Hazardous waste treatment facilities · Michigan

US Ecology Detroit Service Center

Detroit, MI · ~37 workers · 9 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

B
Good Safety Record
2.0
Avg TCR
2.6
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

US Ecology Detroit Service Center runs at 77% of its industry's injury rate - safer than the typical Hazardous waste treatment facilities workplace, earning a grade B.

US Ecology Detroit Service Center: 2.0 TCR = 77% of Hazardous waste treatment facilities BLS 2.6 · 9y Form 300A (see methodology below)

US Ecology Detroit Service Center safety composite

US Ecology Detroit Service Center scores strongest on dart rate (safer than 73% of same-industry peers) and weakest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 42%), 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).

C

55/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
D 1.99 per 100 workers

Safer than 42% of industry peers

DART rate
C 0 per 100 workers

Safer than 73% of industry peers

Fatalities
D 0

Safer than 51% 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

US Ecology Detroit Service Center: 0.0 → 1.9 TCR

Peak year 2019 @ 3.3 TCR · DART/TCR 0× in 2024

US Ecology Detroit Service Center's TCR rose 1.9 from 0.0 in 2016 to 1.9 in 2024. Peak filing year was 2019 at 3.3 TCR. In 2024, DART was 0× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 562211 · Detroit, MI AT/BELOW-IND · SMALL

Grade B · TCR 2.0 · 77% of ind

  • DART 0.0 DART
  • RANK #8/11
  • PHOTO MN
  • BOOK 9y book
  • INJ 7 inj
  • SIZE ~37 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: MN (0.0 TCR gap)

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US Ecology Detroit Service Center in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows US Ecology Detroit Service Center averages 2.0 TCR (77% of the Hazardous waste treatment facilities BLS benchmark).

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

US Ecology Detroit Service Center TCR series: 2016=0 · 2017=2.8 · 2018=3.1 · 2019=3.3 · 2020=2.7 · 2021=0 · 2022=2.1 · 2023=2 · 2024=1.9 · BLS 2.6

Where US Ecology Detroit Service Center falls in its industry

211 Hazardous waste treatment faci establishments

Safer than 42% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 1.8.

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to Michigan alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #8 safest of 11 Hazardous waste treatment faci employers in Michigan.

US Ecology Detroit Service Center (37 employees, TCR 2.0) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 50 employees and a TCR of 1.8 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 0200400600800 051015 Average employees Total Case Rate US Ecology Detroit Service Center
US Ecology Detroit Service Center (37 employees, TCR 2.0) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 50 employees and a TCR of 1.8

US Ecology Detroit Service Center has fewer employees than the Hazardous waste treatment facilities median and a higher injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 1.8. 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 1.9 0.0 1 0 0
2023 2.0 2.0 1 0 0
2022 2.1 2.1 1 0 0
2021 0.0 0.0 0 0 0
2020 2.7 2.7 1 0 0
2019 3.3 3.3 1 0 0
2018 3.1 3.1 1 0 0
2017 2.8 2.8 1 0 0
2016 0.0 0.0 0 0 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

562211 · MI · Detroit

211 Hazardous waste treatment facilities employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 16,393 rated employers in Michigan with headcount on file · 673 employers in Detroit, 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 MN 2.0 TCR
NAICS-TCR US Ecology Chicago 2.0 TCR
NAICS-TCR US Ecology Tampa 2.0 TCR
NAICS-TCR General Dynamics 2.0 TCR
STATE-SIZE Full Circle Dairy 37 FTE
STATE-SIZE Dakota Plains Dairy 37 FTE
STATE-SIZE East River Genetic Services LLC 37 FTE
STATE-SIZE Iron Mountain Hydro 37 FTE
CITY-NEAR Henry Ford Hospital 8,838 FTE
CITY-NEAR Detroit Campus 8,632 FTE
CITY-NEAR Delta Air Lines - DTW 6,640 FTE
CITY-NEAR General Motors Corporation 5,241 FTE
NAT-TCR White Plains #623 2.0 TCR
NAT-TCR Brinkman Precision, Inc. 2.0 TCR
NAT-TCR FoodTown #203 2.0 TCR
NAT-TCR Hamburg Site 2.0 TCR
NAT-SIZE XCJ 37 FTE
NAT-SIZE Western Builders 37 FTE
NAT-SIZE Comfort Mfg 37 FTE
NAT-SIZE Bronco Logistics 37 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, 2021, 2020, 2019, 2018, 2017, 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.