Foam plastics products (except polystrene) manufacturing · Alabama

Fehrer Automotive- Gadsden

Name: Fehrer Automotive- Gadsden Workplace Safety Data
Creator: PlainSafetyScore
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Gadsden, AL · ~335 workers · 2 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

Compiled by PlainSafetyScore · August 25, 2026

D
Poor Safety Record: 4.8
Avg TCR: 3.3
Industry avg: 0
Fatalities

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The verdict

Fehrer Automotive- Gadsden runs at 145% of its industry's injury rate - more dangerous than the typical Foam plastics products (except polystrene) manufacturing workplace, earning a grade D.

Fehrer Automotive- Gadsden: 4.8 TCR = 145% of Foam plastics products (except polystrene) manufacturing BLS 3.3 · 2y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Fehrer Automotive- Gadsden safety composite

Fehrer Automotive- Gadsden scores strongest on fatalities (safer than 51% of same-industry peers) and weakest on dart rate (safer than 23%), 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).

32/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR): F 4.8 per 100 workers

Safer than 27% of industry peers
DART rate: F 3.21 per 100 workers

Safer than 23% 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%).

TCR Δ

−0.9

2017→2018

Fehrer Automotive- Gadsden injury rate improved

Fehrer Automotive- Gadsden's TCR fell 0.9 from 5.2 in 2017 to 4.4 in 2018. Peak filing year was 2017 at 5.2 TCR. In 2018, DART was 0.67× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2017=5.2 · 2018=4.4

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 326150 · Gadsden, AL ABOVE-IND · MID

Grade D · TCR 4.8 · 145% of ind

DART 3.2 DART
RANK #5/6
PHOTO Hunter Panels - Mont…
BOOK 2y book
INJ 27 inj
SIZE ~335 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: Hunter Panels - Montgomery (0.0 TCR gap)

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4.8
Hunter Panels

4.8
Unicast Inc

4.8
Buckley Indust

4.8
SEKISUI Voltek

4.8

What this shows Fehrer Automotive- Gadsden averages 4.8 TCR (145% of the Foam plastics products (except polystrene) manufacturing BLS benchmark).

Fehrer Automotive- Gadsden TCR series: 2017=5.2 · 2018=4.4 · BLS 3.3

Where Fehrer Automotive- Gadsden falls in its industry

474 Foam plastics products (except establishments

Safer than 27% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 3.1.

Grade D

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to Alabama alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #5 safest of 6 Foam plastics products (except employers in Alabama.

Fehrer Automotive- Gadsden (335 employees, TCR 4.8) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 76 employees and a TCR of 3.1

Fehrer Automotive- Gadsden has more employees than the Foam plastics products (except polystren median and a higher injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 3.1. 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
2018	4.4	3.2	12	3	0
2017	5.2	5.2	15	3	0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

326150 · AL · Gadsden

474 Foam plastics products (except polystrene) manufacturing employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 7,418 rated employers in Alabama with headcount on file · 82 employers in Gadsden, AL · 4 cross-state NAT-TCR peers · 4 cross-state NAT-SIZE peers. Closest matches by relationship code are listed below.

Rel	Establishment	Place	Metric
NAICS-TCR	Hunter Panels - Montgomery	MONTGOMERY, NY	4.8 TCR
NAICS-TCR	Unicast Inc	EASTON, PA	4.8 TCR
NAICS-TCR	Buckley Industries, Inc.	PARK CITY, KS	4.8 TCR
NAICS-TCR	SEKISUI Voltek, LLC	COLDWATER, MI	4.8 TCR
STATE-SIZE	Fossil Generation Barry Steam Plant	BUCKS	335 FTE
STATE-SIZE	WM 5348	MONTGOMERY	335 FTE
STATE-SIZE	5348	MONTGOMERY	335 FTE
STATE-SIZE	WM 329	ANNISTON	335 FTE
CITY-NEAR	Goodyear Gadsden Alabama	Gadsden	1,531 FTE
CITY-NEAR	Gadsden Regional Medical Center	Gadsden	1,285 FTE
CITY-NEAR	Koch Foods Gadsden Processing Plant	Gadsden	1,247 FTE
CITY-NEAR	Koch Foods Gadsden Plant	Gadsden	850 FTE
NAT-TCR	RailWorks Transit 63rd Street	New York, NY	4.8 TCR
NAT-TCR	ADS Logan Twp.	Logan Township, NJ	4.8 TCR
NAT-TCR	Midwest	Ottawa, KS	4.8 TCR
NAT-TCR	Streamsong Resort	Streamsong, FL	4.8 TCR
NAT-SIZE	Akron (Ohakr)	Akron, OH	335 FTE
NAT-SIZE	Augusta General Office	Augusta, ME	335 FTE
NAT-SIZE	Country Fresh - G Rapids - 2555 Buchanan	Wyoming, MI	335 FTE
NAT-SIZE	Marriott Indianapolis	Indianapolis, IN	335 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: 2018, 2017. 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.