Trucking, general freight, local · Alabama

Birmingham DSD

Birmingham, AL · ~25 workers · 5 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

F
Failing Safety Record
14.4
Avg TCR
4.5
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

Birmingham DSD runs at 321% of its industry's injury rate - far more dangerous than the typical Trucking, general freight, local workplace, earning a grade F.

Birmingham DSD: 14.4 TCR = 321% of Trucking, general freight, local BLS 4.5 · 5y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Birmingham DSD safety composite

Birmingham DSD scores strongest on fatalities (safer than 51% of same-industry peers) and weakest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 5%), 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

22/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
F 14.45 per 100 workers

Safer than 5% of industry peers

DART rate
F 6.56 per 100 workers

Safer than 22% 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%).

TCR Δ

−41.4

2016→2020

Birmingham DSD injury rate improved

Birmingham DSD's TCR fell 41.4 from 47.9 in 2016 to 6.6 in 2020. Peak filing year was 2016 at 47.9 TCR. In 2020, DART was 0.45× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2016=47.9 · 2017=4.7 · 2018=9.9 · 2019=3.2 · 2020=6.6

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

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

Grade F · TCR 14.4 · 321% of ind

  • DART 6.6 DART
  • RANK #67/69
  • PHOTO Tecara Logsitics, LL…
  • BOOK 5y book
  • INJ 8 inj
  • SIZE ~25 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: Tecara Logsitics, LLC - S Council (0.0 TCR gap)

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Birmingham DSD in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows Birmingham DSD averages 14.4 TCR (321% of the Trucking, general freight, local BLS benchmark).

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

Birmingham DSD TCR series: 2016=47.9 · 2017=4.7 · 2018=9.9 · 2019=3.2 · 2020=6.6 · BLS 4.5

Where Birmingham DSD falls in its industry

2,784 Trucking, general freight, loc establishments

Safer than 5% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 4.7.

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to Alabama alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #67 safest of 69 Trucking, general freight, loc employers in Alabama.

Birmingham DSD (25 employees, TCR 14.4) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 47 employees and a TCR of 4.7 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 0200400600800 05101520 Average employees Total Case Rate Birmingham DSD
Birmingham DSD (25 employees, TCR 14.4) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 47 employees and a TCR of 4.7

Birmingham DSD has fewer employees than the Trucking, general freight, 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 Fatalities
2020 6.6 6.6 2 0 0
2019 3.2 3.2 1 0 0
2018 9.9 9.9 3 0 0
2017 4.7 0.0 1 0 0
2016 47.9 0.0 1 0 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

484110 · AL · Birmingham

2,784 Trucking, general freight, local 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 Tecara Logsitics, LLC - S Council 14.5 TCR
NAICS-TCR Penske : 4803-00 Starbucks/San Diego, CA 14.4 TCR
NAICS-TCR SAN LEANDRO (CASLR) 14.4 TCR
NAICS-TCR Gruntastic Logistics Corp 14.5 TCR
STATE-SIZE Franklin Electric Cooperattive 25 FTE
STATE-SIZE NextGen Industrial, LLC. 25 FTE
STATE-SIZE Tutwiler Residence Hall 25 FTE
STATE-SIZE 250 25 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 Domestic 14.4 TCR
NAT-TCR Hill & Company LTD 14.4 TCR
NAT-TCR Claremont Senior Living 14.4 TCR
NAT-TCR The Meadowlands 14.4 TCR
NAT-SIZE Good-Lite Company 25 FTE
NAT-SIZE Progreso LMMM Wichita Falls #1, LLC 25 FTE
NAT-SIZE U S Lubricants - Valparaiso 25 FTE
NAT-SIZE Roses 99 25 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: 2020, 2019, 2018, 2017, 2016. 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.