Sheet metal work (except stampings) manufacturing · Alabama

Ballman Metals

Florence, AL · ~29 workers · 3 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

C
Average Safety Record
3.7
Avg TCR
3.3
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

Ballman Metals runs at 111% of its industry's injury rate - about level with the typical Sheet metal work (except stampings) manufacturing workplace, earning a grade C.

Ballman Metals: 3.7 TCR = 111% of Sheet metal work (except stampings) manufacturing BLS 3.3 · 3y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Ballman Metals safety composite

Ballman Metals scores strongest on dart rate (safer than 83% of same-industry peers) and weakest on fatalities (safer than 51%), 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).

C

66/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
C 3.67 per 100 workers

Safer than 61% of industry peers

DART rate
B 0 per 100 workers

Safer than 83% 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%).

Rising injury rate

Ballman Metals: 3.0 → 8.0 TCR

Peak year 2020 @ 8.0 TCR · DART/TCR 0× in 2020

Ballman Metals's TCR rose 5.0 from 3.0 in 2018 to 8.0 in 2020. In 2020, DART was 0× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 332322 · Florence, AL ABOVE-IND · SMALL

Grade C · TCR 3.7 · 111% of ind

  • DART 0.0 DART
  • RANK #8/15
  • PHOTO Valtir, LLC - 1016
  • BOOK 3y book
  • INJ 3 inj
  • SIZE ~29 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: Valtir, LLC - 1016 (0.0 TCR gap)

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Ballman Metals in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows Ballman Metals averages 3.7 TCR (111% of the Sheet metal work (except stampings) manufacturing BLS benchmark).

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

Ballman Metals TCR series: 2018=3 · 2019=0 · 2020=8 · BLS 3.3

Where Ballman Metals falls in its industry

1,158 Sheet metal work (except stamp establishments

Safer than 61% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 4.5.

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to Alabama alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #8 safest of 15 Sheet metal work (except stamp employers in Alabama.

Ballman Metals (29 employees, TCR 3.7) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 58 employees and a TCR of 4.5 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 050100150200 05101520 Average employees Total Case Rate Ballman Metals
Ballman Metals (29 employees, TCR 3.7) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 58 employees and a TCR of 4.5

Ballman Metals has fewer employees than the Sheet metal work (except stampings) manu median and a lower injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 4.5. 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
2020 8.0 0.0 2 0 0
2019 0.0 0.0 0 0 0
2018 3.0 0.0 1 0 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

332322 · AL · Florence

1,158 Sheet metal work (except stampings) manufacturing employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 7,418 rated employers in Alabama with headcount on file · 112 employers in Florence, 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 Valtir, LLC - 1016 3.7 TCR
NAICS-TCR Duro Dyne National - NY 3.7 TCR
NAICS-TCR Metko, Inc. 3.7 TCR
NAICS-TCR AMD Fabricators, Inc. 3.7 TCR
STATE-SIZE Grand Bay 29 FTE
STATE-SIZE Mid Star Wood Haulers 29 FTE
STATE-SIZE Oak Grove - APC 29 FTE
STATE-SIZE Gardendale Crew Headquarters - APC 29 FTE
CITY-NEAR Florence 6,258 FTE
CITY-NEAR North Alabama Medical Center 1,596 FTE
CITY-NEAR Shoals Ambulance 500 FTE
CITY-NEAR Southwire Florence 400 FTE
NAT-TCR Dallas 078 3.7 TCR
NAT-TCR Hazleton PA - Heights 3.7 TCR
NAT-TCR Columbia Electric Supply (PC0755) 3.7 TCR
NAT-TCR 1071 San Leandro, Ca 3.7 TCR
NAT-SIZE Ameritech Industries, Inc. dba American Propeller Service 29 FTE
NAT-SIZE Prime Engineering 29 FTE
NAT-SIZE Signature Flight Support San Diego 29 FTE
NAT-SIZE Signature Flight Support Denver 29 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: 2020, 2019, 2018. 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.