Materials recovery facilities (MRF) · Michigan

GFL Environmental Recycling - Royal Oak, MI

Name: GFL Environmental Recycling - Royal Oak, MI Workplace Safety Data
Creator: PlainSafetyScore
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Royal Oak, MI · ~41 workers · 3 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

Compiled by PlainSafetyScore · August 25, 2026

F
Failing Safety Record: 6.7
Avg TCR: 2.6
Industry avg: 0
Fatalities

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The verdict

GFL Environmental Recycling - Royal Oak, MI runs at 259% of its industry's injury rate - far more dangerous than the typical Materials recovery facilities (MRF) workplace, earning a grade F.

GFL Environmental Recycling - Royal Oak, MI: 6.7 TCR = 259% of Materials recovery facilities (MRF) BLS 2.6 · 3y Form 300A (see methodology below)

GFL Environmental Recycling - Royal Oak, MI safety composite

GFL Environmental Recycling - Royal Oak, MI scores strongest on dart rate (safer than 80% of same-industry peers) and weakest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 25%), 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).

51/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR): F 6.74 per 100 workers

Safer than 25% of industry peers
DART rate: B 0 per 100 workers

Safer than 80% of industry peers
Fatalities: D 0

Safer than 51% 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

−13.2

2019→2021

GFL Environmental Recycling - Royal Oak, MI injury rate improved

GFL Environmental Recycling - Royal Oak, MI's TCR fell 13.2 from 13.2 in 2019 to 0.0 in 2021. Peak filing year was 2019 at 13.2 TCR. In 2021, DART was 0× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2019=13.2 · 2020=7.0 · 2021=0.0

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 562920 · Royal Oak, MI ABOVE-IND · SMALL

Grade F · TCR 6.7 · 259% of ind

DART 0.0 DART
RANK #8/9
PHOTO S04931 - Recycle Ame…
BOOK 3y book
INJ 10 inj
SIZE ~41 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: S04931 - Recycle America - OKC OK (0.0 TCR gap)

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Vancouver MRF

6.8
All American R

6.8
This site

6.7
S04931 - Recyc

6.7
Plant R2

6.7

What this shows GFL Environmental Recycling - Royal Oak, MI averages 6.7 TCR (259% of the Materials recovery facilities (MRF) BLS benchmark).

GFL Environmental Recycling - Royal Oak, MI TCR series: 2019=13.2 · 2020=7 · 2021=0 · BLS 2.6

Where GFL Environmental Recycling - Royal Oak, MI falls in its industry

422 Materials recovery facilities establishments

Safer than 25% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 3.8.

Grade F

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to Michigan alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #8 safest of 9 Materials recovery facilities employers in Michigan.

GFL Environmental Recycling - Royal Oak, MI (41 employees, TCR 6.7) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 44 employees and a TCR of 3.8

GFL Environmental Recycling - Royal Oak, MI has fewer employees than the Materials recovery facilities (MRF) median and a higher injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 3.8. 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
2021	0.0	0.0	0
2020	7.0	4.7	3
2019	13.2	9.4	7

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

562920 · MI · Royal Oak

422 Materials recovery facilities (MRF) employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 16,393 rated employers in Michigan with headcount on file · 51 employers in Royal Oak, MI · 4 cross-state NAT-TCR peers · 4 cross-state NAT-SIZE peers. Closest matches by relationship code are listed below.

Rel	Establishment	Place	Metric
NAICS-TCR	S04931 - Recycle America - OKC OK	OKLAHOMA CITY, OK	6.7 TCR
NAICS-TCR	Plant R2	DALTON, GA	6.7 TCR
NAICS-TCR	Vancouver MRF	VANCOUVER, WA	6.8 TCR
NAICS-TCR	All American Recycling Corp of Clifton/Jersey	JERSEY CITY, NJ	6.8 TCR
STATE-SIZE	Otsego	OTSEGO	41 FTE
STATE-SIZE	Ypsilanti Community Utilities Authority - Service Center	YPSILANTI	41 FTE
STATE-SIZE	Zolman Restoration, LLC	WALLED LAKE	41 FTE
STATE-SIZE	Nugent Builders, Inc.	ROCKFORD	41 FTE
CITY-NEAR	2250-300	Royal Oak	9,436 FTE
CITY-NEAR	Royal Oak.	Royal Oak	367 FTE
CITY-NEAR	Flex-N- Gate Royal Oak, LLC.	Royal Oak	353 FTE
CITY-NEAR	018-00743	Royal Oak	268 FTE
NAT-TCR	Seneca Millworks Inc.	Fostoria, OH	6.7 TCR
NAT-TCR	150 Commerce Drive	Hauppauge, NY	6.7 TCR
NAT-TCR	Spartanburg Water Maintenance	Spartanburg, SC	6.7 TCR
NAT-TCR	Diamond Central	Hood River, OR	6.7 TCR
NAT-SIZE	Lexington Clinic at Eagle Creek Medical Plaza	Lexington, KY	41 FTE
NAT-SIZE	Fulton Heating Solutions - Running Ridge Rd	N. Syracuse, NY	41 FTE
NAT-SIZE	RHC Logistics Ohio - Sz15	Fostoria, OH	41 FTE
NAT-SIZE	Crafty Beaver Home Center No 1	Skokie, IL	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: 2021, 2020, 2019. This is publicly available government data - not a legal determination of workplace conditions.

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