Automobile seat frames, metal, manufacturing · Alabama

Brose Tuscaloosa`

Name: Brose Tuscaloosa` Workplace Safety Data
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Vance, AL · ~751 workers · 5 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

Compiled by PlainSafetyScore · August 25, 2026

D
Poor Safety Record: 6.7
Avg TCR: 5.4
Industry avg: 0
Fatalities

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The verdict

Brose Tuscaloosa` runs at 123% of its industry's injury rate - more dangerous than the typical Automobile seat frames, metal, manufacturing workplace, earning a grade D.

Brose Tuscaloosa`: 6.7 TCR = 123% of Automobile seat frames, metal, manufacturing BLS 5.4 · 5y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Brose Tuscaloosa` safety composite

Brose Tuscaloosa` scores strongest on dart rate (safer than 51% of same-industry peers) and weakest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 12%), 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).

35/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR): F 6.65 per 100 workers

Safer than 12% of industry peers
DART rate: D 1.49 per 100 workers

Safer than 51% 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

−0.5

2017→2022

Brose Tuscaloosa` injury rate improved

Brose Tuscaloosa`'s TCR fell 0.5 from 3.3 in 2017 to 2.8 in 2022. Peak filing year was 2020 at 19.1 TCR. In 2022, DART was 0.22× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2017=3.3 · 2019=4.3 · 2020=19.1 · 2021=3.6 · 2022=2.8

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 336360 · Vance, AL ABOVE-IND · MID

Grade D · TCR 6.7 · 123% of ind

DART 1.5 DART
RANK #35/37
PHOTO VALLEY ENTERPRISES-U…
BOOK 5y book
INJ 112 inj
SIZE ~751 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: VALLEY ENTERPRISES-UBLY INC (0.0 TCR gap)

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6.7
VALLEY ENTERPR

6.7
Janesville Aco

6.7
NHK Seating of

6.6
Lear Corporati

6.6

What this shows Brose Tuscaloosa` averages 6.7 TCR (123% of the Automobile seat frames, metal, manufacturing BLS benchmark).

Brose Tuscaloosa` TCR series: 2017=3.3 · 2019=4.3 · 2020=19.1 · 2021=3.6 · 2022=2.8 · BLS 5.4

Where Brose Tuscaloosa` falls in its industry

384 Automobile seat frames, metal, establishments

Safer than 12% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 3.3.

Grade D

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to Alabama alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #35 safest of 37 Automobile seat frames, metal, employers in Alabama.

Brose Tuscaloosa` (751 employees, TCR 6.7) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 245 employees and a TCR of 3.3

Brose Tuscaloosa` has more employees than the Automobile seat frames, metal, manufactu median and a higher injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 3.3. 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
2022	2.8	1.5	19	0
2021	3.6	1.5	26	0
2020	19.1	19.1	11	0
2019	4.3	2.9	31	1
2017	3.3	2.5	25	0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

336360 · AL · Vance

384 Automobile seat frames, metal, manufacturing employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 7,418 rated employers in Alabama with headcount on file · 27 employers in Vance, AL · 4 cross-state NAT-TCR peers · 4 cross-state NAT-SIZE peers. Closest matches by relationship code are listed below.

Rel	Establishment	Place	Metric
NAICS-TCR	VALLEY ENTERPRISES-UBLY INC	UBLY, MI	6.7 TCR
NAICS-TCR	NHK Seating of America Tennessee	MURFREESBORO, TN	6.6 TCR
NAICS-TCR	Janesville Acoustics- Richmond	RICHMOND, IN	6.7 TCR
NAICS-TCR	Lear Corporation - Arlington	ARLINGTON, TX	6.6 TCR
STATE-SIZE	South Baldwin Regional Medical Center	FOLEY	754 FTE
STATE-SIZE	Amazon.com Services LLC - HSV1	HUNTSVILLE	755 FTE
STATE-SIZE	Evonik Corporation	THEODORE	757 FTE
STATE-SIZE	Fairfield Tubular Operations	FAIRFIELD	745 FTE
CITY-NEAR	Mercedes Benz US. International	Vance	6,181 FTE
CITY-NEAR	Lear Corporation - Tuscaloosa	Vance	765 FTE
CITY-NEAR	Ard Logistics, LLC	Vance	563 FTE
CITY-NEAR	ARD MBUSI Plant 2	Vance	367 FTE
NAT-TCR	UW Friday Harbor Labs	Seattle, WA	6.7 TCR
NAT-TCR	Stanco Metal Products - South Carolina	Williamston, SC	6.7 TCR
NAT-TCR	Guilford Town Hall South	Guilford, CT	6.7 TCR
NAT-TCR	Ihop 1330	Lubbock, TX	6.7 TCR
NAT-SIZE	Hickory DC & HUB / Sutter East - Claremont	Claremont, NC	751 FTE
NAT-SIZE	CHCGILHQ - AT&T Services, Inc.	Chicago, IL	751 FTE
NAT-SIZE	VIP,INC. Rancho Cucamonga	Rancho Cucamonga, CA	751 FTE
NAT-SIZE	Ventra Salem LLC	Salem, OH	751 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: 2022, 2021, 2020, 2019, 2017. This is publicly available government data - not a legal determination of workplace conditions.

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Data sourced from official public datasets. See our methodology for details.