Transportation · Alabama

ABF Freight 084

Birmingham, AL · ~31 workers · 9 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

F
Failing Safety Record
16.4
Avg TCR
4.5
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

ABF Freight 084 runs at 364% of its industry's injury rate - far more dangerous than the typical Transportation workplace, earning a grade F.

ABF Freight 084: 16.4 TCR = 364% of Transportation BLS 4.5 · 9y Form 300A (see methodology below)

ABF Freight 084 safety composite

ABF Freight 084 scores strongest on fatalities (safer than 52% of same-industry peers) and weakest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 2%), 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

21/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
F 16.4 per 100 workers

Safer than 2% of industry peers

DART rate
F 6.87 per 100 workers

Safer than 21% 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

ABF Freight 084: 6.8 → 10.3 TCR

Peak year 2017 @ 28.8 TCR · DART/TCR 0.42× in 2024

ABF Freight 084's TCR rose 3.5 from 6.8 in 2016 to 10.3 in 2024. Peak filing year was 2017 at 28.8 TCR. In 2024, DART was 0.42× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 484122 · Birmingham, AL ABOVE-IND · SMALL

Grade F · TCR 16.4 · 364% of ind

  • DART 6.9 DART
  • RANK #62/62
  • PHOTO ABF Freight 145
  • BOOK 9y book
  • INJ 49 inj
  • SIZE ~31 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: ABF Freight 145 (0.0 TCR gap)

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ABF Freight 084 in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows ABF Freight 084 averages 16.4 TCR (364% of the Transportation BLS benchmark).

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

ABF Freight 084 TCR series: 2016=6.8 · 2017=28.8 · 2018=16 · 2019=21.8 · 2020=21.8 · 2021=15 · 2022=17.8 · 2023=9.3 · 2024=10.3 · BLS 4.5

Where ABF Freight 084 falls in its industry

3,020 Transportation establishments

Safer than 2% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 5.6.

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to Alabama alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #62 safest of 62 Transportation employers in Alabama.

ABF Freight 084 (31 employees, TCR 16.4) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 58 employees and a TCR of 5.6 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 ABF Freight 084
ABF Freight 084 (31 employees, TCR 16.4) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 58 employees and a TCR of 5.6

ABF Freight 084 has fewer employees than the Transportation median and a higher injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 5.6. 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 10.3 6.9 3 0 0
2023 9.3 9.3 3 0 0
2022 17.8 17.8 6 0 0
2021 15.0 15.0 5 0 0
2020 21.8 21.8 7 0 0
2019 21.8 14.5 6 0 0
2018 16.0 5.3 5 1 0
2017 28.8 28.8 11 0 0
2016 6.8 4.6 3 0 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

484122 · AL · Birmingham

3,020 Transportation 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 ABF Freight 145 16.4 TCR
NAICS-TCR 141 ABF Freight 141 16.4 TCR
NAICS-TCR Central Transport - 052 SHOP 16.4 TCR
NAICS-TCR ABF Freight 158 16.5 TCR
STATE-SIZE Elkmont GGP Production Crew 31 FTE
STATE-SIZE Scotch Land Management , LLC 31 FTE
STATE-SIZE Mobile Division Eight Mile Crew Headquarters 31 FTE
STATE-SIZE Murray Building Company, Inc 31 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 Boardwalk Cabinetry 16.4 TCR
NAT-TCR Cheyenne (1046) 16.4 TCR
NAT-TCR Legacy Wendy's-108 16.4 TCR
NAT-TCR Primrose Retirement Community of Mansfield 16.4 TCR
NAT-SIZE ABF Freight 049 31 FTE
NAT-SIZE ABF Freight 162 31 FTE
NAT-SIZE ABF Freight 489 31 FTE
NAT-SIZE Rose City Contracting, Inc. 31 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.

Read our methodology - how this data is sourced, computed, and verified.

Data sourced from official public datasets. See our methodology for details.