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

Service Recycling

Name: Service Recycling Workplace Safety Data
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Joplin, MO · ~77 workers · 2 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

Compiled by PlainSafetyScore · August 25, 2026

F
Failing Safety Record: 8.0
Avg TCR: 2.2
Industry avg: 0
Fatalities

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The verdict

Service Recycling runs at 364% of its industry's injury rate - far more dangerous than the typical Recyclable materials (e.g., glass, metal, paper) merchant wholesalers workplace, earning a grade F.

Service Recycling: 8.0 TCR = 364% of Recyclable materials (e.g., glass, metal, paper) merchant wholesalers BLS 2.2 · 2y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Service Recycling safety composite

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

22/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR): F 8.01 per 100 workers

Safer than 18% of industry peers
DART rate: F 10.76 per 100 workers

Safer than 5% 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

Service Recycling: 3.7 → 12.3 TCR

Peak year 2019 @ 12.3 TCR · DART/TCR 1.34× in 2019

Service Recycling's TCR rose 8.6 from 3.7 in 2018 to 12.3 in 2019. In 2019, DART was 1.34× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 423930 · Joplin, MO ABOVE-IND · SMALL

Grade F · TCR 8.0 · 364% of ind

DART 10.8 DART
RANK #32/37
PHOTO Sims Bros., Inc.
BOOK 2y book
INJ 12 inj
SIZE ~77 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: Sims Bros., Inc. (0.0 TCR gap)

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What this shows Service Recycling averages 8.0 TCR (364% of the Recyclable materials (e.g., glass, metal, paper) merchant wholesalers BLS benchmark).

Service Recycling TCR series: 2018=3.7 · 2019=12.3 · BLS 2.2

Where Service Recycling falls in its industry

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

Safer than 18% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 4.0.

Grade F

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to Missouri alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #32 safest of 37 Recyclable materials (e.g., gl employers in Missouri.

Service Recycling (77 employees, TCR 8.0) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 39 employees and a TCR of 4.0

Service Recycling has more employees than the Recyclable materials (e.g., glass, metal median and a higher 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
2019	12.3	10.8	8	0	0
2018	3.7	3.7	4	0	0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

423930 · MO · Joplin

1,126 Recyclable materials (e.g., glass, metal, paper) merchant wholesalers employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 10,075 rated employers in Missouri with headcount on file · 203 employers in Joplin, MO · 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	Sims Bros., Inc.	MARION, OH	8.0 TCR
NAICS-TCR	Andersen's Sales and Salvage Inc	GREELEY, CO	8.0 TCR
NAICS-TCR	Island Recycling Inc	KAPOLEI, HI	8.0 TCR
NAICS-TCR	UTAH METAL WORKS	SLC, UT	8.0 TCR
STATE-SIZE	Live Turkey - California MO Breeders	CALIFORNIA	77 FTE
STATE-SIZE	Farmington	FARMINGTON	77 FTE
STATE-SIZE	Robertson Contractors, Inc.	POPLAR BLUFF	77 FTE
STATE-SIZE	Leonard Masonry, an Alberici Enterprise	HAZELWOOD	77 FTE
CITY-NEAR	Freeman Health System	Joplin	3,718 FTE
CITY-NEAR	MERCY HOSPITAL JOPLIN	Joplin	1,561 FTE
CITY-NEAR	Marmic Fire & Safety Company Inc.	Joplin	875 FTE
CITY-NEAR	Jasper Products, LLC	Joplin	782 FTE
NAT-TCR	Waverly Plastics	Waverly, IA	8.0 TCR
NAT-TCR	D.G.M., Inc.	Beaver, OH	8.0 TCR
NAT-TCR	16 - Meriden Terminal	Meriden, NY	8.0 TCR
NAT-TCR	Royal West - Shoemakersville	Shoemakersville, PA	8.0 TCR
NAT-SIZE	Oerlikon Metco	Troy, MI	77 FTE
NAT-SIZE	Reynolds Enterprises, Inc. - Reynolds Construction, LLC (Harrisburg)	Harrisburg, PA	77 FTE
NAT-SIZE	Crestwood American River Residential Services/Psychiatric Health Facility	Carmichael, CA	77 FTE
NAT-SIZE	Advanced Disposal - Columbia SC Hauling	Gaston, SC	77 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: 2019, 2018. 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.