Collection, treatment, and disposal of waste through a sewer system · Michigan

City of Grand Rapids-Environmental Protection Services Division

Grand Rapids, MI · ~74 workers · 2 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

F
Failing Safety Record
9.6
Avg TCR
1.2
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

City of Grand Rapids-Environmental Protection Services Division runs at 797% of its industry's injury rate - far more dangerous than the typical Collection, treatment, and disposal of waste through a sewer system workplace, earning a grade F.

City of Grand Rapids-Environmental Protection Services Division: 9.6 TCR = 797% of Collection, treatment, and disposal of waste through a sewer system BLS 1.2 · 2y Form 300A (see methodology below)

City of Grand Rapids-Environmental Protection Services Division safety composite

City of Grand Rapids-Environmental Protection Services Division scores strongest on fatalities (safer than 50% 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

26/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
F 9.56 per 100 workers

Safer than 17% of industry peers

DART rate
F 5.44 per 100 workers

Safer than 18% of industry peers

Fatalities
D 0

Safer than 50% 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

−5.5

2016→2018

City of Grand Rapids-Environmental Protection Services Division injury rate improved

City of Grand Rapids-Environmental Protection Services Division's TCR fell 5.5 from 12.3 in 2016 to 6.8 in 2018. Peak filing year was 2016 at 12.3 TCR. In 2018, DART was 0.57× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2016=12.3 · 2018=6.8

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 221320 · Grand Rapids, MI ABOVE-IND · SMALL

Grade F · TCR 9.6 · 797% of ind

  • DART 5.4 DART
  • RANK #15/20
  • PHOTO Utilites - Customer …
  • BOOK 2y book
  • INJ 13 inj
  • SIZE ~74 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: Utilites - Customer Operations/Field Services/Operations & Maintenance (0.0 TCR gap)

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City of Grand Rapids-Environmental Protection Services Division in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows City of Grand Rapids-Environmental Protection Services Division averages 9.6 TCR (797% of the Collection, treatment, and disposal of waste through a sewer system BLS benchmark).

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

City of Grand Rapids-Environmental Protection Services Division TCR series: 2016=12.3 · 2018=6.8 · BLS 1.2

Where City of Grand Rapids-Environmental Protection Services Division falls in its industry

400 Collection, treatment, and dis establishments

Safer than 17% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 4.4.

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to Michigan alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #15 safest of 20 Collection, treatment, and dis employers in Michigan.

City of Grand Rapids-Environmental Protection Services Division (74 employees, TCR 9.6) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 47 employees and a TCR of 4.4 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 0200400600 0510152025 Average employees Total Case Rate City of Grand Rapids-Environmental Protection Services Division
City of Grand Rapids-Environmental Protection Services Division (74 employees, TCR 9.6) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 47 employees and a TCR of 4.4

City of Grand Rapids-Environmental Protection Services Division has more employees than the Collection, treatment, and disposal of w median and a higher injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 4.4. 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 6.8 5.4 4 1 0
2016 12.3 8.2 9 0 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

221320 · MI · Grand Rapids

400 Collection, treatment, and disposal of waste through a sewer system employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 16,393 rated employers in Michigan with headcount on file · 1,006 employers in Grand Rapids, 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 Utilites - Customer Operations/Field Services/Operations & Maintenance 9.6 TCR
NAICS-TCR Hanover Park WRP 9.6 TCR
NAICS-TCR City of Kalamazoo-Public Services-Harrison 9.6 TCR
NAICS-TCR JCO, Inc. 9.6 TCR
STATE-SIZE Adrian SC 74 FTE
STATE-SIZE Detroit Office 74 FTE
STATE-SIZE Public Works-Streets and Sanitation 74 FTE
STATE-SIZE Midwest Region 74 FTE
CITY-NEAR SHHG-GR BUTTERWORTH CA 9,012 FTE
CITY-NEAR SH Butterworth Hospital 7,397 FTE
CITY-NEAR Mercy Health Saint Mary's Hospital-MH-MI 2,914 FTE
CITY-NEAR Steelcase - Grand Rapids / Kentwood 2,817 FTE
NAT-TCR Dragon ESP Springer 9.6 TCR
NAT-TCR 085202-North Haven Po 9.6 TCR
NAT-TCR 6400-Swy 0019 1542 9.6 TCR
NAT-TCR Neenah Foundry - Deeter Operations 9.6 TCR
NAT-SIZE Garco Building Company 74 FTE
NAT-SIZE Utilities Region 74 FTE
NAT-SIZE Cedarbrook Residential Center 74 FTE
NAT-SIZE Interiors-Lake Suzy 74 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, 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.