Recyclable materials (e.g., glass, metal, paper) merchant wholesalers · Texas

Universal Recycling Technologies - Texas

Fort Worth, TX · ~44 workers · 3 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

D
Poor Safety Record
4.4
Avg TCR
2.2
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

Universal Recycling Technologies - Texas runs at 199% of its industry's injury rate - more dangerous than the typical Recyclable materials (e.g., glass, metal, paper) merchant wholesalers workplace, earning a grade D.

Universal Recycling Technologies - Texas: 4.4 TCR = 199% of Recyclable materials (e.g., glass, metal, paper) merchant wholesalers BLS 2.2 · 3y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Universal Recycling Technologies - Texas safety composite

Universal Recycling Technologies - Texas scores strongest on dart rate (safer than 79% of same-industry peers) and weakest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 45%), 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

58/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
D 4.37 per 100 workers

Safer than 45% 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%).

TCR Δ

−3.2

2020→2023

Universal Recycling Technologies - Texas injury rate improved

Universal Recycling Technologies - Texas's TCR fell 3.2 from 6.2 in 2020 to 3.0 in 2023. Peak filing year was 2020 at 6.2 TCR. In 2023, DART was 0× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2020=6.2 · 2021=4.0 · 2023=3.0

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 423930 · Fort Worth, TX ABOVE-IND · SMALL

Grade D · TCR 4.4 · 199% of ind

  • DART 0.0 DART
  • RANK #55/101
  • PHOTO Napuck Salvage of Wa…
  • BOOK 3y book
  • INJ 5 inj
  • SIZE ~44 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: Napuck Salvage of Waupaca - WI (0.0 TCR gap)

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Universal Recycling Technologies - Texas in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows Universal Recycling Technologies - Texas averages 4.4 TCR (199% of the Recyclable materials (e.g., glass, metal, paper) merchant wholesalers BLS benchmark).

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

Universal Recycling Technologies - Texas TCR series: 2020=6.2 · 2021=4 · 2023=3 · BLS 2.2

Where Universal Recycling Technologies - Texas falls in its industry

1,126 Recyclable materials (e.g., gl establishments

Safer than 45% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 4.0.

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to Texas alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #55 safest of 101 Recyclable materials (e.g., gl employers in Texas.

Universal Recycling Technologies - Texas (44 employees, TCR 4.4) 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 Universal Recycling Technologies - Texas
Universal Recycling Technologies - Texas (44 employees, TCR 4.4) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 39 employees and a TCR of 4.0

Universal Recycling Technologies - Texas has more employees than the Recyclable materials (e.g., glass, metal 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
2023 3.0 0.0 2 0 0
2021 4.0 0.0 1 0 0
2020 6.2 0.0 2 0 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

423930 · TX · Fort Worth

1,126 Recyclable materials (e.g., glass, metal, paper) merchant wholesalers employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 38,394 rated employers in Texas with headcount on file · 1,346 employers in Fort Worth, TX · 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 Napuck Salvage of Waupaca - WI 4.4 TCR
NAICS-TCR HIS On-Site Subaru 4.4 TCR
NAICS-TCR Pioneer Paper Stock Dallas 4.4 TCR
NAICS-TCR Sa Recycling, Canton 4.4 TCR
STATE-SIZE Corteva - Lubbock Research 44 FTE
STATE-SIZE WRANGLER FEED YARD 44 FTE
STATE-SIZE Devon Energy Corporation - Cresson 44 FTE
STATE-SIZE Driver Directional, Inc. 44 FTE
CITY-NEAR Lockheed Martin Corporation US TX Fort Worth Lockheed Blvd (1093) 16,547 FTE
CITY-NEAR Lockheed Martin Corporation Fort Worth Campus (1093) 13,805 FTE
CITY-NEAR Cook Children's Medical Center 4,998 FTE
CITY-NEAR TX- Fort Worth 4,667 FTE
NAT-TCR Meadowlands Pa 4.4 TCR
NAT-TCR Heany Industries, Inc. 4.4 TCR
NAT-TCR Park Kiely 4.4 TCR
NAT-TCR Jarrett Construction Services 4.4 TCR
NAT-SIZE Brookdale Wekiwa Springs 44 FTE
NAT-SIZE Sonic Drive-In Riverside #6483 44 FTE
NAT-SIZE El Dorado Springs- SW 44 FTE
NAT-SIZE AWP-Norton 44 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: 2023, 2021, 2020. This is publicly available government data - not a legal determination of workplace conditions.
Data sourced from official public datasets. See our methodology for details.