Waste recovery facilities · Iowa

Resource Recovery

Ames, IA · ~20 workers · 5 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

F
Failing Safety Record
24.6
Avg TCR
2.6
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

Resource Recovery runs at 944% of its industry's injury rate - far more dangerous than the typical Waste recovery facilities workplace, earning a grade F.

Resource Recovery: 24.6 TCR = 944% of Waste recovery facilities BLS 2.6 · 5y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Resource Recovery safety composite

Resource Recovery scores strongest on fatalities (safer than 51% of same-industry peers) and weakest on total case rate (tcr) (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 24.55 per 100 workers

Safer than 0% of industry peers

DART rate
F 25.36 per 100 workers

Safer than 1% 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

−16.3

2016→2021

Resource Recovery injury rate improved

Resource Recovery's TCR fell 16.3 from 41.6 in 2016 to 25.4 in 2021. Peak filing year was 2016 at 41.6 TCR. In 2021, DART was 1.03× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2016=41.6 · 2017=32.6 · 2019=11.9 · 2020=11.3 · 2021=25.4

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 562920 · Ames, IA ABOVE-IND · SMALL

Grade F · TCR 24.6 · 944% of ind

  • DART 25.4 DART
  • RANK #9/9
  • PHOTO Pier 96-Recycle Cent…
  • BOOK 5y book
  • INJ 19 inj
  • SIZE ~20 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: Pier 96-Recycle Central (0.1 TCR gap)

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Resource Recovery in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows Resource Recovery averages 24.6 TCR (944% of the Waste recovery facilities BLS benchmark).

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

Resource Recovery TCR series: 2016=41.6 · 2017=32.6 · 2019=11.9 · 2020=11.3 · 2021=25.4 · BLS 2.6

Where Resource Recovery falls in its industry

422 Waste recovery facilities establishments

Safer than 0% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 3.8.

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

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

Resource Recovery (20 employees, TCR 24.6) 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 0102030 Average employees Total Case Rate Resource Recovery
Resource Recovery (20 employees, TCR 24.6) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 44 employees and a TCR of 3.8

Resource Recovery has fewer employees than the Waste 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 25.4 25.4 4 0 0
2020 11.3 11.3 2 0 0
2019 11.9 11.9 2 0 0
2017 32.6 26.1 5 0 0
2016 41.6 29.7 6 1 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

562920 · IA · Ames

422 Waste recovery facilities employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 7,192 rated employers in Iowa with headcount on file · 170 employers in Ames, IA · 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 Pier 96-Recycle Central 24.6 TCR
NAICS-TCR TotalRecycle, Inc. 23.3 TCR
NAICS-TCR Aquafil Carpet Collection LLC- Anaheim 20.9 TCR
NAICS-TCR Lighting Resources Ontario 18.6 TCR
STATE-SIZE Skyline Pork, LLC 20 FTE
STATE-SIZE J-Six Farms Iowa 20 FTE
STATE-SIZE Handlos Jacksonville 20 FTE
STATE-SIZE Newell Pig II 20 FTE
CITY-NEAR ISU - University Wide 13,316 FTE
CITY-NEAR ISU - On Campus 12,527 FTE
CITY-NEAR Mary Greeley Medical Center- Main Hospital 1,415 FTE
CITY-NEAR Mary Greeley Medical Center 1,277 FTE
NAT-TCR Cumberland Crossings Retirement Community 24.6 TCR
NAT-TCR Culligan Water 24.6 TCR
NAT-TCR HG1028 24.6 TCR
NAT-TCR LQ2009 Anaheim 24.6 TCR
NAT-SIZE Pathway Control Products, Inc. 20 FTE
NAT-SIZE Kelly Electrical Services, Inc. 20 FTE
NAT-SIZE Mead Lumber Beatrice 20 FTE
NAT-SIZE ISC Structures Inc. 20 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, 2019, 2017, 2016. This is publicly available government data - not a legal determination of workplace conditions.

Read our methodology - how this data is sourced, computed, and verified.

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