FLUID MILK MANUFACTURING · Alabama

Barber - Birmingham

Name: Barber - Birmingham Workplace Safety Data
Creator: PlainSafetyScore
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Homewood, AL · ~153 workers · 3 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

Compiled by PlainSafetyScore · August 25, 2026

C
Average Safety Record: 3.5
Avg TCR: 3.3
Industry avg: 0
Fatalities

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The verdict

Barber - Birmingham runs at 105% of its industry's injury rate - about level with the typical FLUID MILK MANUFACTURING workplace, earning a grade C.

Barber - Birmingham: 3.5 TCR = 105% of FLUID MILK MANUFACTURING BLS 3.3 · 3y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Barber - Birmingham safety composite

Barber - Birmingham scores strongest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 66% of same-industry peers) and weakest on fatalities (safer than 50%), 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).

57/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR): C 3.45 per 100 workers

Safer than 66% of industry peers
DART rate: D 3.08 per 100 workers

Safer than 51% 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%).

Rising injury rate

Barber - Birmingham: 2.3 → 5.6 TCR

Peak year 2019 @ 5.6 TCR · DART/TCR 0.89× in 2019

Barber - Birmingham's TCR rose 3.3 from 2.3 in 2017 to 5.6 in 2019. In 2019, DART was 0.89× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 311511 · Homewood, AL ABOVE-IND · MID

Grade C · TCR 3.5 · 105% of ind

DART 3.1 DART
RANK #2/4
PHOTO WM 7390
BOOK 3y book
INJ 19 inj
SIZE ~153 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: WM 7390 (0.0 TCR gap)

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3.4
Cheese Louise

3.4

What this shows Barber - Birmingham averages 3.5 TCR (105% of the FLUID MILK MANUFACTURING BLS benchmark).

Barber - Birmingham TCR series: 2017=2.3 · 2018=2.4 · 2019=5.6 · BLS 3.3

Where Barber - Birmingham falls in its industry

457 FLUID MILK MANUFACTURING establishments

Safer than 66% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 4.5.

Grade C

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to Alabama alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #2 safest of 4 FLUID MILK MANUFACTURING employers in Alabama.

Barber - Birmingham (153 employees, TCR 3.5) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 140 employees and a TCR of 4.5

Barber - Birmingham has more employees than the FLUID MILK MANUFACTURING 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
2019	5.6	3.1	11
2018	2.4	1.8	4
2017	2.3	0.6	4

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

311511 · AL · Homewood

457 FLUID MILK MANUFACTURING employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 7,418 rated employers in Alabama with headcount on file · 39 employers in Homewood, AL · 4 cross-state NAT-TCR peers · 4 cross-state NAT-SIZE peers. Closest matches by relationship code are listed below.

Rel	Establishment	Place	Metric
NAICS-TCR	WM 7390	FORT WAYNE, IN	3.5 TCR
NAICS-TCR	Lactalis US Yogurt, Inc.	LONDONDERRY, NH	3.4 TCR
NAICS-TCR	K052-M001	INDIANAPOLIS, IN	3.5 TCR
NAICS-TCR	Cheese Louise	MONROE, WI	3.4 TCR
STATE-SIZE	Hubbard and Drake	DECATUR	153 FTE
STATE-SIZE	W S Newell & Sons Inc	MONTGOMERY	153 FTE
STATE-SIZE	Turner at IVXP LLC Decatur AL	DECATUR	153 FTE
STATE-SIZE	Great Southern Wood - Corporate	ABBEVILLE	153 FTE
CITY-NEAR	WM 1481	Homewood	334 FTE
CITY-NEAR	1481	Homewood	329 FTE
CITY-NEAR	2796 - Homewood	Homewood	281 FTE
CITY-NEAR	USD	Homewood	226 FTE
NAT-TCR	Valley Health Care Center	Chilhowie, VA	3.5 TCR
NAT-TCR	Sun Chemical Rycoline Mfg	Chicago, IL	3.5 TCR
NAT-TCR	Shopko Store #114 (Duluth, MN)	Duluth, MN	3.5 TCR
NAT-TCR	Shopko Store #19 (Watertown, WI)	Watertown, WI	3.5 TCR
NAT-SIZE	Greenfield World Trade	Weston, FL	153 FTE
NAT-SIZE	Castwell Products LLC	Skokie, IL	153 FTE
NAT-SIZE	Vermont Yankee	Vernon, VT	153 FTE
NAT-SIZE	New Carlisle Facility	New Carlisle, IN	153 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: 2019, 2018, 2017. 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.