Removal of recyclable materials from a waste stream · Maryland

Sun Recycling

Beltsville, MD · ~29 workers · 7 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

F
Failing Safety Record
7.9
Avg TCR
2.6
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

Sun Recycling runs at 303% of its industry's injury rate - far more dangerous than the typical Removal of recyclable materials from a waste stream workplace, earning a grade F.

Sun Recycling: 7.9 TCR = 303% of Removal of recyclable materials from a waste stream BLS 2.6 · 7y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Sun Recycling safety composite

Sun Recycling scores strongest on fatalities (safer than 51% of same-industry peers) and weakest on dart rate (safer than 9%), 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).

F

24/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
F 7.87 per 100 workers

Safer than 19% of industry peers

DART rate
F 7.56 per 100 workers

Safer than 9% 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%).

Rising injury rate

Sun Recycling: 7.1 → 11.3 TCR

Peak year 2021 @ 15.3 TCR · DART/TCR 0.96× in 2024

Sun Recycling's TCR rose 4.3 from 7.1 in 2018 to 11.3 in 2024. Peak filing year was 2021 at 15.3 TCR. In 2024, DART was 0.96× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 562920 · Beltsville, MD ABOVE-IND · SMALL

Grade F · TCR 7.9 · 303% of ind

  • DART 7.6 DART
  • RANK P19
  • PHOTO Green Works Inc.
  • BOOK 7y book
  • INJ 20 inj
  • SIZE ~29 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: Green Works Inc. (0.0 TCR gap)

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Sun Recycling in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows Sun Recycling averages 7.9 TCR (303% of the Removal of recyclable materials from a waste stream BLS benchmark).

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

Sun Recycling TCR series: 2018=7.1 · 2019=0 · 2020=2.5 · 2021=15.3 · 2022=11.8 · 2023=7 · 2024=11.3 · BLS 2.6

Where Sun Recycling falls in its industry

422 Removal of recyclable material establishments

Safer than 19% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 3.8.

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers
Sun Recycling (29 employees, TCR 7.9) 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 0100200300 051015 Average employees Total Case Rate Sun Recycling
Sun Recycling (29 employees, TCR 7.9) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 44 employees and a TCR of 3.8

Sun Recycling has fewer employees than the Removal of recyclable materials from a w 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
2024 11.3 7.6 3 0 0
2023 7.0 7.0 2 0 0
2022 11.8 9.4 5 0 0
2021 15.3 15.3 4 0 0
2020 2.5 2.5 1 0 0
2019 0.0 0.0 0 0 0
2018 7.1 7.1 5 0 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

562920 · MD · Beltsville

422 Removal of recyclable materials from a waste stream employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 7,213 rated employers in Maryland with headcount on file · 97 employers in Beltsville, MD · 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 Green Works Inc. 7.9 TCR
NAICS-TCR AAA Standard Services 7.9 TCR
NAICS-TCR Portland - Commerce St 7.7 TCR
NAICS-TCR Balcones Recycling- Austin 7.7 TCR
STATE-SIZE Fort Smallwood 29 FTE
STATE-SIZE Frederick Division 29 FTE
STATE-SIZE WGL MD - Rockville 29 FTE
STATE-SIZE IPS - Integrated Project Services, LLC - Germantown 29 FTE
CITY-NEAR Kaiser 1,670 FTE
CITY-NEAR W.E.Bowers 1,450 FTE
CITY-NEAR Manganaro Mid-Atlantic 920 FTE
CITY-NEAR Beltsville Agricultural Research Center 609 FTE
NAT-TCR Portland 222 7.9 TCR
NAT-TCR Unforgettable Coatings, Inc. 7.9 TCR
NAT-TCR Timber Producers Selma Sawmill Division, LLC 7.9 TCR
NAT-TCR Artis Senior Living of Bridgetown 7.9 TCR
NAT-SIZE Cyber Medical Imaging, Inc. 29 FTE
NAT-SIZE Fortune Metal Inc of Rhode Island 29 FTE
NAT-SIZE D1 Arlington Heights Yard 29 FTE
NAT-SIZE D1 Rodenburg Yard 29 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. 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.