Waste Treatment and Disposal · Massachusetts

New England Recycling

Taunton, MA · ~53 workers · 7 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

D
Poor Safety Record
3.6
Avg TCR
2.6
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

New England Recycling runs at 137% of its industry's injury rate - more dangerous than the typical Waste Treatment and Disposal workplace, earning a grade D.

New England Recycling: 3.6 TCR = 137% of Waste Treatment and Disposal BLS 2.6 · 7y Form 300A (see methodology below)

New England Recycling safety composite

New England Recycling 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

62/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
D 3.57 per 100 workers

Safer than 53% 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

−5.5

2017→2024

New England Recycling injury rate improved

New England Recycling's TCR fell 5.5 from 5.5 in 2017 to 0.0 in 2024. Peak filing year was 2018 at 11.4 TCR. In 2024, DART was 0× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2017=5.5 · 2018=11.4 · 2019=3.5 · 2020=4.5 · 2022=0.0 · 2023=0.0 · 2024=0.0

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 562920 · Taunton, MA ABOVE-IND · SMALL

Grade D · TCR 3.6 · 137% of ind

  • DART 0.0 DART
  • RANK #6/9
  • PHOTO Bronx TS-132nd St
  • BOOK 7y book
  • INJ 13 inj
  • SIZE ~53 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: Bronx TS-132nd St (0.0 TCR gap)

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New England Recycling in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows New England Recycling averages 3.6 TCR (137% of the Waste Treatment and Disposal BLS benchmark).

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

New England Recycling TCR series: 2017=5.5 · 2018=11.4 · 2019=3.5 · 2020=4.5 · 2022=0 · 2023=0 · 2024=0 · BLS 2.6

Where New England Recycling falls in its industry

422 Waste Treatment and Disposal establishments

Safer than 53% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 3.8.

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to Massachusetts alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #6 safest of 9 Waste Treatment and Disposal employers in Massachusetts.

New England Recycling (53 employees, TCR 3.6) 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 New England Recycling
New England Recycling (53 employees, TCR 3.6) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 44 employees and a TCR of 3.8

New England Recycling has more employees than the Waste Treatment and Disposal 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
2022 0.0 0.0 0 0 0
2020 4.5 4.5 2 0 0
2019 3.5 3.5 2 0 0
2018 11.4 5.7 6 0 0
2017 5.5 1.9 3 0 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

562920 · MA · Taunton

422 Waste Treatment and Disposal employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 10,108 rated employers in Massachusetts with headcount on file · 114 employers in Taunton, MA · 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 Bronx TS-132nd St 3.6 TCR
NAICS-TCR Custom Excavating by Dean Larson Inc. 3.5 TCR
NAICS-TCR Recycling Associates, Inc 3.6 TCR
NAICS-TCR GFL Environmental Royal Oak Recycling 3.6 TCR
STATE-SIZE Insa Salem 53 FTE
STATE-SIZE Northfield Mountain 53 FTE
STATE-SIZE Campanelli 53 FTE
STATE-SIZE H.P. Cummings Construction Company 53 FTE
CITY-NEAR MA-03 4,429 FTE
CITY-NEAR Taunton, Mass 1,110 FTE
CITY-NEAR MORTON HOSPITAL 1,097 FTE
CITY-NEAR HMATN01 740 FTE
NAT-TCR Engineered Components Plant 3.6 TCR
NAT-TCR Ivy Park at Cathedral Hill 3.6 TCR
NAT-TCR Industrial Engraving LLC 3.6 TCR
NAT-TCR Ralls County Electric Cooperative 3.6 TCR
NAT-SIZE Lehighton 059 53 FTE
NAT-SIZE Ptc Mp 324.64 - Mp 326.18 53 FTE
NAT-SIZE Nal Indiana Tool Plant 53 FTE
NAT-SIZE Henderson Lumber Company 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: 2024, 2023, 2022, 2020, 2019, 2018, 2017. 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.