Recyclable materials (e.g., glass, metal, paper) merchant wholesalers · Michigan

Recycling Concepts of Western Michigan

Grand Rapids, MI · ~30 workers · 3 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

F
Failing Safety Record
18.6
Avg TCR
2.2
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

Recycling Concepts of Western Michigan runs at 847% of its industry's injury rate - far more dangerous than the typical Recyclable materials (e.g., glass, metal, paper) merchant wholesalers workplace, earning a grade F.

Recycling Concepts of Western Michigan: 18.6 TCR = 847% of Recyclable materials (e.g., glass, metal, paper) merchant wholesalers BLS 2.2 · 3y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Recycling Concepts of Western Michigan safety composite

Recycling Concepts of Western Michigan scores strongest on fatalities (safer than 51% of same-industry peers) and weakest on dart rate (safer than 0%), 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

13/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
F 18.63 per 100 workers

Safer than 1% of industry peers

DART rate
F 20.32 per 100 workers

Safer than 0% 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

Recycling Concepts of Western Michigan: 13.8 → 33.9 TCR

Peak year 2024 @ 33.9 TCR · DART/TCR 1.09× in 2024

Recycling Concepts of Western Michigan's TCR rose 20.0 from 13.8 in 2022 to 33.9 in 2024. In 2024, DART was 1.09× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 423930 · Grand Rapids, MI ABOVE-IND · SMALL

Grade F · TCR 18.6 · 847% of ind

  • DART 20.3 DART
  • RANK #62/62
  • PHOTO Butts Recycling, Inc.
  • BOOK 3y book
  • INJ 10 inj
  • SIZE ~30 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: Butts Recycling, Inc. (0.3 TCR gap)

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Recycling Concepts of Western Michigan in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows Recycling Concepts of Western Michigan averages 18.6 TCR (847% of the Recyclable materials (e.g., glass, metal, paper) merchant wholesalers BLS benchmark).

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

Recycling Concepts of Western Michigan TCR series: 2022=13.8 · 2023=8.2 · 2024=33.9 · BLS 2.2

Where Recycling Concepts of Western Michigan falls in its industry

1,126 Recyclable materials (e.g., gl establishments

Safer than 1% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 4.0.

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to Michigan alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #62 safest of 62 Recyclable materials (e.g., gl employers in Michigan.

Recycling Concepts of Western Michigan (30 employees, TCR 18.6) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 39 employees and a TCR of 4.0 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 020406080100 05101520 Average employees Total Case Rate Recycling Concepts of Western Michigan
Recycling Concepts of Western Michigan (30 employees, TCR 18.6) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 39 employees and a TCR of 4.0

Recycling Concepts of Western Michigan has fewer employees than the Recyclable materials (e.g., glass, metal median and a higher 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 33.9 20.3 5 0 0
2023 8.2 2.7 3 0 0
2022 13.8 13.8 2 0 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

423930 · MI · Grand Rapids

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 · 1,006 employers in Grand Rapids, 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 Butts Recycling, Inc. 18.3 TCR
NAICS-TCR rePlanet LLC 18.9 TCR
NAICS-TCR Mallin Companies, Inc. 19.0 TCR
NAICS-TCR AIM Recycling Erie, LLC 18.0 TCR
STATE-SIZE Kitchen Farms, Inc. 30 FTE
STATE-SIZE Revolution Farms 30 FTE
STATE-SIZE TES Filer City Station 30 FTE
STATE-SIZE United Fermi II Nuclear Power Plant Project 30 FTE
CITY-NEAR SHHG-GR BUTTERWORTH CA 9,012 FTE
CITY-NEAR SH Butterworth Hospital 7,397 FTE
CITY-NEAR Mercy Health Saint Mary's Hospital-MH-MI 2,914 FTE
CITY-NEAR Steelcase - Grand Rapids / Kentwood 2,817 FTE
NAT-TCR Knox County Association for Remarkable Citizens - Dove Manufacturing Plant 1 18.6 TCR
NAT-TCR Hartwell Health and Rehabilitation 18.6 TCR
NAT-TCR Washington Center 18.6 TCR
NAT-TCR Trader Joe's 0719 Omaha 18.6 TCR
NAT-SIZE Bradley & Son's, Inc. 30 FTE
NAT-SIZE Clark Trailer Service INC. 30 FTE
NAT-SIZE Univenture, Inc. 30 FTE
NAT-SIZE Montecito Water District 30 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. This is publicly available government data - not a legal determination of workplace conditions.
Data sourced from official public datasets. See our methodology for details.