Waste hauling, local, nonhazardous solid · Alabama

Birmingham

Bessemer, AL · ~36 workers · 5 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

F
Failing Safety Record
11.0
Avg TCR
2.6
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

Birmingham runs at 425% of its industry's injury rate - far more dangerous than the typical Waste hauling, local, nonhazardous solid workplace, earning a grade F.

Birmingham: 11.0 TCR = 425% of Waste hauling, local, nonhazardous solid BLS 2.6 · 5y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Birmingham safety composite

Birmingham scores strongest on fatalities (safer than 52% of same-industry peers) and weakest on dart rate (safer than 4%), 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).

F

20/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
F 11.04 per 100 workers

Safer than 13% of industry peers

DART rate
F 15.84 per 100 workers

Safer than 4% of industry peers

Fatalities
D 0

Safer than 52% 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: 9.4 → 15.8 TCR

Peak year 2021 @ 20.0 TCR · DART/TCR 1.43× in 2024

Birmingham's TCR rose 6.5 from 9.4 in 2019 to 15.8 in 2024. Peak filing year was 2021 at 20.0 TCR. In 2024, DART was 1.43× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 562111 · Bessemer, AL ABOVE-IND · SMALL

Grade F · TCR 11.0 · 425% of ind

  • DART 15.8 DART
  • RANK #48/50
  • PHOTO HBSCO LLC - Colorado…
  • BOOK 5y book
  • INJ 8 inj
  • SIZE ~36 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: HBSCO LLC - Colorado Springs (0.0 TCR gap)

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Birmingham in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows Birmingham averages 11.0 TCR (425% of the Waste hauling, local, nonhazardous solid BLS benchmark).

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

Birmingham TCR series: 2019=9.4 · 2021=20 · 2022=0 · 2023=10 · 2024=15.8 · BLS 2.6

Where Birmingham falls in its industry

2,322 Waste hauling, local, nonhazar establishments

Safer than 13% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 5.1.

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to Alabama alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #48 safest of 50 Waste hauling, local, nonhazar employers in Alabama.

Birmingham (36 employees, TCR 11.0) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 55 employees and a TCR of 5.1 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 0100200300400 05101520 Average employees Total Case Rate Birmingham
Birmingham (36 employees, TCR 11.0) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 55 employees and a TCR of 5.1

Birmingham has fewer employees than the Waste hauling, local, nonhazardous solid median and a higher injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 5.1. 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
2024 15.8 15.8 2 0 0
2023 10.0 10.0 1 0 0
2022 0.0 0.0 0 0 0
2021 20.0 20.0 1 0 0
2019 9.4 5.6 4 1 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

562111 · AL · Bessemer

2,322 Waste hauling, local, nonhazardous solid employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 7,418 rated employers in Alabama with headcount on file · 116 employers in Bessemer, 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 HBSCO LLC - Colorado Springs 11.0 TCR
NAICS-TCR S04141 - WI LaCrosse 11.0 TCR
NAICS-TCR Advanced Disposal - CGS 11.0 TCR
NAICS-TCR Chestnut Ridge Hauling 11.0 TCR
STATE-SIZE Hunter Trees 36 FTE
STATE-SIZE Young's Plant Farm, Inc. (Office) 36 FTE
STATE-SIZE Western Division Jasper Crew Headquarters 36 FTE
STATE-SIZE Eastern Divison Gadsden Complex 36 FTE
CITY-NEAR Amazon.com Services LLC - BHM1 4,102 FTE
CITY-NEAR Bessemer, DC 768 FTE
CITY-NEAR Blox LLC 581 FTE
CITY-NEAR US PIPE - BHM-DIP 559 FTE
NAT-TCR Amazon.com Services LLC - CLT6 11.0 TCR
NAT-TCR LaPerle's IGA 11.0 TCR
NAT-TCR GH Dairy- GH Processing 11.0 TCR
NAT-TCR Probation 11.0 TCR
NAT-SIZE Ochsner Health Center - Prairieville 36 FTE
NAT-SIZE Total Business Systems, Inc. 36 FTE
NAT-SIZE Migration Winery 36 FTE
NAT-SIZE KLK Holdings, Inc, dba Level 10 36 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: 2024, 2023, 2022, 2021, 2019. 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.