Materials recovery facilities (MRF) · New York

Sims Municipal Recycling (SMR) - Brooklyn

Name: Sims Municipal Recycling (SMR) - Brooklyn Workplace Safety Data
Creator: PlainSafetyScore
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Brooklyn, NY · ~99 workers · 2 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

Compiled by PlainSafetyScore · August 25, 2026

C
Average Safety Record: 2.3
Avg TCR: 2.6
Industry avg: 0
Fatalities

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The verdict

Sims Municipal Recycling (SMR) - Brooklyn runs at 87% of its industry's injury rate - about level with the typical Materials recovery facilities (MRF) workplace, earning a grade C.

Sims Municipal Recycling (SMR) - Brooklyn: 2.3 TCR = 87% of Materials recovery facilities (MRF) BLS 2.6 · 2y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Sims Municipal Recycling (SMR) - Brooklyn safety composite

Sims Municipal Recycling (SMR) - Brooklyn scores strongest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 72% 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).

62/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR): C 2.25 per 100 workers

Safer than 72% of industry peers
DART rate: C 0.94 per 100 workers

Safer than 59% 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

−0.8

2023→2024

Sims Municipal Recycling (SMR) - Brooklyn injury rate improved

Sims Municipal Recycling (SMR) - Brooklyn's TCR fell 0.8 from 2.6 in 2023 to 1.9 in 2024. Peak filing year was 2023 at 2.6 TCR. In 2024, DART was 0.42× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2023=2.6 · 2024=1.9

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 562920 · Brooklyn, NY AT/BELOW-IND · SMALL

Grade C · TCR 2.3 · 87% of ind

DART 0.9 DART
RANK #6/25
PHOTO Alsip - QRP
BOOK 2y book
INJ 5 inj
SIZE ~99 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: Alsip - QRP (0.0 TCR gap)

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2.3
Alsip - QRP

2.3
TMS Jackson MS

2.3
3013-Hazelwood

2.2
S. Slesnick Co

2.2

What this shows Sims Municipal Recycling (SMR) - Brooklyn averages 2.3 TCR (87% of the Materials recovery facilities (MRF) BLS benchmark).

Sims Municipal Recycling (SMR) - Brooklyn TCR series: 2023=2.6 · 2024=1.9 · BLS 2.6

Where Sims Municipal Recycling (SMR) - Brooklyn falls in its industry

422 Materials recovery facilities establishments

Safer than 72% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 3.8.

Grade C

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to New York alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #6 safest of 25 Materials recovery facilities employers in New York.

Sims Municipal Recycling (SMR) - Brooklyn (99 employees, TCR 2.3) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 44 employees and a TCR of 3.8

Sims Municipal Recycling (SMR) - Brooklyn has more employees than the Materials recovery facilities (MRF) median and a lower 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
2024	1.9	0.9	2	0	0
2023	2.6	1.8	3	0	0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

562920 · NY · Brooklyn

422 Materials recovery facilities (MRF) employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 21,008 rated employers in New York with headcount on file · 941 employers in Brooklyn, NY · 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	Alsip - QRP	ALSIP, IL	2.3 TCR
NAICS-TCR	TMS Jackson MS	FLOWOOD, MS	2.3 TCR
NAICS-TCR	3013-Hazelwood RC	HAZELWOOD, MO	2.2 TCR
NAICS-TCR	S. Slesnick Co.	CANTON, OH	2.2 TCR
STATE-SIZE	Triton Construction Company, LLC	NEW YORK	99 FTE
STATE-SIZE	Premium Grade Millwork	BRONX	99 FTE
STATE-SIZE	Crane-Hogan Structural Systems, Inc.	SPENCERPORT	99 FTE
STATE-SIZE	MAIN OFFICE	OLEAN	99 FTE
CITY-NEAR	EDI - Brooklyn 946	Brooklyn	9,270 FTE
CITY-NEAR	S & A Unified Home Care, Inc.	Brooklyn	7,782 FTE
CITY-NEAR	Maimonides Medical Center	Brooklyn	6,641 FTE
CITY-NEAR	NYU Langone Hospital - Brooklyn	Brooklyn	5,690 FTE
NAT-TCR	C659 Monroe ROC	Monroe, NC	2.3 TCR
NAT-TCR	MFP Calpella Distribution Center	Calpella, CA	2.3 TCR
NAT-TCR	Spartan Steel Coating	Monroe, MI	2.3 TCR
NAT-TCR	The Parks Group	Modesto, CA	2.3 TCR
NAT-SIZE	Old Saybrook	Old Saybrook, CT	99 FTE
NAT-SIZE	Dallas Fort Worth Embassy Suites	Grapevine, TX	99 FTE
NAT-SIZE	Houston Marriott	Houston, TX	99 FTE
NAT-SIZE	Highbanks Care Center	Columbus, OH	99 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. 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.