Garbage collection services · Michigan

GFL Environmental USA Inc. - Pontiac, MI

Pontiac, MI · ~158 workers · 3 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

F
Failing Safety Record
5.9
Avg TCR
2.6
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

GFL Environmental USA Inc. - Pontiac, MI runs at 225% of its industry's injury rate - far more dangerous than the typical Garbage collection services workplace, earning a grade F.

GFL Environmental USA Inc. - Pontiac, MI: 5.9 TCR = 225% of Garbage collection services BLS 2.6 · 3y Form 300A (see methodology below)

GFL Environmental USA Inc. - Pontiac, MI safety composite

GFL Environmental USA Inc. - Pontiac, MI scores strongest on fatalities (safer than 52% of same-industry peers) and weakest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 41%), 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).

D

47/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
D 5.86 per 100 workers

Safer than 41% of industry peers

DART rate
D 3.24 per 100 workers

Safer than 50% 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

−2.0

2019→2021

GFL Environmental USA Inc. - Pontiac, MI injury rate improved

GFL Environmental USA Inc. - Pontiac, MI's TCR fell 2.0 from 7.6 in 2019 to 5.5 in 2021. Peak filing year was 2019 at 7.6 TCR. In 2021, DART was 0.55× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2019=7.6 · 2020=4.5 · 2021=5.5

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

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

Grade F · TCR 5.9 · 225% of ind

  • DART 3.2 DART
  • RANK #43/80
  • PHOTO Casella Waste - Peab…
  • BOOK 3y book
  • INJ 22 inj
  • SIZE ~158 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: Casella Waste - Peabody Hauling (0.0 TCR gap)

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GFL Environmental USA Inc. - Pontiac, MI in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows GFL Environmental USA Inc. - Pontiac, MI averages 5.9 TCR (225% of the Garbage collection services BLS benchmark).

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

GFL Environmental USA Inc. - Pontiac, MI TCR series: 2019=7.6 · 2020=4.5 · 2021=5.5 · BLS 2.6

Where GFL Environmental USA Inc. - Pontiac, MI falls in its industry

2,322 Garbage collection services establishments

Safer than 41% 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 #43 safest of 80 Garbage collection services employers in Michigan.

GFL Environmental USA Inc. - Pontiac, MI (158 employees, TCR 5.9) 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 USA Inc. - Pontiac, MI
GFL Environmental USA Inc. - Pontiac, MI (158 employees, TCR 5.9) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 55 employees and a TCR of 5.1

GFL Environmental USA Inc. - Pontiac, MI has more employees than the Garbage collection services 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
2021 5.5 3.2 12 0 0
2020 4.5 4.5 8 0 0
2019 7.6 7.6 2 0 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

562111 · MI · Pontiac

2,322 Garbage collection services 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 Casella Waste - Peabody Hauling 5.9 TCR
NAICS-TCR AW of Millington 5.9 TCR
NAICS-TCR Waste Industries Greensboro 5.9 TCR
NAICS-TCR EDCO Recovery & Transfer Station 5.9 TCR
STATE-SIZE Merlo Construction Company, Inc. 158 FTE
STATE-SIZE PLYMOUTH, MI 158 FTE
STATE-SIZE Barrette Outdoor Living 158 FTE
STATE-SIZE Midwest Glass Fabrictors 158 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 The Buncher Company 5.9 TCR
NAT-TCR C Nelson Enterprises 5.9 TCR
NAT-TCR Casa de la Luz Hospice 5.9 TCR
NAT-TCR Department of Public Works 5.9 TCR
NAT-SIZE 2039-ROME 158 FTE
NAT-SIZE VenuWorks of Ames, LLC. 158 FTE
NAT-SIZE Chandler Line 158 FTE
NAT-SIZE John F. Martin & Sons, LLC 158 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.
Data sourced from official public datasets. See our methodology for details.