Materials recovery facilities (MRF) · Indiana

Plastic Recycling Inc.

Indianapolis, IN · ~189 workers · 3 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

F
Failing Safety Record
7.6
Avg TCR
2.6
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

Plastic Recycling Inc. runs at 291% of its industry's injury rate - far more dangerous than the typical Materials recovery facilities (MRF) workplace, earning a grade F.

Plastic Recycling Inc.: 7.6 TCR = 291% of Materials recovery facilities (MRF) BLS 2.6 · 3y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Plastic Recycling Inc. safety composite

Plastic Recycling Inc. scores strongest on fatalities (safer than 51% of same-industry peers) and weakest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 20%), 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

30/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
F 7.57 per 100 workers

Safer than 20% of industry peers

DART rate
F 3.66 per 100 workers

Safer than 27% 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

−7.4

2021→2023

Plastic Recycling Inc. injury rate improved

Plastic Recycling Inc.'s TCR fell 7.4 from 14.1 in 2021 to 6.7 in 2023. Peak filing year was 2021 at 14.1 TCR. In 2023, DART was 0.48× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2021=14.1 · 2022=1.9 · 2023=6.7

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 562920 · Indianapolis, IN ABOVE-IND · MID

Grade F · TCR 7.6 · 291% of ind

  • DART 3.7 DART
  • RANK #12/15
  • PHOTO Dayton Material Reco…
  • BOOK 3y book
  • INJ 34 inj
  • SIZE ~189 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: Dayton Material Recovery Facility (0.0 TCR gap)

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Plastic Recycling Inc. in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows Plastic Recycling Inc. averages 7.6 TCR (291% of the Materials recovery facilities (MRF) BLS benchmark).

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

Plastic Recycling Inc. TCR series: 2021=14.1 · 2022=1.9 · 2023=6.7 · BLS 2.6

Where Plastic Recycling Inc. falls in its industry

422 Materials recovery facilities establishments

Safer than 20% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 3.8.

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to Indiana alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #12 safest of 15 Materials recovery facilities employers in Indiana.

Plastic Recycling Inc. (189 employees, TCR 7.6) 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 Plastic Recycling Inc.
Plastic Recycling Inc. (189 employees, TCR 7.6) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 44 employees and a TCR of 3.8

Plastic Recycling Inc. has more employees than the Materials recovery facilities (MRF) median and a higher 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
2023 6.7 3.7 11 0 0
2022 1.9 0.5 4 0 0
2021 14.1 14.1 19 3 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

562920 · IN · Indianapolis

422 Materials recovery facilities (MRF) employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 12,750 rated employers in Indiana with headcount on file · 2,074 employers in Indianapolis, IN · 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 Dayton Material Recovery Facility 7.6 TCR
NAICS-TCR Agricultural Services, Inc. 7.5 TCR
NAICS-TCR Indianapolis - 96th St 7.7 TCR
NAICS-TCR Fremont Recycling & Transfer Station 7.5 TCR
STATE-SIZE Custom Concrete Co, Inc. 189 FTE
STATE-SIZE Edinburgh DVA 189 FTE
STATE-SIZE Vernet US Corporation 189 FTE
STATE-SIZE WM 9065 189 FTE
CITY-NEAR Indiana University Health, Inc 7,874 FTE
CITY-NEAR Methodist Hospital 6,862 FTE
CITY-NEAR Eli Lilly - Lilly Corp Center 6,482 FTE
CITY-NEAR Lilly Technology Center 6,472 FTE
NAT-TCR AZZ Galvanizing - Tulsa 7.6 TCR
NAT-TCR Boise SNF Operations LLC 7.6 TCR
NAT-TCR Vadnais Heights Clinic 7.6 TCR
NAT-TCR BHH - Baystate Home Health 7.6 TCR
NAT-SIZE Hanover R.S. Limited Partnership - Corporate 189 FTE
NAT-SIZE Monogram Gourmet Foods, LLC - 301 189 FTE
NAT-SIZE Merritt Trailers Inc 189 FTE
NAT-SIZE Liberty 189 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, 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.