Materials recovery facilities (MRF) · Georgia

Waste Pro 809 - American Recycling

Name: Waste Pro 809 - American Recycling Workplace Safety Data
Creator: PlainSafetyScore
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Atlanta, GA · ~25 workers · 2 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

Compiled by PlainSafetyScore · August 25, 2026

D
Poor Safety Record: 3.3
Avg TCR: 2.6
Industry avg: 0
Fatalities

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The verdict

Waste Pro 809 - American Recycling runs at 127% of its industry's injury rate - more dangerous than the typical Materials recovery facilities (MRF) workplace, earning a grade D.

Waste Pro 809 - American Recycling: 3.3 TCR = 127% of Materials recovery facilities (MRF) BLS 2.6 · 2y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Waste Pro 809 - American Recycling safety composite

Waste Pro 809 - American Recycling scores strongest on dart rate (safer than 80% 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).

63/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR): C 3.31 per 100 workers

Safer than 56% of industry peers
DART rate: B 0 per 100 workers

Safer than 80% 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

−0.5

2018→2019

Waste Pro 809 - American Recycling injury rate improved

Waste Pro 809 - American Recycling's TCR fell 0.5 from 3.5 in 2018 to 3.1 in 2019. Peak filing year was 2018 at 3.5 TCR. In 2019, DART was 0× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2018=3.5 · 2019=3.1

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 562920 · Atlanta, GA ABOVE-IND · SMALL

Grade D · TCR 3.3 · 127% of ind

DART 0.0 DART
RANK #6/11
PHOTO S06631 - PGI Paper V…
BOOK 2y book
INJ 2 inj
SIZE ~25 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: S06631 - PGI Paper Valley (0.0 TCR gap)

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S06631 - PGI P

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27th Avenue Re

3.3
S06627 - PGI M

3.3
Sims Recycling

3.3

What this shows Waste Pro 809 - American Recycling averages 3.3 TCR (127% of the Materials recovery facilities (MRF) BLS benchmark).

Waste Pro 809 - American Recycling TCR series: 2018=3.5 · 2019=3.1 · BLS 2.6

Where Waste Pro 809 - American Recycling falls in its industry

422 Materials recovery facilities establishments

Safer than 56% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 3.8.

Grade D

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to Georgia alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #6 safest of 11 Materials recovery facilities employers in Georgia.

Waste Pro 809 - American Recycling (25 employees, TCR 3.3) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 44 employees and a TCR of 3.8

Waste Pro 809 - American Recycling has fewer employees than the Materials recovery facilities (MRF) median and a lower 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
2019	3.1	0.0	1	0	0
2018	3.5	0.0	1	0	0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

562920 · GA · Atlanta

422 Materials recovery facilities (MRF) employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 14,941 rated employers in Georgia with headcount on file · 1,907 employers in Atlanta, GA · 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	S06631 - PGI Paper Valley	MENASHA, WI	3.3 TCR
NAICS-TCR	27th Avenue Recycling	PHOENIX, AZ	3.3 TCR
NAICS-TCR	S06627 - PGI Milwaukee A-1	MILWAUKEE, WI	3.3 TCR
NAICS-TCR	Sims Recycling Solutions	LA VERGNE, TN	3.3 TCR
STATE-SIZE	Four Corners Gin Inc. Co.	MEIGS	25 FTE
STATE-SIZE	W.C. Bradley Farms, Inc.	COLUMBUS	25 FTE
STATE-SIZE	Metro East TMC (Conyers)- 1465 General Arts Rd. Conyers, GA	ATLANTA	25 FTE
STATE-SIZE	Manchester Operating - 524 Atlantic Street Manchester, GA	ATLANTA	25 FTE
CITY-NEAR	Insight Global	Atlanta	20,586 FTE
CITY-NEAR	Delta Air Lines - ATL Airport	Atlanta	19,423 FTE
CITY-NEAR	Delta Air Lines - ATL- Airport	Atlanta	18,018 FTE
CITY-NEAR	Northside	Atlanta	13,761 FTE
NAT-TCR	Colony Display	Elgin, IL	3.3 TCR
NAT-TCR	Kenwal Pickling	Dearborn, MI	3.3 TCR
NAT-TCR	Mixing Warehouse/Shafter - 976	Shaftner, CA	3.3 TCR
NAT-TCR	PEP : CPP - Rhode Island	Woonsocket, RI	3.3 TCR
NAT-SIZE	AmeriGas - Houston, TX Liquilux Acq	Houston, TX	25 FTE
NAT-SIZE	Terminix Service, Inc. Asheville NW 64- 40	Asheville, NC	25 FTE
NAT-SIZE	Compression Technologies and Services : SVC-New Orleans LA-USA	New Orleans, LA	25 FTE
NAT-SIZE	Compression Technologies and Services : SVC-San Antonio TX-USA	San Antonio, TX	25 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. 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.