Metal scrap and waste merchant wholesalers · Pennsylvania

Lincoln Recycling, Inc

Erie, PA · ~56 workers · 2 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

F
Failing Safety Record
10.9
Avg TCR
2.2
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

Lincoln Recycling, Inc runs at 497% of its industry's injury rate - far more dangerous than the typical Metal scrap and waste merchant wholesalers workplace, earning a grade F.

Lincoln Recycling, Inc: 10.9 TCR = 497% of Metal scrap and waste merchant wholesalers BLS 2.2 · 2y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Lincoln Recycling, Inc safety composite

Lincoln Recycling, Inc scores strongest on fatalities (safer than 51% of same-industry peers) and weakest on dart rate (safer than 3%), 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

17/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
F 10.93 per 100 workers

Safer than 8% of industry peers

DART rate
F 12.4 per 100 workers

Safer than 3% 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%).

Rising injury rate

Lincoln Recycling, Inc: 3.3 → 18.6 TCR

Peak year 2024 @ 18.6 TCR · DART/TCR 1.13× in 2024

Lincoln Recycling, Inc's TCR rose 15.4 from 3.3 in 2023 to 18.6 in 2024. In 2024, DART was 1.13× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 423930 · Erie, PA ABOVE-IND · SMALL

Grade F · TCR 10.9 · 497% of ind

  • DART 12.4 DART
  • RANK #55/62
  • PHOTO Staiman Recycling Ha…
  • BOOK 2y book
  • INJ 14 inj
  • SIZE ~56 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: Staiman Recycling Hanover (0.0 TCR gap)

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Lincoln Recycling, Inc in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows Lincoln Recycling, Inc averages 10.9 TCR (497% of the Metal scrap and waste merchant wholesalers BLS benchmark).

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

Lincoln Recycling, Inc TCR series: 2023=3.3 · 2024=18.6 · BLS 2.2

Where Lincoln Recycling, Inc falls in its industry

1,126 Metal scrap and waste merchant establishments

Safer than 8% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 4.0.

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to Pennsylvania alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #55 safest of 62 Metal scrap and waste merchant employers in Pennsylvania.

Lincoln Recycling, Inc (56 employees, TCR 10.9) 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 051015 Average employees Total Case Rate Lincoln Recycling, Inc
Lincoln Recycling, Inc (56 employees, TCR 10.9) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 39 employees and a TCR of 4.0

Lincoln Recycling, Inc has more employees than the Metal scrap and waste merchant wholesale 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 18.6 12.4 12 0 0
2023 3.3 0.0 2 0 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

423930 · PA · Erie

1,126 Metal scrap and waste merchant wholesalers employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 22,692 rated employers in Pennsylvania with headcount on file · 473 employers in Erie, PA · 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 Staiman Recycling Hanover 10.9 TCR
NAICS-TCR Novotec Recycling LLC 10.9 TCR
NAICS-TCR Comal Iron and Metal, Inc. 10.9 TCR
NAICS-TCR GEL Orange City 11.0 TCR
STATE-SIZE Kreider Farms - Mt. Pleasant 56 FTE
STATE-SIZE West Chester Service Building 56 FTE
STATE-SIZE Ginger Hill 56 FTE
STATE-SIZE Infinity Custom Homes LP 56 FTE
CITY-NEAR Supply Chain : Erie, PA 5,403 FTE
CITY-NEAR UPMC Hamot 2,675 FTE
CITY-NEAR Wabtec-Erie 2,141 FTE
CITY-NEAR SAINT VINCENT HOSPITAL 2,135 FTE
NAT-TCR United Columbus 10.9 TCR
NAT-TCR 187 Louisville 10.9 TCR
NAT-TCR Four Seasons Hauling 10.9 TCR
NAT-TCR Brookdale Sandy Springs 10.9 TCR
NAT-SIZE Carriage Inn Lake Jackson 56 FTE
NAT-SIZE C659 Monroe ROC 56 FTE
NAT-SIZE Quincy Packing House 56 FTE
NAT-SIZE Island Park 56 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. This is publicly available government data - not a legal determination of workplace conditions.

Read our methodology - how this data is sourced, computed, and verified.

Data sourced from official public datasets. See our methodology for details.