Combs, metal, manufacturing · Alabama

DSW Cutting

Birmingham, AL · ~42 workers · 4 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

B
Good Safety Record
2.3
Avg TCR
3.3
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

DSW Cutting runs at 70% of its industry's injury rate - safer than the typical Combs, metal, manufacturing workplace, earning a grade B.

DSW Cutting: 2.3 TCR = 70% of Combs, metal, manufacturing BLS 3.3 · 4y Form 300A (see methodology below)

DSW Cutting safety composite

DSW Cutting scores strongest on dart rate (safer than 83% 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

73/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
B 2.31 per 100 workers

Safer than 77% of industry peers

DART rate
B 0 per 100 workers

Safer than 83% 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%).

Rising injury rate

DSW Cutting: 0.0 → 3.3 TCR

Peak year 2017 @ 3.5 TCR · DART/TCR 0× in 2019

DSW Cutting's TCR rose 3.3 from 0.0 in 2016 to 3.3 in 2019. Peak filing year was 2017 at 3.5 TCR. In 2019, DART was 0× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 332999 · Birmingham, AL AT/BELOW-IND · SMALL

Grade B · TCR 2.3 · 70% of ind

  • DART 0.0 DART
  • RANK #8/16
  • PHOTO Filtration : Sylacauga
  • BOOK 4y book
  • INJ 3 inj
  • SIZE ~42 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: Filtration : Sylacauga (0.0 TCR gap)

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DSW Cutting in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows DSW Cutting averages 2.3 TCR (70% of the Combs, metal, manufacturing BLS benchmark).

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

DSW Cutting TCR series: 2016=0 · 2017=3.5 · 2018=2.5 · 2019=3.3 · BLS 3.3

Where DSW Cutting falls in its industry

827 Combs, metal, manufacturing establishments

Safer than 77% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 4.5.

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to Alabama alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #8 safest of 16 Combs, metal, manufacturing employers in Alabama.

DSW Cutting (42 employees, TCR 2.3) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 67 employees and a TCR of 4.5 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 0510152025 Average employees Total Case Rate DSW Cutting
DSW Cutting (42 employees, TCR 2.3) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 67 employees and a TCR of 4.5

DSW Cutting has fewer employees than the Combs, metal, manufacturing median and a lower injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 4.5. 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 3.3 0.0 1 0 0
2018 2.5 2.5 1 0 0
2017 3.5 3.5 1 0 0
2016 0.0 0.0 0 0 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

332999 · AL · Birmingham

827 Combs, metal, manufacturing 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 Filtration : Sylacauga 2.3 TCR
NAICS-TCR Newman Green, Inc. 2.3 TCR
NAICS-TCR Yanke Machine Shop Inc. 2.3 TCR
NAICS-TCR Berrien Metal Products, Inc. Headquarters at 460 Post Rd, Buchanan, MI 49107 2.3 TCR
STATE-SIZE Troy Hatchery 42 FTE
STATE-SIZE Southern Division Auburn Crew Headquarters 42 FTE
STATE-SIZE Tuscaloosa Operations Center 42 FTE
STATE-SIZE LEE BUILDERS, INC 42 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 Neptune Beach 2.3 TCR
NAT-TCR USE - Pearson 2.3 TCR
NAT-TCR 257/Petoskey Meijer 2.3 TCR
NAT-TCR Avalon Communication Services 2.3 TCR
NAT-SIZE Wilkes Barre, PA 42 FTE
NAT-SIZE Warehouse 42 FTE
NAT-SIZE Red Dog HK 42 FTE
NAT-SIZE EnerSys Warminster 42 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.