Recyclable materials (e.g., glass, metal, paper) merchant wholesalers · Arizona

SA Recycling Tucson

Tucson, AZ · ~31 workers · 9 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

D
Poor Safety Record
2.8
Avg TCR
2.2
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

SA Recycling Tucson runs at 125% of its industry's injury rate - more dangerous than the typical Recyclable materials (e.g., glass, metal, paper) merchant wholesalers workplace, earning a grade D.

SA Recycling Tucson: 2.8 TCR = 125% of Recyclable materials (e.g., glass, metal, paper) merchant wholesalers BLS 2.2 · 9y Form 300A (see methodology below)

SA Recycling Tucson safety composite

SA Recycling Tucson scores strongest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 64% of same-industry peers) and weakest on dart rate (safer than 25%), 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

47/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
C 2.75 per 100 workers

Safer than 64% of industry peers

DART rate
F 4.57 per 100 workers

Safer than 25% 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

SA Recycling Tucson: 3.5 → 6.9 TCR

Peak year 2024 @ 6.9 TCR · DART/TCR 1.66× in 2024

SA Recycling Tucson's TCR rose 3.4 from 3.5 in 2016 to 6.9 in 2024. In 2024, DART was 1.66× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 423930 · Tucson, AZ ABOVE-IND · SMALL

Grade D · TCR 2.8 · 125% of ind

  • DART 4.6 DART
  • RANK #6/19
  • PHOTO Fortune Metal Inc of…
  • BOOK 9y book
  • INJ 9 inj
  • SIZE ~31 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: Fortune Metal Inc of Rhode Island (0.0 TCR gap)

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SA Recycling Tucson in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows SA Recycling Tucson averages 2.8 TCR (125% of the Recyclable materials (e.g., glass, metal, paper) merchant wholesalers BLS benchmark).

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

SA Recycling Tucson TCR series: 2016=3.5 · 2017=3 · 2018=0 · 2019=0 · 2020=2.9 · 2021=5.7 · 2022=2.7 · 2023=0 · 2024=6.9 · BLS 2.2

Where SA Recycling Tucson falls in its industry

1,126 Recyclable materials (e.g., gl establishments

Safer than 64% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 4.0.

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to Arizona alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #6 safest of 19 Recyclable materials (e.g., gl employers in Arizona.

SA Recycling Tucson (31 employees, TCR 2.8) 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 SA Recycling Tucson
SA Recycling Tucson (31 employees, TCR 2.8) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 39 employees and a TCR of 4.0

SA Recycling Tucson has fewer employees than the Recyclable materials (e.g., glass, metal 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 6.9 4.6 3 0 0
2023 0.0 0.0 0 0 0
2022 2.7 2.7 1 0 0
2021 5.7 5.7 2 0 0
2020 2.9 2.9 1 0 0
2019 0.0 0.0 0 0 0
2018 0.0 0.0 0 0 0
2017 3.0 3.0 1 0 0
2016 3.5 3.5 1 0 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

423930 · AZ · Tucson

1,126 Recyclable materials (e.g., glass, metal, paper) merchant wholesalers employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 9,594 rated employers in Arizona with headcount on file · 1,150 employers in Tucson, AZ · 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 Fortune Metal Inc of Rhode Island 2.8 TCR
NAICS-TCR OmniSource LLC - MD Transportation 2.8 TCR
NAICS-TCR Thornton Iron & Metal, Inc. - Town Creek 2.8 TCR
NAICS-TCR Fortune Plastic and Metal Texas LLC 2.8 TCR
STATE-SIZE Health For Life 31 FTE
STATE-SIZE RIGGINS FARMS LTD 31 FTE
STATE-SIZE LPSCO 31 FTE
STATE-SIZE Angle Homes, Inc 31 FTE
CITY-NEAR University of Arizona 18,951 FTE
CITY-NEAR Raytheon_Tucson_AZ_Airport Site 9,878 FTE
CITY-NEAR Tucson Medical Center 4,407 FTE
CITY-NEAR U.S. Border Patrol Sector - Tucson 3,989 FTE
NAT-TCR HBC Inc 2.8 TCR
NAT-TCR Marmon Utility LLC Amherst 2.8 TCR
NAT-TCR At Home Stores #126 2.8 TCR
NAT-TCR GIW Industries, Inc - Thomson 2.8 TCR
NAT-SIZE At Home Stores #35 31 FTE
NAT-SIZE 23-Colby 31 FTE
NAT-SIZE At Home Stores #51 31 FTE
NAT-SIZE At Home Stores #11 31 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.