Materials recovery facilities (MRF) · Maine

Returnable Services, LLC

Portland, ME · ~34 workers · 2 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

F
Failing Safety Record
13.4
Avg TCR
2.6
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

Returnable Services, LLC runs at 514% of its industry's injury rate - far more dangerous than the typical Materials recovery facilities (MRF) workplace, earning a grade F.

Returnable Services, LLC: 13.4 TCR = 514% of Materials recovery facilities (MRF) BLS 2.6 · 2y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Returnable Services, LLC safety composite

Returnable Services, LLC scores strongest on fatalities (safer than 51% of same-industry peers) and weakest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 5%), 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

20/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
F 13.37 per 100 workers

Safer than 5% of industry peers

DART rate
F 6.26 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%).

TCR Δ

−7.9

2021→2022

Returnable Services, LLC injury rate improved

Returnable Services, LLC's TCR fell 7.9 from 17.3 in 2021 to 9.4 in 2022. Peak filing year was 2021 at 17.3 TCR. In 2022, DART was 0.47× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2021=17.3 · 2022=9.4

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 562920 · Portland, ME ABOVE-IND · SMALL

Grade F · TCR 13.4 · 514% of ind

  • DART 6.3 DART
  • RANK #3/4
  • PHOTO Liberty Tire Recycling
  • BOOK 2y book
  • INJ 7 inj
  • SIZE ~34 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: Liberty Tire Recycling (0.1 TCR gap)

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Returnable Services, LLC in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows Returnable Services, LLC averages 13.4 TCR (514% 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

Returnable Services, LLC TCR series: 2021=17.3 · 2022=9.4 · BLS 2.6

Where Returnable Services, LLC falls in its industry

422 Materials recovery facilities establishments

Safer than 5% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 3.8.

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to Maine alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #3 safest of 4 Materials recovery facilities employers in Maine.

Returnable Services, LLC (34 employees, TCR 13.4) 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 Returnable Services, LLC
Returnable Services, LLC (34 employees, TCR 13.4) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 44 employees and a TCR of 3.8

Returnable Services, LLC 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 9.4 6.3 3 0 0
2021 17.3 6.9 4 1 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

562920 · ME · Portland

422 Materials recovery facilities (MRF) employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 2,397 rated employers in Maine with headcount on file · 244 employers in Portland, ME · 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 Liberty Tire Recycling 13.5 TCR
NAICS-TCR Hamburg, PA 13.2 TCR
NAICS-TCR Discover Goodwill of Southern and Western Colorado- Recycle/Salvage 13.5 TCR
NAICS-TCR Millennium Recycling Inc 13.6 TCR
STATE-SIZE Langford & Low, Inc. 34 FTE
STATE-SIZE Liberty 34 FTE
STATE-SIZE Houle's 34 FTE
STATE-SIZE Ray Labbe & Sons Inc 34 FTE
CITY-NEAR MMC 8,437 FTE
CITY-NEAR MMC- 22 Bram 5,535 FTE
CITY-NEAR Point32Health Portland 4,440 FTE
CITY-NEAR MMP Practices 2,063 FTE
NAT-TCR New Dimension Metals Corp. 13.4 TCR
NAT-TCR HG779 13.4 TCR
NAT-TCR 5472-NAI-0033-0033-01323 13.4 TCR
NAT-TCR East Bay Regional Park District 13.4 TCR
NAT-SIZE HG402 34 FTE
NAT-SIZE HG066 34 FTE
NAT-SIZE 70th Street Store 34 FTE
NAT-SIZE Victory EMS 34 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. 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.