Signs and signboards (except paper, paperboard) manufacturing · Alabama
Cummings DPC
Dothan, AL · ~100 workers · 3 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.
- F
- Failing Safety Record
- 11.8
- Avg TCR
- 3.3
- Industry avg
- 0
- Fatalities
The verdict
Cummings DPC runs at 356% of its industry's injury rate - far more dangerous than the typical Signs and signboards (except paper, paperboard) manufacturing workplace, earning a grade F.
- F
- Failing Safety Record
- 11.8
- avg TCR · per 100 workers
- 3.3
- industry benchmark (BLS)
- 38
- recordable injuries tracked
Grade compares Cummings DPC's OSHA Total Case Rate to the BLS industry benchmark across 3 years of Form 300A filings (2016–2024). This reflects reported recordable injuries, not an independent safety inspection -- underreporting is a known limitation of employer self-recordkeeping.
Injury rate over time
Cummings DPC's yearly Total Case Rate, against the 3.3 industry benchmark.
Where Cummings DPC falls in its industry
448 Signs and signboards (except p establishmentsSafer than 2% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 3.3.
Narrower to Alabama alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #6 safest of 7 Signs and signboards (except p employers in Alabama.
Cummings DPC has an average TCR of 11.8, which is 356% of the industry average (3.3) for Signs and signboards (except paper, paperboard) manufacturing. This is significantly worse than average.
The letter grade is a transparent derived index PlainSafetyScore computes from public OSHA ITA and BLS benchmark data, not an official OSHA rating or safety certification. Full formula and thresholds: Methodology.
Trend analysis for Cummings DPC
Between 2017 and 2019, Cummings DPC's Total Case Rate held roughly steady from 13.1 to 13.3 recordable injuries per 100 full-time workers, a 1% increase across 2 years of OSHA reporting.
The safest year on record was 2018, at a TCR of 8.9, while 2019 saw the highest rate, at 13.3, a spread of 4.3 points between the best and worst reporting years. That's a comparatively narrow spread, suggesting a fairly consistent safety record across the 3 years with a usable rate on file, rather than one outlier year skewing the multi-year average.
Summed across those 3 reporting years, Cummings DPC recorded 38 total injuries and illnesses, with no fatalities reported in any of those years. Readers comparing establishments should weigh the 3-year trend above alongside establishment size, since a larger workforce naturally accumulates more raw incidents even at a lower per-100-worker rate.
Verify This Employer with OSHA
All injury, illness, and fatality figures on this page are sourced from Cummings DPC's own mandatory OSHA Form 300A summaries. Cross-check the underlying establishment record directly against the federal source, name, NAICS classification, recordable case totals, and inspection history are all searchable on OSHA's Establishment-Specific Injury and Illness Data system.
Verify on OSHA Establishment SearchSource: U.S. Department of Labor, OSHA Establishment-Specific Injury and Illness Data. NAICS 339950 - Signs and signboards (except paper, paperboard) manufacturing.
DART Rate, Transparent Calculation (2019)
DART (Days Away, Restricted, or Transferred) is computed by OSHA as incidents × 200,000 ÷ hours worked. The 200,000-hour denominator equals roughly 100 full-time workers, which lets establishments of very different sizes be compared directly.
7 DART incidents × 200,000 ÷ 241,571 hours worked = 5.80 DART
Methodology: 29 CFR 1904, OSHA Form 300A recordkeeping
Cross-Validating Context, Establishment vs Industry vs State
| Benchmark | TCR | Source |
|---|---|---|
| Cummings DPC (this establishment) | 11.76 | OSHA ITA Form 300A, 3-year avg |
| Electrical signs manufacturing industry avg | 3.30 | BLS IIF, NAICS 339950 |
| Alabama state avg (all industries) | 4.09 | OSHA ITA, state-level rollup |
Industry benchmarks: Bureau of Labor Statistics, Injuries, Illnesses, and Fatalities (IIF) program
Reportable Incident Timeline
Year-by-year reportable incidents (recordable injuries + illnesses + fatalities) submitted by Cummings DPC to OSHA's Injury Tracking Application. Each row anchors to OSHA's inspection records search where you can pull the underlying inspection case numbers and citations for that establishment-year.
- 2019: 16 reportable incidents · 16 injuries, 0 illnesses, 0 fatalities - OSHA inspection records (case numbers)
- 2018: 7 reportable incidents · 7 injuries, 0 illnesses, 0 fatalities - OSHA inspection records (case numbers)
- 2017: 15 reportable incidents · 15 injuries, 0 illnesses, 0 fatalities - OSHA inspection records (case numbers)
Source: OSHA Inspection Information System (IMIS) - inspection case-number records
Year-by-Year Safety Data
| Year | TCR | DART | Injuries | Illnesses | Fatalities |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2019 | 13.3 | 5.8 | 16 | 0 | 0 |
| 2018 | 8.9 | 6.4 | 7 | 0 | 0 |
| 2017 | 13.1 | 9.6 | 15 | 0 | 0 |
What this grade means for you
Use this grade as a relative read on Cummings DPC's reported OSHA injury record versus its Signs and signboards (except paper, paperboard) manufacturing peers, not a verdict on whether any single site is safe today.
- At 356% of the Signs and signboards (except paper, paperboard) manufacturing benchmark, Cummings DPC reports more injuries than typical peers, ask specifically how the employer is reducing them. Know your rights
- Judge this record against the wider Signs and signboards (except paper, paperboard) manufacturing sector, where injury rates vary widely, before comparing it in isolation. See the industry
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Safety grades reflect employers' self-reported OSHA Form 300A filings from 2016 to 2024 and can lag current conditions. A grade is not a guarantee that any specific workplace is safe or unsafe today. See our methodology and disclaimer.
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