Recyclable material collection services · Minnesota

Minneapolis Refuse, Inc.

Minneapolis, MN · ~21 workers · 3 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

F
Failing Safety Record
15.5
Avg TCR
2.6
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

Minneapolis Refuse, Inc. runs at 595% of its industry's injury rate - far more dangerous than the typical Recyclable material collection services workplace, earning a grade F.

Minneapolis Refuse, Inc.: 15.5 TCR = 595% of Recyclable material collection services BLS 2.6 · 3y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Minneapolis Refuse, Inc. safety composite

Minneapolis Refuse, Inc. scores strongest on fatalities (safer than 52% of same-industry peers) and weakest on dart rate (safer than 2%), 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

16/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
F 15.46 per 100 workers

Safer than 6% of industry peers

DART rate
F 19.71 per 100 workers

Safer than 2% 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%).

TCR Δ

−30.8

2021→2024

Minneapolis Refuse, Inc. injury rate improved

Minneapolis Refuse, Inc.'s TCR fell 30.8 from 50.5 in 2021 to 19.7 in 2024. Peak filing year was 2021 at 50.5 TCR. In 2024, DART was 1.27× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2021=50.5 · 2022=11.2 · 2024=19.7

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 562111 · Minneapolis, MN ABOVE-IND · SMALL

Grade F · TCR 15.5 · 595% of ind

  • DART 19.7 DART
  • RANK #57/60
  • PHOTO Chester Hauling
  • BOOK 3y book
  • INJ 14 inj
  • SIZE ~21 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: Chester Hauling (0.0 TCR gap)

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Minneapolis Refuse, Inc. in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows Minneapolis Refuse, Inc. averages 15.5 TCR (595% 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

Minneapolis Refuse, Inc. TCR series: 2021=50.5 · 2022=11.2 · 2024=19.7 · BLS 2.6

Where Minneapolis Refuse, Inc. falls in its industry

2,322 Recyclable material collection establishments

Safer than 6% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 5.1.

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to Minnesota alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #57 safest of 60 Recyclable material collection employers in Minnesota.

Minneapolis Refuse, Inc. (21 employees, TCR 15.5) 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 Minneapolis Refuse, Inc.
Minneapolis Refuse, Inc. (21 employees, TCR 15.5) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 55 employees and a TCR of 5.1

Minneapolis Refuse, Inc. 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
2024 19.7 19.7 4 0 0
2022 11.2 11.2 2 0 0
2021 50.5 50.5 8 0 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

562111 · MN · Minneapolis

2,322 Recyclable material collection services employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 15,828 rated employers in Minnesota with headcount on file · 1,321 employers in Minneapolis, MN · 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 Chester Hauling 15.5 TCR
NAICS-TCR Blow Brothers Inc 15.6 TCR
NAICS-TCR CWS Recogido Municipio Toa Baja 15.6 TCR
NAICS-TCR RECOLOGY SONOMA MARIN - STANDISH 15.3 TCR
STATE-SIZE Winthrop Agronomy 21 FTE
STATE-SIZE Donahues Greenhouse 21 FTE
STATE-SIZE M7 21 FTE
STATE-SIZE MNLOG-SEL-SEL MN LOGISTICS' 21 FTE
CITY-NEAR University of Minnesota Twin Cities 22,522 FTE
CITY-NEAR MN950 MN TELECOMMUTER 12,021 FTE
CITY-NEAR 0501 - City Center 8,459 FTE
CITY-NEAR Hennepin County Medical Center 7,030 FTE
NAT-TCR 6962-SWY-0025-0025-02654 15.5 TCR
NAT-TCR The Metropolitan Opera 15.5 TCR
NAT-TCR Intrawest/Winter Park Operations Corporation 15.5 TCR
NAT-TCR A.J. Camerons Sod Farm Inc. 15.5 TCR
NAT-SIZE Birmingham Branch 21 FTE
NAT-SIZE American House - Sterling Meadows 21 FTE
NAT-SIZE Big O Smoke House, Inc 21 FTE
NAT-SIZE MVN 21 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, 2022, 2021. 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.