Recyclable material collection services · West Virginia

West Virginia - Non Metals

Buffalo, WV · ~43 workers · 9 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

A
Excellent Safety Record
0.6
Avg TCR
2.6
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

West Virginia - Non Metals runs at 24% of its industry's injury rate - far safer than the typical Recyclable material collection services workplace, earning a grade A.

West Virginia - Non Metals: 0.6 TCR = 24% of Recyclable material collection services BLS 2.6 · 9y Form 300A (see methodology below)

West Virginia - Non Metals safety composite

West Virginia - Non Metals scores strongest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 98% of same-industry peers) and weakest on fatalities (safer than 52%), 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).

B

83/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
A 0.63 per 100 workers

Safer than 98% of industry peers

DART rate
B 0 per 100 workers

Safer than 88% of industry peers

Fatalities
D 0

Safer than 52% 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

−3.8

2016→2024

West Virginia - Non Metals injury rate improved

West Virginia - Non Metals's TCR fell 3.8 from 3.8 in 2016 to 0.0 in 2024. Peak filing year was 2016 at 3.8 TCR. In 2024, DART was 0× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2016=3.8 · 2017=1.9 · 2018=0.0 · 2019=0.0 · 2020=0.0 · 2021=0.0 · 2022=0.0 · 2023=0.0 · 2024=0.0

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 562111 · Buffalo, WV AT/BELOW-IND · SMALL

Grade A · TCR 0.6 · 24% of ind

  • DART 0.0 DART
  • RANK #1/21
  • PHOTO S05969 - WM of TX OK…
  • BOOK 9y book
  • INJ 3 inj
  • SIZE ~43 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: S05969 - WM of TX OK Area Office (0.0 TCR gap)

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West Virginia - Non Metals in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows West Virginia - Non Metals averages 0.6 TCR (24% of the Recyclable material collection services BLS benchmark).

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

West Virginia - Non Metals TCR series: 2016=3.8 · 2017=1.9 · 2018=0 · 2019=0 · 2020=0 · 2021=0 · 2022=0 · 2023=0 · 2024=0 · BLS 2.6

Where West Virginia - Non Metals falls in its industry

2,322 Recyclable material collection establishments

Safer than 98% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 5.1.

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to West Virginia alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #1 safest of 21 Recyclable material collection employers in West Virginia.

West Virginia - Non Metals (43 employees, TCR 0.6) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 55 employees and a TCR of 5.1 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 0100200300400 05101520 Average employees Total Case Rate West Virginia - Non Metals
West Virginia - Non Metals (43 employees, TCR 0.6) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 55 employees and a TCR of 5.1

West Virginia - Non Metals has fewer employees than the Recyclable material collection services median and a lower injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 5.1. 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 0.0 0.0 0 0 0
2023 0.0 0.0 0 0 0
2022 0.0 0.0 0 0 0
2021 0.0 0.0 0 0 0
2020 0.0 0.0 0 0 0
2019 0.0 0.0 0 0 0
2018 0.0 0.0 0 0 0
2017 1.9 0.0 1 0 0
2016 3.8 0.0 2 0 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

562111 · WV · Buffalo

2,322 Recyclable material collection services employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 2,269 rated employers in West Virginia with headcount on file · 9 employers in Buffalo, WV · 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 S05969 - WM of TX OK Area Office 0.6 TCR
NAICS-TCR Bay County Hauling 0.6 TCR
NAICS-TCR AAW - New Milford 0.6 TCR
NAICS-TCR 5019-Stutzman Hauling 0.6 TCR
STATE-SIZE HillFire 43 FTE
STATE-SIZE 345 Bluefield 43 FTE
STATE-SIZE SUBARU OF MORGANTOWN 43 FTE
STATE-SIZE 2873 SNS EAST - MARTINSBURG WINCHEST 43 FTE
CITY-NEAR Toyota Motor Mfg West Virginia, Inc 2,115 FTE
CITY-NEAR ResourceMFG/Toyota Manufacturing 172 FTE
CITY-NEAR RUSH TRUCKING BUFFALO WV 71 FTE
CITY-NEAR TMMWV 53 FTE
NAT-TCR US Ecology Managed Service Group 0.6 TCR
NAT-TCR Howmet - Dover Casting 0.6 TCR
NAT-TCR Performance Energy Services, LLC 0.6 TCR
NAT-TCR Vadens Acoustics & Drywall 0.6 TCR
NAT-SIZE H&H Electric Co. 43 FTE
NAT-SIZE W.R. Meadows of Texas 43 FTE
NAT-SIZE XSF 43 FTE
NAT-SIZE Aeronaut Brewing Company - Somerville 43 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, 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.