Recycling · Arizona

Phoenix Recycling Collection Center

Phoenix, AZ · ~28 workers · 2 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

D
Poor Safety Record
3.8
Avg TCR
2.6
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

Phoenix Recycling Collection Center runs at 145% of its industry's injury rate - more dangerous than the typical Recycling workplace, earning a grade D.

Phoenix Recycling Collection Center: 3.8 TCR = 145% of Recycling BLS 2.6 · 2y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Phoenix Recycling Collection Center safety composite

Phoenix Recycling Collection Center scores strongest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 65% of same-industry peers) and weakest on dart rate (safer than 44%), 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).

D

54/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
C 3.76 per 100 workers

Safer than 65% of industry peers

DART rate
D 3.76 per 100 workers

Safer than 44% 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%).

Rising injury rate

Phoenix Recycling Collection Center: 0.0 → 7.5 TCR

Peak year 2023 @ 7.5 TCR · DART/TCR 1× in 2023

Phoenix Recycling Collection Center's TCR rose 7.5 from 0.0 in 2022 to 7.5 in 2023. In 2023, DART was 1× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 562111 · Phoenix, AZ ABOVE-IND · SMALL

Grade D · TCR 3.8 · 145% of ind

  • DART 3.8 DART
  • RANK #29/49
  • PHOTO Basic Fibres Inc
  • BOOK 2y book
  • INJ 2 inj
  • SIZE ~28 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: Basic Fibres Inc (0.0 TCR gap)

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Phoenix Recycling Collection Center in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows Phoenix Recycling Collection Center averages 3.8 TCR (145% of the Recycling BLS benchmark).

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

Phoenix Recycling Collection Center TCR series: 2022=0 · 2023=7.5 · BLS 2.6

Where Phoenix Recycling Collection Center falls in its industry

2,322 Recycling establishments

Safer than 65% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 5.1.

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to Arizona alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #29 safest of 49 Recycling employers in Arizona.

Phoenix Recycling Collection Center (28 employees, TCR 3.8) 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 Phoenix Recycling Collection Center
Phoenix Recycling Collection Center (28 employees, TCR 3.8) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 55 employees and a TCR of 5.1

Phoenix Recycling Collection Center has fewer employees than the Recycling median and a lower 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
2023 7.5 3.8 2 0 0
2022 0.0 0.0 0 0 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

562111 · AZ · Phoenix

2,322 Recycling employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 9,594 rated employers in Arizona with headcount on file · 2,630 employers in Phoenix, AZ · 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 Basic Fibres Inc 3.8 TCR
NAICS-TCR S09650 - Kern County Tehachapi Operations 3.8 TCR
NAICS-TCR Waste Industries Tri-East 3.8 TCR
NAICS-TCR PACIFIC SANITATION INC. 3.8 TCR
STATE-SIZE ABACA 28 FTE
STATE-SIZE Tatum 28 FTE
STATE-SIZE Tonopah 28 FTE
STATE-SIZE Cholla Livestock 28 FTE
CITY-NEAR Maricopa County 15,504 FTE
CITY-NEAR Phoenix Children's Hospital 7,575 FTE
CITY-NEAR All Company 6,261 FTE
CITY-NEAR 6403-64030500 6,153 FTE
NAT-TCR CP Medical Inc. 3.8 TCR
NAT-TCR Area Erectors - Peoria 3.8 TCR
NAT-TCR Commercial HVAC Americas : SVC-Greater Northeast : SVC-Long Island City NY-USA 3.8 TCR
NAT-TCR Sodexo at Cdw Sodexomagic Lincolnshire 3.8 TCR
NAT-SIZE 385 - Long Island City Branch 28 FTE
NAT-SIZE 611 - Austin Branch 28 FTE
NAT-SIZE 864 - Miami Branch 28 FTE
NAT-SIZE 976 - Grand Prairie Branch 28 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: 2023, 2022. 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.