Food Services · Alabama

500167400 - University of Alabama - Retail

Tuscaloosa, AL · ~336 workers · 2 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

D
Poor Safety Record
4.7
Avg TCR
3.0
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

500167400 - University of Alabama - Retail runs at 156% of its industry's injury rate - more dangerous than the typical Food Services workplace, earning a grade D.

500167400 - University of Alabama - Retail: 4.7 TCR = 156% of Food Services BLS 3.0 · 2y Form 300A (see methodology below)

500167400 - University of Alabama - Retail safety composite

500167400 - University of Alabama - Retail scores strongest on fatalities (safer than 50% of same-industry peers) and weakest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 36%), 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)
D 4.67 per 100 workers

Safer than 36% of industry peers

DART rate
D 1.76 per 100 workers

Safer than 36% 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

−4.6

2016→2017

500167400 - University of Alabama - Retail injury rate improved

500167400 - University of Alabama - Retail's TCR fell 4.6 from 7.0 in 2016 to 2.4 in 2017. Peak filing year was 2016 at 7.0 TCR. In 2017, DART was 0.38× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2016=7.0 · 2017=2.4

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 722310 · Tuscaloosa, AL ABOVE-IND · MID

Grade D · TCR 4.7 · 156% of ind

  • DART 1.8 DART
  • RANK #47/77
  • PHOTO Drury University
  • BOOK 2y book
  • INJ 15 inj
  • SIZE ~336 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: Drury University (0.0 TCR gap)

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500167400 - University of Alabama - Retail in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows 500167400 - University of Alabama - Retail averages 4.7 TCR (156% of the Food Services BLS benchmark).

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

500167400 - University of Alabama - Retail TCR series: 2016=7 · 2017=2.4 · BLS 3.0

Where 500167400 - University of Alabama - Retail falls in its industry

6,952 Food Services establishments

Safer than 36% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 3.5.

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to Alabama alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #47 safest of 77 Food Services employers in Alabama.

500167400 - University of Alabama - Retail (336 employees, TCR 4.7) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 43 employees and a TCR of 3.5 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 500167400 - University of Alabama - Retail
500167400 - University of Alabama - Retail (336 employees, TCR 4.7) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 43 employees and a TCR of 3.5

500167400 - University of Alabama - Retail has more employees than the Food Services median and a higher injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 3.5. 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 2.4 1.8 4 0 0
2016 7.0 5.1 11 0 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

722310 · AL · Tuscaloosa

6,952 Food Services employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 7,418 rated employers in Alabama with headcount on file · 151 employers in Tuscaloosa, 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 Drury University 4.7 TCR
NAICS-TCR AZ-BRANDYWINE 4.7 TCR
NAICS-TCR Prisma-Greer Memorial Hospital 4.7 TCR
NAICS-TCR 000020923 LEGOLAND CALIFORNIA HOTELS 4.7 TCR
STATE-SIZE General Insulation, Inc 336 FTE
STATE-SIZE Alatrade Foods Inc - Boaz 336 FTE
STATE-SIZE Bridgewater Interiors - Oxford 336 FTE
STATE-SIZE Continental Motors INC 336 FTE
CITY-NEAR Phifer Kauloosa 1,419 FTE
CITY-NEAR BFG3 Tuscaloosa Facility 1,340 FTE
CITY-NEAR McAbee Construction Inc 680 FTE
CITY-NEAR Tuscaloosa Processing 526 FTE
NAT-TCR Johnstown (Pajoh) 4.7 TCR
NAT-TCR Bound Brook (Njbou) 4.7 TCR
NAT-TCR Big Lots Store #5195 Fayetteville, G 4.7 TCR
NAT-TCR Big Lots Store #5143 Jacksonville, F 4.7 TCR
NAT-SIZE Navigation Facility ENN7 336 FTE
NAT-SIZE Arconic B and C Research (06301) 336 FTE
NAT-SIZE Corporate Woods 336 FTE
NAT-SIZE Legacy Reserves Operating, LP 336 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.
Data sourced from official public datasets. See our methodology for details.