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
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.
- F
- Failing Safety Record
- 9.8
- avg TCR · per 100 workers
- 2.6
- industry benchmark (BLS)
- 42
- recordable injuries tracked
Grade compares Ramsey Washington Recycling and Energy Center's OSHA Total Case Rate of 9.8 to the Waste recovery facilities BLS benchmark of 2.6 (376% of benchmark) across 7 years of Form 300A filings (2016–2024). <a href="/methodology">See methodology</a> for reporting-limitation caveats.
Injury rate over time
Ramsey Washington Recycling and Energy Center's yearly Total Case Rate, against the 2.6 industry benchmark.
Where Ramsey Washington Recycling and Energy Center falls in its industry
471 Waste recovery facilities establishmentsSafer than 10% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 3.3.
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.
Trend analysis for Ramsey Washington Recycling and Energy Center
Between 2018 and 2024, Ramsey Washington Recycling and Energy Center's Total Case Rate improved from 13.8 to 5.8 recordable injuries per 100 full-time workers, a 58% decrease across 6 years of OSHA reporting.
The safest year on record was 2022, at a TCR of 5.8, while 2019 saw the highest rate, at 19.9, a spread of 14.1 points between the best and worst reporting years. That's a wide swing relative to the establishment's overall rate, worth checking the year-by-year table below for whether a single severe year is driving the average, rather than a sustained trend.
Summed across those 7 reporting years, Ramsey Washington Recycling and Energy Center recorded 42 total injuries and illnesses, with no fatalities reported in any of those years. Readers comparing establishments should weigh the 7-year trend above alongside establishment size, since a larger workforce naturally accumulates more raw incidents even at a lower per-100-worker rate.
Verify This Employer with OSHA
The 42 injuries shown on this page for Ramsey Washington Recycling and Energy Center are sourced from its own 7 years of mandatory OSHA Form 300A summaries. Cross-check the underlying establishment record directly against the federal source, name, NAICS classification, recordable case totals, and inspection history are all searchable on OSHA's Establishment-Specific Injury and Illness Data system.
Verify on OSHA Establishment SearchSource: U.S. Department of Labor, OSHA Establishment-Specific Injury and Illness Data. NAICS 562920 - Waste recovery facilities.
DART Rate, Transparent Calculation (2024)
What is the DART rate formula?
DART (Days Away, Restricted, or Transferred) is computed by OSHA as incidents × 200,000 ÷ hours worked. The 200,000-hour denominator equals roughly 100 full-time workers, which lets establishments of very different sizes be compared directly.
5 DART incidents × 200,000 ÷ 170,851 hours worked = 5.85 DART
Methodology: 29 CFR 1904, OSHA Form 300A recordkeeping
Cross-Validating Context, Establishment vs Industry vs State
| Benchmark | TCR | Source |
|---|---|---|
| Ramsey Washington Recycling and Energy Center (this establishment) | 9.78 | OSHA ITA Form 300A, 7-year avg |
| Removal of recyclable materials from a waste stream industry avg | 2.60 | BLS IIF, NAICS 562920 |
| Minnesota state avg (all industries) | 5.18 | OSHA ITA, state-level rollup |
Industry benchmarks: Bureau of Labor Statistics, Injuries, Illnesses, and Fatalities (IIF) program
Reportable Incident Timeline
Year-by-year reportable incidents (recordable injuries + illnesses + fatalities) submitted by Ramsey Washington Recycling and Energy Center to OSHA's Injury Tracking Application. Each row anchors to OSHA's inspection records search where you can pull the underlying inspection case numbers and citations for that establishment-year.
- 2024: 5 reportable incidents · 5 injuries, 0 illnesses, 0 fatalities - OSHA inspection records (case numbers)
- 2023: 5 reportable incidents · 5 injuries, 0 illnesses, 0 fatalities - OSHA inspection records (case numbers)
- 2022: 4 reportable incidents · 4 injuries, 0 illnesses, 0 fatalities - OSHA inspection records (case numbers)
- 2021: 5 reportable incidents · 5 injuries, 0 illnesses, 0 fatalities - OSHA inspection records (case numbers)
- 2020: 4 reportable incidents · 4 injuries, 0 illnesses, 0 fatalities - OSHA inspection records (case numbers)
- 2019: 11 reportable incidents · 11 injuries, 0 illnesses, 0 fatalities - OSHA inspection records (case numbers)
- 2018: 8 reportable incidents · 8 injuries, 0 illnesses, 0 fatalities - OSHA inspection records (case numbers)
Source: OSHA Inspection Information System (IMIS) - inspection case-number records
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 |
What this grade means for you
Use this grade as a relative read on Ramsey Washington Recycling and Energy Center's reported OSHA injury record versus its Waste recovery facilities peers, not a verdict on whether any single site is safe today.
- At 376% of the Waste recovery facilities benchmark, Ramsey Washington Recycling and Energy Center reports more injuries than typical peers, ask specifically how the employer is reducing them. Know your rights
- Judge this record against the wider Waste recovery facilities sector, where injury rates vary widely, before comparing it in isolation. See the industry
- Grades reflect 2016–2024 filings; check the latest establishment record straight from OSHA, or look up a different employer. Look up another
Safety grades reflect employers' self-reported OSHA Form 300A filings from 2016 to 2024 and can lag current conditions. A grade is not a guarantee that any specific workplace is safe or unsafe today. See our methodology and disclaimer.
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Every figure and grade on PlainSafetyScore is computed directly from OSHA's published Injury Tracking Application data and BLS industry benchmarks, no number is typed in by an editor. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these safety grades, or report a data error. Data current as of 2016-2024 OSHA ITA release.