Beverages, soft drink (including artificially carbonated waters), manufacturing · Alabama
Buffalo Rock Tuscaloosa
Tuscaloosa, AL · ~90 workers · 3 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.
- F
- Failing Safety Record
- 7.4
- Avg TCR
- 3.3
- Industry avg
- 0
- Fatalities
The verdict
Buffalo Rock Tuscaloosa runs at 224% of its industry's injury rate - far more dangerous than the typical Beverages, soft drink (including artificially carbonated waters), manufacturing workplace, earning a grade F.
Buffalo Rock Tuscaloosa: 7.4 TCR = 224% of Beverages, soft drink (including artificially carbonated waters), manufacturing BLS 3.3 · 3y Form 300A (see methodology below)
Buffalo Rock Tuscaloosa safety composite
Buffalo Rock Tuscaloosa scores strongest on fatalities (safer than 50% of same-industry peers) and weakest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 27%), 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).
36/100
Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures
- Total Case Rate (TCR)
- F 7.4 per 100 workers
Safer than 27% of industry peers
- DART rate
- D 4.22 per 100 workers
Safer than 37% 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%).
Rising injury rate
Buffalo Rock Tuscaloosa: 4.8 → 6.3 TCR
Peak year 2023 @ 11.0 TCR · DART/TCR 0.57× in 2024
Buffalo Rock Tuscaloosa's TCR rose 1.5 from 4.8 in 2022 to 6.3 in 2024. Peak filing year was 2023 at 11.0 TCR. In 2024, DART was 0.57× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).
OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard
Establishment book 312111 · Tuscaloosa, AL ABOVE-IND · SMALL
Grade F · TCR 7.4 · 224% of ind
- DART 4.2 DART
- RANK #11/14
- PHOTO Fruitland VAF
- BOOK 3y book
- INJ 12 inj
- SIZE ~90 FTE
Nearest TCR peer: Fruitland VAF (0.0 TCR gap)
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Buffalo Rock Tuscaloosa in the TCR neighbourhood
Average Total Case Rate among this establishment and nearest same-industry peers
- BPCI
BPCI
7.5 TCR
- This site
Buffalo Rock Tuscaloosa
7.4 TCR
- Fruitland VAF
Fruitland VAF
7.4 TCR
- Nor-Cal Bevera
Nor-Cal Beverage Co, Inc.
7.3 TCR
- Carolina Bever
Carolina Beverage Group Fort Worth North Beach
7.3 TCR
What this shows Buffalo Rock Tuscaloosa averages 7.4 TCR (224% of the Beverages, soft drink (including artificially carbonated waters), manufacturing BLS benchmark).
Buffalo Rock Tuscaloosa TCR series: 2022=4.8 · 2023=11 · 2024=6.3 · BLS 3.3
Where Buffalo Rock Tuscaloosa falls in its industry
516 Beverages, soft drink (includi establishmentsSafer than 27% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 4.8.
Narrower to Alabama alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #11 safest of 14 Beverages, soft drink (includi employers in Alabama.
Buffalo Rock Tuscaloosa has fewer employees than the Beverages, soft drink (including artific median and a higher injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 4.8. 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 | 6.3 | 4.2 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| 2023 | 11.0 | 11.0 | 7 | 0 | 0 |
| 2022 | 4.8 | 4.8 | 2 | 2 | 0 |
OSHA ITA peer cross-reference
Establishment peer ledger
312111 · AL · Tuscaloosa
516 Beverages, soft drink (including artificially carbonated waters), manufacturing employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 7,418 rated employers in Alabama with headcount on file · 151 employers in Tuscaloosa, 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 | Fruitland VAF | 7.4 TCR |
| NAICS-TCR | Nor-Cal Beverage Co, Inc. | 7.3 TCR |
| NAICS-TCR | BPCI | 7.5 TCR |
| NAICS-TCR | Carolina Beverage Group Fort Worth North Beach | 7.3 TCR |
| STATE-SIZE | Auburn Electrical Construction Co., Inc. | 90 FTE |
| STATE-SIZE | BM6 | 90 FTE |
| STATE-SIZE | Clayton Tiny Homes | 90 FTE |
| STATE-SIZE | TAMKO Building Products LLC - Tuscaloosa | 90 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | Phifer Kauloosa | 1,419 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | BFG3 Tuscaloosa Facility | 1,340 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | McAbee Construction Inc | 680 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | Tuscaloosa Processing | 526 FTE |
| NAT-TCR | Buckley & Co INC | 7.4 TCR |
| NAT-TCR | FV Southdale Hospital | 7.4 TCR |
| NAT-TCR | STR0404 | 7.4 TCR |
| NAT-TCR | LindenGrove Communities LLC - Menomonee Falls | 7.4 TCR |
| NAT-SIZE | J&W Walker Farms, Inc. | 90 FTE |
| NAT-SIZE | 139 Kirkwood | 90 FTE |
| NAT-SIZE | 125 University City | 90 FTE |
| NAT-SIZE | 101 Florissant | 90 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.