Bulk stations, petroleum · Alabama

Estes Equipment Company, INC

Birmingham, AL · ~25 workers · 2 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

D
Poor Safety Record
3.9
Avg TCR
2.2
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

Estes Equipment Company, INC runs at 178% of its industry's injury rate - more dangerous than the typical Bulk stations, petroleum workplace, earning a grade D.

Estes Equipment Company, INC: 3.9 TCR = 178% of Bulk stations, petroleum BLS 2.2 · 2y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Estes Equipment Company, INC safety composite

Estes Equipment Company, INC scores strongest on dart rate (safer than 75% of same-industry peers) and weakest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 35%), 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

53/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
D 3.92 per 100 workers

Safer than 35% of industry peers

DART rate
B 0 per 100 workers

Safer than 75% of industry peers

Fatalities
D 0

Safer than 52% 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%).

Estes Equipment Company, INC held a steady TCR band

Estes Equipment Company, INC's TCR held near 0.2 from 3.8 in 2016 to 4.0 in 2017. In 2017, DART was 0× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2016=3.8 · 2017=4.0

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 424710 · Birmingham, AL ABOVE-IND · SMALL

Grade D · TCR 3.9 · 178% of ind

  • DART 0.0 DART
  • RANK #3/4
  • PHOTO Corey Oil LTD
  • BOOK 2y book
  • INJ 2 inj
  • SIZE ~25 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: Corey Oil LTD (0.0 TCR gap)

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Estes Equipment Company, INC in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows Estes Equipment Company, INC averages 3.9 TCR (178% of the Bulk stations, petroleum BLS benchmark).

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

Estes Equipment Company, INC TCR series: 2016=3.8 · 2017=4 · BLS 2.2

Where Estes Equipment Company, INC falls in its industry

275 Bulk stations, petroleum establishments

Safer than 35% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 3.0.

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to Alabama alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #3 safest of 4 Bulk stations, petroleum employers in Alabama.

Estes Equipment Company, INC (25 employees, TCR 3.9) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 40 employees and a TCR of 3.0 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 0200400600800 051015 Average employees Total Case Rate Estes Equipment Company, INC
Estes Equipment Company, INC (25 employees, TCR 3.9) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 40 employees and a TCR of 3.0

Estes Equipment Company, INC has fewer employees than the Bulk stations, petroleum median and a higher injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 3.0. 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
2017 4.0 0.0 1 0 0
2016 3.8 3.8 1 0 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

424710 · AL · Birmingham

275 Bulk stations, petroleum 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 Corey Oil LTD 3.9 TCR
NAICS-TCR Buffalo Office 3.9 TCR
NAICS-TCR Convington Terminal 4.0 TCR
NAICS-TCR Yoder Oil Co. Inc 3.9 TCR
STATE-SIZE Franklin Electric Cooperattive 25 FTE
STATE-SIZE NextGen Industrial, LLC. 25 FTE
STATE-SIZE Tutwiler Residence Hall 25 FTE
STATE-SIZE 250 25 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 44521j - Parkersburg Bin 3.9 TCR
NAT-TCR BUNN - White Hall 3.9 TCR
NAT-TCR Mercy Family Clinic - Obstetrics and Gynecology 3.9 TCR
NAT-TCR Syracuse Fabrication 3.9 TCR
NAT-SIZE Atlantic Nurseries, Inc. 25 FTE
NAT-SIZE 3105 Republic Services of South Carolina, Hilton Head 25 FTE
NAT-SIZE GCT - Sharonville 25 FTE
NAT-SIZE GCR - Dayton 25 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: 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.