Materials recovery facilities (MRF) · Tennessee

Memphis Recycyling

Memphis, TN · ~36 workers · 4 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

B
Good Safety Record
2.0
Avg TCR
2.6
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

Memphis Recycyling runs at 77% of its industry's injury rate - safer than the typical Materials recovery facilities (MRF) workplace, earning a grade B.

Memphis Recycyling: 2.0 TCR = 77% of Materials recovery facilities (MRF) BLS 2.6 · 4y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Memphis Recycyling safety composite

Memphis Recycyling scores strongest on dart rate (safer than 80% of same-industry peers) and weakest on fatalities (safer than 51%), 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).

C

72/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
B 2 per 100 workers

Safer than 77% of industry peers

DART rate
B 0 per 100 workers

Safer than 80% 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

−3.5

2018→2024

Memphis Recycyling injury rate improved

Memphis Recycyling's TCR fell 3.5 from 3.5 in 2018 to 0.0 in 2024. Peak filing year was 2020 at 4.5 TCR. In 2024, DART was 0× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2018=3.5 · 2020=4.5 · 2023=0.0 · 2024=0.0

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 562920 · Memphis, TN AT/BELOW-IND · SMALL

Grade B · TCR 2.0 · 77% of ind

  • DART 0.0 DART
  • RANK #3/5
  • PHOTO S11004 - Orange MRF
  • BOOK 4y book
  • INJ 2 inj
  • SIZE ~36 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: S11004 - Orange MRF (0.0 TCR gap)

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Memphis Recycyling in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows Memphis Recycyling averages 2.0 TCR (77% 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

Memphis Recycyling TCR series: 2018=3.5 · 2020=4.5 · 2023=0 · 2024=0 · BLS 2.6

Where Memphis Recycyling falls in its industry

422 Materials recovery facilities establishments

Safer than 77% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 3.8.

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to Tennessee alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #3 safest of 5 Materials recovery facilities employers in Tennessee.

Memphis Recycyling (36 employees, TCR 2.0) 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 Memphis Recycyling
Memphis Recycyling (36 employees, TCR 2.0) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 44 employees and a TCR of 3.8

Memphis Recycyling has fewer employees than the Materials recovery facilities (MRF) median and a lower 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
2024 0.0 0.0 0 0 0
2023 0.0 0.0 0 0 0
2020 4.5 4.5 1 0 0
2018 3.5 3.5 1 0 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

562920 · TN · Memphis

422 Materials recovery facilities (MRF) employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 10,743 rated employers in Tennessee with headcount on file · 1,330 employers in Memphis, TN · 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 S11004 - Orange MRF 2.0 TCR
NAICS-TCR 825 - SRQ MRF 2.0 TCR
NAICS-TCR Parallel Products of New England (NB) 2.0 TCR
NAICS-TCR S04402 - Medley Landfill and Recycling Center 2.0 TCR
STATE-SIZE Benton 36 FTE
STATE-SIZE Waynesboro Office, 36 FTE
STATE-SIZE 0000000931 WATER/SEWER-WATER FCLTY MAINT 36 FTE
STATE-SIZE Chris Woods Construction Company, Inc. 36 FTE
CITY-NEAR FedEx 2903 SPRANKLE DR 12,398 FTE
CITY-NEAR 381940311 9,861 FTE
CITY-NEAR American Residential Services 5,775 FTE
CITY-NEAR St. Jude Children's Research Hospital 5,599 FTE
NAT-TCR Village of Oswego 2.0 TCR
NAT-TCR Balfour Beatty Infrastructure, Inc 2.0 TCR
NAT-TCR Lincoln 2.0 TCR
NAT-TCR Avera Health Avera Sacred Heart Hospital Campus 2.0 TCR
NAT-SIZE 40364 - CAPSTONE Aldi Moreno CA Unload 36 FTE
NAT-SIZE Pharr 36 FTE
NAT-SIZE Fort Benning Commissary GA 36 FTE
NAT-SIZE Air Products and Chemicals Inc. Santa Clara ASU 36 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, 2020, 2018. 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.