Solid Waste and Recycle Collection · Michigan

GFL Solid Waste Midwest LLC-Kingsford HC

Kingsford, MI · ~29 workers · 3 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

F
Failing Safety Record
13.2
Avg TCR
2.6
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

GFL Solid Waste Midwest LLC-Kingsford HC runs at 508% of its industry's injury rate - far more dangerous than the typical Solid Waste and Recycle Collection workplace, earning a grade F.

GFL Solid Waste Midwest LLC-Kingsford HC: 13.2 TCR = 508% of Solid Waste and Recycle Collection BLS 2.6 · 3y Form 300A (see methodology below)

GFL Solid Waste Midwest LLC-Kingsford HC safety composite

GFL Solid Waste Midwest LLC-Kingsford HC scores strongest on fatalities (safer than 52% of same-industry peers) and weakest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 9%), 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

23/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
F 13.2 per 100 workers

Safer than 9% of industry peers

DART rate
F 7.83 per 100 workers

Safer than 17% 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%).

Rising injury rate

GFL Solid Waste Midwest LLC-Kingsford HC: 11.2 → 13.1 TCR

Peak year 2023 @ 15.3 TCR · DART/TCR 0.59× in 2024

GFL Solid Waste Midwest LLC-Kingsford HC's TCR rose 1.9 from 11.2 in 2022 to 13.1 in 2024. Peak filing year was 2023 at 15.3 TCR. In 2024, DART was 0.59× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

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

Grade F · TCR 13.2 · 508% of ind

  • DART 7.8 DART
  • RANK #72/80
  • PHOTO Conwaste Recogido Sa…
  • BOOK 3y book
  • INJ 15 inj
  • SIZE ~29 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: Conwaste Recogido San Juan Zona 1 (0.0 TCR gap)

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GFL Solid Waste Midwest LLC-Kingsford HC in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows GFL Solid Waste Midwest LLC-Kingsford HC averages 13.2 TCR (508% of the Solid Waste and Recycle Collection BLS benchmark).

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

GFL Solid Waste Midwest LLC-Kingsford HC TCR series: 2022=11.2 · 2023=15.3 · 2024=13.1 · BLS 2.6

Where GFL Solid Waste Midwest LLC-Kingsford HC falls in its industry

2,322 Solid Waste and Recycle Collec establishments

Safer than 9% 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 #72 safest of 80 Solid Waste and Recycle Collec employers in Michigan.

GFL Solid Waste Midwest LLC-Kingsford HC (29 employees, TCR 13.2) 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 Solid Waste Midwest LLC-Kingsford HC
GFL Solid Waste Midwest LLC-Kingsford HC (29 employees, TCR 13.2) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 55 employees and a TCR of 5.1

GFL Solid Waste Midwest LLC-Kingsford HC has fewer employees than the Solid Waste and Recycle 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 13.1 7.8 5 0 0
2023 15.3 7.7 6 0 0
2022 11.2 11.2 4 0 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

562111 · MI · Kingsford

2,322 Solid Waste and Recycle Collection employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 16,393 rated employers in Michigan with headcount on file · 22 employers in Kingsford, 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 Conwaste Recogido San Juan Zona 1 13.2 TCR
NAICS-TCR Area Disposal Service Inc. Urbana HC 13.2 TCR
NAICS-TCR Conwaste Recogido Desperdicios Solidos Lares 13.2 TCR
NAICS-TCR AWS- Contra Costa County 13.2 TCR
STATE-SIZE Masterpiece Flower Company LLC - Merchandising (IN) 29 FTE
STATE-SIZE Great Lakes Packing Co. Hart 29 FTE
STATE-SIZE Riveridge Cider 29 FTE
STATE-SIZE New Covert Generating Company 29 FTE
CITY-NEAR Grede - Iron Mountain 231 FTE
CITY-NEAR ManorCare Nursing and Rehab Center - Kingsford 148 FTE
CITY-NEAR Manor Care Health Services Kingsford 132 FTE
CITY-NEAR Kingsford Office 104 FTE
NAT-TCR AAA Club Alliance Dayton OH 13.2 TCR
NAT-TCR Ladysmith Care & Rehab 13.2 TCR
NAT-TCR Flour Bluff 13.2 TCR
NAT-TCR 2009 - Bedford 13.2 TCR
NAT-SIZE Hennicks Home Center, Inc 29 FTE
NAT-SIZE Evnsq, LLC 29 FTE
NAT-SIZE 176 Ocala Fl 29 FTE
NAT-SIZE Kennedy Craft Beers 29 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.