Employer · Pennsylvania

S09091 - Allentown MRF

Name: S09091 - Allentown MRF Workplace Safety Data
Creator: PlainSafetyScore
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Northampton, PA · ~32 workers · 9 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

Compiled by PlainSafetyScore · August 25, 2026

F
Failing Safety Record: 6.2
Avg TCR: 2.6
Industry avg: 0
Fatalities

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The verdict

S09091 - Allentown MRF runs at 238% of its industry's injury rate - far more dangerous than the typical industry workplace, earning a grade F.

S09091 - Allentown MRF: 6.2 TCR = 238% of industry BLS 2.6 · 9y Form 300A (see methodology below)

S09091 - Allentown MRF safety composite

S09091 - Allentown MRF scores strongest on fatalities (safer than 51% of same-industry peers) and weakest on dart rate (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).

25/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR): F 6.2 per 100 workers

Safer than 28% of industry peers
DART rate: F 13.84 per 100 workers

Safer than 2% 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

S09091 - Allentown MRF: 4.3 → 19.4 TCR

Peak year 2018 @ 19.7 TCR · DART/TCR 2.23× in 2024

S09091 - Allentown MRF's TCR rose 15.1 from 4.3 in 2016 to 19.4 in 2024. Peak filing year was 2018 at 19.7 TCR. In 2024, DART was 2.23× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 562920 · Northampton, PA ABOVE-IND · SMALL

Grade F · TCR 6.2 · 238% of ind

DART 13.8 DART
RANK #15/22
PHOTO CSR Harrisburg
BOOK 9y book
INJ 13 inj
SIZE ~32 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: CSR Harrisburg (0.0 TCR gap)

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CSR Harrisburg

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653 Charles (M

6.2
Mountain State

6.2
We Recycle Sol

6.1

What this shows S09091 - Allentown MRF averages 6.2 TCR (238% of the industry BLS benchmark).

S09091 - Allentown MRF TCR series: 2016=4.3 · 2017=2.3 · 2018=19.7 · 2019=0 · 2020=0 · 2021=0 · 2022=10.2 · 2023=0 · 2024=19.4 · BLS 2.6

Where S09091 - Allentown MRF falls in its industry

422 industry establishments

Safer than 28% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 3.8.

Grade F

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to Pennsylvania alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #15 safest of 22 industry employers in Pennsylvania.

S09091 - Allentown MRF (32 employees, TCR 6.2) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 44 employees and a TCR of 3.8

S09091 - Allentown MRF has fewer employees than the industry 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
2024	19.4	13.8	7	0
2023	0.0	0.0	0	0
2022	10.2	6.8	3	0
2021	0.0	0.0	0	0
2020	0.0	0.0	0	0
2019	0.0	0.0	0	0
2018	19.7	0.0	0	7
2017	2.3	2.3	1	0
2016	4.3	2.1	2	0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

562920 · PA · Northampton

422 industry employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 22,692 rated employers in Pennsylvania with headcount on file · 29 employers in Northampton, PA · 4 cross-state NAT-TCR peers · 4 cross-state NAT-SIZE peers. Closest matches by relationship code are listed below.

Rel	Establishment	Place	Metric
NAICS-TCR	CSR Harrisburg	HARRISBURG, PA	6.2 TCR
NAICS-TCR	653 Charles (MRF)	SAN JOSE, CA	6.2 TCR
NAICS-TCR	Mountain States Packing	DENVER, CO	6.2 TCR
NAICS-TCR	We Recycle Solar, Inc.	YUMA, AZ	6.1 TCR
STATE-SIZE	KNOUSE FRUITLANDS, INC.	ARENDTSVILLE	32 FTE
STATE-SIZE	Paramount Mushroom Farms LLC	KENNETT SQUARE	32 FTE
STATE-SIZE	Wharf	LANDENBERG	32 FTE
STATE-SIZE	DAJ Mushroom	KENNETT SQUARE	32 FTE
CITY-NEAR	6458-LEHI	Northampton	1,330 FTE
CITY-NEAR	6458-ZLEL	Northampton	287 FTE
CITY-NEAR	3941	Northampton	230 FTE
CITY-NEAR	Horwith Trucks / Penn Truck Leasing	Northampton	159 FTE
NAT-TCR	Duluth Family Medicine Clinic	Duluth, MN	6.2 TCR
NAT-TCR	Federal-Mogul Powertrain, Lake City, Minnesota	Lake City, MN	6.2 TCR
NAT-TCR	BEN	Dixon, CA	6.2 TCR
NAT-TCR	Rouses Market #28	Metairie, LA	6.2 TCR
NAT-SIZE	S03325 - USA Waste of Oregon - Klamath Falls	Klamath Falls, OR	32 FTE
NAT-SIZE	S05277 - Okeechobee Hauling	Okeechobee, FL	32 FTE
NAT-SIZE	Avanti Nut Company	Linden, CA	32 FTE
NAT-SIZE	San Diego International Airport - SAN	San Diego, CA	32 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, 2020, 2019, 2018, 2017, 2016. 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.