Solid Waste Collection · Michigan

GFL Environmental Alpena Hauling

Alpena, MI · ~33 workers · 3 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

B
Good Safety Record
1.5
Avg TCR
2.6
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

GFL Environmental Alpena Hauling runs at 58% of its industry's injury rate - safer than the typical Solid Waste Collection workplace, earning a grade B.

GFL Environmental Alpena Hauling: 1.5 TCR = 58% of Solid Waste Collection BLS 2.6 · 3y Form 300A (see methodology below)

GFL Environmental Alpena Hauling safety composite

GFL Environmental Alpena Hauling scores strongest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 91% of same-industry peers) and weakest on fatalities (safer than 52%), 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).

C

70/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
A 1.51 per 100 workers

Safer than 91% of industry peers

DART rate
C 2.41 per 100 workers

Safer than 60% 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%).

GFL Environmental Alpena Hauling held a steady TCR band

GFL Environmental Alpena Hauling's TCR held near 0.3 from 2.1 in 2022 to 2.4 in 2024. In 2024, DART was 1.6× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2022=2.1 · 2023=0.0 · 2024=2.4

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 562111 · Alpena, MI AT/BELOW-IND · SMALL

Grade B · TCR 1.5 · 58% of ind

  • DART 2.4 DART
  • RANK #3/80
  • PHOTO Sun Environmental Corp
  • BOOK 3y book
  • INJ 2 inj
  • SIZE ~33 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: Sun Environmental Corp (0.0 TCR gap)

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GFL Environmental Alpena Hauling in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows GFL Environmental Alpena Hauling averages 1.5 TCR (58% of the Solid Waste Collection BLS benchmark).

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

GFL Environmental Alpena Hauling TCR series: 2022=2.1 · 2023=0 · 2024=2.4 · BLS 2.6

Where GFL Environmental Alpena Hauling falls in its industry

2,322 Solid Waste Collection establishments

Safer than 91% 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 #3 safest of 80 Solid Waste Collection employers in Michigan.

GFL Environmental Alpena Hauling (33 employees, TCR 1.5) 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 GFL Environmental Alpena Hauling
GFL Environmental Alpena Hauling (33 employees, TCR 1.5) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 55 employees and a TCR of 5.1

GFL Environmental Alpena Hauling has fewer employees than the Solid Waste Collection median and a lower 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
2024 2.4 2.4 1 0 0
2023 0.0 0.0 0 0 0
2022 2.1 2.1 1 0 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

562111 · MI · Alpena

2,322 Solid Waste Collection employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 16,393 rated employers in Michigan with headcount on file · 59 employers in Alpena, 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 Sun Environmental Corp 1.5 TCR
NAICS-TCR Republic Services of Troy 4778 1.5 TCR
NAICS-TCR Dayne's Waste Disposal, Inc. 1.5 TCR
NAICS-TCR Allied Waste of Kansas City West 1.5 TCR
STATE-SIZE PRH GROUP LLC 33 FTE
STATE-SIZE Three Rivers Svc Ctr 33 FTE
STATE-SIZE Alpena Power Company 33 FTE
STATE-SIZE Water Treatment City of Wyoming 33 FTE
CITY-NEAR MidMichigan Medical Center - Alpena 857 FTE
CITY-NEAR Northeast MI Community Mental Health Authority 349 FTE
CITY-NEAR WM 2358 314 FTE
CITY-NEAR 2358 299 FTE
NAT-TCR Adolphus 1.5 TCR
NAT-TCR SJC-1800 1.5 TCR
NAT-TCR JRC Mechanical 1.5 TCR
NAT-TCR 6551 Live Oak 1.5 TCR
NAT-SIZE Stryker Sustainability Solutions - Chandler 33 FTE
NAT-SIZE LRS - Monmouth Hauling 33 FTE
NAT-SIZE The Escape Game Meadowlands LLC 33 FTE
NAT-SIZE The Pines of Newmarket 33 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, 2022. This is publicly available government data - not a legal determination of workplace conditions.

Read our methodology - how this data is sourced, computed, and verified.

Data sourced from official public datasets. See our methodology for details.