Solid Waste Collection · Michigan

GFL Environmental Pontiac

Pontiac, MI · ~181 workers · 3 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

F
Failing Safety Record
8.2
Avg TCR
2.6
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

GFL Environmental Pontiac runs at 313% of its industry's injury rate - far more dangerous than the typical Solid Waste Collection workplace, earning a grade F.

GFL Environmental Pontiac: 8.2 TCR = 313% of Solid Waste Collection BLS 2.6 · 3y Form 300A (see methodology below)

GFL Environmental Pontiac safety composite

GFL Environmental Pontiac scores strongest on fatalities (safer than 52% of same-industry peers) and weakest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 23%), 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

33/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
F 8.15 per 100 workers

Safer than 23% of industry peers

DART rate
F 5.31 per 100 workers

Safer than 31% 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

−1.2

2022→2024

GFL Environmental Pontiac injury rate improved

GFL Environmental Pontiac's TCR fell 1.2 from 8.7 in 2022 to 7.4 in 2024. Peak filing year was 2022 at 8.7 TCR. In 2024, DART was 0.65× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2022=8.7 · 2023=8.3 · 2024=7.4

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 562111 · Pontiac, MI ABOVE-IND · MID

Grade F · TCR 8.2 · 313% of ind

  • DART 5.3 DART
  • RANK #61/80
  • PHOTO S03159 - WM of NJ, I…
  • BOOK 3y book
  • INJ 58 inj
  • SIZE ~181 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: S03159 - WM of NJ, Inc /Trenton Hauling (0.0 TCR gap)

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GFL Environmental Pontiac in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows GFL Environmental Pontiac averages 8.2 TCR (313% 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 Pontiac TCR series: 2022=8.7 · 2023=8.3 · 2024=7.4 · BLS 2.6

Where GFL Environmental Pontiac falls in its industry

2,322 Solid Waste Collection establishments

Safer than 23% 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 #61 safest of 80 Solid Waste Collection employers in Michigan.

GFL Environmental Pontiac (181 employees, TCR 8.2) 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 Pontiac
GFL Environmental Pontiac (181 employees, TCR 8.2) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 55 employees and a TCR of 5.1

GFL Environmental Pontiac has more 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 7.4 5.3 14 0 0
2023 8.3 7.3 23 0 0
2022 8.7 7.5 21 1 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

562111 · MI · Pontiac

2,322 Solid Waste Collection employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 16,393 rated employers in Michigan with headcount on file · 95 employers in Pontiac, 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 S03159 - WM of NJ, Inc /Trenton Hauling 8.2 TCR
NAICS-TCR Advanced Disposal - Omro Hauling 8.1 TCR
NAICS-TCR Mountain State Waste - Jane Lew 8.2 TCR
NAICS-TCR Juniper Ridge Landfill 8.1 TCR
STATE-SIZE The Christman Company - Michigan 181 FTE
STATE-SIZE Ayers Basement Systems 181 FTE
STATE-SIZE Blue Star, Inc. 181 FTE
STATE-SIZE Piramal Pharma Solutions 181 FTE
CITY-NEAR Amazon.com Services LLC - DET3 2,861 FTE
CITY-NEAR Powertrain Headquaters 2,839 FTE
CITY-NEAR St Joseph Mercy Oakland Hospital SJMHS MI 2,521 FTE
CITY-NEAR ST JOSEPH MERCY OAKLAND 1,290 FTE
NAT-TCR Concise Industries 8.2 TCR
NAT-TCR Lola Logistics LLC 8.2 TCR
NAT-TCR Bakersfield Ca 8.2 TCR
NAT-TCR River Valley Recycling, LLC 8.2 TCR
NAT-SIZE Hallmark Stone Company Acquisition LLC 181 FTE
NAT-SIZE 5852 Joliet Sdc North 181 FTE
NAT-SIZE 1206 Freeport 181 FTE
NAT-SIZE 8453 Hilo 181 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.