Materials recovery facilities (MRF) · Tennessee

Sims Recycling Solutions

La Vergne, TN · ~327 workers · 3 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

D
Poor Safety Record
3.3
Avg TCR
2.6
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

Sims Recycling Solutions runs at 128% of its industry's injury rate - more dangerous than the typical Materials recovery facilities (MRF) workplace, earning a grade D.

Sims Recycling Solutions: 3.3 TCR = 128% of Materials recovery facilities (MRF) BLS 2.6 · 3y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Sims Recycling Solutions safety composite

Sims Recycling Solutions scores strongest on dart rate (safer than 58% 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

55/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
C 3.34 per 100 workers

Safer than 56% of industry peers

DART rate
C 1.01 per 100 workers

Safer than 58% 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

−4.9

2016→2018

Sims Recycling Solutions injury rate improved

Sims Recycling Solutions's TCR fell 4.9 from 6.3 in 2016 to 1.4 in 2018. Peak filing year was 2016 at 6.3 TCR. In 2018, DART was 0.3× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2016=6.3 · 2017=2.4 · 2018=1.4

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 562920 · La Vergne, TN ABOVE-IND · MID

Grade D · TCR 3.3 · 128% of ind

  • DART 1.0 DART
  • RANK #4/5
  • PHOTO 27th Avenue Recycling
  • BOOK 3y book
  • INJ 28 inj
  • SIZE ~327 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: 27th Avenue Recycling (0.0 TCR gap)

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Sims Recycling Solutions in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows Sims Recycling Solutions averages 3.3 TCR (128% of the Materials recovery facilities (MRF) BLS benchmark).

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

Sims Recycling Solutions TCR series: 2016=6.3 · 2017=2.4 · 2018=1.4 · BLS 2.6

Where Sims Recycling Solutions falls in its industry

422 Materials recovery facilities establishments

Safer than 56% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 3.8.

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to Tennessee alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #4 safest of 5 Materials recovery facilities employers in Tennessee.

Sims Recycling Solutions (327 employees, TCR 3.3) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 44 employees and a TCR of 3.8 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 0100200300400 051015 Average employees Total Case Rate Sims Recycling Solutions
Sims Recycling Solutions (327 employees, TCR 3.3) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 44 employees and a TCR of 3.8

Sims Recycling Solutions 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
2018 1.4 1.0 4 0 0
2017 2.4 2.1 8 0 0
2016 6.3 6.3 16 0 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

562920 · TN · La Vergne

422 Materials recovery facilities (MRF) employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 10,743 rated employers in Tennessee with headcount on file · 93 employers in La Vergne, TN · 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 27th Avenue Recycling 3.3 TCR
NAICS-TCR S06631 - PGI Paper Valley 3.3 TCR
NAICS-TCR Waste Pro 809 - American Recycling 3.3 TCR
NAICS-TCR QRP - WBD 3.4 TCR
STATE-SIZE Portland, TN 327 FTE
STATE-SIZE 3717 327 FTE
STATE-SIZE 710 327 FTE
STATE-SIZE Shelby Location 327 FTE
CITY-NEAR SVP Worldwide 1,010 FTE
CITY-NEAR Amazon.com Services LLC - BNA9 773 FTE
CITY-NEAR Quanta Manufacturing Nashville LLC 678 FTE
CITY-NEAR Saks.com LLC 666 FTE
NAT-TCR TLA Hospitality, LLC 3.3 TCR
NAT-TCR Cardinal Health 3.3 TCR
NAT-TCR Norfolk - 70-02 3.3 TCR
NAT-TCR Hilton Garden Inn Joplin 3.3 TCR
NAT-SIZE Greensboro Terminal-DOT 327 FTE
NAT-SIZE Elkay Wood Products - Culver 327 FTE
NAT-SIZE Louisville Technolgy and Logistic Center (Kylol) 327 FTE
NAT-SIZE Johnson Electric - Vandalia 327 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: 2018, 2017, 2016. 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.