Fasteners (e.g., bolts, nuts, rivets, screws) merchant wholesalers · Alabama

Birmingham Branch

Birmingham, AL · ~21 workers · 4 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

F
Failing Safety Record
8.6
Avg TCR
2.2
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

Birmingham Branch runs at 390% of its industry's injury rate - far more dangerous than the typical Fasteners (e.g., bolts, nuts, rivets, screws) merchant wholesalers workplace, earning a grade F.

Birmingham Branch: 8.6 TCR = 390% of Fasteners (e.g., bolts, nuts, rivets, screws) merchant wholesalers BLS 2.2 · 4y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Birmingham Branch safety composite

Birmingham Branch scores strongest on dart rate (safer than 82% of same-industry peers) and weakest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 7%), 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

44/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
F 8.57 per 100 workers

Safer than 7% of industry peers

DART rate
B 0 per 100 workers

Safer than 82% 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%).

TCR Δ

−10.6

2020→2024

Birmingham Branch injury rate improved

Birmingham Branch's TCR fell 10.6 from 10.6 in 2020 to 0.0 in 2024. Peak filing year was 2021 at 16.2 TCR. In 2024, DART was 0× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2020=10.6 · 2021=16.2 · 2022=7.5 · 2024=0.0

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 423710 · Birmingham, AL ABOVE-IND · SMALL

Grade F · TCR 8.6 · 390% of ind

  • DART 0.0 DART
  • RANK #11/11
  • PHOTO Wallace Hardware Co …
  • BOOK 4y book
  • INJ 8 inj
  • SIZE ~21 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: Wallace Hardware Co Inc (0.2 TCR gap)

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Birmingham Branch in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows Birmingham Branch averages 8.6 TCR (390% of the Fasteners (e.g., bolts, nuts, rivets, screws) merchant wholesalers BLS benchmark).

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

Birmingham Branch TCR series: 2020=10.6 · 2021=16.2 · 2022=7.5 · 2024=0 · BLS 2.2

Where Birmingham Branch falls in its industry

449 Fasteners (e.g., bolts, nuts, establishments

Safer than 7% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 2.9.

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to Alabama alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #11 safest of 11 Fasteners (e.g., bolts, nuts, employers in Alabama.

Birmingham Branch (21 employees, TCR 8.6) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 71 employees and a TCR of 2.9 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 Birmingham Branch
Birmingham Branch (21 employees, TCR 8.6) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 71 employees and a TCR of 2.9

Birmingham Branch has fewer employees than the Fasteners (e.g., bolts, nuts, rivets, sc median and a higher injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 2.9. 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
2024 0.0 0.0 0 0 0
2022 7.5 7.5 2 0 0
2021 16.2 16.2 4 0 0
2020 10.6 5.3 2 0 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

423710 · AL · Birmingham

449 Fasteners (e.g., bolts, nuts, rivets, screws) merchant wholesalers employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 7,418 rated employers in Alabama with headcount on file · 840 employers in Birmingham, 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 Wallace Hardware Co Inc 8.4 TCR
NAICS-TCR LaForce - Fort Collins 8.3 TCR
NAICS-TCR 4500 LOWE S MSH-HOUSTON TX 8.8 TCR
NAICS-TCR Wurth Baer Supply Co Br 60 8.8 TCR
STATE-SIZE Koch Foods Breeder/Broilers Techs 21 FTE
STATE-SIZE IndusTREE Timber, Inc. 21 FTE
STATE-SIZE Hillsboro Gin Company Inc. 21 FTE
STATE-SIZE Koch Foods Gadsden Live Haul 21 FTE
CITY-NEAR USD 9,165 FTE
CITY-NEAR CLASSIC FOODS 9,165 FTE
CITY-NEAR Corporate 8,650 FTE
CITY-NEAR BIRMINGHAM PACKERS 8,650 FTE
NAT-TCR 3070 Swn114 8.6 TCR
NAT-TCR Brothers Inspections Services 8.6 TCR
NAT-TCR Portland Terminal 8.6 TCR
NAT-TCR Valley Distributors, Inc 8.6 TCR
NAT-SIZE Minneapolis Refuse, Inc. 21 FTE
NAT-SIZE Big O Smoke House, Inc 21 FTE
NAT-SIZE MVN 21 FTE
NAT-SIZE American House - Sterling Meadows 21 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, 2022, 2021, 2020. 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.