DAIRY DISTRIBUTION · Alabama

Barber - Birmingham - DTI

Homewood, AL · ~79 workers · 3 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

F
Failing Safety Record
6.6
Avg TCR
2.2
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

Barber - Birmingham - DTI runs at 302% of its industry's injury rate - far more dangerous than the typical DAIRY DISTRIBUTION workplace, earning a grade F.

Barber - Birmingham - DTI: 6.6 TCR = 302% of DAIRY DISTRIBUTION BLS 2.2 · 3y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Barber - Birmingham - DTI safety composite

Barber - Birmingham - DTI scores strongest on fatalities (safer than 51% of same-industry peers) and weakest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 41%), 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

46/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
D 6.64 per 100 workers

Safer than 41% of industry peers

DART rate
D 4.05 per 100 workers

Safer than 47% 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

−1.4

2017→2019

Barber - Birmingham - DTI injury rate improved

Barber - Birmingham - DTI's TCR fell 1.4 from 8.5 in 2017 to 7.1 in 2019. Peak filing year was 2017 at 8.5 TCR. In 2019, DART was 0.61× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2017=8.5 · 2018=4.3 · 2019=7.1

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 424430 · Homewood, AL ABOVE-IND · SMALL

Grade F · TCR 6.6 · 302% of ind

  • DART 4.0 DART
  • RANK #3/4
  • PHOTO DFA DISTRIBUTING NOR…
  • BOOK 3y book
  • INJ 18 inj
  • SIZE ~79 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: DFA DISTRIBUTING NORTH - HUNTINGTON IN (0.0 TCR gap)

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Barber - Birmingham - DTI in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows Barber - Birmingham - DTI averages 6.6 TCR (302% of the DAIRY DISTRIBUTION BLS benchmark).

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

Barber - Birmingham - DTI TCR series: 2017=8.5 · 2018=4.3 · 2019=7.1 · BLS 2.2

Where Barber - Birmingham - DTI falls in its industry

231 DAIRY DISTRIBUTION establishments

Safer than 41% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 5.9.

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to Alabama alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #3 safest of 4 DAIRY DISTRIBUTION employers in Alabama.

Barber - Birmingham - DTI (79 employees, TCR 6.6) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 54 employees and a TCR of 5.9 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 02004006008001,000 051015 Average employees Total Case Rate Barber - Birmingham - DTI
Barber - Birmingham - DTI (79 employees, TCR 6.6) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 54 employees and a TCR of 5.9

Barber - Birmingham - DTI has more employees than the DAIRY DISTRIBUTION median and a higher injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 5.9. 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
2019 7.1 4.0 6 1 0
2018 4.3 1.1 4 0 0
2017 8.5 6.4 8 0 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

424430 · AL · Homewood

231 DAIRY DISTRIBUTION 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 Metric
NAICS-TCR DFA DISTRIBUTING NORTH - HUNTINGTON IN 6.6 TCR
NAICS-TCR Tampa Facility 6.6 TCR
NAICS-TCR DFA DISTRIBUTING WEST - MCALLEN TX 6.7 TCR
NAICS-TCR DFA DISTRIBUTING NORTH - RENSSELAER NY 6.7 TCR
STATE-SIZE Eastern Division Anniston Complex 79 FTE
STATE-SIZE East Alabama Paving Company, Inc. 79 FTE
STATE-SIZE DD - DARBY DOORS 79 FTE
STATE-SIZE Fairfield Works - Flat Rolled 79 FTE
CITY-NEAR WM 1481 334 FTE
CITY-NEAR 1481 329 FTE
CITY-NEAR 2796 - Homewood 281 FTE
CITY-NEAR USD 226 FTE
NAT-TCR Pacific Triple E 6.6 TCR
NAT-TCR Arnold Oil Company Fuels - Location 4001 6.6 TCR
NAT-TCR Williams Brothers Construction Inc. 6.6 TCR
NAT-TCR 015 ABC Supply Co., Inc 6.6 TCR
NAT-SIZE Oak Farms San Antonio - Mcallen 79 FTE
NAT-SIZE RCX North Carolina 79 FTE
NAT-SIZE WCA Riverside 79 FTE
NAT-SIZE Shopko Store #130 (River Falls, WI) 79 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.

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

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