Materials recovery facilities (MRF) · Washington

Zero Waste One LLC dba United Recycling

Seattle, WA · ~66 workers · 3 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

F
Failing Safety Record
8.3
Avg TCR
2.6
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

Zero Waste One LLC dba United Recycling runs at 321% of its industry's injury rate - far more dangerous than the typical Materials recovery facilities (MRF) workplace, earning a grade F.

Zero Waste One LLC dba United Recycling: 8.3 TCR = 321% of Materials recovery facilities (MRF) BLS 2.6 · 3y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Zero Waste One LLC dba United Recycling safety composite

Zero Waste One LLC dba United Recycling 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 8.35 per 100 workers

Safer than 17% of industry peers

DART rate
D 2.78 per 100 workers

Safer than 41% 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

−8.9

2020→2022

Zero Waste One LLC dba United Recycling injury rate improved

Zero Waste One LLC dba United Recycling's TCR fell 8.9 from 11.7 in 2020 to 2.8 in 2022. Peak filing year was 2020 at 11.7 TCR. In 2022, DART was 0.33× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2020=11.7 · 2021=10.6 · 2022=2.8

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 562920 · Seattle, WA ABOVE-IND · SMALL

Grade F · TCR 8.3 · 321% of ind

  • DART 2.8 DART
  • RANK #10/13
  • PHOTO St Pete
  • BOOK 3y book
  • INJ 17 inj
  • SIZE ~66 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: St Pete (0.0 TCR gap)

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Zero Waste One LLC dba United Recycling in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows Zero Waste One LLC dba United Recycling averages 8.3 TCR (321% 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

Zero Waste One LLC dba United Recycling TCR series: 2020=11.7 · 2021=10.6 · 2022=2.8 · BLS 2.6

Where Zero Waste One LLC dba United Recycling 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 Washington alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #10 safest of 13 Materials recovery facilities employers in Washington.

Zero Waste One LLC dba United Recycling (66 employees, TCR 8.3) 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 Zero Waste One LLC dba United Recycling
Zero Waste One LLC dba United Recycling (66 employees, TCR 8.3) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 44 employees and a TCR of 3.8

Zero Waste One LLC dba United Recycling has more 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 2.8 2.8 2 0 0
2021 10.6 7.5 7 0 0
2020 11.7 5.8 8 0 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

562920 · WA · Seattle

422 Materials recovery facilities (MRF) employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 10,147 rated employers in Washington with headcount on file · 1,279 employers in Seattle, WA · 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 St Pete 8.4 TCR
NAICS-TCR S05725 - Lodi Recycling 8.3 TCR
NAICS-TCR Chino (ENV) 8.2 TCR
NAICS-TCR Hutchins Facility 8.2 TCR
STATE-SIZE Bench One Inc 66 FTE
STATE-SIZE Araho 66 FTE
STATE-SIZE CSS Farms - Agri Pack 66 FTE
STATE-SIZE Shelton 66 FTE
CITY-NEAR UW Seattle 32,378 FTE
CITY-NEAR The United States of America 25,000 FTE
CITY-NEAR Starz Entertainment 25,000 FTE
CITY-NEAR UW Medical Center - Montlake and NW 11,307 FTE
NAT-TCR Windsor Ridgecrest 8.3 TCR
NAT-TCR HG858 8.3 TCR
NAT-TCR 454680-Lake City Po 8.3 TCR
NAT-TCR 110225-Apopka Po 8.3 TCR
NAT-SIZE The Cleaning Authority 66 FTE
NAT-SIZE 2904-ASM-DE 66 FTE
NAT-SIZE Idea Inc 66 FTE
NAT-SIZE Davannis Inc. St Paul Cleveland and Grand 66 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, 2020. This is publicly available government data - not a legal determination of workplace conditions.
Data sourced from official public datasets. See our methodology for details.