Food (i.e., groceries) stores · Alabama

Buy-Lo Quality Food Stores Inc. d/b/a Piggly Wiggly

Name: Buy-Lo Quality Food Stores Inc. d/b/a Piggly Wiggly Workplace Safety Data
Creator: PlainSafetyScore
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Birmingham, AL · ~884 workers · 3 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

Compiled by PlainSafetyScore · August 25, 2026

B
Good Safety Record: 2.3
Avg TCR: 3.4
Industry avg: 0
Fatalities

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The verdict

Buy-Lo Quality Food Stores Inc. d/b/a Piggly Wiggly runs at 67% of its industry's injury rate - safer than the typical Food (i.e., groceries) stores workplace, earning a grade B.

Buy-Lo Quality Food Stores Inc. d/b/a Piggly Wiggly: 2.3 TCR = 67% of Food (i.e., groceries) stores BLS 3.4 · 3y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Buy-Lo Quality Food Stores Inc. d/b/a Piggly Wiggly safety composite

Buy-Lo Quality Food Stores Inc. d/b/a Piggly Wiggly scores strongest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 87% 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).

71/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR): B 2.29 per 100 workers

Safer than 87% of industry peers
DART rate: C 1.3 per 100 workers

Safer than 67% 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

Buy-Lo Quality Food Stores Inc. d/b/a Piggly Wiggly: 1.4 → 2.9 TCR

Peak year 2024 @ 2.9 TCR · DART/TCR 0.57× in 2024

Buy-Lo Quality Food Stores Inc. d/b/a Piggly Wiggly's TCR rose 1.5 from 1.4 in 2022 to 2.9 in 2024. In 2024, DART was 0.57× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 445110 · Birmingham, AL AT/BELOW-IND · MID

Grade B · TCR 2.3 · 67% of ind

DART 1.3 DART
RANK #81/382
PHOTO Store 0102
BOOK 3y book
INJ 32 inj
SIZE ~884 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: Store 0102 (0.0 TCR gap)

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2.3
Store 0102

2.3
Store 1093

2.3
Store 1608

2.3
Store 1634

2.3

What this shows Buy-Lo Quality Food Stores Inc. d/b/a Piggly Wiggly averages 2.3 TCR (67% of the Food (i.e., groceries) stores BLS benchmark).

Buy-Lo Quality Food Stores Inc. d/b/a Piggly Wiggly TCR series: 2022=1.4 · 2023=2.6 · 2024=2.9 · BLS 3.4

Where Buy-Lo Quality Food Stores Inc. d/b/a Piggly Wiggly falls in its industry

30,654 Food (i.e., groceries) stores establishments

Safer than 87% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 4.7.

Grade B

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to Alabama alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #81 safest of 382 Food (i.e., groceries) stores employers in Alabama.

Buy-Lo Quality Food Stores Inc. d/b/a Piggly Wiggly (884 employees, TCR 2.3) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 99 employees and a TCR of 4.7

Buy-Lo Quality Food Stores Inc. d/b/a Piggly Wiggly has more employees than the Food (i.e., groceries) stores median and a lower 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
2024	2.9	1.3	11
2023	2.6	1.6	15
2022	1.4	0.9	6

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

445110 · AL · Birmingham

30,654 Food (i.e., groceries) stores 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	Place	Metric
NAICS-TCR	Store 0102	NEW PORT RICHEY, FL	2.3 TCR
NAICS-TCR	Store 1093	STUART, FL	2.3 TCR
NAICS-TCR	Store 1608	SIMPSONVILLE, SC	2.3 TCR
NAICS-TCR	Store 1634	COOKEVILLE, TN	2.3 TCR
STATE-SIZE	Decatur processing plant	DECATUR	885 FTE
STATE-SIZE	Albertville Plant	ALBERTVILLE	890 FTE
STATE-SIZE	Sanmina	HUNTSVILLE	878 FTE
STATE-SIZE	4701-724	ALABASTERE	890 FTE
CITY-NEAR	USD	Birmingham	9,165 FTE
CITY-NEAR	CLASSIC FOODS	Birmingham	9,165 FTE
CITY-NEAR	Corporate	Birmingham	8,650 FTE
CITY-NEAR	BIRMINGHAM PACKERS	Birmingham	8,650 FTE
NAT-TCR	Store 5137 - East Pikes Peak A	Colorado Springs, CO	2.3 TCR
NAT-TCR	Hamill Manufacturing Company	Trafford, PA	2.3 TCR
NAT-TCR	Neighborhood Improvement/Planning	Grand Rapids, MI	2.3 TCR
NAT-TCR	Portland Products LLC	Portland, MI	2.3 TCR
NAT-SIZE	Corporate Office	Milwaukee, WI	884 FTE
NAT-SIZE	AGCO : Jackson	Jackson, MN	884 FTE
NAT-SIZE	Franklin Energy	Port Washington, WI	884 FTE
NAT-SIZE	Main Office Building	Phialdelphia, PA	884 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: 2024, 2023, 2022. 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.