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

Li-Cycle NY Spoke Plant

Name: Li-Cycle NY Spoke Plant Workplace Safety Data
Creator: PlainSafetyScore
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Rochester, NY · ~21 workers · 2 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

Compiled by PlainSafetyScore · August 25, 2026

F
Failing Safety Record: 9.6
Avg TCR: 2.2
Industry avg: 0
Fatalities

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The verdict

Li-Cycle NY Spoke Plant runs at 438% 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.

Li-Cycle NY Spoke Plant: 9.6 TCR = 438% of Recyclable materials (e.g., glass, metal, paper) merchant wholesalers BLS 2.2 · 2y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Li-Cycle NY Spoke Plant safety composite

Li-Cycle NY Spoke Plant scores strongest on dart rate (safer than 79% of same-industry peers) and weakest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 12%), 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).

45/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR): F 9.63 per 100 workers

Safer than 12% of industry peers
DART rate: B 0 per 100 workers

Safer than 79% 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

−19.3

2022→2023

Li-Cycle NY Spoke Plant injury rate improved

Li-Cycle NY Spoke Plant's TCR fell 19.3 from 19.3 in 2022 to 0.0 in 2023. Peak filing year was 2022 at 19.3 TCR. In 2023, DART was 0× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2022=19.3 · 2023=0.0

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 423930 · Rochester, NY ABOVE-IND · SMALL

Grade F · TCR 9.6 · 438% of ind

DART 0.0 DART
RANK #33/39
PHOTO Byer Steel Recycling
BOOK 2y book
INJ 3 inj
SIZE ~21 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: Byer Steel Recycling (0.0 TCR gap)

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All Recycling

9.7
Penn Recycling

9.7
This site

9.6
Byer Steel Rec

9.6
Commodity Reso

9.6

What this shows Li-Cycle NY Spoke Plant averages 9.6 TCR (438% of the Recyclable materials (e.g., glass, metal, paper) merchant wholesalers BLS benchmark).

Li-Cycle NY Spoke Plant TCR series: 2022=19.3 · 2023=0 · BLS 2.2

Where Li-Cycle NY Spoke Plant falls in its industry

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

Safer than 12% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 4.0.

Grade F

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to New York alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #33 safest of 39 Recyclable materials (e.g., gl employers in New York.

Li-Cycle NY Spoke Plant (21 employees, TCR 9.6) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 39 employees and a TCR of 4.0

Li-Cycle NY Spoke Plant has fewer 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
2023	0.0	0.0	0	0	0
2022	19.3	19.3	3	2	0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

423930 · NY · Rochester

1,126 Recyclable materials (e.g., glass, metal, paper) merchant wholesalers employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 21,008 rated employers in New York with headcount on file · 956 employers in Rochester, NY · 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	Byer Steel Recycling	CINCINNATI, OH	9.6 TCR
NAICS-TCR	All Recycling Inc.	ENGLEWOOD, CO	9.7 TCR
NAICS-TCR	Penn Recycling Inc	WILLIAMSPORT, PA	9.7 TCR
NAICS-TCR	Commodity Resource Group	TROY, MI	9.6 TCR
STATE-SIZE	Chambers Valley Farms, Inc.	SALEM	21 FTE
STATE-SIZE	Mulligan Family Farm LLC	AVON	21 FTE
STATE-SIZE	Dziedzic Farms LLC	BLISS	21 FTE
STATE-SIZE	Pine Hollow Dairy LLC	LOCKE	21 FTE
CITY-NEAR	Division 50 University of Rochester	Rochester	13,244 FTE
CITY-NEAR	Rochester General Hospital	Rochester	7,833 FTE
CITY-NEAR	Division 40 University of Rochester	Rochester	4,884 FTE
CITY-NEAR	Unity Hospital	Rochester	3,158 FTE
NAT-TCR	Mag-tec Casting Corp.	Jackson, MI	9.6 TCR
NAT-TCR	Wisconsin Veneer & Plywood	Mattoon, WI	9.6 TCR
NAT-TCR	Admiral Beverage - Nampa Production	Nampa, ID	9.6 TCR
NAT-TCR	Greater Peoria Mass Transit District	Peoria, IL	9.6 TCR
NAT-SIZE	Roberts Tool & Die Company 401 Industrial Road	Chillicothe, MO	21 FTE
NAT-SIZE	TMT Brevard, Inc	Melbourne, FL	21 FTE
NAT-SIZE	Dover Insulation, Inc.	Marion, NC	21 FTE
NAT-SIZE	Akron Bearing Co., Inc.	Akron, OH	21 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: 2023, 2022. 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.