Steel manufacturing · Alabama
Fairfield Works - Flat Rolled
Farifield, AL · ~79 workers · 3 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.
- D
- Poor Safety Record
- 6.5
- Avg TCR
- 3.3
- Industry avg
- 0
- Fatalities
The verdict
Fairfield Works - Flat Rolled runs at 196% of its industry's injury rate - more dangerous than the typical Steel manufacturing workplace, earning a grade D.
- D
- Poor Safety Record
- 6.5
- avg TCR · per 100 workers
- 3.3
- industry benchmark (BLS)
- 15
- recordable injuries tracked
Grade compares Fairfield Works - Flat Rolled's OSHA Total Case Rate of 6.5 to the Steel manufacturing BLS benchmark of 3.3 (196% of benchmark) across 3 years of Form 300A filings (2016–2024). <a href="/methodology">See methodology</a> for reporting-limitation caveats.
Injury rate over time
Fairfield Works - Flat Rolled's yearly Total Case Rate, against the 3.3 industry benchmark.
Where Fairfield Works - Flat Rolled falls in its industry
462 Steel manufacturing establishmentsSafer than 17% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 2.4.
Narrower to Alabama alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #16 safest of 18 Steel manufacturing employers in Alabama.
Trend analysis for Fairfield Works - Flat Rolled
Between 2016 and 2018, Fairfield Works - Flat Rolled's Total Case Rate improved from 7.4 to 6.3 recordable injuries per 100 full-time workers, a 15% decrease across 2 years of OSHA reporting.
The safest year on record was 2017, at a TCR of 5.8, while 2016 saw the highest rate, at 7.4, a spread of 1.6 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, Fairfield Works - Flat Rolled recorded 15 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
The 15 injuries, 1 illnesses shown on this page for Fairfield Works - Flat Rolled are sourced from its own 3 years of 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 331110 - Steel manufacturing.
DART Rate, Transparent Calculation (2018)
What is the DART rate formula?
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.
5 DART incidents × 200,000 ÷ 191,278 hours worked = 5.23 DART
Methodology: 29 CFR 1904, OSHA Form 300A recordkeeping
Cross-Validating Context, Establishment vs Industry vs State
| Benchmark | TCR | Source |
|---|---|---|
| Fairfield Works - Flat Rolled (this establishment) | 6.48 | OSHA ITA Form 300A, 3-year avg |
| Steel manufacturing industry avg | 3.30 | BLS IIF, NAICS 331110 |
| 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 Fairfield Works - Flat Rolled 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.
- 2018: 6 reportable incidents · 6 injuries, 0 illnesses, 0 fatalities - OSHA inspection records (case numbers)
- 2017: 5 reportable incidents · 5 injuries, 0 illnesses, 0 fatalities - OSHA inspection records (case numbers)
- 2016: 5 reportable incidents · 4 injuries, 1 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2018 | 6.3 | 5.2 | 6 | 0 | 0 |
| 2017 | 5.8 | 3.5 | 5 | 0 | 0 |
| 2016 | 7.4 | 2.9 | 4 | 1 | 0 |
What this grade means for you
Use this grade as a relative read on Fairfield Works - Flat Rolled's reported OSHA injury record versus its Steel manufacturing peers, not a verdict on whether any single site is safe today.
- At 196% of the Steel manufacturing benchmark, Fairfield Works - Flat Rolled reports more injuries than typical peers, ask specifically how the employer is reducing them. Know your rights
- Judge this record against the wider Steel manufacturing sector, where injury rates vary widely, before comparing it in isolation. See the industry
- Grades reflect 2016–2024 filings; check the latest establishment record straight from OSHA, or look up a different employer. Look up another
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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Every figure and grade on PlainSafetyScore is computed directly from OSHA's published Injury Tracking Application data and BLS industry benchmarks, no number is typed in by an editor. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these safety grades, or report a data error. Data current as of 2016-2024 OSHA ITA release.