MRF (materials recovery facilities) · North Carolina

Republic - Conover

Conover, NC · ~38 workers · 4 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

F
Failing Safety Record
15.6
Avg TCR
2.6
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

Republic - Conover runs at 600% of its industry's injury rate - far more dangerous than the typical MRF (materials recovery facilities) workplace, earning a grade F.

Republic - Conover: 15.6 TCR = 600% of MRF (materials recovery facilities) BLS 2.6 · 4y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Republic - Conover safety composite

Republic - Conover scores strongest on fatalities (safer than 51% of same-industry peers) and weakest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 2%), 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

18/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
F 15.61 per 100 workers

Safer than 2% of industry peers

DART rate
F 6.19 per 100 workers

Safer than 14% 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

Republic - Conover: 16.4 → 21.6 TCR

Peak year 2020 @ 22.6 TCR · DART/TCR 0.4× in 2021

Republic - Conover's TCR rose 5.3 from 16.4 in 2017 to 21.6 in 2021. Peak filing year was 2020 at 22.6 TCR. In 2021, DART was 0.4× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 562920 · Conover, NC ABOVE-IND · SMALL

Grade F · TCR 15.6 · 600% of ind

  • DART 6.2 DART
  • RANK #13/13
  • PHOTO IRRF
  • BOOK 4y book
  • INJ 27 inj
  • SIZE ~38 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: IRRF (0.1 TCR gap)

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Republic - Conover in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows Republic - Conover averages 15.6 TCR (600% of the MRF (materials recovery facilities) BLS benchmark).

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

Republic - Conover TCR series: 2017=16.4 · 2018=1.8 · 2020=22.6 · 2021=21.6 · BLS 2.6

Where Republic - Conover falls in its industry

422 MRF (materials recovery facili establishments

Safer than 2% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 3.8.

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to North Carolina alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #13 safest of 13 MRF (materials recovery facili employers in North Carolina.

Republic - Conover (38 employees, TCR 15.6) 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 05101520 Average employees Total Case Rate Republic - Conover
Republic - Conover (38 employees, TCR 15.6) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 44 employees and a TCR of 3.8

Republic - Conover has fewer employees than the MRF (materials 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
2021 21.6 6.2 6 1 0
2020 22.6 10.1 9 0 0
2018 1.8 0.4 6 2 0
2017 16.4 12.3 6 2 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

562920 · NC · Conover

422 MRF (materials recovery facilities) employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 16,981 rated employers in North Carolina with headcount on file · 95 employers in Conover, NC · 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 IRRF 15.7 TCR
NAICS-TCR Puente Hills Material Recovery Facility 15.2 TCR
NAICS-TCR Tomra NY Recycling- Rotterdam 15.2 TCR
NAICS-TCR Nortech Waste LLC 16.1 TCR
STATE-SIZE Morganton Hatchery 38 FTE
STATE-SIZE Harris Energy & Environmental Center 38 FTE
STATE-SIZE Enerdyne Power Systems, Inc 38 FTE
STATE-SIZE Electric Utilities (8100) 38 FTE
CITY-NEAR Zenith - Conover 409 FTE
CITY-NEAR WM 4224 369 FTE
CITY-NEAR 4224 327 FTE
CITY-NEAR 2510 Conover Folding 309 FTE
NAT-TCR C&C Machine, Inc. 15.6 TCR
NAT-TCR Los Angeles Police Department, Security Services Division 15.6 TCR
NAT-TCR Pressed Juicery 15.6 TCR
NAT-TCR Whitehall Facility 15.6 TCR
NAT-SIZE 4238-3Y1 38 FTE
NAT-SIZE Metro Cruise LB 38 FTE
NAT-SIZE Scissortail Park Foundation 38 FTE
NAT-SIZE Columbus 38 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: 2021, 2020, 2018, 2017. 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.