Metal scrap and waste merchant wholesalers · Louisiana

Southern Recycling LLC New Orleans

New Orleans, LA · ~110 workers · 8 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

C
Average Safety Record
2.0
Avg TCR
2.2
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

Southern Recycling LLC New Orleans runs at 90% of its industry's injury rate - about level with the typical Metal scrap and waste merchant wholesalers workplace, earning a grade C.

Southern Recycling LLC New Orleans: 2.0 TCR = 90% of Metal scrap and waste merchant wholesalers BLS 2.2 · 8y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Southern Recycling LLC New Orleans safety composite

Southern Recycling LLC New Orleans scores strongest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 75% 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

62/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
B 1.97 per 100 workers

Safer than 75% of industry peers

DART rate
C 0.8 per 100 workers

Safer than 55% 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

−1.3

2017→2024

Southern Recycling LLC New Orleans injury rate improved

Southern Recycling LLC New Orleans's TCR fell 1.3 from 2.9 in 2017 to 1.6 in 2024. Peak filing year was 2017 at 2.9 TCR. In 2024, DART was 0.41× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2017=2.9 · 2018=2.6 · 2019=0.7 · 2020=2.8 · 2021=1.9 · 2022=0.9 · 2023=2.3 · 2024=1.6

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 423930 · New Orleans, LA AT/BELOW-IND · MID

Grade C · TCR 2.0 · 90% of ind

  • DART 0.8 DART
  • RANK #9/18
  • PHOTO SSP Sacramento
  • BOOK 8y book
  • INJ 19 inj
  • SIZE ~110 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: SSP Sacramento (0.0 TCR gap)

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Southern Recycling LLC New Orleans in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows Southern Recycling LLC New Orleans averages 2.0 TCR (90% 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 New Orleans TCR series: 2017=2.9 · 2018=2.6 · 2019=0.7 · 2020=2.8 · 2021=1.9 · 2022=0.9 · 2023=2.3 · 2024=1.6 · BLS 2.2

Where Southern Recycling LLC New Orleans falls in its industry

1,126 Metal scrap and waste merchant establishments

Safer than 75% 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 #9 safest of 18 Metal scrap and waste merchant employers in Louisiana.

Southern Recycling LLC New Orleans (110 employees, TCR 2.0) 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 020406080100120 0246810 Average employees Total Case Rate Southern Recycling LLC New Orleans
Southern Recycling LLC New Orleans (110 employees, TCR 2.0) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 39 employees and a TCR of 4.0

Southern Recycling LLC New Orleans 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 1.6 0.8 2 0 0
2023 2.3 0.8 3 0 0
2022 0.9 0.9 1 0 0
2021 1.9 0.0 2 0 0
2020 2.8 2.8 3 0 0
2019 0.7 0.7 0 1 0
2018 2.6 1.9 4 0 0
2017 2.9 2.9 4 0 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

423930 · LA · New Orleans

1,126 Metal scrap and waste merchant wholesalers employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 6,723 rated employers in Louisiana with headcount on file · 450 employers in New Orleans, 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 SSP Sacramento 2.0 TCR
NAICS-TCR SA Recycling Decatur 2.0 TCR
NAICS-TCR SA Recycling, Beaver Falls 2.0 TCR
NAICS-TCR OmniSource LLC - P2NF 2.0 TCR
STATE-SIZE Entergy Services / Aerosol Building 110 FTE
STATE-SIZE AXIOS Baton Rouge 110 FTE
STATE-SIZE Idaho Timber of Coushatta 110 FTE
STATE-SIZE Pratt Paper, LA LLC 110 FTE
CITY-NEAR HARAHAN COKE 8,650 FTE
CITY-NEAR HARAHAN PACKERS 8,650 FTE
CITY-NEAR LCMC Health 8,061 FTE
CITY-NEAR HARAHAN 4,395 FTE
NAT-TCR 101 Transport 2.0 TCR
NAT-TCR AmeriQual Packaging 2.0 TCR
NAT-TCR R. R. Leonard Co., Inc 2.0 TCR
NAT-TCR TALLAHASSE 2.0 TCR
NAT-SIZE Seattle Cruise 110 FTE
NAT-SIZE West Central Sanitation 110 FTE
NAT-SIZE Cincinnati 062 110 FTE
NAT-SIZE Rossi Contractors, Inc. 110 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.

Read our methodology - how this data is sourced, computed, and verified.

Data sourced from official public datasets. See our methodology for details.