Metal scrap and waste merchant wholesalers · New Jersey

Rockaway Recycling

Rockaway, NJ · ~23 workers · 4 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

C
Average Safety Record
2.1
Avg TCR
2.2
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

Rockaway Recycling runs at 98% of its industry's injury rate - about level with the typical Metal scrap and waste merchant wholesalers workplace, earning a grade C.

Rockaway Recycling: 2.1 TCR = 98% of Metal scrap and waste merchant wholesalers BLS 2.2 · 4y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Rockaway Recycling safety composite

Rockaway Recycling scores strongest on dart rate (safer than 79% of same-industry peers) and weakest on fatalities (safer than 51%), 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).

C

69/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
C 2.15 per 100 workers

Safer than 72% of industry peers

DART rate
B 0 per 100 workers

Safer than 79% 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%).

Rockaway Recycling held a steady TCR band

Rockaway Recycling's TCR held near 0.0 from 0.0 in 2021 to 0.0 in 2024. Peak filing year was 2022 at 4.6 TCR. In 2024, DART was 0× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2021=0.0 · 2022=4.6 · 2023=4.0 · 2024=0.0

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 423930 · Rockaway, NJ AT/BELOW-IND · SMALL

Grade C · TCR 2.1 · 98% of ind

  • DART 0.0 DART
  • RANK #11/28
  • PHOTO Alter Metal Recyclin…
  • BOOK 4y book
  • INJ 2 inj
  • SIZE ~23 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: Alter Metal Recycling - Eau Claire Operations (0.0 TCR gap)

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Rockaway Recycling in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows Rockaway Recycling averages 2.1 TCR (98% of the Metal scrap and waste merchant wholesalers BLS benchmark).

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

Rockaway Recycling TCR series: 2021=0 · 2022=4.6 · 2023=4 · 2024=0 · BLS 2.2

Where Rockaway Recycling falls in its industry

1,126 Metal scrap and waste merchant establishments

Safer than 72% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 4.0.

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to New Jersey alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #11 safest of 28 Metal scrap and waste merchant employers in New Jersey.

Rockaway Recycling (23 employees, TCR 2.1) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 39 employees and a TCR of 4.0 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 020406080100 0246810 Average employees Total Case Rate Rockaway Recycling
Rockaway Recycling (23 employees, TCR 2.1) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 39 employees and a TCR of 4.0

Rockaway Recycling has fewer employees than the Metal scrap and waste merchant wholesale median and a lower injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 4.0. 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
2024 0.0 0.0 0 0 0
2023 4.0 4.0 1 0 0
2022 4.6 4.6 1 0 0
2021 0.0 0.0 0 0 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

423930 · NJ · Rockaway

1,126 Metal scrap and waste merchant wholesalers employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 11,201 rated employers in New Jersey with headcount on file · 47 employers in Rockaway, NJ · 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 Alter Metal Recycling - Eau Claire Operations 2.1 TCR
NAICS-TCR JI&M Rockett 2.1 TCR
NAICS-TCR In-Vin-Co Inc 2.1 TCR
NAICS-TCR C&C Scrap Services 2.1 TCR
STATE-SIZE NAES : Newark Energy Center 23 FTE
STATE-SIZE Newark Energy Center 23 FTE
STATE-SIZE Coli Construction, Inc. 23 FTE
STATE-SIZE Skyline Solar Hamilton, NJ Office 23 FTE
CITY-NEAR Allan Industries, Inc. 2,822 FTE
CITY-NEAR Moretrench 288 FTE
CITY-NEAR Rockaway Townsquare 072 266 FTE
CITY-NEAR Shoprite of Rockaway 227 FTE
NAT-TCR Arrow Exterminators 1011 2.1 TCR
NAT-TCR Stephens Plumbing, Inc. 2.1 TCR
NAT-TCR 1049 - Owensboro 2.1 TCR
NAT-TCR Coherent | Nufern 2.1 TCR
NAT-SIZE Circle Packaging Machinery 23 FTE
NAT-SIZE The Bayberry 23 FTE
NAT-SIZE 818-Eastside 23 FTE
NAT-SIZE Rexburg ID Yard 23 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: 2024, 2023, 2022, 2021. 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.