Materials recovery facilities (MRF) · California

Recycling Industries Inc

North Highlands, CA · ~50 workers · 3 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

D
Poor Safety Record
5.0
Avg TCR
2.6
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

Recycling Industries Inc runs at 191% of its industry's injury rate - more dangerous than the typical Materials recovery facilities (MRF) workplace, earning a grade D.

Recycling Industries Inc: 5.0 TCR = 191% of Materials recovery facilities (MRF) BLS 2.6 · 3y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Recycling Industries Inc safety composite

Recycling Industries Inc scores strongest on fatalities (safer than 51% of same-industry peers) and weakest on dart rate (safer than 4%), 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

29/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
D 4.97 per 100 workers

Safer than 36% of industry peers

DART rate
F 11.1 per 100 workers

Safer than 4% 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 Industries Inc: 0.0 → 11.1 TCR

Peak year 2020 @ 11.1 TCR · DART/TCR 2.23× in 2020

Recycling Industries Inc's TCR rose 11.1 from 0.0 in 2018 to 11.1 in 2020. In 2020, DART was 2.23× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 562920 · North Highlands, CA ABOVE-IND · SMALL

Grade D · TCR 5.0 · 191% of ind

  • DART 11.1 DART
  • RANK #22/45
  • PHOTO Portland East Recycle
  • BOOK 3y book
  • INJ 3 inj
  • SIZE ~50 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: Portland East Recycle (0.0 TCR gap)

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Recycling Industries Inc in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows Recycling Industries Inc averages 5.0 TCR (191% 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

Recycling Industries Inc TCR series: 2018=0 · 2019=3.8 · 2020=11.1 · BLS 2.6

Where Recycling Industries Inc falls in its industry

422 Materials recovery facilities establishments

Safer than 36% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 3.8.

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to California alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #22 safest of 45 Materials recovery facilities employers in California.

Recycling Industries Inc (50 employees, TCR 5.0) 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 Recycling Industries Inc
Recycling Industries Inc (50 employees, TCR 5.0) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 44 employees and a TCR of 3.8

Recycling Industries 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
2020 11.1 11.1 2 3 0
2019 3.8 1.9 1 1 0
2018 0.0 0.0 0 0 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

562920 · CA · North Highlands

422 Materials recovery facilities (MRF) employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 51,834 rated employers in California with headcount on file · 49 employers in North Highlands, CA · 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 Portland East Recycle 5.0 TCR
NAICS-TCR RSSN Recycling Center 5.0 TCR
NAICS-TCR S07500 - Philadelphia MRF 4.9 TCR
NAICS-TCR S06712 - Hodgkins MRF 5.1 TCR
STATE-SIZE Jack Bros., Inc. 50 FTE
STATE-SIZE M Three Ranches, LLC 50 FTE
STATE-SIZE Penterman Farming Company 50 FTE
STATE-SIZE Trefethen Farming, LLC 50 FTE
CITY-NEAR Heritage One Door and Carpentry, LLC 416 FTE
CITY-NEAR Eagle Companies Inc 411 FTE
CITY-NEAR WM 4393 337 FTE
CITY-NEAR 4393 311 FTE
NAT-TCR Andersons Clymers Ethanol LLC 5.0 TCR
NAT-TCR NGA West 5.0 TCR
NAT-TCR Iroquois Memorial Hospital 5.0 TCR
NAT-TCR R & K Electric, Inc. 5.0 TCR
NAT-SIZE C.T. Purcell Inc. 50 FTE
NAT-SIZE Joseph Companies (IQHC) Neillsville 50 FTE
NAT-SIZE Solaronics Inc 50 FTE
NAT-SIZE 34 Convent Avenue-Convent Avenue Family Living Center 50 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: 2020, 2019, 2018. This is publicly available government data - not a legal determination of workplace conditions.

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Data sourced from official public datasets. See our methodology for details.