General Freight Trucking Local · Alabama

Birmingham (Altru)

Name: Birmingham (Altru) Workplace Safety Data
Creator: PlainSafetyScore
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Trussville, AL · ~92 workers · 3 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

Compiled by PlainSafetyScore · August 25, 2026

D
Poor Safety Record: 6.1
Avg TCR: 4.5
Industry avg: 0
Fatalities

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The verdict

Birmingham (Altru) runs at 135% of its industry's injury rate - more dangerous than the typical General Freight Trucking Local workplace, earning a grade D.

Birmingham (Altru): 6.1 TCR = 135% of General Freight Trucking Local BLS 4.5 · 3y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Birmingham (Altru) safety composite

Birmingham (Altru) scores strongest on fatalities (safer than 51% of same-industry peers) and weakest on dart rate (safer than 29%), 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): D 6.08 per 100 workers

Safer than 35% of industry peers
DART rate: F 5.38 per 100 workers

Safer than 29% 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

Birmingham (Altru): 4.3 → 9.7 TCR

Peak year 2018 @ 9.7 TCR · DART/TCR 0.88× in 2018

Birmingham (Altru)'s TCR rose 5.4 from 4.3 in 2016 to 9.7 in 2018. In 2018, DART was 0.88× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 484110 · Trussville, AL ABOVE-IND · SMALL

Grade D · TCR 6.1 · 135% of ind

DART 5.4 DART
RANK #50/69
PHOTO UDD 4361 - Northwood…
BOOK 3y book
INJ 15 inj
SIZE ~92 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: UDD 4361 - Northwood - F (0.0 TCR gap)

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6.1
UDD 4361 - Nor

6.1
DCC : 4698-00

6.1
Custom Ecology

6.1
Detroit

6.1

What this shows Birmingham (Altru) averages 6.1 TCR (135% of the General Freight Trucking Local BLS benchmark).

Birmingham (Altru) TCR series: 2016=4.3 · 2017=4.3 · 2018=9.7 · BLS 4.5

Where Birmingham (Altru) falls in its industry

2,784 General Freight Trucking Local establishments

Safer than 35% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 4.7.

Grade D

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to Alabama alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #50 safest of 69 General Freight Trucking Local employers in Alabama.

Birmingham (Altru) (92 employees, TCR 6.1) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 47 employees and a TCR of 4.7

Birmingham (Altru) has more employees than the General Freight Trucking Local median and a higher injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 4.7. 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
2018	9.7	5.4	7	2
2017	4.3	4.3	4	0
2016	4.3	1.1	4	0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

484110 · AL · Trussville

2,784 General Freight Trucking Local employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 7,418 rated employers in Alabama with headcount on file · 33 employers in Trussville, 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	UDD 4361 - Northwood - F	NORTHWOOD, OH	6.1 TCR
NAICS-TCR	DCC : 4698-00 Cardinal/Romulus, MI	DETROIT, MI	6.1 TCR
NAICS-TCR	Custom Ecology, Inc	MABLETON, GA	6.1 TCR
NAICS-TCR	Detroit	LOUISVILLE, KY	6.1 TCR
STATE-SIZE	Birmingham Division Metro Central Crew Headquarters	BIRMINGHAM	92 FTE
STATE-SIZE	Weaver Environmental Services	HUNTSVILLE	92 FTE
STATE-SIZE	Huhtamaki-Andalusia	ANDALUSIA	92 FTE
STATE-SIZE	2a USA Inc	AUBURN	92 FTE
CITY-NEAR	Amerex	Trussville	467 FTE
CITY-NEAR	2713	Trussville	383 FTE
CITY-NEAR	The McPherson Companies, Inc.	Trussville	244 FTE
CITY-NEAR	WM 4817	Trussville	170 FTE
NAT-TCR	Jerry Brown's Auto Parts	Queensbury, NY	6.1 TCR
NAT-TCR	GCCOM - Commerce GA	Commerce, GA	6.1 TCR
NAT-TCR	American Restoration & Maintenance Corp. Performance Industrial	South Glens Falls, NY	6.1 TCR
NAT-TCR	0467 - Bangor, Me	Bangor, ME	6.1 TCR
NAT-SIZE	Bay Center (Cabay)	Los Angeles, CA	92 FTE
NAT-SIZE	Ursa Logistics - STL	Hazelwood, MO	92 FTE
NAT-SIZE	Ct Hub in a Box (Ctwsr)	Windsor, CT	92 FTE
NAT-SIZE	Spencer (Iaspe)	Spencer, IA	92 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: 2018, 2017, 2016. This is publicly available government data - not a legal determination of workplace conditions.

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