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

Novotec Recycling LLC

Columbus, OH · ~135 workers · 3 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

F
Failing Safety Record
10.9
Avg TCR
2.2
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

Novotec Recycling LLC runs at 496% of its industry's injury rate - far more dangerous than the typical Recyclable materials (e.g., glass, metal, paper) merchant wholesalers workplace, earning a grade F.

Novotec Recycling LLC: 10.9 TCR = 496% of Recyclable materials (e.g., glass, metal, paper) merchant wholesalers BLS 2.2 · 3y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Novotec Recycling LLC safety composite

Novotec Recycling LLC scores strongest on fatalities (safer than 51% of same-industry peers) and weakest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 9%), 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

21/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
F 10.91 per 100 workers

Safer than 9% of industry peers

DART rate
F 7.03 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

Novotec Recycling LLC: 8.5 → 11.3 TCR

Peak year 2018 @ 13.0 TCR · DART/TCR 0.64× in 2019

Novotec Recycling LLC's TCR rose 2.8 from 8.5 in 2017 to 11.3 in 2019. Peak filing year was 2018 at 13.0 TCR. In 2019, DART was 0.64× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 423930 · Columbus, OH ABOVE-IND · MID

Grade F · TCR 10.9 · 496% of ind

  • DART 7.0 DART
  • RANK #73/79
  • PHOTO Staiman Recycling Ha…
  • BOOK 3y book
  • INJ 33 inj
  • SIZE ~135 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: Staiman Recycling Hanover (0.0 TCR gap)

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Novotec Recycling LLC in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows Novotec Recycling LLC averages 10.9 TCR (496% of the Recyclable materials (e.g., glass, metal, paper) merchant wholesalers BLS benchmark).

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

Novotec Recycling LLC TCR series: 2017=8.5 · 2018=13 · 2019=11.3 · BLS 2.2

Where Novotec Recycling LLC falls in its industry

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

Safer than 9% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 4.0.

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to Ohio alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #73 safest of 79 Recyclable materials (e.g., gl employers in Ohio.

Novotec Recycling LLC (135 employees, TCR 10.9) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 39 employees and a TCR of 4.0 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 050100150 051015 Average employees Total Case Rate Novotec Recycling LLC
Novotec Recycling LLC (135 employees, TCR 10.9) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 39 employees and a TCR of 4.0

Novotec Recycling LLC has more employees than the Recyclable materials (e.g., glass, metal median and a higher 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
2019 11.3 7.0 8 0 0
2018 13.0 7.0 14 1 0
2017 8.5 3.9 11 2 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

423930 · OH · Columbus

1,126 Recyclable materials (e.g., glass, metal, paper) merchant wholesalers employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 22,650 rated employers in Ohio with headcount on file · 1,500 employers in Columbus, OH · 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 Staiman Recycling Hanover 10.9 TCR
NAICS-TCR Comal Iron and Metal, Inc. 10.9 TCR
NAICS-TCR Lincoln Recycling, Inc 10.9 TCR
NAICS-TCR GEL Orange City 11.0 TCR
STATE-SIZE Acorn Farms - Sparta 135 FTE
STATE-SIZE Strawser Central Construction 135 FTE
STATE-SIZE Legacy Roofing Services, LLC 135 FTE
STATE-SIZE Ohio Valley Electrical Services 135 FTE
CITY-NEAR Nationwide Children's Hospital 13,367 FTE
CITY-NEAR Nationwide Children's Hospital Main Campus 10,116 FTE
CITY-NEAR Riverside Methodist Hospital 9,759 FTE
CITY-NEAR North America Fulfillment Centers (FCs) : CMH1 5,057 FTE
NAT-TCR Meridian Nursing and Rehab - Brick 10.9 TCR
NAT-TCR SVC - The Legacy Golf Resort 10.9 TCR
NAT-TCR North America Fulfillment Centers (FCs) : DTW1 10.9 TCR
NAT-TCR North America Fulfillment Centers (FCs) : ABE4 10.9 TCR
NAT-SIZE Bay Wood Products Inc 135 FTE
NAT-SIZE Consulate Health Care - Melbourne 135 FTE
NAT-SIZE Luana 135 FTE
NAT-SIZE US6 135 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: 2019, 2018, 2017. This is publicly available government data - not a legal determination of workplace conditions.
Data sourced from official public datasets. See our methodology for details.