Plasmapheresis centers · Alabama

BioTek America, LLC - Hueytown, AL dba Freedom Plasma

Name: BioTek America, LLC - Hueytown, AL dba Freedom Plasma Workplace Safety Data
Creator: PlainSafetyScore
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Hueytown, AL · ~32 workers · 2 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

Compiled by PlainSafetyScore · August 25, 2026

D
Poor Safety Record: 6.1
Avg TCR: 3.8
Industry avg: 0
Fatalities

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The verdict

BioTek America, LLC - Hueytown, AL dba Freedom Plasma runs at 160% of its industry's injury rate - more dangerous than the typical Plasmapheresis centers workplace, earning a grade D.

BioTek America, LLC - Hueytown, AL dba Freedom Plasma: 6.1 TCR = 160% of Plasmapheresis centers BLS 3.8 · 2y Form 300A (see methodology below)

BioTek America, LLC - Hueytown, AL dba Freedom Plasma safety composite

BioTek America, LLC - Hueytown, AL dba Freedom Plasma scores strongest on fatalities (safer than 50% of same-industry peers) and weakest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 31%), 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).

37/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR): F 6.09 per 100 workers

Safer than 31% of industry peers
DART rate: D 2.64 per 100 workers

Safer than 35% 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

BioTek America, LLC - Hueytown, AL dba Freedom Plasma: 4.3 → 7.9 TCR

Peak year 2023 @ 7.9 TCR · DART/TCR 0.43× in 2023

BioTek America, LLC - Hueytown, AL dba Freedom Plasma's TCR rose 3.7 from 4.3 in 2022 to 7.9 in 2023. In 2023, DART was 0.43× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 621991 · Hueytown, AL ABOVE-IND · SMALL

Grade D · TCR 6.1 · 160% of ind

DART 2.6 DART
RANK #24/36
PHOTO Lifebanc
BOOK 2y book
INJ 4 inj
SIZE ~32 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: Lifebanc (0.0 TCR gap)

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6.1
Lifebanc

6.1
Hattiesburg-Br

6.1
CA Chico

6.1
Brewer 10503

6.1

What this shows BioTek America, LLC - Hueytown, AL dba Freedom Plasma averages 6.1 TCR (160% of the Plasmapheresis centers BLS benchmark).

BioTek America, LLC - Hueytown, AL dba Freedom Plasma TCR series: 2022=4.3 · 2023=7.9 · BLS 3.8

Where BioTek America, LLC - Hueytown, AL dba Freedom Plasma falls in its industry

1,713 Plasmapheresis centers establishments

Safer than 31% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 4.3.

Grade D

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to Alabama alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #24 safest of 36 Plasmapheresis centers employers in Alabama.

BioTek America, LLC - Hueytown, AL dba Freedom Plasma (32 employees, TCR 6.1) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 45 employees and a TCR of 4.3

BioTek America, LLC - Hueytown, AL dba Freedom Plasma has fewer employees than the Plasmapheresis centers median and a higher injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 4.3. 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
2023	7.9	2.6	3	0	0
2022	4.3	4.3	1	0	0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

621991 · AL · Hueytown

1,713 Plasmapheresis centers employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 7,418 rated employers in Alabama with headcount on file · 25 employers in Hueytown, 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	Lifebanc	CLEVELAND, OH	6.1 TCR
NAICS-TCR	Hattiesburg-Broadway, MS - Biomat	HATTIESBURG, MS	6.1 TCR
NAICS-TCR	CA Chico	CHICO, CA	6.1 TCR
NAICS-TCR	Brewer 10503	BREWER, ME	6.1 TCR
STATE-SIZE	Ider Live Operations	IDER	32 FTE
STATE-SIZE	Decatur Fresh Hatchery	DECATUR	32 FTE
STATE-SIZE	Pilgrims Pride - Hatchery	RUSSELLVILLE	32 FTE
STATE-SIZE	Headland Business Office/Crew Headquarters	HEADLAND	32 FTE
CITY-NEAR	WM 4497	Hueytown	341 FTE
CITY-NEAR	4497	Hueytown	324 FTE
CITY-NEAR	Robbie D. Wood, Inc.	Hueytown	295 FTE
CITY-NEAR	Store 1065	Hueytown	139 FTE
NAT-TCR	First Student Wichita	Wichita, KS	6.1 TCR
NAT-TCR	Continental Tide Defense Systems	National City, CA	6.1 TCR
NAT-TCR	Alcal Santa Rosa MP	Santa Rosa, CA	6.1 TCR
NAT-TCR	Bashas 008	San Carlos, AZ	6.1 TCR
NAT-SIZE	SS-Logistics	Mcdonough, GA	32 FTE
NAT-SIZE	Claiborne Ems	Tazewell, TN	32 FTE
NAT-SIZE	AGCO : AgRevolution	Corydon, IN	32 FTE
NAT-SIZE	D. Burke Mechanical Corporation	Norco, CA	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: 2023, 2022. 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.