Garbage collection services · Michigan

Republic Services 4259

Erie, MI · ~139 workers · 2 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

D
Poor Safety Record
4.9
Avg TCR
2.6
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

Republic Services 4259 runs at 189% of its industry's injury rate - more dangerous than the typical Garbage collection services workplace, earning a grade D.

Republic Services 4259: 4.9 TCR = 189% of Garbage collection services BLS 2.6 · 2y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Republic Services 4259 safety composite

Republic Services 4259 scores strongest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 52% of same-industry peers) and weakest on dart rate (safer than 33%), 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

45/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
D 4.92 per 100 workers

Safer than 52% of industry peers

DART rate
F 4.96 per 100 workers

Safer than 33% 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

Republic Services 4259: 2.4 → 7.4 TCR

Peak year 2018 @ 7.4 TCR · DART/TCR 1.01× in 2018

Republic Services 4259's TCR rose 5.0 from 2.4 in 2016 to 7.4 in 2018. In 2018, DART was 1.01× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

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

Grade D · TCR 4.9 · 189% of ind

  • DART 5.0 DART
  • RANK #32/80
  • PHOTO S04060 - WM of TN - …
  • BOOK 2y book
  • INJ 16 inj
  • SIZE ~139 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: S04060 - WM of TN - Knoxville (0.0 TCR gap)

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Republic Services 4259 in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows Republic Services 4259 averages 4.9 TCR (189% of the Garbage collection services BLS benchmark).

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

Republic Services 4259 TCR series: 2016=2.4 · 2018=7.4 · BLS 2.6

Where Republic Services 4259 falls in its industry

2,322 Garbage collection services establishments

Safer than 52% 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 #32 safest of 80 Garbage collection services employers in Michigan.

Republic Services 4259 (139 employees, TCR 4.9) 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 Republic Services 4259
Republic Services 4259 (139 employees, TCR 4.9) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 55 employees and a TCR of 5.1

Republic Services 4259 has more employees than the Garbage collection services median and a lower 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
2018 7.4 5.0 12 0 0
2016 2.4 2.4 4 0 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

562111 · MI · Erie

2,322 Garbage collection services employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 16,393 rated employers in Michigan with headcount on file · 8 employers in Erie, 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 S04060 - WM of TN - Knoxville 4.9 TCR
NAICS-TCR Cascade Disposal 4.9 TCR
NAICS-TCR S03973 - WM of Northwest Indiana 4.9 TCR
NAICS-TCR S04196 - WM of Northern Colorado - Fort Collins 4.9 TCR
STATE-SIZE Raker-Roberta's Young Plants 139 FTE
STATE-SIZE JH Campbell 3 139 FTE
STATE-SIZE CSM Group 139 FTE
STATE-SIZE Site Development, Inc. 139 FTE
CITY-NEAR Allied Waste Services of North America 164 FTE
CITY-NEAR Automatic Handling International, Inc. 127 FTE
CITY-NEAR Heidtman Steel Products Inc.-Bedford Tube Mill 111 FTE
CITY-NEAR Ort Tool and Die Corp 104 FTE
NAT-TCR Polymet 4.9 TCR
NAT-TCR Food City Store #759 4.9 TCR
NAT-TCR Houston Express 4.9 TCR
NAT-TCR KWF Sanford, FL 4.9 TCR
NAT-SIZE 1004-14 GoJet Headquarters STL 139 FTE
NAT-SIZE Open Systems Healthcare - NE Philly 139 FTE
NAT-SIZE Sales - Emerald Beach Resort 139 FTE
NAT-SIZE Associate Milk Producers Inc (Jim Falls) 139 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: 2018, 2016. This is publicly available government data - not a legal determination of workplace conditions.
Data sourced from official public datasets. See our methodology for details.