Materials recovery facilities (MRF) · Illinois

MBL Recycling

Palatine, IL · ~40 workers · 7 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

D
Poor Safety Record
4.3
Avg TCR
2.6
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

MBL Recycling runs at 167% of its industry's injury rate - more dangerous than the typical Materials recovery facilities (MRF) workplace, earning a grade D.

MBL Recycling: 4.3 TCR = 167% of Materials recovery facilities (MRF) BLS 2.6 · 7y Form 300A (see methodology below)

MBL Recycling safety composite

MBL Recycling scores strongest on fatalities (safer than 51% of same-industry peers) and weakest on dart rate (safer than 26%), 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

38/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
D 4.34 per 100 workers

Safer than 41% of industry peers

DART rate
F 3.76 per 100 workers

Safer than 26% 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%).

MBL Recycling held a steady TCR band

MBL Recycling's TCR held near 0.1 from 3.6 in 2016 to 3.8 in 2022. Peak filing year was 2021 at 15.5 TCR. In 2022, DART was 0.87× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2016=3.6 · 2017=3.7 · 2018=0.0 · 2019=3.8 · 2020=0.0 · 2021=15.5 · 2022=3.8

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 562920 · Palatine, IL ABOVE-IND · SMALL

Grade D · TCR 4.3 · 167% of ind

  • DART 3.8 DART
  • RANK #14/22
  • PHOTO Casella Recycling Au…
  • BOOK 7y book
  • INJ 10 inj
  • SIZE ~40 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: Casella Recycling Auburn (0.0 TCR gap)

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MBL Recycling in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows MBL Recycling averages 4.3 TCR (167% of the Materials recovery facilities (MRF) BLS benchmark).

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

MBL Recycling TCR series: 2016=3.6 · 2017=3.7 · 2018=0 · 2019=3.8 · 2020=0 · 2021=15.5 · 2022=3.8 · BLS 2.6

Where MBL Recycling falls in its industry

422 Materials recovery facilities establishments

Safer than 41% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 3.8.

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to Illinois alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #14 safest of 22 Materials recovery facilities employers in Illinois.

MBL Recycling (40 employees, TCR 4.3) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 44 employees and a TCR of 3.8 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 0100200300 051015 Average employees Total Case Rate MBL Recycling
MBL Recycling (40 employees, TCR 4.3) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 44 employees and a TCR of 3.8

MBL Recycling has fewer employees than the Materials recovery facilities (MRF) median and a higher injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 3.8. 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
2022 3.8 3.8 1 0 0
2021 15.5 11.6 3 1 0
2020 0.0 0.0 0 0 0
2019 3.8 3.8 2 0 0
2018 0.0 0.0 0 0 0
2017 3.7 1.8 2 0 0
2016 3.6 1.8 2 0 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

562920 · IL · Palatine

422 Materials recovery facilities (MRF) employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 22,804 rated employers in Illinois with headcount on file · 66 employers in Palatine, IL · 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 Casella Recycling Auburn 4.3 TCR
NAICS-TCR van der Linde Recycling 4.3 TCR
NAICS-TCR TAM Recycling, LLC 4.3 TCR
NAICS-TCR S06563 - Davis St MRF 4.3 TCR
STATE-SIZE AMEREN ILLINOIS - Gas Integrity Management 40 FTE
STATE-SIZE NG Bloomington Reporting Center 40 FTE
STATE-SIZE Downers Grove Sanitary District 40 FTE
STATE-SIZE Window Works Addison 40 FTE
CITY-NEAR Community Consolidated School District 15 1,957 FTE
CITY-NEAR ILPAL - PALATINE 1,701 FTE
CITY-NEAR PALATINE (ILPAL) 1,639 FTE
CITY-NEAR William Rainey Harper College 1,553 FTE
NAT-TCR Killeen HS #6 4.3 TCR
NAT-TCR Metal Building Supply, inc 4.3 TCR
NAT-TCR ODO-ODFL 4.3 TCR
NAT-TCR SouthernCarlson - Muscle Shoals 4.3 TCR
NAT-SIZE TEK Construction Services, LLC 40 FTE
NAT-SIZE Ply-Tech Corporation 40 FTE
NAT-SIZE South Walton Utility Company, Inc. 40 FTE
NAT-SIZE Sanchez Brothers Industrial Cleaners 40 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: 2022, 2021, 2020, 2019, 2018, 2017, 2016. This is publicly available government data - not a legal determination of workplace conditions.
Data sourced from official public datasets. See our methodology for details.