycled materials BLS benchmark).

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

KW Recycling TCR series: 2016=10.2 · 2017=2.9 · BLS 3.3

Where KW Recycling falls in its industry

342 Plastics resins compounding fr establishments

Safer than 11% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 2.5.

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to Alabama alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #12 safest of 13 Plastics resins compounding fr employers in Alabama.

KW Recycling (193 employees, TCR 6.5) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 72 employees and a TCR of 2.5 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 0100200300400500 05101520 Average employees Total Case Rate KW Recycling
KW Recycling (193 employees, TCR 6.5) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 72 employees and a TCR of 2.5

KW Recycling has more employees than the Plastics resins compounding from recycle median and a higher injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 2.5. 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 2.9 1.9 5 1 0
2016 10.2 6.0 20 2 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

325991 · AL · Troy

342 Plastics resins compounding from recycled materials employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 7,418 rated employers in Alabama with headcount on file · 52 employers in Troy, AL · 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 RTP COMPANY-INDIANAPOLIS 6.5 TCR
NAICS-TCR 32920 Decker Prairie 6.6 TCR
NAICS-TCR WIMAN-PRESCOTT 6.6 TCR
NAICS-TCR Penn Color Milton 6.4 TCR
STATE-SIZE Mobile, Alabama Sawmill 193 FTE
STATE-SIZE Schulte Building Systems, Inc-Cullman 193 FTE
STATE-SIZE Store 0607 HUNTSVILLE 193 FTE
STATE-SIZE ACTS Retirement-Life Communities - Westminster Village 193 FTE
CITY-NEAR Lockheed Martin Corporation Troy Campus (1046) 551 FTE
CITY-NEAR Lockheed Martin Corporation US AL Troy 299 Airport Blvd (5209) 483 FTE
CITY-NEAR Sanders Lead Company, Inc. 478 FTE
CITY-NEAR Troy 390 FTE
NAT-TCR Rai Ind Trg 6.5 TCR
NAT-TCR Fayette (Gafay) 6.5 TCR
NAT-TCR dd's DISCOUNTS Store 5115 6.5 TCR
NAT-TCR Supervalu Distribution Center - Indianola 37111 6.5 TCR
NAT-SIZE Lone Star Paving Company - Austin 193 FTE
NAT-SIZE The Westin Lombard Yorktown Center 193 FTE
NAT-SIZE Premier Fixtures 193 FTE
NAT-SIZE New Orleans Pelicans 193 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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Data sourced from official public datasets. See our methodology for details.