Metal scrap and waste merchant wholesalers · Kentucky

Southern Recycling, LLC

Name: Southern Recycling, LLC Workplace Safety Data
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Bowling Green, KY · ~63 workers · 2 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

Compiled by PlainSafetyScore · August 25, 2026

F
Failing Safety Record: 4.7
Avg TCR: 2.2
Industry avg: 0
Fatalities

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The verdict

Southern Recycling, LLC runs at 215% of its industry's injury rate - far more dangerous than the typical Metal scrap and waste merchant wholesalers workplace, earning a grade F.

Southern Recycling, LLC: 4.7 TCR = 215% of Metal scrap and waste merchant wholesalers BLS 2.2 · 2y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Southern Recycling, LLC safety composite

Southern Recycling, LLC scores strongest on fatalities (safer than 51% of same-industry peers) and weakest on dart rate (safer than 37%), 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).

42/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR): D 4.72 per 100 workers

Safer than 41% of industry peers
DART rate: D 3.01 per 100 workers

Safer than 37% 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

−3.4

2017→2018

Southern Recycling, LLC injury rate improved

Southern Recycling, LLC's TCR fell 3.4 from 6.4 in 2017 to 3.0 in 2018. Peak filing year was 2017 at 6.4 TCR. In 2018, DART was 0.64× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2017=6.4 · 2018=3.0

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 423930 · Bowling Green, KY ABOVE-IND · SMALL

Grade F · TCR 4.7 · 215% of ind

DART 3.0 DART
RANK #15/24
PHOTO Wright's Scrap Metals
BOOK 2y book
INJ 6 inj
SIZE ~63 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: Wright's Scrap Metals (0.0 TCR gap)

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Wright's Scrap

4.7
PnP Kansas Cit

4.7
Joe W. Morgan,

4.7
SSI Tacoma

4.7

What this shows Southern Recycling, LLC averages 4.7 TCR (215% of the Metal scrap and waste merchant wholesalers BLS benchmark).

Southern Recycling, LLC TCR series: 2017=6.4 · 2018=3 · BLS 2.2

Where Southern Recycling, LLC falls in its industry

1,126 Metal scrap and waste merchant establishments

Safer than 41% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 4.0.

Grade F

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to Kentucky alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #15 safest of 24 Metal scrap and waste merchant employers in Kentucky.

Southern Recycling, LLC (63 employees, TCR 4.7) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 39 employees and a TCR of 4.0

Southern Recycling, LLC has more employees than the Metal scrap and waste merchant wholesale 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
2018	3.0	3.0	2	0	0
2017	6.4	6.4	4	0	0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

423930 · KY · Bowling Green

1,126 Metal scrap and waste merchant wholesalers employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 7,805 rated employers in Kentucky with headcount on file · 331 employers in Bowling Green, KY · 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	Wright's Scrap Metals	BEAUMONT, TX	4.7 TCR
NAICS-TCR	PnP Kansas City Winner Road	KANSAS CITY, MO	4.7 TCR
NAICS-TCR	Joe W. Morgan, Inc.	EVANSVILLE, IN	4.7 TCR
NAICS-TCR	SSI Tacoma	TACOMA, WA	4.7 TCR
STATE-SIZE	Airdrie Stud	MIDWAY	63 FTE
STATE-SIZE	Mountain Water District	PIKEVILLE	63 FTE
STATE-SIZE	Louisville KY 1	LOUISVILLE	63 FTE
STATE-SIZE	SEKRI - Paris	PARIS	63 FTE
CITY-NEAR	Western Kentucky University-Bowling Green	Bowling Green	2,237 FTE
CITY-NEAR	The Medical Center at Bowling Green	Bowling Green	1,872 FTE
CITY-NEAR	Magna Bowling Green Metalforming	Bowling Green	1,441 FTE
CITY-NEAR	Bowling Green Metalforming	Bowling Green	1,344 FTE
NAT-TCR	Niskayuna Consumers Cooperative	Niskayuna, NY	4.7 TCR
NAT-TCR	General Data Company	Cinti, OH	4.7 TCR
NAT-TCR	30016-Capstone Delhaize Dunn Nc	Dunn, NC	4.7 TCR
NAT-TCR	Public Health - Wendover	Greensboro, NC	4.7 TCR
NAT-SIZE	Truyu Clinic DeMers	Grand Forks, ND	63 FTE
NAT-SIZE	PACE of the Triad	Greensboro, NC	63 FTE
NAT-SIZE	Linde - Springville	La Porte, IN	63 FTE
NAT-SIZE	Buttonwood Co., Inc	Jeffersonville, PA	63 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. This is publicly available government data - not a legal determination of workplace conditions.

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