Discount Department Stores · Alabama

2503 - Hoover West

Birmingham, AL · ~248 workers · 5 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

F
Failing Safety Record
7.0
Avg TCR
3.4
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

2503 - Hoover West runs at 207% of its industry's injury rate - far more dangerous than the typical Discount Department Stores workplace, earning a grade F.

2503 - Hoover West: 7.0 TCR = 207% of Discount Department Stores BLS 3.4 · 5y Form 300A (see methodology below)

2503 - Hoover West safety composite

2503 - Hoover West scores strongest on dart rate (safer than 52% of same-industry peers) and weakest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 24%), 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

40/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
F 7.03 per 100 workers

Safer than 24% of industry peers

DART rate
D 1.34 per 100 workers

Safer than 52% of industry peers

Fatalities
D 0

Safer than 50% 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

−1.8

2019→2024

2503 - Hoover West injury rate improved

2503 - Hoover West's TCR fell 1.8 from 3.2 in 2019 to 1.3 in 2024. Peak filing year was 2022 at 15.5 TCR. In 2024, DART was 0.19× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2019=3.2 · 2021=14.5 · 2022=15.5 · 2023=0.7 · 2024=1.3

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 452112 · Birmingham, AL ABOVE-IND · MID

Grade F · TCR 7.0 · 207% of ind

  • DART 1.3 DART
  • RANK #49/64
  • PHOTO 0859 - Watertown
  • BOOK 5y book
  • INJ 12 inj
  • SIZE ~248 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: 0859 - Watertown (0.0 TCR gap)

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2503 - Hoover West in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows 2503 - Hoover West averages 7.0 TCR (207% of the Discount Department Stores BLS benchmark).

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

2503 - Hoover West TCR series: 2019=3.2 · 2021=14.5 · 2022=15.5 · 2023=0.7 · 2024=1.3 · BLS 3.4

Where 2503 - Hoover West falls in its industry

4,991 Discount Department Stores establishments

Safer than 24% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 4.4.

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to Alabama alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #49 safest of 64 Discount Department Stores employers in Alabama.

2503 - Hoover West (248 employees, TCR 7.0) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 99 employees and a TCR of 4.4 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 051015 Average employees Total Case Rate 2503 - Hoover West
2503 - Hoover West (248 employees, TCR 7.0) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 99 employees and a TCR of 4.4

2503 - Hoover West has more employees than the Discount Department Stores median and a higher injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 4.4. 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 1.3 1.3 2 0 0
2023 0.7 0.7 0 1 0
2022 15.5 14.9 3 22 0
2021 14.5 6.3 3 20 0
2019 3.2 3.2 4 0 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

452112 · AL · Birmingham

4,991 Discount Department Stores employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 7,418 rated employers in Alabama with headcount on file · 840 employers in Birmingham, AL · 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 0859 - Watertown 7.0 TCR
NAICS-TCR 1391 - Charleston South 7.0 TCR
NAICS-TCR 1547 - Moorpark 7.0 TCR
NAICS-TCR Ross store 121 7.0 TCR
STATE-SIZE 1462 248 FTE
STATE-SIZE WM 1124 248 FTE
STATE-SIZE Montgomery Cancer Center 248 FTE
STATE-SIZE Community Hospital of Andalusia INC 248 FTE
CITY-NEAR USD 9,165 FTE
CITY-NEAR CLASSIC FOODS 9,165 FTE
CITY-NEAR Corporate 8,650 FTE
CITY-NEAR BIRMINGHAM PACKERS 8,650 FTE
NAT-TCR 1547 - Moorpark 7.0 TCR
NAT-TCR 1391 - Charleston South 7.0 TCR
NAT-TCR 0859 - Watertown 7.0 TCR
NAT-TCR Colorado Tour Line, LLC. 7.0 TCR
NAT-SIZE 2530 - Greenland 248 FTE
NAT-SIZE 1493 - Summerville 248 FTE
NAT-SIZE 1427 - San Jose Westgate 248 FTE
NAT-SIZE 1268 - Colonie Northway 248 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, 2019. 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.