Solid Waste Collection · Michigan

GFL Environmental Grand Rapids Byron Center

Byron Center, MI · ~17 workers · 3 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

F
Failing Safety Record
7.5
Avg TCR
2.6
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

GFL Environmental Grand Rapids Byron Center runs at 290% of its industry's injury rate - far more dangerous than the typical Solid Waste Collection workplace, earning a grade F.

GFL Environmental Grand Rapids Byron Center: 7.5 TCR = 290% of Solid Waste Collection BLS 2.6 · 3y Form 300A (see methodology below)

GFL Environmental Grand Rapids Byron Center safety composite

GFL Environmental Grand Rapids Byron Center scores strongest on fatalities (safer than 52% of same-industry peers) and weakest on dart rate (safer than 8%), 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 7.55 per 100 workers

Safer than 28% of industry peers

DART rate
F 11.63 per 100 workers

Safer than 8% 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

GFL Environmental Grand Rapids Byron Center: 5.2 → 17.4 TCR

Peak year 2024 @ 17.4 TCR · DART/TCR 1.54× in 2024

GFL Environmental Grand Rapids Byron Center's TCR rose 12.2 from 5.2 in 2022 to 17.4 in 2024. In 2024, DART was 1.54× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 562111 · Byron Center, MI ABOVE-IND · SMALL

Grade F · TCR 7.5 · 290% of ind

  • DART 11.6 DART
  • RANK #57/80
  • PHOTO S03174 - MN Fairmont
  • BOOK 3y book
  • INJ 4 inj
  • SIZE ~17 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: S03174 - MN Fairmont (0.0 TCR gap)

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GFL Environmental Grand Rapids Byron Center in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows GFL Environmental Grand Rapids Byron Center averages 7.5 TCR (290% 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 Grand Rapids Byron Center TCR series: 2022=5.2 · 2023=0 · 2024=17.4 · BLS 2.6

Where GFL Environmental Grand Rapids Byron Center falls in its industry

2,322 Solid Waste Collection establishments

Safer than 28% 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 #57 safest of 80 Solid Waste Collection employers in Michigan.

GFL Environmental Grand Rapids Byron Center (17 employees, TCR 7.5) 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 Grand Rapids Byron Center
GFL Environmental Grand Rapids Byron Center (17 employees, TCR 7.5) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 55 employees and a TCR of 5.1

GFL Environmental Grand Rapids Byron Center has fewer employees than the Solid Waste Collection 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
2024 17.4 11.6 3 0 0
2023 0.0 0.0 0 0 0
2022 5.2 5.2 1 0 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

562111 · MI · Byron Center

2,322 Solid Waste Collection employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 16,393 rated employers in Michigan with headcount on file · 78 employers in Byron Center, MI · 4 cross-state NAT-TCR peers. Closest matches by relationship code are listed below.

Rel Establishment Metric
NAICS-TCR S03174 - MN Fairmont 7.5 TCR
NAICS-TCR Area - Clinton 7.5 TCR
NAICS-TCR Stericycle - Rancho Cordova,CA 7.6 TCR
NAICS-TCR Londonderry Hauling 7.6 TCR
STATE-SIZE KBIC-Marquette 17 FTE
STATE-SIZE Christman Facility Solutions LLC Grand Rapids 17 FTE
STATE-SIZE Hydaker-Wheatlake Grand Rapids 17 FTE
STATE-SIZE Nagel Construction 17 FTE
CITY-NEAR Buist Electric 390 FTE
CITY-NEAR Lumbermen's Inc. Byron Center 344 FTE
CITY-NEAR Masterpiece Flower Company LLC 303 FTE
CITY-NEAR Van Eerden Trucking 254 FTE
NAT-TCR Vienna Springs Health Campus 7.5 TCR
NAT-TCR 8966 Moses Lake 7.5 TCR
NAT-TCR Sodexo at Csu Maritime Marketplace 7.5 TCR
NAT-TCR Porter Steel, Inc. 7.5 TCR

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.