Waste recovery facilities · Minnesota

Ramsey Washington Recycling and Energy Center

Newport, MN · ~72 workers · 7 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

F
Failing Safety Record
9.8
Avg TCR
2.6
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

Ramsey Washington Recycling and Energy Center runs at 376% of its industry's injury rate - far more dangerous than the typical Waste recovery facilities workplace, earning a grade F.

Ramsey Washington Recycling and Energy Center: 9.8 TCR = 376% of Waste recovery facilities BLS 2.6 · 7y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Ramsey Washington Recycling and Energy Center safety composite

Ramsey Washington Recycling and Energy Center scores strongest on fatalities (safer than 51% of same-industry peers) and weakest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 11%), 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

22/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
F 9.78 per 100 workers

Safer than 11% of industry peers

DART rate
F 5.85 per 100 workers

Safer than 15% 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

−7.9

2018→2024

Ramsey Washington Recycling and Energy Center injury rate improved

Ramsey Washington Recycling and Energy Center's TCR fell 7.9 from 13.8 in 2018 to 5.8 in 2024. Peak filing year was 2019 at 19.9 TCR. In 2024, DART was 0.6× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2018=13.8 · 2019=19.9 · 2020=7.3 · 2021=9.3 · 2022=5.8 · 2023=6.5 · 2024=5.8

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 562920 · Newport, MN ABOVE-IND · SMALL

Grade F · TCR 9.8 · 376% of ind

  • DART 5.8 DART
  • RANK #10/10
  • PHOTO Zion Crossroads Recy…
  • BOOK 7y book
  • INJ 42 inj
  • SIZE ~72 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: Zion Crossroads Recycling Park LLC (0.1 TCR gap)

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Ramsey Washington Recycling and Energy Center in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows Ramsey Washington Recycling and Energy Center averages 9.8 TCR (376% of the Waste recovery facilities BLS benchmark).

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

Ramsey Washington Recycling and Energy Center TCR series: 2018=13.8 · 2019=19.9 · 2020=7.3 · 2021=9.3 · 2022=5.8 · 2023=6.5 · 2024=5.8 · BLS 2.6

Where Ramsey Washington Recycling and Energy Center falls in its industry

422 Waste recovery facilities establishments

Safer than 11% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 3.8.

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to Minnesota alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #10 safest of 10 Waste recovery facilities employers in Minnesota.

Ramsey Washington Recycling and Energy Center (72 employees, TCR 9.8) 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 Ramsey Washington Recycling and Energy Center
Ramsey Washington Recycling and Energy Center (72 employees, TCR 9.8) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 44 employees and a TCR of 3.8

Ramsey Washington Recycling and Energy Center has more employees than the Waste recovery facilities 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
2024 5.8 5.8 5 0 0
2023 6.5 6.5 5 0 0
2022 5.8 5.8 4 0 0
2021 9.3 5.6 5 0 0
2020 7.3 7.3 4 0 0
2019 19.9 16.3 11 0 0
2018 13.8 5.2 8 0 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

562920 · MN · Newport

422 Waste recovery facilities employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 15,828 rated employers in Minnesota with headcount on file · 14 employers in Newport, MN · 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 Zion Crossroads Recycling Park LLC 9.7 TCR
NAICS-TCR CSR Lebanon 9.9 TCR
NAICS-TCR Tomra RSI, LLC 9.9 TCR
NAICS-TCR Mazza Recycling Services Ltd. 10.0 TCR
STATE-SIZE Corteva Jackson JAC1 72 FTE
STATE-SIZE ACI Asphalt and Concrete, Inc. 72 FTE
STATE-SIZE Electrical Production Services Inc 72 FTE
STATE-SIZE Minnesota Soybean Processors 72 FTE
CITY-NEAR Newport Service Center-NB 97 FTE
CITY-NEAR Newport Service Center 84 FTE
CITY-NEAR Wilson Lines Inc 70 FTE
CITY-NEAR Metro Gravel- Newport 68 FTE
NAT-TCR 2023 - Ventura 9.8 TCR
NAT-TCR Bridges by Epoch at Nashua 9.8 TCR
NAT-TCR The DeRuosi Group LLC 9.8 TCR
NAT-TCR TNN015 9.8 TCR
NAT-SIZE 2011 - Montebello 72 FTE
NAT-SIZE Fenimore Art Museum 72 FTE
NAT-SIZE Supply Chain Solutions LLC 72 FTE
NAT-SIZE SRM Group - AR 72 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: 2024, 2023, 2022, 2021, 2020, 2019, 2018. This is publicly available government data - not a legal determination of workplace conditions.
Data sourced from official public datasets. See our methodology for details.