Metal scrap and waste merchant wholesalers · Alabama

CMC Recycling Birmingham

Birmingham, AL · ~23 workers · 4 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

C
Average Safety Record
2.2
Avg TCR
2.2
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

CMC Recycling Birmingham runs at 99% of its industry's injury rate - about level with the typical Metal scrap and waste merchant wholesalers workplace, earning a grade C.

CMC Recycling Birmingham: 2.2 TCR = 99% of Metal scrap and waste merchant wholesalers BLS 2.2 · 4y Form 300A (see methodology below)

CMC Recycling Birmingham safety composite

CMC Recycling Birmingham scores strongest on dart rate (safer than 79% of same-industry peers) and weakest on fatalities (safer than 51%), 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).

C

69/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
C 2.18 per 100 workers

Safer than 72% of industry peers

DART rate
B 0 per 100 workers

Safer than 79% 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

−4.2

2016→2019

CMC Recycling Birmingham injury rate improved

CMC Recycling Birmingham's TCR fell 4.2 from 4.2 in 2016 to 0.0 in 2019. Peak filing year was 2018 at 4.5 TCR. In 2019, DART was 0× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2016=4.2 · 2017=0.0 · 2018=4.5 · 2019=0.0

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 423930 · Birmingham, AL AT/BELOW-IND · SMALL

Grade C · TCR 2.2 · 99% of ind

  • DART 0.0 DART
  • RANK #9/21
  • PHOTO Caledonian Alloys
  • BOOK 4y book
  • INJ 2 inj
  • SIZE ~23 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: Caledonian Alloys (0.0 TCR gap)

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CMC Recycling Birmingham in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows CMC Recycling Birmingham averages 2.2 TCR (99% of the Metal scrap and waste merchant wholesalers BLS benchmark).

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

CMC Recycling Birmingham TCR series: 2016=4.2 · 2017=0 · 2018=4.5 · 2019=0 · BLS 2.2

Where CMC Recycling Birmingham falls in its industry

1,126 Metal scrap and waste merchant establishments

Safer than 72% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 4.0.

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to Alabama alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #9 safest of 21 Metal scrap and waste merchant employers in Alabama.

CMC Recycling Birmingham (23 employees, TCR 2.2) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 39 employees and a TCR of 4.0 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 020406080100 0246810 Average employees Total Case Rate CMC Recycling Birmingham
CMC Recycling Birmingham (23 employees, TCR 2.2) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 39 employees and a TCR of 4.0

CMC Recycling Birmingham has fewer employees than the Metal scrap and waste merchant wholesale median and a lower injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 4.0. 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
2019 0.0 0.0 0 0 0
2018 4.5 4.5 1 0 0
2017 0.0 0.0 0 0 0
2016 4.2 0.0 1 0 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

423930 · AL · Birmingham

1,126 Metal scrap and waste merchant wholesalers 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 Caledonian Alloys 2.2 TCR
NAICS-TCR Slesnick Iron & Metal Co Inc 2.2 TCR
NAICS-TCR Jet Polymer Recycling 2.2 TCR
NAICS-TCR Pascap Co. Inc 2.2 TCR
STATE-SIZE Koch Foods Geraldine Breeder/Broilers 23 FTE
STATE-SIZE Ashland Breeder and Broiler 23 FTE
STATE-SIZE Decatur hatchery 23 FTE
STATE-SIZE Tenaska Central Alabama Generating Station 23 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 School 2.2 TCR
NAT-TCR Comm HVAC NA and EMEA : SVC-Indiana District : SVC-Indianapolis IN-USA 2.2 TCR
NAT-TCR McLemore Building Maintenance 2.2 TCR
NAT-TCR Derian 2 2.2 TCR
NAT-SIZE Coastal STARR Survival Shelter 23 FTE
NAT-SIZE Plymouth STARR Shelter 23 FTE
NAT-SIZE CCB 23 FTE
NAT-SIZE 1600 West Carson St, Pittsburgh, PA 23 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: 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.