Materials recovery facilities (MRF) · Illinois

Midwest Fiber, Inc. of Decatur - Normal

Name: Midwest Fiber, Inc. of Decatur - Normal Workplace Safety Data
Creator: PlainSafetyScore
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Normal, IL · ~53 workers · 2 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

Compiled by PlainSafetyScore · August 25, 2026

C
Average Safety Record: 2.7
Avg TCR: 2.6
Industry avg: 0
Fatalities

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The verdict

Midwest Fiber, Inc. of Decatur - Normal runs at 104% of its industry's injury rate - about level with the typical Materials recovery facilities (MRF) workplace, earning a grade C.

Midwest Fiber, Inc. of Decatur - Normal: 2.7 TCR = 104% of Materials recovery facilities (MRF) BLS 2.6 · 2y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Midwest Fiber, Inc. of Decatur - Normal safety composite

Midwest Fiber, Inc. of Decatur - Normal scores strongest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 64% of same-industry peers) and weakest on dart rate (safer than 16%), 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).

44/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR): C 2.7 per 100 workers

Safer than 64% of industry peers
DART rate: F 5.4 per 100 workers

Safer than 16% 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

Midwest Fiber, Inc. of Decatur - Normal: 0.0 → 5.4 TCR

Peak year 2021 @ 5.4 TCR · DART/TCR 2× in 2021

Midwest Fiber, Inc. of Decatur - Normal's TCR rose 5.4 from 0.0 in 2020 to 5.4 in 2021. In 2021, DART was 2× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

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

Grade C · TCR 2.7 · 104% of ind

DART 5.4 DART
RANK #10/22
PHOTO Houston MRF
BOOK 2y book
INJ 3 inj
SIZE ~53 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: Houston MRF (0.0 TCR gap)

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2.7
Houston MRF

2.7
S07503 - WM of

2.7
S05870 - Twin

2.7
S05931 - RA Ne

2.7

What this shows Midwest Fiber, Inc. of Decatur - Normal averages 2.7 TCR (104% of the Materials recovery facilities (MRF) BLS benchmark).

Midwest Fiber, Inc. of Decatur - Normal TCR series: 2020=0 · 2021=5.4 · BLS 2.6

Where Midwest Fiber, Inc. of Decatur - Normal falls in its industry

422 Materials recovery facilities establishments

Safer than 64% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 3.8.

Grade C

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to Illinois alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #10 safest of 22 Materials recovery facilities employers in Illinois.

Midwest Fiber, Inc. of Decatur - Normal (53 employees, TCR 2.7) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 44 employees and a TCR of 3.8

Midwest Fiber, Inc. of Decatur - Normal has more 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
2021	5.4	5.4	3	0	0
2020	0.0	0.0	0	0	0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

562920 · IL · Normal

422 Materials recovery facilities (MRF) employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 22,804 rated employers in Illinois with headcount on file · 116 employers in Normal, IL · 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	Houston MRF	HOUSTON, TX	2.7 TCR
NAICS-TCR	S07503 - WM of Dallas Metroplex MRF	DALLAS, TX	2.7 TCR
NAICS-TCR	S05870 - Twin Cities MRF - Minneapolis	MINNEAPOLIS, MN	2.7 TCR
NAICS-TCR	S05931 - RA Newark St Charles Street MRF	NEWARK, NJ	2.7 TCR
STATE-SIZE	Flamm Orchards Inc	COBDEN	53 FTE
STATE-SIZE	DuPont Pioneer Princeton IL Research-PRI2	PRINCETON	53 FTE
STATE-SIZE	2505-Mason City, IL	MASON CITY	53 FTE
STATE-SIZE	Prairie State Generating Company - Corporate Office	MARISSA	53 FTE
CITY-NEAR	Normal Plant - 100 Rivian Motorway	Normal	7,793 FTE
CITY-NEAR	McLean County CUSD #5	Normal	2,474 FTE
CITY-NEAR	Advocate BroMenn Medical Center	Normal	1,313 FTE
CITY-NEAR	Heartland Community College	Normal	716 FTE
NAT-TCR	AH4R - Nashville	Nashville, TN	2.7 TCR
NAT-TCR	Cardinal Health 110, LLC (dba Kinray)	Queens, NY	2.7 TCR
NAT-TCR	Sutter Medical Center Sacramento (110-1012)	Sacramento, CA	2.7 TCR
NAT-TCR	Mobile Asphalt Company	Thedore, AL	2.7 TCR
NAT-SIZE	City of Ramsey - Fire	Ramsey, MN	53 FTE
NAT-SIZE	ACI Oshkosh	Oshkosh, WI	53 FTE
NAT-SIZE	Fairview Elementary	Fairview, OR	53 FTE
NAT-SIZE	PFI 251 Dunbar Ave	Oldsmar, FL	53 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: 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.