Refuse collection services · Indiana

Refuse Department

Michigan City, IN · ~21 workers · 6 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

F
Failing Safety Record
31.9
Avg TCR
2.6
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

Refuse Department runs at 1227% of its industry's injury rate - far more dangerous than the typical Refuse collection services workplace, earning a grade F.

Refuse Department: 31.9 TCR = 1227% of Refuse collection services BLS 2.6 · 6y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Refuse Department safety composite

Refuse Department scores strongest on fatalities (safer than 52% of same-industry peers) and weakest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 0%), 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

13/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
F 31.91 per 100 workers

Safer than 0% of industry peers

DART rate
F 37.09 per 100 workers

Safer than 0% 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

Refuse Department: 36.5 → 91.2 TCR

Peak year 2021 @ 91.2 TCR · DART/TCR 2.68× in 2021

Refuse Department's TCR rose 54.6 from 36.5 in 2016 to 91.2 in 2021. In 2021, DART was 2.68× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 562111 · Michigan City, IN ABOVE-IND · SMALL

Grade F · TCR 31.9 · 1227% of ind

  • DART 85.5 DART
  • RANK #71/71
  • PHOTO Shank Waste Service …
  • BOOK 6y book
  • INJ 51 inj
  • SIZE ~21 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: Shank Waste Service Inc. (2.7 TCR gap)

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Refuse Department in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows Refuse Department averages 31.9 TCR (1227% of the Refuse collection services BLS benchmark).

Source U.S. Department of Labor, OSHA Injury Tracking Application (Form 300A) As of 2026-09-26

Refuse Department TCR series: 2016=36.5 · 2017=25.3 · 2018=23.4 · 2019=42.4 · 2020=74.6 · 2021=91.2 · BLS 2.6

Where Refuse Department falls in its industry

2,322 Refuse collection services establishments

Safer than 0% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 5.1.

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to Indiana alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #71 safest of 71 Refuse collection services employers in Indiana.

Refuse Department (21 employees, TCR 31.9) 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 010203040 Average employees Total Case Rate Refuse Department
Refuse Department (21 employees, TCR 31.9) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 55 employees and a TCR of 5.1

Refuse Department has fewer employees than the Refuse 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 91.2 85.5 15 1 0
2020 74.6 74.6 13 0 0
2019 42.4 37.1 8 0 0
2018 23.4 11.7 4 0 0
2017 25.3 25.3 4 0 0
2016 36.5 26.1 7 0 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

562111 · IN · Michigan City

2,322 Refuse collection services employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 12,750 rated employers in Indiana with headcount on file · 111 employers in Michigan City, IN · 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 Shank Waste Service Inc. 29.3 TCR
NAICS-TCR Capitol Waste Services Inc. 29.0 TCR
NAICS-TCR Affinity Waste Solutions 28.6 TCR
NAICS-TCR Recology San Mateo County 28.4 TCR
STATE-SIZE Applied Fabricators 21 FTE
STATE-SIZE 4535-0357 21 FTE
STATE-SIZE Store 0431 21 FTE
STATE-SIZE TREGO/DUGAN AVIATION INC FWA 21 FTE
CITY-NEAR Franciscan Health Michigan City 938 FTE
CITY-NEAR Blue Chip Casino Hotel Spa 772 FTE
CITY-NEAR Michigan City High School 603 FTE
CITY-NEAR Hearthside Foods Solutions 602 FTE
NAT-TCR Rockland Facility 30.0 TCR
NAT-TCR 048 Juvenile Detention Center 30.0 TCR
NAT-TCR Governor Juan F. Luis Hospital and Medical Center 30.0 TCR
NAT-TCR Kemper Moving Systems 30.0 TCR
NAT-SIZE Michaels (WC USX MFL) 21 FTE
NAT-SIZE Wesco Aircraft - GS Savannah Site 21 FTE
NAT-SIZE Whirlpool (WC USX WHR) 21 FTE
NAT-SIZE Mount Pleasant 21 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, 2018, 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.