Materials recovery facilities (MRF) · Michigan

Ascend Elements - Cathode Production and Development

Name: Ascend Elements - Cathode Production and Development Workplace Safety Data
Creator: PlainSafetyScore
License: https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/

Novi, MI · ~27 workers · 2 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

Compiled by PlainSafetyScore · August 25, 2026

C
Average Safety Record: 0.0
Avg TCR: 2.6
Industry avg: 0
Fatalities

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The verdict

Ascend Elements - Cathode Production and Development runs at 0% of its industry's injury rate - about level with the typical Materials recovery facilities (MRF) workplace, earning a grade C.

Ascend Elements - Cathode Production and Development: 0.0 TCR = 0% of Materials recovery facilities (MRF) BLS 2.6 · 2y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Ascend Elements - Cathode Production and Development safety composite

Ascend Elements - Cathode Production and Development scores strongest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 100% 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).

81/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR): A 0 per 100 workers

Safer than 100% 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%).

Ascend Elements - Cathode Production and Development held a steady TCR band

Ascend Elements - Cathode Production and Development's TCR held near 0.0 from 0.0 in 2023 to 0.0 in 2024. Peak filing year was 2023 at 0.0 TCR.

2023=0.0 · 2024=0.0

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 562920 · Novi, MI AT/BELOW-IND · SMALL

Grade C · TCR 0.0 · 0% of ind

DART 0.0 DART
RANK #0/9
PHOTO S09107 - Garland MRF
BOOK 2y book
INJ 0 inj
SIZE ~27 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: S09107 - Garland MRF (0.2 TCR gap)

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S05731 - Salt

0.5
NY191 Harmon N

0.4
S08605 - SMaRT

0.4
S09107 - Garla

0.2
This site

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What this shows Ascend Elements - Cathode Production and Development averages 0.0 TCR (0% of the Materials recovery facilities (MRF) BLS benchmark).

Ascend Elements - Cathode Production and Development TCR series: 2023=0 · 2024=0 · BLS 2.6

Where Ascend Elements - Cathode Production and Development falls in its industry

422 Materials recovery facilities establishments

Safer than 100% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 3.8.

Grade C

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to Michigan alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #0 safest of 9 Materials recovery facilities employers in Michigan.

Ascend Elements - Cathode Production and Development (27 employees, TCR 0.0) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 44 employees and a TCR of 3.8

Ascend Elements - Cathode Production and Development 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
2024	0.0	0.0	0	0	0
2023	0.0	0.0	0	0	0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

562920 · MI · Novi

422 Materials recovery facilities (MRF) employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 16,393 rated employers in Michigan with headcount on file · 182 employers in Novi, MI · 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	S09107 - Garland MRF	GARLAND, TX	0.2 TCR
NAICS-TCR	NY191 Harmon New York Administrative Office	JERICHO, NY	0.4 TCR
NAICS-TCR	S08605 - SMaRT	SPOKANE, WA	0.4 TCR
NAICS-TCR	S05731 - Salt Lake MRF	WEST JORDAN, UT	0.5 TCR
STATE-SIZE	Badger Evergreen Nursery LLC	ALLEGAN	27 FTE
STATE-SIZE	K Drive Greenhouse Co	EAST LEROY	27 FTE
STATE-SIZE	Masterpiece Flower Company LLC - Merchandising (MO)	BYRON CENTER	27 FTE
STATE-SIZE	Luurtsema Sales Inc.	JENISON	27 FTE
CITY-NEAR	640564	Novi	4,630 FTE
CITY-NEAR	MIDET202 ASCENSION PROVIDENCE HOSPITAL NOVI	Novi	1,707 FTE
CITY-NEAR	1855-MIDET202	Novi	1,564 FTE
CITY-NEAR	Novi - Farmington Hills, MI	Novi	1,012 FTE
NAT-TCR	Bilow Farms, LLC	Malone, NY	0.0 TCR
NAT-TCR	Pegasus Painting & Waterproofing LLC.	Fort Lauderdale, FL	0.0 TCR
NAT-TCR	2000 St James Place	Houston, TX	0.0 TCR
NAT-TCR	Lake Shore Electric Corp	Bedford, OH	0.0 TCR
NAT-SIZE	Cotati	Cotati, CA	27 FTE
NAT-SIZE	El Centro	El Centro, CA	27 FTE
NAT-SIZE	Ridge Equipment Company, Inc	Westminster, MD	27 FTE
NAT-SIZE	Moser Inc	Spokane, WA	27 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. 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.