Garbage collection services · Michigan

Michiana Recycling and Disposal

Niles, MI · ~136 workers · 2 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

F
Failing Safety Record
17.4
Avg TCR
2.6
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

Michiana Recycling and Disposal runs at 670% of its industry's injury rate - far more dangerous than the typical Garbage collection services workplace, earning a grade F.

Michiana Recycling and Disposal: 17.4 TCR = 670% of Garbage collection services BLS 2.6 · 2y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Michiana Recycling and Disposal safety composite

Michiana Recycling and Disposal scores strongest on fatalities (safer than 52% of same-industry peers) and weakest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 4%), 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

18/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
F 17.41 per 100 workers

Safer than 4% of industry peers

DART rate
F 10.68 per 100 workers

Safer than 10% 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

−4.0

2016→2017

Michiana Recycling and Disposal injury rate improved

Michiana Recycling and Disposal's TCR fell 4.0 from 19.4 in 2016 to 15.4 in 2017. Peak filing year was 2016 at 19.4 TCR. In 2017, DART was 0.61× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2016=19.4 · 2017=15.4

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

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

Grade F · TCR 17.4 · 670% of ind

  • DART 10.7 DART
  • RANK #77/80
  • PHOTO CCSF, PW, Bureau of …
  • BOOK 2y book
  • INJ 48 inj
  • SIZE ~136 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: CCSF, PW, Bureau of Street Environmental Services (0.1 TCR gap)

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Michiana Recycling and Disposal in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows Michiana Recycling and Disposal averages 17.4 TCR (670% of the Garbage collection services BLS benchmark).

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

Michiana Recycling and Disposal TCR series: 2016=19.4 · 2017=15.4 · BLS 2.6

Where Michiana Recycling and Disposal falls in its industry

2,322 Garbage collection services establishments

Safer than 4% 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 #77 safest of 80 Garbage collection services employers in Michigan.

Michiana Recycling and Disposal (136 employees, TCR 17.4) 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 Michiana Recycling and Disposal
Michiana Recycling and Disposal (136 employees, TCR 17.4) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 55 employees and a TCR of 5.1

Michiana Recycling and Disposal 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
2017 15.4 10.7 21 5 0
2016 19.4 12.9 27 3 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

562111 · MI · Niles

2,322 Garbage collection services employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 16,393 rated employers in Michigan with headcount on file · 68 employers in Niles, 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 CCSF, PW, Bureau of Street Environmental Services 17.5 TCR
NAICS-TCR GFL Environmental Warren 17.3 TCR
NAICS-TCR J. P. Mascaro & Sons - Souderton Division 17.5 TCR
NAICS-TCR Conwaste Recogido Desperdicios Solidos Fajardo 17.5 TCR
STATE-SIZE FEBCON Inc. 136 FTE
STATE-SIZE Applegate, Inc. 136 FTE
STATE-SIZE R.L. Bondy Insulation 136 FTE
STATE-SIZE International Paper 136 FTE
CITY-NEAR Lakeland Hospital Niles 420 FTE
CITY-NEAR WM 2010 377 FTE
CITY-NEAR Lakeland Hospital - Niles 331 FTE
CITY-NEAR 2010 331 FTE
NAT-TCR 0016 - Modesto, Ca 17.4 TCR
NAT-TCR Telegraph 17.4 TCR
NAT-TCR DC4 Carteret 17.4 TCR
NAT-TCR City of Rosemount Public Works 17.4 TCR
NAT-SIZE South Service Center 136 FTE
NAT-SIZE MS - Virginia Beach - VA - 5OCVA 136 FTE
NAT-SIZE Nashville (Tnlve) 136 FTE
NAT-SIZE Carteret (Njcrt) 136 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: 2017, 2016. 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.