Garbage collection services · Michigan
GFL Environmental USA Inc. - Sterling Heights
Sterling Heights, MI · ~475 workers · 2 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.
- F
- Failing Safety Record
- 6.2
- Avg TCR
- 2.6
- Industry avg
- 0
- Fatalities
The verdict
GFL Environmental USA Inc. - Sterling Heights runs at 238% of its industry's injury rate - far more dangerous than the typical Garbage collection services workplace, earning a grade F.
GFL Environmental USA Inc. - Sterling Heights: 6.2 TCR = 238% of Garbage collection services BLS 2.6 · 2y Form 300A (see methodology below)
GFL Environmental USA Inc. - Sterling Heights safety composite
GFL Environmental USA Inc. - Sterling Heights scores strongest on dart rate (safer than 67% of same-industry peers) and weakest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 37%), 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)
- D 6.2 per 100 workers
Safer than 37% of industry peers
- DART rate
- C 1.84 per 100 workers
Safer than 67% 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
−4.6
2019→2020
GFL Environmental USA Inc. - Sterling Heights injury rate improved
GFL Environmental USA Inc. - Sterling Heights's TCR fell 4.6 from 8.5 in 2019 to 3.9 in 2020. Peak filing year was 2019 at 8.5 TCR. In 2020, DART was 0.3× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).
2019=8.5 · 2020=3.9
OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard
Establishment book 562111 · Sterling Heights, MI ABOVE-IND · MID
Grade F · TCR 6.2 · 238% of ind
- DART 1.8 DART
- RANK #48/80
- PHOTO S03144 - WM of Saras…
- BOOK 2y book
- INJ 52 inj
- SIZE ~475 FTE
Nearest TCR peer: S03144 - WM of Sarasota County (0.0 TCR gap)
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GFL Environmental USA Inc. - Sterling Heights in the TCR neighbourhood
Average Total Case Rate among this establishment and nearest same-industry peers
- This site
GFL Environmental USA Inc. - Sterling Heights
6.2 TCR
- S03144 - WM of
S03144 - WM of Sarasota County
6.2 TCR
- Meridian Waste
Meridian Waste Florida, LLC - Jacksonville Hauling
6.2 TCR
- S10434 - Lee C
S10434 - Lee County Hauling
6.2 TCR
- GFL Solid Wast
GFL Solid Waste Midwest LLC- Fort Atkinson HC
6.2 TCR
What this shows GFL Environmental USA Inc. - Sterling Heights averages 6.2 TCR (238% of the Garbage collection services BLS benchmark).
GFL Environmental USA Inc. - Sterling Heights TCR series: 2019=8.5 · 2020=3.9 · BLS 2.6
Where GFL Environmental USA Inc. - Sterling Heights falls in its industry
2,322 Garbage collection services establishmentsSafer than 37% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 5.1.
Narrower to Michigan alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #48 safest of 80 Garbage collection services employers in Michigan.
GFL Environmental USA Inc. - Sterling Heights 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2020 | 3.9 | 1.8 | 17 | 0 | 0 |
| 2019 | 8.5 | 7.8 | 35 | 0 | 0 |
OSHA ITA peer cross-reference
Establishment peer ledger
562111 · MI · Sterling Heights
2,322 Garbage collection services employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 16,393 rated employers in Michigan with headcount on file · 195 employers in Sterling Heights, 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 | S03144 - WM of Sarasota County | 6.2 TCR |
| NAICS-TCR | Meridian Waste Florida, LLC - Jacksonville Hauling | 6.2 TCR |
| NAICS-TCR | S10434 - Lee County Hauling | 6.2 TCR |
| NAICS-TCR | GFL Solid Waste Midwest LLC- Fort Atkinson HC | 6.2 TCR |
| STATE-SIZE | Downtown Jackson | 475 FTE |
| STATE-SIZE | SH Lemmen-Holton Cancer Pavilion | 475 FTE |
| STATE-SIZE | WM 2079 | 474 FTE |
| STATE-SIZE | 158 - Knapp's Corner GR | 476 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | Sterling Heights Assembly Plant | 5,783 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | STERLING PLNT | 2,319 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | Sterling Stamping Plant | 2,115 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | Conti, LLC | 1,892 FTE |
| NAT-TCR | Stilwell Nursing Home | 6.2 TCR |
| NAT-TCR | Ross store 1569 | 6.2 TCR |
| NAT-TCR | MCS - Redlands CA | 6.2 TCR |
| NAT-TCR | Tmx2794 - Schendel Services - Kansas City Ks | 6.2 TCR |
| NAT-SIZE | East Plant | 475 FTE |
| NAT-SIZE | Patheon Softgels Inc | 475 FTE |
| NAT-SIZE | HollyFrontier El Dorado Refining LLC | 475 FTE |
| NAT-SIZE | Abbvie Pharmaceutical LTD | 475 FTE |
Rel codes: NAICS-TCR · STATE-SIZE · CITY-NEAR · NAT-TCR/NAT-SIZE cross-state. Read with this employer →
Read our methodology - how this data is sourced, computed, and verified.