Bottles, waste, merchant wholesalers · Texas

Universal Recycling Technologies-TX

Name: Universal Recycling Technologies-TX Workplace Safety Data
Creator: PlainSafetyScore
License: https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/

Fort Worth, TX · ~36 workers · 4 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

Compiled by PlainSafetyScore · August 25, 2026

D
Poor Safety Record: 4.2
Avg TCR: 2.2
Industry avg: 0
Fatalities

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The verdict

Universal Recycling Technologies-TX runs at 192% of its industry's injury rate - more dangerous than the typical Bottles, waste, merchant wholesalers workplace, earning a grade D.

Universal Recycling Technologies-TX: 4.2 TCR = 192% of Bottles, waste, merchant wholesalers BLS 2.2 · 4y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Universal Recycling Technologies-TX safety composite

Universal Recycling Technologies-TX scores strongest on fatalities (safer than 51% of same-industry peers) and weakest on dart rate (safer than 46%), 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).

48/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR): D 4.23 per 100 workers

Safer than 47% of industry peers
DART rate: D 2.01 per 100 workers

Safer than 46% 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

Universal Recycling Technologies-TX: 2.7 → 4.0 TCR

Peak year 2017 @ 5.6 TCR · DART/TCR 0.48× in 2019

Universal Recycling Technologies-TX's TCR rose 1.3 from 2.7 in 2016 to 4.0 in 2019. Peak filing year was 2017 at 5.6 TCR. In 2019, DART was 0.48× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

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

Grade D · TCR 4.2 · 192% of ind

DART 2.0 DART
RANK #54/101
PHOTO SMS Blue Island
BOOK 4y book
INJ 8 inj
SIZE ~36 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: SMS Blue Island (0.0 TCR gap)

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What this shows Universal Recycling Technologies-TX averages 4.2 TCR (192% of the Bottles, waste, merchant wholesalers BLS benchmark).

Universal Recycling Technologies-TX TCR series: 2016=2.7 · 2017=5.6 · 2018=4.6 · 2019=4 · BLS 2.2

Where Universal Recycling Technologies-TX falls in its industry

1,126 Bottles, waste, merchant whole establishments

Safer than 47% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 4.0.

Grade D

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to Texas alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #54 safest of 101 Bottles, waste, merchant whole employers in Texas.

Universal Recycling Technologies-TX (36 employees, TCR 4.2) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 39 employees and a TCR of 4.0

Universal Recycling Technologies-TX has fewer employees than the Bottles, waste, merchant wholesalers 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
2019	4.0	2.0	2
2018	4.6	0.0	2
2017	5.6	5.6	3
2016	2.7	0.0	1

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

423930 · TX · Fort Worth

1,126 Bottles, waste, 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	Place	Metric
NAICS-TCR	SMS Blue Island	BLUE ISLAND, IL	4.2 TCR
NAICS-TCR	Midwest Iron & Metal Company	DAYTON, OH	4.2 TCR
NAICS-TCR	Sims Limited Monessen, PA Alumisource	MONESSEN, PA	4.3 TCR
NAICS-TCR	Tri-Miss Services	JACKSON, MS	4.3 TCR
STATE-SIZE	FRONTIER FEED YARD	SPEARMAN	36 FTE
STATE-SIZE	Paco Feedyard	FRIONA	36 FTE
STATE-SIZE	Coyote Lake Feedyard Inc.	MULESHOE	36 FTE
STATE-SIZE	Unlimited Contract Services Waelder	WAELDER	36 FTE
CITY-NEAR	Lockheed Martin Corporation US TX Fort Worth Lockheed Blvd (1093)	Fort Worth	16,547 FTE
CITY-NEAR	Lockheed Martin Corporation Fort Worth Campus (1093)	Fort Worth	13,805 FTE
CITY-NEAR	Cook Children's Medical Center	Fort Worth	4,998 FTE
CITY-NEAR	TX- Fort Worth	Fort Worth	4,667 FTE
NAT-TCR	Freshouse II, LLC	Salisbury, NC	4.2 TCR
NAT-TCR	6962-Swy 0029 2858	Pasadena, CA	4.2 TCR
NAT-TCR	6400-Swy 0027 1930	Lynden, WA	4.2 TCR
NAT-TCR	5472-Swy 0035 1538	Culpeper, VA	4.2 TCR
NAT-SIZE	Valley-Rich	Chaska, MN	36 FTE
NAT-SIZE	East Mill	Fort Recovery, OH	36 FTE
NAT-SIZE	ATI South	Spartanburg, SC	36 FTE
NAT-SIZE	Sutter Outpatient Services, LLC (600-25)	San Mateo, CA	36 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: 2019, 2018, 2017, 2016. This is publicly available government data - not a legal determination of workplace conditions.

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