Cold storage warehousing · Alabama

Americold Gadsden, AL

Gadsden, AL · ~32 workers · 4 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

A
Excellent Safety Record
2.8
Avg TCR
5.8
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

Americold Gadsden, AL runs at 49% of its industry's injury rate - far safer than the typical Cold storage warehousing workplace, earning a grade A.

Americold Gadsden, AL: 2.8 TCR = 49% of Cold storage warehousing BLS 5.8 · 4y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Americold Gadsden, AL safety composite

Americold Gadsden, AL scores strongest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 67% of same-industry peers) and weakest on dart rate (safer than 39%), 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

53/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
C 2.83 per 100 workers

Safer than 67% of industry peers

DART rate
D 3.27 per 100 workers

Safer than 39% 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%).

TCR Δ

−1.9

2018→2021

Americold Gadsden, AL injury rate improved

Americold Gadsden, AL's TCR fell 1.9 from 5.2 in 2018 to 3.3 in 2021. Peak filing year was 2018 at 5.2 TCR. In 2021, DART was 1.16× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2018=5.2 · 2019=2.9 · 2020=0.0 · 2021=3.3

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 493120 · Gadsden, AL AT/BELOW-IND · SMALL

Grade A · TCR 2.8 · 49% of ind

  • DART 3.3 DART
  • RANK #11/19
  • PHOTO 7055
  • BOOK 4y book
  • INJ 4 inj
  • SIZE ~32 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: 7055 (0.0 TCR gap)

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Americold Gadsden, AL in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows Americold Gadsden, AL averages 2.8 TCR (49% of the Cold storage warehousing BLS benchmark).

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

Americold Gadsden, AL TCR series: 2018=5.2 · 2019=2.9 · 2020=0 · 2021=3.3 · BLS 5.8

Where Americold Gadsden, AL falls in its industry

1,039 Cold storage warehousing establishments

Safer than 67% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 3.9.

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to Alabama alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #11 safest of 19 Cold storage warehousing employers in Alabama.

Americold Gadsden, AL (32 employees, TCR 2.8) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 68 employees and a TCR of 3.9 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 05001,0001,500 051015 Average employees Total Case Rate Americold Gadsden, AL
Americold Gadsden, AL (32 employees, TCR 2.8) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 68 employees and a TCR of 3.9

Americold Gadsden, AL has fewer employees than the Cold storage warehousing median and a lower injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 3.9. 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
2021 3.3 3.3 1 0 0
2020 0.0 0.0 0 0 0
2019 2.9 2.9 1 0 0
2018 5.2 5.2 2 0 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

493120 · AL · Gadsden

1,039 Cold storage warehousing employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 7,418 rated employers in Alabama with headcount on file · 82 employers in Gadsden, 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 7055 2.8 TCR
NAICS-TCR Council Bluffs Case Rdy DC 2.9 TCR
NAICS-TCR Americold Logistics, LLC: Ontario OR 2.9 TCR
NAICS-TCR Sarbanand Enterprises 2.8 TCR
STATE-SIZE Ider Live Operations 32 FTE
STATE-SIZE Decatur Fresh Hatchery 32 FTE
STATE-SIZE Pilgrims Pride - Hatchery 32 FTE
STATE-SIZE Headland Business Office/Crew Headquarters 32 FTE
CITY-NEAR Goodyear Gadsden Alabama 1,531 FTE
CITY-NEAR Gadsden Regional Medical Center 1,285 FTE
CITY-NEAR Koch Foods Gadsden Processing Plant 1,247 FTE
CITY-NEAR Koch Foods Gadsden Plant 850 FTE
NAT-TCR Kimball Midwest Sparks 2.8 TCR
NAT-TCR Torrance Avenue, Futures Unlimited, Inc. 2.8 TCR
NAT-TCR Precision Walls Inc-Charlotte 2.8 TCR
NAT-TCR Butterball LLC 2.8 TCR
NAT-SIZE Boeing Distribution Inc. - Parsippany 32 FTE
NAT-SIZE Mosaic Nevada 32 FTE
NAT-SIZE SAN-M 32 FTE
NAT-SIZE Terry Palecek Inc. 32 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: 2021, 2020, 2019, 2018. 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.