Waste collection services, nonhazardous solid · Michigan
Emterra Environmental USA Corp -Bad Axe
Bad Axe, MI · ~35 workers · 4 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.
- F
- Failing Safety Record
- 12.3
- Avg TCR
- 2.6
- Industry avg
- 0
- Fatalities
The verdict
Emterra Environmental USA Corp -Bad Axe runs at 472% of its industry's injury rate - far more dangerous than the typical Waste collection services, nonhazardous solid workplace, earning a grade F.
- F
- Failing Safety Record
- 12.3
- avg TCR · per 100 workers
- 2.6
- industry benchmark (BLS)
- 19
- recordable injuries tracked
Grade compares Emterra Environmental USA Corp -Bad Axe's OSHA Total Case Rate to the BLS industry benchmark across 4 years of Form 300A filings (2016–2024). This reflects reported recordable injuries, not an independent safety inspection -- underreporting is a known limitation of employer self-recordkeeping.
Injury rate over time
Emterra Environmental USA Corp -Bad Axe's yearly Total Case Rate, against the 2.6 industry benchmark.
Where Emterra Environmental USA Corp -Bad Axe falls in its industry
2,506 Waste collection services, non establishmentsSafer than 10% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 4.7.
Narrower to Michigan alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #75 safest of 84 Waste collection services, non employers in Michigan.
Emterra Environmental USA Corp -Bad Axe has an average TCR of 12.3, which is 472% of the industry average (2.6) for Waste collection services, nonhazardous solid. This is significantly worse than average.
The letter grade is a transparent derived index PlainSafetyScore computes from public OSHA ITA and BLS benchmark data, not an official OSHA rating or safety certification. Full formula and thresholds: Methodology.
Trend analysis for Emterra Environmental USA Corp -Bad Axe
Between 2016 and 2019, Emterra Environmental USA Corp -Bad Axe's Total Case Rate worsened from 5.3 to 11.2 recordable injuries per 100 full-time workers, a 112% increase across 3 years of OSHA reporting.
The safest year on record was 2016, at a TCR of 5.3, while 2018 saw the highest rate, at 16.3, a spread of 11.1 points between the best and worst reporting years. That's a wide swing relative to the establishment's overall rate, worth checking the year-by-year table below for whether a single severe year is driving the average, rather than a sustained trend.
Summed across those 4 reporting years, Emterra Environmental USA Corp -Bad Axe recorded 19 total injuries and illnesses, with no fatalities reported in any of those years. Readers comparing establishments should weigh the 4-year trend above alongside establishment size, since a larger workforce naturally accumulates more raw incidents even at a lower per-100-worker rate.
Verify This Employer with OSHA
All injury, illness, and fatality figures on this page are sourced from Emterra Environmental USA Corp -Bad Axe's own mandatory OSHA Form 300A summaries. Cross-check the underlying establishment record directly against the federal source, name, NAICS classification, recordable case totals, and inspection history are all searchable on OSHA's Establishment-Specific Injury and Illness Data system.
Verify on OSHA Establishment SearchSource: U.S. Department of Labor, OSHA Establishment-Specific Injury and Illness Data. NAICS 562111 - Waste collection services, nonhazardous solid.
DART Rate, Transparent Calculation (2019)
DART (Days Away, Restricted, or Transferred) is computed by OSHA as incidents × 200,000 ÷ hours worked. The 200,000-hour denominator equals roughly 100 full-time workers, which lets establishments of very different sizes be compared directly.
4 DART incidents × 200,000 ÷ 71,726 hours worked = 11.15 DART
Methodology: 29 CFR 1904, OSHA Form 300A recordkeeping
Cross-Validating Context, Establishment vs Industry vs State
| Benchmark | TCR | Source |
|---|---|---|
| Emterra Environmental USA Corp -Bad Axe (this establishment) | 12.27 | OSHA ITA Form 300A, 4-year avg |
| Garbage collection services industry avg | 2.60 | BLS IIF, NAICS 562111 |
| Michigan state avg (all industries) | 4.73 | OSHA ITA, state-level rollup |
Industry benchmarks: Bureau of Labor Statistics, Injuries, Illnesses, and Fatalities (IIF) program
Reportable Incident Timeline
Year-by-year reportable incidents (recordable injuries + illnesses + fatalities) submitted by Emterra Environmental USA Corp -Bad Axe to OSHA's Injury Tracking Application. Each row anchors to OSHA's inspection records search where you can pull the underlying inspection case numbers and citations for that establishment-year.
- 2019: 4 reportable incidents · 4 injuries, 0 illnesses, 0 fatalities - OSHA inspection records (case numbers)
- 2018: 7 reportable incidents · 7 injuries, 0 illnesses, 0 fatalities - OSHA inspection records (case numbers)
- 2017: 6 reportable incidents · 6 injuries, 0 illnesses, 0 fatalities - OSHA inspection records (case numbers)
- 2016: 2 reportable incidents · 2 injuries, 0 illnesses, 0 fatalities - OSHA inspection records (case numbers)
Source: OSHA Inspection Information System (IMIS) - inspection case-number records
Year-by-Year Safety Data
| Year | TCR | DART | Injuries | Illnesses | Fatalities |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2019 | 11.2 | 11.2 | 4 | 0 | 0 |
| 2018 | 16.3 | 7.0 | 7 | 0 | 0 |
| 2017 | 16.3 | 5.4 | 6 | 0 | 0 |
| 2016 | 5.3 | 5.3 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
What this grade means for you
Use this grade as a relative read on Emterra Environmental USA Corp -Bad Axe's reported OSHA injury record versus its Waste collection services, nonhazardous solid peers, not a verdict on whether any single site is safe today.
- At 472% of the Waste collection services, nonhazardous solid benchmark, Emterra Environmental USA Corp -Bad Axe reports more injuries than typical peers, ask specifically how the employer is reducing them. Know your rights
- Judge this record against the wider Waste collection services, nonhazardous solid sector, where injury rates vary widely, before comparing it in isolation. See the industry
- Grades reflect 2016–2024 filings; check the latest establishment record straight from OSHA, or look up a different employer. Look up another
Safety grades reflect employers' self-reported OSHA Form 300A filings from 2016 to 2024 and can lag current conditions. A grade is not a guarantee that any specific workplace is safe or unsafe today. See our methodology and disclaimer.
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Every figure and grade on PlainSafetyScore is computed directly from OSHA's published Injury Tracking Application data and BLS industry benchmarks, no number is typed in by an editor. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these safety grades, or report a data error. Data current as of 2016-2024 OSHA ITA release.