Recyclable material collection services · Pennsylvania

Michael Brothers Recycling

Pittsburgh, PA · ~19 workers · 2 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

F
Failing Safety Record
9.4
Avg TCR
2.6
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

Michael Brothers Recycling runs at 360% of its industry's injury rate - far more dangerous than the typical Recyclable material collection services workplace, earning a grade F.

Michael Brothers Recycling: 9.4 TCR = 360% of Recyclable material collection services BLS 2.6 · 2y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Michael Brothers Recycling safety composite

Michael Brothers Recycling scores strongest on fatalities (safer than 52% of same-industry peers) and weakest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 19%), 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)
F 9.37 per 100 workers

Safer than 19% of industry peers

DART rate
D 3.33 per 100 workers

Safer than 49% of industry peers

Fatalities
D 0

Safer than 52% 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

Michael Brothers Recycling: 8.7 → 10.0 TCR

Peak year 2021 @ 10.0 TCR · DART/TCR 0.36× in 2021

Michael Brothers Recycling's TCR rose 1.3 from 8.7 in 2020 to 10.0 in 2021. In 2021, DART was 0.36× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 562111 · Pittsburgh, PA ABOVE-IND · SMALL

Grade F · TCR 9.4 · 360% of ind

  • DART 3.3 DART
  • RANK #86/116
  • PHOTO S03076 - MI Marquette
  • BOOK 2y book
  • INJ 5 inj
  • SIZE ~19 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: S03076 - MI Marquette (0.0 TCR gap)

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Michael Brothers Recycling in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows Michael Brothers Recycling averages 9.4 TCR (360% of the Recyclable material collection services BLS benchmark).

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

Michael Brothers Recycling TCR series: 2020=8.7 · 2021=10 · BLS 2.6

Where Michael Brothers Recycling falls in its industry

2,322 Recyclable material collection establishments

Safer than 19% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 5.1.

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to Pennsylvania alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #86 safest of 116 Recyclable material collection employers in Pennsylvania.

Michael Brothers Recycling (19 employees, TCR 9.4) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 55 employees and a TCR of 5.1 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 0100200300400 05101520 Average employees Total Case Rate Michael Brothers Recycling
Michael Brothers Recycling (19 employees, TCR 9.4) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 55 employees and a TCR of 5.1

Michael Brothers Recycling has fewer employees than the Recyclable material collection services median and a higher injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 5.1. 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
2021 10.0 3.3 3 0 0
2020 8.7 4.4 2 0 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

562111 · PA · Pittsburgh

2,322 Recyclable material collection services employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 22,692 rated employers in Pennsylvania with headcount on file · 1,170 employers in Pittsburgh, PA · 4 cross-state NAT-TCR peers. Closest matches by relationship code are listed below.

Rel Establishment Metric
NAICS-TCR S03076 - MI Marquette 9.4 TCR
NAICS-TCR Sanitation 9.3 TCR
NAICS-TCR New Solutions 9.3 TCR
NAICS-TCR GFL Environmental Dearborn Transfer 9.4 TCR
STATE-SIZE Kennett Square Mushroom Operation, LLC 19 FTE
STATE-SIZE Sullivan 19 FTE
STATE-SIZE Williamsport Office 19 FTE
STATE-SIZE 473-NiSource-PA Central Horning Rd MOD 19 FTE
CITY-NEAR United States Steel COrporation 15,229 FTE
CITY-NEAR University of Pittsburgh- Oakland 14,135 FTE
CITY-NEAR UPMC Presbyterian Shadyside (PUH) 13,900 FTE
CITY-NEAR University of Pittsburgh-Oakland 13,208 FTE
NAT-TCR ACC Care Center 9.4 TCR
NAT-TCR Bossier City casing mill 9.4 TCR
NAT-TCR Morse Steel Service 9.4 TCR
NAT-TCR Bed Bath and Beyond Boca Raton 9.4 TCR

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: 2021, 2020. 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.