Machine shops · Alabama

ARCH Tuscaloosa

Cottondale, AL · ~85 workers · 4 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

D
Poor Safety Record
4.2
Avg TCR
3.3
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

ARCH Tuscaloosa runs at 128% of its industry's injury rate - more dangerous than the typical Machine shops workplace, earning a grade D.

ARCH Tuscaloosa: 4.2 TCR = 128% of Machine shops BLS 3.3 · 4y Form 300A (see methodology below)

ARCH Tuscaloosa safety composite

ARCH Tuscaloosa scores strongest on fatalities (safer than 50% of same-industry peers) and weakest on dart rate (safer than 27%), 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

38/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
D 4.22 per 100 workers

Safer than 41% of industry peers

DART rate
F 2.6 per 100 workers

Safer than 27% 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

−1.1

2018→2021

ARCH Tuscaloosa injury rate improved

ARCH Tuscaloosa's TCR fell 1.1 from 5.0 in 2018 to 3.9 in 2021. Peak filing year was 2018 at 5.0 TCR. In 2021, DART was 0.62× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2018=5.0 · 2019=3.5 · 2020=4.5 · 2021=3.9

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 332710 · Cottondale, AL ABOVE-IND · SMALL

Grade D · TCR 4.2 · 128% of ind

  • DART 2.6 DART
  • RANK #20/29
  • PHOTO JC MACHINE, INC.
  • BOOK 4y book
  • INJ 14 inj
  • SIZE ~85 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: JC MACHINE, INC. (0.0 TCR gap)

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ARCH Tuscaloosa in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows ARCH Tuscaloosa averages 4.2 TCR (128% of the Machine shops BLS benchmark).

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

ARCH Tuscaloosa TCR series: 2018=5 · 2019=3.5 · 2020=4.5 · 2021=3.9 · BLS 3.3

Where ARCH Tuscaloosa falls in its industry

1,821 Machine shops establishments

Safer than 41% 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 #20 safest of 29 Machine shops employers in Alabama.

ARCH Tuscaloosa (85 employees, TCR 4.2) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 48 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 050100150200250 051015 Average employees Total Case Rate ARCH Tuscaloosa
ARCH Tuscaloosa (85 employees, TCR 4.2) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 48 employees and a TCR of 3.5

ARCH Tuscaloosa has more employees than the Machine shops 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
2021 3.9 2.6 3 0 0
2020 4.5 0.0 4 0 0
2019 3.5 3.5 3 0 0
2018 5.0 5.0 4 0 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

332710 · AL · Cottondale

1,821 Machine shops employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 7,418 rated employers in Alabama with headcount on file · 11 employers in Cottondale, 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 JC MACHINE, INC. 4.2 TCR
NAICS-TCR Micron Metalworks, LLC 4.2 TCR
NAICS-TCR IL180 4.2 TCR
NAICS-TCR Willer Tool Corporation 4.2 TCR
STATE-SIZE Kelley Foods 85 FTE
STATE-SIZE Shelby AL Truss 85 FTE
STATE-SIZE Allied AEC 85 FTE
STATE-SIZE Tri-Cities Manufacturing, Inc. 85 FTE
CITY-NEAR IAC Cottondale 400 FTE
CITY-NEAR Inteva Products Cottondale Operations 285 FTE
CITY-NEAR Lear Corporation - Tuscaloosa 2 143 FTE
CITY-NEAR 016 TA Tuscaloosa 91 FTE
NAT-TCR Utopia Packing, LLC 4.2 TCR
NAT-TCR Henry County Virginia 4.2 TCR
NAT-TCR Zebco Brands - Distribution Center 4.2 TCR
NAT-TCR Shoprite of Waretown 4.2 TCR
NAT-SIZE CS - Holley Performance Products 85 FTE
NAT-SIZE Meadow View Health and Rehabilitation 85 FTE
NAT-SIZE Bi-Lo Country Mart 85 FTE
NAT-SIZE Edgewater Woods 85 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.
Data sourced from official public datasets. See our methodology for details.