Trash hauling, local · Michigan

City of Detroit Department of Public Works - Solid Waste Division

Detroit, MI · ~133 workers · 3 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

F
Failing Safety Record
8.5
Avg TCR
2.6
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

City of Detroit Department of Public Works - Solid Waste Division runs at 328% of its industry's injury rate - far more dangerous than the typical Trash hauling, local workplace, earning a grade F.

City of Detroit Department of Public Works - Solid Waste Division: 8.5 TCR = 328% of Trash hauling, local BLS 2.6 · 3y Form 300A (see methodology below)

City of Detroit Department of Public Works - Solid Waste Division safety composite

City of Detroit Department of Public Works - Solid Waste Division scores strongest on fatalities (safer than 52% of same-industry peers) and weakest on dart rate (safer than 14%), 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

27/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
F 8.52 per 100 workers

Safer than 22% of industry peers

DART rate
F 8.79 per 100 workers

Safer than 14% 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

−0.5

2016→2018

City of Detroit Department of Public Works - Solid Waste Division injury rate improved

City of Detroit Department of Public Works - Solid Waste Division's TCR fell 0.5 from 10.6 in 2016 to 10.1 in 2018. Peak filing year was 2016 at 10.6 TCR. In 2018, DART was 1.03× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2016=10.6 · 2017=4.8 · 2018=10.1

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 562111 · Detroit, MI ABOVE-IND · MID

Grade F · TCR 8.5 · 328% of ind

  • DART 8.8 DART
  • RANK #62/80
  • PHOTO Casella Waste System…
  • BOOK 3y book
  • INJ 34 inj
  • SIZE ~133 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: Casella Waste Systems - Salem (0.0 TCR gap)

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City of Detroit Department of Public Works - Solid Waste Division in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows City of Detroit Department of Public Works - Solid Waste Division averages 8.5 TCR (328% of the Trash hauling, local BLS benchmark).

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

City of Detroit Department of Public Works - Solid Waste Division TCR series: 2016=10.6 · 2017=4.8 · 2018=10.1 · BLS 2.6

Where City of Detroit Department of Public Works - Solid Waste Division falls in its industry

2,322 Trash hauling, local establishments

Safer than 22% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 5.1.

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to Michigan alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #62 safest of 80 Trash hauling, local employers in Michigan.

City of Detroit Department of Public Works - Solid Waste Division (133 employees, TCR 8.5) 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 City of Detroit Department of Public Works - Solid Waste Division
City of Detroit Department of Public Works - Solid Waste Division (133 employees, TCR 8.5) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 55 employees and a TCR of 5.1

City of Detroit Department of Public Works - Solid Waste Division has more employees than the Trash hauling, local median and a higher 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
2018 10.1 8.8 15 0 0
2017 4.8 4.8 7 0 0
2016 10.6 10.6 12 0 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

562111 · MI · Detroit

2,322 Trash hauling, local employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 16,393 rated employers in Michigan with headcount on file · 673 employers in Detroit, MI · 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 Casella Waste Systems - Salem 8.5 TCR
NAICS-TCR GFL Environmental Sterling Heights 8.5 TCR
NAICS-TCR S03170 - WM of Southern MN - Mason City 8.5 TCR
NAICS-TCR S03881 - Allentown 8.5 TCR
STATE-SIZE Power Line Supply - ALL 133 FTE
STATE-SIZE Davenport Masonry, Inc 133 FTE
STATE-SIZE USA MI Farmington Hills 133 FTE
STATE-SIZE Iceberg Enterprises 133 FTE
CITY-NEAR Henry Ford Hospital 8,838 FTE
CITY-NEAR Detroit Campus 8,632 FTE
CITY-NEAR Delta Air Lines - DTW 6,640 FTE
CITY-NEAR General Motors Corporation 5,241 FTE
NAT-TCR El Paso (Txgdy) 8.5 TCR
NAT-TCR Giorgi Mushroom Farm 1 8.5 TCR
NAT-TCR Pagosa - Resort 8.5 TCR
NAT-TCR Irvtrk-Hct-Irving Truck 8.5 TCR
NAT-SIZE RAF Electronic Hardware 133 FTE
NAT-SIZE Quail Haven Village 133 FTE
NAT-SIZE Leon Valley (Txleo) 133 FTE
NAT-SIZE Abilene (Txabi) 133 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: 2018, 2017, 2016. This is publicly available government data - not a legal determination of workplace conditions.
Data sourced from official public datasets. See our methodology for details.