Materials recovery facilities (MRF) · Illinois
Southern Recycling Center
Carbondale, IL · ~28 workers · 6 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.
- D
- Poor Safety Record
- 5.2
- Avg TCR
- 2.6
- Industry avg
- 0
- Fatalities
The verdict
Southern Recycling Center runs at 199% of its industry's injury rate - more dangerous than the typical Materials recovery facilities (MRF) workplace, earning a grade D.
Southern Recycling Center: 5.2 TCR = 199% of Materials recovery facilities (MRF) BLS 2.6 · 6y Form 300A (see methodology below)
Southern Recycling Center safety composite
Southern Recycling Center scores strongest on dart rate (safer than 80% of same-industry peers) and weakest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 34%), 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).
54/100
Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures
- Total Case Rate (TCR)
- F 5.18 per 100 workers
Safer than 34% of industry peers
- DART rate
- B 0 per 100 workers
Safer than 80% 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
−6.4
2016→2023
Southern Recycling Center injury rate improved
Southern Recycling Center's TCR fell 6.4 from 10.8 in 2016 to 4.4 in 2023. Peak filing year was 2016 at 10.8 TCR. In 2023, DART was 0× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).
2016=10.8 · 2018=3.4 · 2019=4.0 · 2020=4.0 · 2021=4.4 · 2023=4.4
OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard
Establishment book 562920 · Carbondale, IL ABOVE-IND · SMALL
Grade D · TCR 5.2 · 199% of ind
- DART 0.0 DART
- RANK #17/22
- PHOTO Entsorga West Virgin…
- BOOK 6y book
- INJ 8 inj
- SIZE ~28 FTE
Nearest TCR peer: Entsorga West Virginia LLC (0.0 TCR gap)
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Southern Recycling Center in the TCR neighbourhood
Average Total Case Rate among this establishment and nearest same-industry peers
- This site
Southern Recycling Center
5.2 TCR
- Entsorga West
Entsorga West Virginia LLC
5.2 TCR
- CSR Princess S
CSR Princess Street
5.2 TCR
- Republic Servi
Republic Services Recycling - Northside
5.2 TCR
- Natural State
Natural State Recycling LLC
5.1 TCR
What this shows Southern Recycling Center averages 5.2 TCR (199% of the Materials recovery facilities (MRF) BLS benchmark).
Southern Recycling Center TCR series: 2016=10.8 · 2018=3.4 · 2019=4 · 2020=4 · 2021=4.4 · 2023=4.4 · BLS 2.6
Where Southern Recycling Center falls in its industry
422 Materials recovery facilities establishmentsSafer than 34% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 3.8.
Narrower to Illinois alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #17 safest of 22 Materials recovery facilities employers in Illinois.
Southern Recycling Center has fewer employees than the Materials recovery facilities (MRF) 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 | Fatalities |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2023 | 4.4 | 0.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 2021 | 4.4 | 4.4 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 2020 | 4.0 | 4.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 2019 | 4.0 | 4.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 2018 | 3.4 | 3.4 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 2016 | 10.8 | 3.6 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
OSHA ITA peer cross-reference
Establishment peer ledger
562920 · IL · Carbondale
422 Materials recovery facilities (MRF) employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 22,804 rated employers in Illinois with headcount on file · 67 employers in Carbondale, IL · 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 | Entsorga West Virginia LLC | 5.2 TCR |
| NAICS-TCR | CSR Princess Street | 5.2 TCR |
| NAICS-TCR | Republic Services Recycling - Northside | 5.2 TCR |
| NAICS-TCR | Natural State Recycling LLC | 5.1 TCR |
| STATE-SIZE | Elite Growers, Inc. | 28 FTE |
| STATE-SIZE | Charles River Avian Roanoke | 28 FTE |
| STATE-SIZE | Corteva Agriscience Princeton IL Research-PRI2 | 28 FTE |
| STATE-SIZE | Tracy Export, Inc. | 28 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | Southern Illinois University Carbondale | 6,287 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | Memorial Hospital of Carbondale | 1,250 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | Carbondale | 824 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | System Office | 387 FTE |
| NAT-TCR | Unit #2442 | 5.2 TCR |
| NAT-TCR | Solar Bears | 5.2 TCR |
| NAT-TCR | First Line | 5.2 TCR |
| NAT-TCR | Western Reserve | 5.2 TCR |
| NAT-SIZE | C&B-Delta Door Memphis TN 650 | 28 FTE |
| NAT-SIZE | C&B-Precision Frederick MD 457 | 28 FTE |
| NAT-SIZE | Firefox, Inc. | 28 FTE |
| NAT-SIZE | Savannah Court of Bastrop | 28 FTE |
Rel codes: NAICS-TCR · STATE-SIZE · CITY-NEAR · NAT-TCR/NAT-SIZE cross-state. Read with this employer →
Read our methodology - how this data is sourced, computed, and verified.