Materials recovery facilities (MRF) · New York

Western NY BICS

Lancaster, NY · ~35 workers · 2 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

F
Failing Safety Record
8.6
Avg TCR
2.6
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

Western NY BICS runs at 332% of its industry's injury rate - far more dangerous than the typical Materials recovery facilities (MRF) workplace, earning a grade F.

Western NY BICS: 8.6 TCR = 332% of Materials recovery facilities (MRF) BLS 2.6 · 2y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Western NY BICS safety composite

Western NY BICS scores strongest on fatalities (safer than 51% of same-industry peers) and weakest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 17%), 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).

F

34/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
F 8.63 per 100 workers

Safer than 17% of industry peers

DART rate
D 2.89 per 100 workers

Safer than 40% 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

−5.7

2021→2022

Western NY BICS injury rate improved

Western NY BICS's TCR fell 5.7 from 11.5 in 2021 to 5.8 in 2022. Peak filing year was 2021 at 11.5 TCR. In 2022, DART was 0.33× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2021=11.5 · 2022=5.8

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 562920 · Lancaster, NY ABOVE-IND · SMALL

Grade F · TCR 8.6 · 332% of ind

  • DART 2.9 DART
  • RANK #18/25
  • PHOTO Landfill Reduction a…
  • BOOK 2y book
  • INJ 6 inj
  • SIZE ~35 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: Landfill Reduction and Recycling Dane County (0.0 TCR gap)

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Western NY BICS in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows Western NY BICS averages 8.6 TCR (332% of the Materials recovery facilities (MRF) BLS benchmark).

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

Western NY BICS TCR series: 2021=11.5 · 2022=5.8 · BLS 2.6

Where Western NY BICS falls in its industry

422 Materials recovery facilities establishments

Safer than 17% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 3.8.

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to New York alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #18 safest of 25 Materials recovery facilities employers in New York.

Western NY BICS (35 employees, TCR 8.6) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 44 employees and a TCR of 3.8 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 0100200300 051015 Average employees Total Case Rate Western NY BICS
Western NY BICS (35 employees, TCR 8.6) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 44 employees and a TCR of 3.8

Western NY BICS has fewer employees than the Materials recovery facilities (MRF) median and a higher 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
2022 5.8 2.9 2 0 0
2021 11.5 5.7 4 0 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

562920 · NY · Lancaster

422 Materials recovery facilities (MRF) employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 21,008 rated employers in New York with headcount on file · 83 employers in Lancaster, NY · 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 Landfill Reduction and Recycling Dane County 8.6 TCR
NAICS-TCR DTG Enterprises, Inc. - Renton 8.7 TCR
NAICS-TCR MRF Oakland Wood 8.7 TCR
NAICS-TCR Dynamic Onalaska Campus 8.7 TCR
STATE-SIZE Sandy Knoll Farms, Inc. 35 FTE
STATE-SIZE NY State Solar Farmingdale 35 FTE
STATE-SIZE Morgan Facilities 35 FTE
STATE-SIZE RICHTER+RATNER CONTRACTING CORP 35 FTE
CITY-NEAR Amazon Transportation Services : BUF5 1,188 FTE
CITY-NEAR Amazon.com Services LLC - BUF5 1,074 FTE
CITY-NEAR Erie Logistics 713 FTE
CITY-NEAR Amazon.com Services LLC - BUF9 665 FTE
NAT-TCR Environment Control Puente Hills, Inc 8.6 TCR
NAT-TCR Pitkin Elementary School 8.6 TCR
NAT-TCR West Coast Berry Farms, LLC 8.6 TCR
NAT-TCR Malog - Logan Airport 8.6 TCR
NAT-SIZE HG733 35 FTE
NAT-SIZE HG719 35 FTE
NAT-SIZE Nimbus 35 FTE
NAT-SIZE HG856 35 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: 2022, 2021. 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.