Metal pipe merchant wholesalers · Alabama

Birmingham DC

Birmingham, AL · ~43 workers · 2 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

D
Poor Safety Record
2.6
Avg TCR
2.2
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

Birmingham DC runs at 120% of its industry's injury rate - more dangerous than the typical Metal pipe merchant wholesalers workplace, earning a grade D.

Birmingham DC: 2.6 TCR = 120% of Metal pipe merchant wholesalers BLS 2.2 · 2y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Birmingham DC safety composite

Birmingham DC scores strongest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 66% of same-industry peers) and weakest on dart rate (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

54/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
C 2.65 per 100 workers

Safer than 66% of industry peers

DART rate
D 2.66 per 100 workers

Safer than 41% 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%).

Birmingham DC held a steady TCR band

Birmingham DC's TCR held near 0.0 from 2.6 in 2022 to 2.7 in 2024. In 2024, DART was 1× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2022=2.6 · 2024=2.7

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 423510 · Birmingham, AL ABOVE-IND · SMALL

Grade D · TCR 2.6 · 120% of ind

  • DART 2.7 DART
  • RANK #18/44
  • PHOTO Olympic Steel Gary
  • BOOK 2y book
  • INJ 2 inj
  • SIZE ~43 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: Olympic Steel Gary (0.0 TCR gap)

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Birmingham DC in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows Birmingham DC averages 2.6 TCR (120% of the Metal pipe merchant wholesalers BLS benchmark).

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

Birmingham DC TCR series: 2022=2.6 · 2024=2.7 · BLS 2.2

Where Birmingham DC falls in its industry

1,299 Metal pipe merchant wholesaler establishments

Safer than 66% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 3.7.

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to Alabama alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #18 safest of 44 Metal pipe merchant wholesaler employers in Alabama.

Birmingham DC (43 employees, TCR 2.6) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 45 employees and a TCR of 3.7 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 050100150200250 05101520 Average employees Total Case Rate Birmingham DC
Birmingham DC (43 employees, TCR 2.6) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 45 employees and a TCR of 3.7

Birmingham DC has fewer employees than the Metal pipe merchant wholesalers median and a lower injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 3.7. 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 Fatalities
2024 2.7 2.7 1 0 0
2022 2.6 2.6 1 0 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

423510 · AL · Birmingham

1,299 Metal pipe 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 Olympic Steel Gary 2.6 TCR
NAICS-TCR East Coast Steel Inc. 2.6 TCR
NAICS-TCR Plateplus Granite City 2.6 TCR
NAICS-TCR Ryerson - RMP Hickman 2.7 TCR
STATE-SIZE Generation Fossil Gadsden Steam Plant 43 FTE
STATE-SIZE Auburn Crew Headquarters 43 FTE
STATE-SIZE Hueytown Crew Headquarters - APC 43 FTE
STATE-SIZE Clarke-Washington Electric Membership Corporation 43 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 Advanced Heating and Cooling Utah LLC 2.6 TCR
NAT-TCR Peterbilt Illinois - Chicago, Inc. - Hickory Hills 2.6 TCR
NAT-TCR Utica Service Center-Nyac 2.6 TCR
NAT-TCR Indus Road and Bridge 2.6 TCR
NAT-SIZE Sublimity School 43 FTE
NAT-SIZE Medical Office Building #2 - Franklinton 43 FTE
NAT-SIZE Sunset West 43 FTE
NAT-SIZE MN Board of Animal Health Headquarters 43 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. 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.