Department stores, discount · Alabama

Birmingham Dirt Cheap

Birmingham, AL · ~35 workers · 3 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

B
Good Safety Record
2.6
Avg TCR
3.4
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

Birmingham Dirt Cheap runs at 77% of its industry's injury rate - safer than the typical Department stores, discount workplace, earning a grade B.

Birmingham Dirt Cheap: 2.6 TCR = 77% of Department stores, discount BLS 3.4 · 3y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Birmingham Dirt Cheap safety composite

Birmingham Dirt Cheap scores strongest on dart rate (safer than 80% of same-industry peers) and weakest on fatalities (safer than 50%), 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).

C

71/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
B 2.62 per 100 workers

Safer than 76% of industry peers

DART rate
B 0 per 100 workers

Safer than 80% 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

−7.9

2021→2023

Birmingham Dirt Cheap injury rate improved

Birmingham Dirt Cheap's TCR fell 7.9 from 7.9 in 2021 to 0.0 in 2023. Peak filing year was 2021 at 7.9 TCR. In 2023, DART was 0× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2021=7.9 · 2022=0.0 · 2023=0.0

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 452112 · Birmingham, AL AT/BELOW-IND · SMALL

Grade B · TCR 2.6 · 77% of ind

  • DART 0.0 DART
  • RANK #16/64
  • PHOTO 1975 - Houston Meyer…
  • BOOK 3y book
  • INJ 1 inj
  • SIZE ~35 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: 1975 - Houston Meyerland (0.0 TCR gap)

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Birmingham Dirt Cheap in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows Birmingham Dirt Cheap averages 2.6 TCR (77% of the Department stores, discount BLS benchmark).

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

Birmingham Dirt Cheap TCR series: 2021=7.9 · 2022=0 · 2023=0 · BLS 3.4

Where Birmingham Dirt Cheap falls in its industry

4,991 Department stores, discount establishments

Safer than 76% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 4.4.

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to Alabama alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #16 safest of 64 Department stores, discount employers in Alabama.

Birmingham Dirt Cheap (35 employees, TCR 2.6) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 99 employees and a TCR of 4.4 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 051015 Average employees Total Case Rate Birmingham Dirt Cheap
Birmingham Dirt Cheap (35 employees, TCR 2.6) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 99 employees and a TCR of 4.4

Birmingham Dirt Cheap has fewer employees than the Department stores, discount median and a lower injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 4.4. 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 0.0 0.0 0 0 0
2022 0.0 0.0 0 0 0
2021 7.9 7.9 1 0 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

452112 · AL · Birmingham

4,991 Department stores, discount 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 1975 - Houston Meyerland 2.6 TCR
NAICS-TCR Ross store 1247 2.6 TCR
NAICS-TCR Ross store 1662 2.6 TCR
NAICS-TCR DDs DISCOUNTS Store 5304 2.6 TCR
STATE-SIZE Western Division Jasper Business Office 35 FTE
STATE-SIZE 2020 Osha form 35 FTE
STATE-SIZE Ozark Safety Services, LLC 35 FTE
STATE-SIZE Newell & Bush, Inc. 35 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 Lehigh Care Center 2.6 TCR
NAT-TCR 8807716-Damco Dist Services-Va 2.6 TCR
NAT-TCR JBT AeroTech Corporation Airport Services PHL 2.6 TCR
NAT-TCR USA LA Lafayette 707395 2.6 TCR
NAT-SIZE Gautier Dirt Cheap 35 FTE
NAT-SIZE Dart Warehouse Corporation - Corona 35 FTE
NAT-SIZE Larsen Beverage Corporation - Logan Facility 35 FTE
NAT-SIZE Varadf-7ji-Fccr Radford 35 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, 2021. 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.