Nursing homes · Alabama

Cottage of the Shoals

Tuscumbia, AL · ~84 workers · 4 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

A
Excellent Safety Record
2.8
Avg TCR
6.5
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

Cottage of the Shoals runs at 44% of its industry's injury rate - far safer than the typical Nursing homes workplace, earning a grade A.

Cottage of the Shoals: 2.8 TCR = 44% of Nursing homes BLS 6.5 · 4y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Cottage of the Shoals safety composite

Cottage of the Shoals scores strongest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 85% 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

68/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
B 2.83 per 100 workers

Safer than 85% of industry peers

DART rate
C 2.45 per 100 workers

Safer than 61% 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

−0.4

2016→2019

Cottage of the Shoals injury rate improved

Cottage of the Shoals's TCR fell 0.4 from 4.1 in 2016 to 3.7 in 2019. Peak filing year was 2016 at 4.1 TCR. In 2019, DART was 0.87× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2016=4.1 · 2017=3.5 · 2018=0.0 · 2019=3.7

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 623110 · Tuscumbia, AL AT/BELOW-IND · SMALL

Grade A · TCR 2.8 · 44% of ind

  • DART 2.5 DART
  • RANK #27/269
  • PHOTO Oakland Heights
  • BOOK 4y book
  • INJ 10 inj
  • SIZE ~84 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: Oakland Heights (0.0 TCR gap)

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Cottage of the Shoals in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows Cottage of the Shoals averages 2.8 TCR (44% of the Nursing homes BLS benchmark).

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

Cottage of the Shoals TCR series: 2016=4.1 · 2017=3.5 · 2018=0 · 2019=3.7 · BLS 6.5

Where Cottage of the Shoals falls in its industry

15,252 Nursing homes establishments

Safer than 85% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 6.6.

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to Alabama alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #27 safest of 269 Nursing homes employers in Alabama.

Cottage of the Shoals (84 employees, TCR 2.8) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 106 employees and a TCR of 6.6 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 Cottage of the Shoals
Cottage of the Shoals (84 employees, TCR 2.8) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 106 employees and a TCR of 6.6

Cottage of the Shoals has fewer employees than the Nursing homes median and a lower injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 6.6. 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
2019 3.7 2.5 3 0 0
2018 0.0 0.0 0 0 0
2017 3.5 2.4 3 0 0
2016 4.1 4.1 4 0 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

623110 · AL · Tuscumbia

15,252 Nursing homes employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 7,418 rated employers in Alabama with headcount on file · 34 employers in Tuscumbia, 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 Oakland Heights 2.8 TCR
NAICS-TCR BOCA CIEGA Center 2.8 TCR
NAICS-TCR The Bluffs Rehabilitation and Healthcare Center 2.8 TCR
NAICS-TCR Warren Barr Buffalo Grove 2.8 TCR
STATE-SIZE Generation Fossil Greene County Steam Plant 84 FTE
STATE-SIZE West Jefferson Office 84 FTE
STATE-SIZE Prattville Headquarters 84 FTE
STATE-SIZE Southern Division Gunter Park Crew Headquarters 84 FTE
CITY-NEAR Flexco 223 FTE
CITY-NEAR Muscle Shoals 141 FTE
CITY-NEAR Muscle Shoals (BP) 116 FTE
CITY-NEAR McVantage Packaging - Tuscumbia 103 FTE
NAT-TCR 6962-Swy 0029 2335 2.8 TCR
NAT-TCR Burberry Americas Distribution 2.8 TCR
NAT-TCR 111 - Green Bay East 2.8 TCR
NAT-TCR Plant 8T 2.8 TCR
NAT-SIZE The Meadows - Branson Resort 84 FTE
NAT-SIZE Veritiv Operating Company - MO026 84 FTE
NAT-SIZE Holiday Inn Tulsa City Center 84 FTE
NAT-SIZE 5472-Nai 0033 3087 84 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.

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