Recyclable materials (e.g., glass, metal, paper) merchant wholesalers · New Jersey

Newark Recycling Plant

Name: Newark Recycling Plant Workplace Safety Data
Creator: PlainSafetyScore
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Newark, NJ · ~37 workers · 2 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

Compiled by PlainSafetyScore · August 25, 2026

D
Poor Safety Record: 3.4
Avg TCR: 2.2
Industry avg: 0
Fatalities

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The verdict

Newark Recycling Plant runs at 155% of its industry's injury rate - more dangerous than the typical Recyclable materials (e.g., glass, metal, paper) merchant wholesalers workplace, earning a grade D.

Newark Recycling Plant: 3.4 TCR = 155% of Recyclable materials (e.g., glass, metal, paper) merchant wholesalers BLS 2.2 · 2y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Newark Recycling Plant safety composite

Newark Recycling Plant scores strongest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 55% of same-industry peers) and weakest on dart rate (safer than 13%), 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).

39/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR): C 3.42 per 100 workers

Safer than 55% of industry peers
DART rate: F 6.83 per 100 workers

Safer than 13% 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

Newark Recycling Plant: 0.0 → 6.8 TCR

Peak year 2017 @ 6.8 TCR · DART/TCR 2× in 2017

Newark Recycling Plant's TCR rose 6.8 from 0.0 in 2016 to 6.8 in 2017. In 2017, DART was 2× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 423930 · Newark, NJ ABOVE-IND · SMALL

Grade D · TCR 3.4 · 155% of ind

DART 6.8 DART
RANK #14/28
PHOTO SSP Portland
BOOK 2y book
INJ 3 inj
SIZE ~37 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: SSP Portland (0.0 TCR gap)

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3.4
SSP Portland

3.4
Noble Oil Serv

3.4
PADNOS Wyoming

3.4
Reserve FTL, d

3.4

What this shows Newark Recycling Plant averages 3.4 TCR (155% of the Recyclable materials (e.g., glass, metal, paper) merchant wholesalers BLS benchmark).

Newark Recycling Plant TCR series: 2016=0 · 2017=6.8 · BLS 2.2

Where Newark Recycling Plant falls in its industry

1,126 Recyclable materials (e.g., gl establishments

Safer than 55% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 4.0.

Grade D

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to New Jersey alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #14 safest of 28 Recyclable materials (e.g., gl employers in New Jersey.

Newark Recycling Plant (37 employees, TCR 3.4) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 39 employees and a TCR of 4.0

Newark Recycling Plant has fewer employees than the Recyclable materials (e.g., glass, metal median and a lower injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 4.0. 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
2017	6.8	6.8	3	0	0
2016	0.0	0.0	0	0	0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

423930 · NJ · Newark

1,126 Recyclable materials (e.g., glass, metal, paper) merchant wholesalers employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 11,201 rated employers in New Jersey with headcount on file · 356 employers in Newark, NJ · 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	SSP Portland	PORTLAND, OR	3.4 TCR
NAICS-TCR	Noble Oil Services, Inc. (Corporate)	SANFORD, NC	3.4 TCR
NAICS-TCR	PADNOS Wyoming Plastics	WYOMING, MI	3.4 TCR
NAICS-TCR	Reserve FTL, dba Reserve Marine Terminals	CHICAGO, IL	3.4 TCR
STATE-SIZE	MCT Dairies, INC	CHATHAM	37 FTE
STATE-SIZE	Bergen Generating Station	RIDGEFIELD	37 FTE
STATE-SIZE	Parkway Generation- Peaking	KEARNY	37 FTE
STATE-SIZE	Logan Generating Plant	SWEDESBORO	37 FTE
CITY-NEAR	EWR EWR	Newark	13,545 FTE
CITY-NEAR	EWR - Airport United Airlines Offices	Newark	13,015 FTE
CITY-NEAR	6925-EWR	Newark	11,764 FTE
CITY-NEAR	EWRPW9829 EWR - NON AA PAX SER	Newark	4,772 FTE
NAT-TCR	Dolce Q Center	St. Charles, IL	3.4 TCR
NAT-TCR	US - Supply Chain : 0934	Mira Loma, CA	3.4 TCR
NAT-TCR	Villa East	Sherman, IL	3.4 TCR
NAT-TCR	AAF Flanders CSC	Washington, NC	3.4 TCR
NAT-SIZE	Clarion Suites	Madison, WI	37 FTE
NAT-SIZE	0337 - Hempstead, Ny	Hempstead, NY	37 FTE
NAT-SIZE	0225 - Mc Allen, Tx	Mcallen, TX	37 FTE
NAT-SIZE	0093 - Springfield, Mo	Springfield, MO	37 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: 2017, 2016. 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.