Recyclable materials (e.g., glass, metal, paper) merchant wholesalers · Michigan
Pratt Recycling, Inc. - Kalamazoo, MI
Kalamazoo, MI · ~31 workers · 3 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.
- D
- Poor Safety Record
- 3.0
- Avg TCR
- 2.2
- Industry avg
- 0
- Fatalities
The verdict
Pratt Recycling, Inc. - Kalamazoo, MI runs at 135% 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.
Pratt Recycling, Inc. - Kalamazoo, MI: 3.0 TCR = 135% of Recyclable materials (e.g., glass, metal, paper) merchant wholesalers BLS 2.2 · 3y Form 300A (see methodology below)
Pratt Recycling, Inc. - Kalamazoo, MI safety composite
Pratt Recycling, Inc. - Kalamazoo, MI scores strongest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 60% of same-industry peers) and weakest on dart rate (safer than 43%), 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).
52/100
Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures
- Total Case Rate (TCR)
- C 2.98 per 100 workers
Safer than 60% of industry peers
- DART rate
- D 2.49 per 100 workers
Safer than 43% 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
Pratt Recycling, Inc. - Kalamazoo, MI: 0.0 → 2.5 TCR
Peak year 2023 @ 6.4 TCR · DART/TCR 0.84× in 2024
Pratt Recycling, Inc. - Kalamazoo, MI's TCR rose 2.5 from 0.0 in 2022 to 2.5 in 2024. Peak filing year was 2023 at 6.4 TCR. In 2024, DART was 0.84× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).
OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard
Establishment book 423930 · Kalamazoo, MI ABOVE-IND · SMALL
Grade D · TCR 3.0 · 135% of ind
- DART 2.5 DART
- RANK #23/62
- PHOTO Omaha Track
- BOOK 3y book
- INJ 3 inj
- SIZE ~31 FTE
Nearest TCR peer: Omaha Track (0.0 TCR gap)
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Pratt Recycling, Inc. - Kalamazoo, MI in the TCR neighbourhood
Average Total Case Rate among this establishment and nearest same-industry peers
- This site
Pratt Recycling, Inc. - Kalamazoo, MI
3 TCR
- Omaha Track
Omaha Track
3 TCR
- FPT - Clevelan
FPT - Cleveland LLC
3 TCR
- MPD
MPD
3 TCR
- Universal Recy
Universal Recycling Technologies - Oregon
3 TCR
What this shows Pratt Recycling, Inc. - Kalamazoo, MI averages 3.0 TCR (135% of the Recyclable materials (e.g., glass, metal, paper) merchant wholesalers BLS benchmark).
Pratt Recycling, Inc. - Kalamazoo, MI TCR series: 2022=0 · 2023=6.4 · 2024=2.5 · BLS 2.2
Where Pratt Recycling, Inc. - Kalamazoo, MI falls in its industry
1,126 Recyclable materials (e.g., gl establishmentsSafer than 60% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 4.0.
Narrower to Michigan alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #23 safest of 62 Recyclable materials (e.g., gl employers in Michigan.
Pratt Recycling, Inc. - Kalamazoo, MI 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 2.5 | 2.5 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 2023 | 6.4 | 3.2 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| 2022 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
OSHA ITA peer cross-reference
Establishment peer ledger
423930 · MI · Kalamazoo
1,126 Recyclable materials (e.g., glass, metal, paper) merchant wholesalers employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 16,393 rated employers in Michigan with headcount on file · 353 employers in Kalamazoo, MI · 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 | Omaha Track | 3.0 TCR |
| NAICS-TCR | FPT - Cleveland LLC | 3.0 TCR |
| NAICS-TCR | MPD | 3.0 TCR |
| NAICS-TCR | Universal Recycling Technologies - Oregon | 3.0 TCR |
| STATE-SIZE | Schwartz Greenhouse, Inc. | 31 FTE |
| STATE-SIZE | Electric Production | 31 FTE |
| STATE-SIZE | R.B. Satkowiak's City Sewer Cleaners | 31 FTE |
| STATE-SIZE | Melching Inc. | 31 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | Bronson Methodist Hospital | 4,909 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | Pfizer Kalamazoo - Portage Road | 3,201 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | Stryker Instruments | 2,240 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | 1855-MIKAL1 | 2,103 FTE |
| NAT-TCR | Hospice Cleveland County | 3.0 TCR |
| NAT-TCR | Transit | 3.0 TCR |
| NAT-TCR | Community Hospice Care Center | 3.0 TCR |
| NAT-TCR | Sack and Save - 104 E. Main Street | 3.0 TCR |
| NAT-SIZE | Eldred Brothers / Main Farm | 31 FTE |
| NAT-SIZE | Gold's Gym Riverdale Park | 31 FTE |
| NAT-SIZE | Camp Electric and Engineering, Inc. | 31 FTE |
| NAT-SIZE | Big R of Alamosa, Inc. | 31 FTE |
Rel codes: NAICS-TCR · STATE-SIZE · CITY-NEAR · NAT-TCR/NAT-SIZE cross-state. Read with this employer →
Read our methodology - how this data is sourced, computed, and verified.