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
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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.

Emterra Environmental USA Corp -Bad Axe: 12.3 TCR = 472% of Waste collection services, nonhazardous solid BLS 2.6 · 4y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Emterra Environmental USA Corp -Bad Axe safety composite

Emterra Environmental USA Corp -Bad Axe scores strongest on fatalities (safer than 52% of same-industry peers) and weakest on dart rate (safer than 9%), 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

21/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
F 12.27 per 100 workers

Safer than 11% of industry peers

DART rate
F 11.15 per 100 workers

Safer than 9% 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%).

Rising injury rate

Emterra Environmental USA Corp -Bad Axe: 5.3 → 11.2 TCR

Peak year 2018 @ 16.3 TCR · DART/TCR 0.91× in 2019

Emterra Environmental USA Corp -Bad Axe's TCR rose 5.9 from 5.3 in 2016 to 11.2 in 2019. Peak filing year was 2018 at 16.3 TCR. In 2019, DART was 0.91× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 562111 · Bad Axe, MI ABOVE-IND · SMALL

Grade F · TCR 12.3 · 472% of ind

  • DART 11.2 DART
  • RANK #71/80
  • PHOTO Recology Humboldt Co…
  • BOOK 4y book
  • INJ 19 inj
  • SIZE ~35 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: Recology Humboldt County (0.0 TCR gap)

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Emterra Environmental USA Corp -Bad Axe in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows Emterra Environmental USA Corp -Bad Axe averages 12.3 TCR (472% of the Waste collection services, nonhazardous solid BLS benchmark).

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

Emterra Environmental USA Corp -Bad Axe TCR series: 2016=5.3 · 2017=16.3 · 2018=16.3 · 2019=11.2 · BLS 2.6

Where Emterra Environmental USA Corp -Bad Axe falls in its industry

2,322 Waste collection services, non establishments

Safer than 11% 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 #71 safest of 80 Waste collection services, non employers in Michigan.

Emterra Environmental USA Corp -Bad Axe (35 employees, TCR 12.3) 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 Emterra Environmental USA Corp -Bad Axe
Emterra Environmental USA Corp -Bad Axe (35 employees, TCR 12.3) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 55 employees and a TCR of 5.1

Emterra Environmental USA Corp -Bad Axe has fewer employees than the Waste collection services, nonhazardous 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
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

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

562111 · MI · Bad Axe

2,322 Waste collection services, nonhazardous solid employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 16,393 rated employers in Michigan with headcount on file · 15 employers in Bad Axe, 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 Recology Humboldt County 12.3 TCR
NAICS-TCR Advanced Disposal - Northhampton Hauling 12.3 TCR
NAICS-TCR L&L Site Services, Inc. 12.3 TCR
NAICS-TCR Valley Waste Service, Inc. 12.3 TCR
STATE-SIZE Heeren, LLC - 42 North Apples 35 FTE
STATE-SIZE Harbor Farmz, North LLC 35 FTE
STATE-SIZE Willow Point Dairy 35 FTE
STATE-SIZE POWER & UTILITIES OPERATIONS - ROB 35 FTE
CITY-NEAR McLaren Thumb Region 306 FTE
CITY-NEAR 1592 266 FTE
CITY-NEAR WM 1592 255 FTE
CITY-NEAR 315 - Bad Axe 195 FTE
NAT-TCR RBI Packing, LLC 12.3 TCR
NAT-TCR North America Fulfillment Centers (FCs) : STL6 12.3 TCR
NAT-TCR Garman Builders, Inc. 12.3 TCR
NAT-TCR Brookdale Hutchinson 12.3 TCR
NAT-SIZE CLARO / PRT - Guaynabo CO 35 FTE
NAT-SIZE Ziegler's Ace Elgin East 35 FTE
NAT-SIZE Faf Smf 35 FTE
NAT-SIZE Insource Performance Solutions at Target 35 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: 2019, 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.