Solid Waste Collection · Michigan

GFL Environmental Grand Rapids Lowell

Lowell, MI · ~41 workers · 3 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

F
Failing Safety Record
11.1
Avg TCR
2.6
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

GFL Environmental Grand Rapids Lowell runs at 428% of its industry's injury rate - far more dangerous than the typical Solid Waste Collection workplace, earning a grade F.

GFL Environmental Grand Rapids Lowell: 11.1 TCR = 428% of Solid Waste Collection BLS 2.6 · 3y Form 300A (see methodology below)

GFL Environmental Grand Rapids Lowell safety composite

GFL Environmental Grand Rapids Lowell scores strongest on fatalities (safer than 52% of same-industry peers) and weakest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 13%), 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

30/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
F 11.14 per 100 workers

Safer than 13% of industry peers

DART rate
D 4.72 per 100 workers

Safer than 35% 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%).

TCR Δ

−11.9

2022→2024

GFL Environmental Grand Rapids Lowell injury rate improved

GFL Environmental Grand Rapids Lowell's TCR fell 11.9 from 18.2 in 2022 to 6.3 in 2024. Peak filing year was 2022 at 18.2 TCR. In 2024, DART was 0.42× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2022=18.2 · 2023=8.9 · 2024=6.3

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 562111 · Lowell, MI ABOVE-IND · SMALL

Grade F · TCR 11.1 · 428% of ind

  • DART 4.7 DART
  • RANK #70/80
  • PHOTO Solid Waste of Willits
  • BOOK 3y book
  • INJ 17 inj
  • SIZE ~41 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: Solid Waste of Willits (0.0 TCR gap)

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GFL Environmental Grand Rapids Lowell in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows GFL Environmental Grand Rapids Lowell averages 11.1 TCR (428% 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 Lowell TCR series: 2022=18.2 · 2023=8.9 · 2024=6.3 · BLS 2.6

Where GFL Environmental Grand Rapids Lowell falls in its industry

2,322 Solid Waste Collection establishments

Safer than 13% 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 #70 safest of 80 Solid Waste Collection employers in Michigan.

GFL Environmental Grand Rapids Lowell (41 employees, TCR 11.1) 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 Lowell
GFL Environmental Grand Rapids Lowell (41 employees, TCR 11.1) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 55 employees and a TCR of 5.1

GFL Environmental Grand Rapids Lowell 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 6.3 4.7 4 0 0
2023 8.9 5.3 5 0 0
2022 18.2 13.7 8 0 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

562111 · MI · Lowell

2,322 Solid Waste Collection employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 16,393 rated employers in Michigan with headcount on file · 32 employers in Lowell, 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 Solid Waste of Willits 11.1 TCR
NAICS-TCR Recology Oregon Recovery - South 11.1 TCR
NAICS-TCR Kimble Recycling and Disposal, Inc. Carrollton 11.2 TCR
NAICS-TCR Recology Vacaville Solano 11.2 TCR
STATE-SIZE Otsego 41 FTE
STATE-SIZE Ypsilanti Community Utilities Authority - Service Center 41 FTE
STATE-SIZE Zolman Restoration, LLC 41 FTE
STATE-SIZE Nugent Builders, Inc. 41 FTE
CITY-NEAR Lowell Area Schools 420 FTE
CITY-NEAR Litehouse Inc. - Lowell 373 FTE
CITY-NEAR Litehouse Foods Inc 320 FTE
CITY-NEAR 205 - Lowell 273 FTE
NAT-TCR Renewal - Redmond 11.1 TCR
NAT-TCR Zealigent Logistics Inc 11.1 TCR
NAT-TCR At Home Stores #296 11.1 TCR
NAT-TCR Willowbend Health & Rehabilitation 11.1 TCR
NAT-SIZE Brook and Whittle, Ltd. - Northbrook 41 FTE
NAT-SIZE Tri City Recycling, LLC 41 FTE
NAT-SIZE Pull N Save Riverside, LLC 41 FTE
NAT-SIZE Wagner Moving & Storage 41 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.
Data sourced from official public datasets. See our methodology for details.