Bottles, waste, merchant wholesalers · Wisconsin

Universal Recycling Technologies-WI

Janesville, WI · ~121 workers · 3 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

F
Failing Safety Record
5.5
Avg TCR
2.2
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

Universal Recycling Technologies-WI runs at 251% of its industry's injury rate - far more dangerous than the typical Bottles, waste, merchant wholesalers workplace, earning a grade F.

Universal Recycling Technologies-WI: 5.5 TCR = 251% of Bottles, waste, merchant wholesalers BLS 2.2 · 3y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Universal Recycling Technologies-WI safety composite

Universal Recycling Technologies-WI scores strongest on fatalities (safer than 51% of same-industry peers) and weakest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 35%), 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).

D

44/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
D 5.52 per 100 workers

Safer than 35% of industry peers

DART rate
D 1.74 per 100 workers

Safer than 49% 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-WI: 4.9 → 6.1 TCR

Peak year 2018 @ 6.1 TCR · DART/TCR 0.32× in 2018

Universal Recycling Technologies-WI's TCR rose 1.1 from 4.9 in 2016 to 6.1 in 2018. In 2018, DART was 0.32× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 423930 · Janesville, WI ABOVE-IND · MID

Grade F · TCR 5.5 · 251% of ind

  • DART 1.7 DART
  • RANK #15/25
  • PHOTO Champlin Tire Recycl…
  • BOOK 3y book
  • INJ 25 inj
  • SIZE ~121 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: Champlin Tire Recycling Inc (0.0 TCR gap)

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Universal Recycling Technologies-WI in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows Universal Recycling Technologies-WI averages 5.5 TCR (251% of the Bottles, waste, merchant wholesalers BLS benchmark).

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

Universal Recycling Technologies-WI TCR series: 2016=4.9 · 2017=5.5 · 2018=6.1 · BLS 2.2

Where Universal Recycling Technologies-WI falls in its industry

1,126 Bottles, waste, merchant whole establishments

Safer than 35% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 4.0.

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to Wisconsin alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #15 safest of 25 Bottles, waste, merchant whole employers in Wisconsin.

Universal Recycling Technologies-WI (121 employees, TCR 5.5) 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 050100150 0246810 Average employees Total Case Rate Universal Recycling Technologies-WI
Universal Recycling Technologies-WI (121 employees, TCR 5.5) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 39 employees and a TCR of 4.0

Universal Recycling Technologies-WI has more 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 Illnesses Fatalities
2018 6.1 1.7 7 0 0
2017 5.5 3.9 10 0 0
2016 4.9 3.1 8 0 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

423930 · WI · Janesville

1,126 Bottles, waste, merchant wholesalers employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 12,834 rated employers in Wisconsin with headcount on file · 178 employers in Janesville, WI · 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 Champlin Tire Recycling Inc 5.5 TCR
NAICS-TCR Industrial Services of America 5.5 TCR
NAICS-TCR Allied Alloys 5.5 TCR
NAICS-TCR BRANCH 04 5.5 TCR
STATE-SIZE Lindus Construction/Midwest Leafguard 121 FTE
STATE-SIZE Scott Construction Inc. 121 FTE
STATE-SIZE Trierweiler Construction Supply Co.,Inc. 121 FTE
STATE-SIZE Corcoran Glass & Paint inc. 121 FTE
CITY-NEAR Service Center Operations : 0780 1,158 FTE
CITY-NEAR US - Supply Chain : 0780 1,087 FTE
CITY-NEAR 780 - JANESVILLE, WI 964 FTE
CITY-NEAR Seneca Foods Corporation 650 FTE
NAT-TCR All Power Manufacuturing Co. 5.5 TCR
NAT-TCR Trenton Elevator 5.5 TCR
NAT-TCR USC Nycon 5.5 TCR
NAT-TCR MTKA04 5.5 TCR
NAT-SIZE Seattle - 301 121 FTE
NAT-SIZE Manor Care Health Services - Sunbury 121 FTE
NAT-SIZE 1004NC2 GoJet RDU Pilots 121 FTE
NAT-SIZE 4818-48180051-1100 Blake St-Wc 121 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, 2016. This is publicly available government data - not a legal determination of workplace conditions.
Data sourced from official public datasets. See our methodology for details.