Learn how W Silver Recycling replaced spreadsheets and phone calls with a single digital system for safety, compliance and equipment visibility.
Real-time reporting
Live incident and hazard visibility across sites
Multi-site consistency
12 locations across the United States and Mexico on one system
Compliance readiness
OSHA 300 and 300A logs generated from entered data
Frontline adoption
Mobile reporting with photos for operators and drivers
Multi-language support
Reporting available in English and Spanish
At a Glance
- Challenge
W Silver Recycling operates in high-risk industrial environments where employees work around heavy equipment, trailers and trucks across multiple sites. Safety incidents, hazards and equipment issues need to be identified and addressed quickly to protect people and operations.
As operations expanded, safety and equipment information was captured through a mix of spreadsheets, phone calls and emails. While effective at individual sites, this made it harder to gain timely, consistent visibility across locations and act early on emerging risks.
- Solution
W Silver implemented Evotix to centralize safety, compliance and equipment reporting across sites. The platform enables mobile, real-time reporting and gives teams consistent visibility into issues, audits and maintenance needs across operations.
- About W Silver
Established over 100 years ago in El Paso, W Silver Recycling is one of the largest ferrous and non-ferrous metal recyclers in the United States. With operations across the U.S. and Mexico, the company processes and ships recycled metals, supporting manufacturing and industrial supply chains worldwide.
Safety is critical to daily operations. Employees work around heavy machinery, trailers, trucks and processing equipment, where timely reporting and clear visibility are essential.
- Industry: Metal Recycling
- Country / Region: United States and Mexico
- Company Size: 200-500 employees
- Customer Since: 2021
Recycling metals as a responsibility to communities and humankind
W Silver Recycling operates at the heart of global sustainability, recovering and processing ferrous and non-ferrous metals that support manufacturing, infrastructure and everyday life across borders. This work takes place in demanding industrial environments where employees operate around heavy equipment, trailers and commercial vehicles.
Safety practices underpin how the organization operates. They protect W Silver’s people, support reliable operations and build trust across sites. To support this responsibility, W Silver focuses on consistency and visibility across the organization, helping teams prevent incidents, remain audit-ready and continually improve how work gets done safely.
We do everything safely, or we don’t do it at all. That’s our number one rule.
Victor CruzDOT Compliance Officer
High-risk operations with manual reporting
Before adopting Evotix, W Silver supported safety and equipment reporting through manual processes. Managers and supervisors collected information using spreadsheets, emails and phone calls, sharing updates once incidents, hazards or equipment issues were identified.
This approach reflected the way many industrial organizations operated at the time and worked at an individual site level. As operations expanded across locations, however, it became harder to maintain consistent, real-time visibility into safety observations, compliance needs and equipment condition across the organization.
As a result, teams spent more time compiling information for audits and compliance reporting, and decisions around equipment readiness and preventive maintenance often depended on follow-up rather than immediate insight.
Before Evotix, we relied on our managers to submit incident and hazard information via spreadsheets, emails or phone calls. As we scaled, we needed a different solution.
Victor CruzDOT Compliance Officer
Modernizing reporting and empowering employees
W Silver introduced Evotix to bring frontline insight directly into safety and equipment decision-making across the organization. Operators, drivers and warehouse employees can now document:
- hazard observations
- incidents
- and equipment issues using mobile reporting tools
This shift created a more immediate connection between the field and safety teams. Information moves quickly, enabling clearer communication, faster response and shared understanding across sites. Over time, this has changed how safety and equipment information is surfaced and acted on.
To support participation across the workforce, W Silver focused on accessibility and hands-on training. Spanish-language support helps ensure employees can report in the language they are most comfortable using, expanding participation across sites in the U.S. and Mexico.
Evotix gives our employees a way to share what they’re seeing in the field, in their own words, without it getting lost along the way.
Victor CruzDOT Compliance Officer
Clearer compliance, audits and equipment decisions
W Silver’s approach to safety reporting has strengthened how the organization manages compliance, audits and equipment readiness across sites. With clearer documentation and shared visibility, teams can move from assembling information after the fact to making informed decisions with confidence.
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- Faster compliance reporting
Information entered into the system can be used to generate OSHA 300 and 300A logs by site. This reduces the manual effort previously required to prepare compliance documentation and helps teams stay audit-ready throughout the year.
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- Stronger visibility into equipment conditions
Mobile reporting with photos provides safety and maintenance teams with direct visibility into trailer and equipment condition. Rather than relying solely on individual interpretation, teams can review documented issues and determine whether equipment is truly out of service or can be repaired and returned to use.
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- Preventive maintenance support
Consistent documentation helps W Silver prioritize preventive maintenance, reduce unnecessary downtime and bring assets back into service more efficiently.
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- Shared insight across leadership
Managers and supervisors across locations can access the same data, enabling more consistent decision-making and communication.
Evotix has been a game changer for compliance, safety and maintenance, and for delivering better service to our customers.
Victor CruzDOT Compliance Officer
Why Evotix?
Evotix provided W Silver with a system that frontline teams would use and leadership could rely on. The platform combines mobile reporting, centralized data and flexible reporting to support safety, compliance and operational decision-making.
To date, Evotix has helped W Silver:
- Centralize reporting across U.S. and Mexico operations
- Improve real-time visibility into hazards, incidents and equipment condition
- Simplify audit and OSHA reporting processes
- Expand participation through mobile and Spanish-language access
- Support preventive maintenance with clearer documentation
At the end of the day, our responsibility is making sure everyone goes home safe to their families.
Victor CruzDOT Compliance Officer
What’s Ahead?
W Silver’s priority remains ensuring employees go home safe every day. Looking ahead, the team plans to expand how they use Evotix insights to better visualize trends across safety, equipment and operations.
Proactive risk management
With clearer historical data and real-time reporting, W Silver aims to prevent repeat issues, improve equipment readiness and continue strengthening safe, reliable operations across all locations.
Supporting safe operations
For W Silver Recycling, safety, sustainability and operational discipline are inseparable. The work of recycling metals carries a responsibility — to employees, to customers and to the communities and industries that depend on reliable materials. By strengthening visibility and participation across the organization, W Silver continues to uphold that responsibility while building a safer, more resilient operation.
