Fabricated structural metal manufacturing · Alabama

Cooper Steel South, LLC

Childersburg, AL · ~69 workers · 4 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

D
Poor Safety Record
4.3
Avg TCR
3.3
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

Cooper Steel South, LLC runs at 132% of its industry's injury rate - more dangerous than the typical Fabricated structural metal manufacturing workplace, earning a grade D.

Cooper Steel South, LLC: 4.3 TCR = 132% of Fabricated structural metal manufacturing BLS 3.3 · 4y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Cooper Steel South, LLC safety composite

Cooper Steel South, LLC scores strongest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 52% of same-industry peers) and weakest on dart rate (safer than 22%), 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).

D

41/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
D 4.35 per 100 workers

Safer than 52% of industry peers

DART rate
F 4.49 per 100 workers

Safer than 22% 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

−2.3

2021→2024

Cooper Steel South, LLC injury rate improved

Cooper Steel South, LLC's TCR fell 2.3 from 6.8 in 2021 to 4.5 in 2024. Peak filing year was 2021 at 6.8 TCR. In 2024, DART was 1.03× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2021=6.8 · 2022=4.8 · 2023=1.3 · 2024=4.5

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 332312 · Childersburg, AL ABOVE-IND · SMALL

Grade D · TCR 4.3 · 132% of ind

  • DART 4.5 DART
  • RANK #32/61
  • PHOTO Atlas Fabrication, LLC
  • BOOK 4y book
  • INJ 11 inj
  • SIZE ~69 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: Atlas Fabrication, LLC (0.0 TCR gap)

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Cooper Steel South, LLC in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows Cooper Steel South, LLC averages 4.3 TCR (132% of the Fabricated structural metal manufacturing BLS benchmark).

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

Cooper Steel South, LLC TCR series: 2021=6.8 · 2022=4.8 · 2023=1.3 · 2024=4.5 · BLS 3.3

Where Cooper Steel South, LLC falls in its industry

1,491 Fabricated structural metal ma establishments

Safer than 52% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 4.6.

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to Alabama alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #32 safest of 61 Fabricated structural metal ma employers in Alabama.

Cooper Steel South, LLC (69 employees, TCR 4.3) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 54 employees and a TCR of 4.6 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 0100200300400 05101520 Average employees Total Case Rate Cooper Steel South, LLC
Cooper Steel South, LLC (69 employees, TCR 4.3) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 54 employees and a TCR of 4.6

Cooper Steel South, LLC has more employees than the Fabricated structural metal manufacturin median and a lower injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 4.6. 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 4.5 4.5 4 0 0
2023 1.3 0.0 1 0 0
2022 4.8 4.8 3 0 0
2021 6.8 6.8 3 0 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

332312 · AL · Childersburg

1,491 Fabricated structural metal manufacturing employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 7,418 rated employers in Alabama with headcount on file · 7 employers in Childersburg, 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 Atlas Fabrication, LLC 4.4 TCR
NAICS-TCR 028 LCI 4.3 TCR
NAICS-TCR Aerobraze OKC 4.3 TCR
NAICS-TCR Burgess Steel Erectors of New York, LLC 4.4 TCR
STATE-SIZE CCI CS - Restone Arsenal 69 FTE
STATE-SIZE Madison Electric, Inc. 69 FTE
STATE-SIZE American Fire Protection LLC 69 FTE
STATE-SIZE CRANEWORKS, INC - BHAM 69 FTE
CITY-NEAR ENEOS USA, Inc. Alabama Plant 69 FTE
CITY-NEAR Reeson, Inc. 58 FTE
CITY-NEAR JXNOE NOLA 54 FTE
CITY-NEAR 1808-00000103-400 38 FTE
NAT-TCR TriCircle Pavers Inc. 4.3 TCR
NAT-TCR Procter and Gamble WCMC 4.3 TCR
NAT-TCR SpecGx LLC 4.3 TCR
NAT-TCR Farm and Fleet of Sycamore 4.3 TCR
NAT-SIZE Le Meridien Columbus, The Joseph 69 FTE
NAT-SIZE Restoration Professionals, Inc 69 FTE
NAT-SIZE Windom Area Elementary 69 FTE
NAT-SIZE Lee County Health and Rehabilitation 69 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, 2021. 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.