Health and Allied Services, Not Elsewhere Classified; Blood Bank · Alabama
Birmingham Region
Birmingham, AL · ~50 workers · 9 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.
- F
- Failing Safety Record
- 10.4
- Avg TCR
- 3.8
- Industry avg
- 0
- Fatalities
The verdict
Birmingham Region runs at 273% of its industry's injury rate - far more dangerous than the typical Health and Allied Services, Not Elsewhere Classified; Blood Bank workplace, earning a grade F.
Birmingham Region: 10.4 TCR = 273% of Health and Allied Services, Not Elsewhere Classified; Blood Bank BLS 3.8 · 9y Form 300A (see methodology below)
Birmingham Region safety composite
Birmingham Region scores strongest on dart rate (safer than 74% of same-industry peers) and weakest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 9%), 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).
42/100
Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures
- Total Case Rate (TCR)
- F 10.37 per 100 workers
Safer than 9% of industry peers
- DART rate
- C 0 per 100 workers
Safer than 74% 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
−0.9
2016→2024
Birmingham Region injury rate improved
Birmingham Region's TCR fell 0.9 from 10.0 in 2016 to 9.1 in 2024. Peak filing year was 2020 at 23.2 TCR. In 2024, DART was 0× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).
2016=10.0 · 2017=8.7 · 2018=8.7 · 2019=6.7 · 2020=23.2 · 2021=15.6 · 2022=6.7 · 2023=4.5 · 2024=9.1
OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard
Establishment book 621991 · Birmingham, AL ABOVE-IND · SMALL
Grade F · TCR 10.4 · 273% of ind
- DART 0.0 DART
- RANK #30/36
- PHOTO AMERICAN RED CROSS -…
- BOOK 9y book
- INJ 42 inj
- SIZE ~50 FTE
Nearest TCR peer: AMERICAN RED CROSS - 32 N PROSPECT ST (0.0 TCR gap)
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Birmingham Region in the TCR neighbourhood
Average Total Case Rate among this establishment and nearest same-industry peers
- Missoula, MT-B
Missoula, MT-Biolife 720
10.5 TCR
- This site
Birmingham Region
10.4 TCR
- AMERICAN RED C
AMERICAN RED CROSS - 32 N PROSPECT ST
10.4 TCR
- McAllen-Bicent
McAllen-Bicentennial, TX - TPR
10.4 TCR
- SCORAN-OPI-ORA
SCORAN-OPI-ORANGEBURG 150
10.3 TCR
What this shows Birmingham Region averages 10.4 TCR (273% of the Health and Allied Services, Not Elsewhere Classified; Blood Bank BLS benchmark).
Birmingham Region TCR series: 2016=10 · 2017=8.7 · 2018=8.7 · 2019=6.7 · 2020=23.2 · 2021=15.6 · 2022=6.7 · 2023=4.5 · 2024=9.1 · BLS 3.8
Where Birmingham Region falls in its industry
1,713 Health and Allied Services, No establishmentsSafer than 9% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 4.3.
Narrower to Alabama alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #30 safest of 36 Health and Allied Services, No employers in Alabama.
Birmingham Region has more employees than the Health and Allied Services, Not Elsewher median and a higher injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 4.3. 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 | 9.1 | 0.0 | 4 | 0 | 0 |
| 2023 | 4.5 | 2.3 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| 2022 | 6.7 | 2.2 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| 2021 | 15.6 | 0.0 | 7 | 0 | 0 |
| 2020 | 23.2 | 20.9 | 10 | 0 | 0 |
| 2019 | 6.7 | 4.5 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| 2018 | 8.7 | 8.7 | 4 | 0 | 0 |
| 2017 | 8.7 | 4.3 | 4 | 0 | 0 |
| 2016 | 10.0 | 4.0 | 5 | 0 | 0 |
OSHA ITA peer cross-reference
Establishment peer ledger
621991 · AL · Birmingham
1,713 Health and Allied Services, Not Elsewhere Classified; Blood Bank 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 | AMERICAN RED CROSS - 32 N PROSPECT ST | 10.4 TCR |
| NAICS-TCR | McAllen-Bicentennial, TX - TPR | 10.4 TCR |
| NAICS-TCR | SCORAN-OPI-ORANGEBURG 150 | 10.3 TCR |
| NAICS-TCR | Missoula, MT-Biolife 720 | 10.5 TCR |
| STATE-SIZE | 8600 Live Haul Koch Foods | 50 FTE |
| STATE-SIZE | Patton Chapel Crew Headquarters | 50 FTE |
| STATE-SIZE | Southeast Cherokee Construction, Inc. | 50 FTE |
| STATE-SIZE | Stone Building LLC | 50 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 | Fort Dodge Community School District | 10.4 TCR |
| NAT-TCR | Wilkesboro Food Service Plant | 10.4 TCR |
| NAT-TCR | Stein Distributing Company Inc. | 10.4 TCR |
| NAT-TCR | Martin County Health Care | 10.4 TCR |
| NAT-SIZE | Ernst Trucking Inc. | 50 FTE |
| NAT-SIZE | Ernst Concrete Columbus | 50 FTE |
| NAT-SIZE | Tingue, Peachtree City | 50 FTE |
| NAT-SIZE | Atlanta East | 50 FTE |
Rel codes: NAICS-TCR · STATE-SIZE · CITY-NEAR · NAT-TCR/NAT-SIZE cross-state. Read with this employer →
Read our methodology - how this data is sourced, computed, and verified.