Pallets, wood or wood and metal combination, manufacturing · Alabama
Cottondale Wood Products
Tuscaloosa, AL · ~141 workers · 8 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.
- D
- Poor Safety Record
- 5.8
- Avg TCR
- 3.3
- Industry avg
- 0
- Fatalities
The verdict
Cottondale Wood Products runs at 175% of its industry's injury rate - more dangerous than the typical Pallets, wood or wood and metal combination, manufacturing workplace, earning a grade D.
Cottondale Wood Products: 5.8 TCR = 175% of Pallets, wood or wood and metal combination, manufacturing BLS 3.3 · 8y Form 300A (see methodology below)
Cottondale Wood Products safety composite
Cottondale Wood Products scores strongest on dart rate (safer than 67% 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).
58/100
Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures
- Total Case Rate (TCR)
- C 5.76 per 100 workers
Safer than 55% of industry peers
- DART rate
- C 1.56 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%).
TCR Δ
−8.0
2016→2024
Cottondale Wood Products injury rate improved
Cottondale Wood Products's TCR fell 8.0 from 11.1 in 2016 to 3.1 in 2024. Peak filing year was 2016 at 11.1 TCR. In 2024, DART was 0.27× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).
2016=11.1 · 2017=9.8 · 2018=7.7 · 2019=4.5 · 2020=3.0 · 2022=4.9 · 2023=2.0 · 2024=3.1
OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard
Establishment book 321920 · Tuscaloosa, AL ABOVE-IND · MID
Grade D · TCR 5.8 · 175% of ind
- DART 1.6 DART
- RANK #9/19
- PHOTO Millwood, Inc. Colum…
- BOOK 8y book
- INJ 94 inj
- SIZE ~141 FTE
Nearest TCR peer: Millwood, Inc. Columbus (0.0 TCR gap)
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Cottondale Wood Products in the TCR neighbourhood
Average Total Case Rate among this establishment and nearest same-industry peers
- This site
Cottondale Wood Products
5.8 TCR
- Millwood, Inc.
Millwood, Inc. Columbus
5.8 TCR
- St. Anthony Sh
St. Anthony Sheet Plant
5.8 TCR
- Amware Pallet
Amware Pallet Services - West Sac
5.8 TCR
- Millwood Inc.
Millwood Inc. - Vienna
5.8 TCR
What this shows Cottondale Wood Products averages 5.8 TCR (175% of the Pallets, wood or wood and metal combination, manufacturing BLS benchmark).
Cottondale Wood Products TCR series: 2016=11.1 · 2017=9.8 · 2018=7.7 · 2019=4.5 · 2020=3 · 2022=4.9 · 2023=2 · 2024=3.1 · BLS 3.3
Where Cottondale Wood Products falls in its industry
952 Pallets, wood or wood and meta establishmentsSafer than 55% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 6.3.
Narrower to Alabama alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #9 safest of 19 Pallets, wood or wood and meta employers in Alabama.
Cottondale Wood Products has more employees than the Pallets, wood or wood and metal combinat median and a lower injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 6.3. 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 | 3.1 | 1.6 | 6 | 0 | 0 |
| 2023 | 2.0 | 0.8 | 5 | 0 | 0 |
| 2022 | 4.9 | 2.3 | 13 | 0 | 0 |
| 2020 | 3.0 | 1.7 | 7 | 0 | 0 |
| 2019 | 4.5 | 2.5 | 8 | 1 | 0 |
| 2018 | 7.7 | 3.4 | 15 | 1 | 0 |
| 2017 | 9.8 | 4.1 | 19 | 0 | 0 |
| 2016 | 11.1 | 5.8 | 21 | 0 | 0 |
OSHA ITA peer cross-reference
Establishment peer ledger
321920 · AL · Tuscaloosa
952 Pallets, wood or wood and metal combination, 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 | Millwood, Inc. Columbus | 5.8 TCR |
| NAICS-TCR | St. Anthony Sheet Plant | 5.8 TCR |
| NAICS-TCR | Amware Pallet Services - West Sac | 5.8 TCR |
| NAICS-TCR | Millwood Inc. - Vienna | 5.8 TCR |
| STATE-SIZE | UFP Haleyville, LLC | 141 FTE |
| STATE-SIZE | KW Container | 141 FTE |
| STATE-SIZE | Muscle Shoals | 141 FTE |
| STATE-SIZE | 2967-AL188 | 141 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 | Cardi's Furniture Attleboro | 5.8 TCR |
| NAT-TCR | National IN - 0801 | 5.8 TCR |
| NAT-TCR | Magic Kingdom, Inc. | 5.8 TCR |
| NAT-TCR | Brand Hydraulics Co. | 5.8 TCR |
| NAT-SIZE | LaPorte PVOH | 141 FTE |
| NAT-SIZE | Chicopee Terminal | 141 FTE |
| NAT-SIZE | Baptist Village Care Center | 141 FTE |
| NAT-SIZE | Langboard, Inc. | 141 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.