Metal scrap and waste merchant wholesalers · Louisiana

Southern Recycling LLC Baton Rouge

Baton Rouge, LA · ~60 workers · 8 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

A
Excellent Safety Record
0.5
Avg TCR
2.2
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

Southern Recycling LLC Baton Rouge runs at 22% of its industry's injury rate - far safer than the typical Metal scrap and waste merchant wholesalers workplace, earning a grade A.

Southern Recycling LLC Baton Rouge: 0.5 TCR = 22% of Metal scrap and waste merchant wholesalers BLS 2.2 · 8y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Southern Recycling LLC Baton Rouge safety composite

Southern Recycling LLC Baton Rouge scores strongest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 98% 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).

B

80/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
A 0.49 per 100 workers

Safer than 98% of industry peers

DART rate
B 0 per 100 workers

Safer than 79% 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%).

Southern Recycling LLC Baton Rouge held a steady TCR band

Southern Recycling LLC Baton Rouge's TCR held near 0.0 from 0.0 in 2017 to 0.0 in 2024. Peak filing year was 2018 at 2.4 TCR. In 2024, DART was 0× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2017=0.0 · 2018=2.4 · 2019=0.0 · 2020=0.0 · 2021=0.0 · 2022=0.0 · 2023=1.6 · 2024=0.0

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 423930 · Baton Rouge, LA AT/BELOW-IND · SMALL

Grade A · TCR 0.5 · 22% of ind

  • DART 0.0 DART
  • RANK #3/18
  • PHOTO CMC Recycling Shreve…
  • BOOK 8y book
  • INJ 3 inj
  • SIZE ~60 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: CMC Recycling Shreveport (0.0 TCR gap)

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Southern Recycling LLC Baton Rouge in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows Southern Recycling LLC Baton Rouge averages 0.5 TCR (22% of the Metal scrap and waste merchant wholesalers BLS benchmark).

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

Southern Recycling LLC Baton Rouge TCR series: 2017=0 · 2018=2.4 · 2019=0 · 2020=0 · 2021=0 · 2022=0 · 2023=1.6 · 2024=0 · BLS 2.2

Where Southern Recycling LLC Baton Rouge falls in its industry

1,126 Metal scrap and waste merchant establishments

Safer than 98% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 4.0.

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to Louisiana alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #3 safest of 18 Metal scrap and waste merchant employers in Louisiana.

Southern Recycling LLC Baton Rouge (60 employees, TCR 0.5) 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 Southern Recycling LLC Baton Rouge
Southern Recycling LLC Baton Rouge (60 employees, TCR 0.5) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 39 employees and a TCR of 4.0

Southern Recycling LLC Baton Rouge has more employees than the Metal scrap and waste merchant wholesale 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 0.0 0.0 0 0 0
2023 1.6 1.6 1 0 0
2022 0.0 0.0 0 0 0
2021 0.0 0.0 0 0 0
2020 0.0 0.0 0 0 0
2019 0.0 0.0 0 0 0
2018 2.4 0.0 2 0 0
2017 0.0 0.0 0 0 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

423930 · LA · Baton Rouge

1,126 Metal scrap and waste merchant wholesalers employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 6,723 rated employers in Louisiana with headcount on file · 781 employers in Baton Rouge, LA · 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 CMC Recycling Shreveport 0.5 TCR
NAICS-TCR CMC Recycling Spartanburg Hwy 29 0.5 TCR
NAICS-TCR SMM Group Richmond, VA 0.4 TCR
NAICS-TCR M&M Waste 0.5 TCR
STATE-SIZE SKY Vacuum Services, LLC 60 FTE
STATE-SIZE Moncla E-Line 60 FTE
STATE-SIZE Fire & Safety Specialists 60 FTE
STATE-SIZE ION Harahan 60 FTE
CITY-NEAR WEST REGION HEADQUARTERS 9,680 FTE
CITY-NEAR Brown & Root Industrial Services, LLC. 8,819 FTE
CITY-NEAR BATON ROUGE PACKERS 8,650 FTE
CITY-NEAR Baton Rouge 4,833 FTE
NAT-TCR Marshalltown Gen Station 0.5 TCR
NAT-TCR Piquette & Howard Electric Service, LLC 0.5 TCR
NAT-TCR Nocona Market Place 0.5 TCR
NAT-TCR L3 Technologies Telemetry & RF Products 0.5 TCR
NAT-SIZE Plastic Recycling Technology, Inc. 60 FTE
NAT-SIZE Jamesburg - D014 60 FTE
NAT-SIZE South of Market Mental Health Services 60 FTE
NAT-SIZE Andrew J. Bartlett 60 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. This is publicly available government data - not a legal determination of workplace conditions.
Data sourced from official public datasets. See our methodology for details.