Materials recovery facilities (MRF) · Missouri

Republic Services Recycling- Southside

St. Louis, MO · ~30 workers · 4 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

F
Failing Safety Record
6.4
Avg TCR
2.6
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

Republic Services Recycling- Southside runs at 248% of its industry's injury rate - far more dangerous than the typical Materials recovery facilities (MRF) workplace, earning a grade F.

Republic Services Recycling- Southside: 6.4 TCR = 248% of Materials recovery facilities (MRF) BLS 2.6 · 4y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Republic Services Recycling- Southside safety composite

Republic Services Recycling- Southside scores strongest on dart rate (safer than 80% of same-industry peers) and weakest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 27%), 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).

D

52/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
F 6.44 per 100 workers

Safer than 27% of industry peers

DART rate
B 0 per 100 workers

Safer than 80% 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

−9.4

2017→2022

Republic Services Recycling- Southside injury rate improved

Republic Services Recycling- Southside's TCR fell 9.4 from 9.4 in 2017 to 0.0 in 2022. Peak filing year was 2018 at 11.5 TCR. In 2022, DART was 0× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2017=9.4 · 2018=11.5 · 2021=4.9 · 2022=0.0

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 562920 · St. Louis, MO ABOVE-IND · SMALL

Grade F · TCR 6.4 · 248% of ind

  • DART 0.0 DART
  • RANK #7/9
  • PHOTO S09363 - Deffenbaugh…
  • BOOK 4y book
  • INJ 7 inj
  • SIZE ~30 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: S09363 - Deffenbaugh KC MRF (0.0 TCR gap)

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Republic Services Recycling- Southside in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows Republic Services Recycling- Southside averages 6.4 TCR (248% 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

Republic Services Recycling- Southside TCR series: 2017=9.4 · 2018=11.5 · 2021=4.9 · 2022=0 · BLS 2.6

Where Republic Services Recycling- Southside falls in its industry

422 Materials recovery facilities establishments

Safer than 27% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 3.8.

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to Missouri alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #7 safest of 9 Materials recovery facilities employers in Missouri.

Republic Services Recycling- Southside (30 employees, TCR 6.4) 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 Republic Services Recycling- Southside
Republic Services Recycling- Southside (30 employees, TCR 6.4) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 44 employees and a TCR of 3.8

Republic Services Recycling- Southside has fewer 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
2022 0.0 0.0 0 0 0
2021 4.9 0.0 0 2 0
2018 11.5 5.8 4 0 0
2017 9.4 6.3 3 0 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

562920 · MO · St. Louis

422 Materials recovery facilities (MRF) employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 10,075 rated employers in Missouri with headcount on file · 686 employers in St. Louis, MO · 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 S09363 - Deffenbaugh KC MRF 6.5 TCR
NAICS-TCR Salt River 6.4 TCR
NAICS-TCR QRP - QCY 6.5 TCR
NAICS-TCR Cheyenne 6.6 TCR
STATE-SIZE Reliance Pork, LLC 30 FTE
STATE-SIZE Monett Hatchery #1 30 FTE
STATE-SIZE J P ROSS COTTON CO 30 FTE
STATE-SIZE Farmers Ag & Grain Supply, Inc 30 FTE
CITY-NEAR Monsanto - St. Louis 6,028 FTE
CITY-NEAR St. Anthony's Medical Center 3,706 FTE
CITY-NEAR ABI Corporation 2,720 FTE
CITY-NEAR Saint Louis University Hospital 2,084 FTE
NAT-TCR Ochsner Medical Center-Kenner 6.4 TCR
NAT-TCR American Furniture Rental-Jessup 2 6.4 TCR
NAT-TCR 1237 - La Vista Ne Whse 6.4 TCR
NAT-TCR Grand Villa PHX, Inc. 6.4 TCR
NAT-SIZE Tire Wholesalers Company, Inc. Hammond 30 FTE
NAT-SIZE Homewood Flossmoor High School 30 FTE
NAT-SIZE Sms 1506 30 FTE
NAT-SIZE Lexington Building & Supply Co. Inc. 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: 2022, 2021, 2018, 2017. This is publicly available government data - not a legal determination of workplace conditions.
Data sourced from official public datasets. See our methodology for details.