Fossil Fuel Electric Power Generation · Alabama

Fossil Generation Gadsden Steam Plant

Gadsden, AL · ~51 workers · 2 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

D
Poor Safety Record
2.0
Avg TCR
1.2
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

Fossil Generation Gadsden Steam Plant runs at 171% of its industry's injury rate - more dangerous than the typical Fossil Fuel Electric Power Generation workplace, earning a grade D.

Fossil Generation Gadsden Steam Plant: 2.0 TCR = 171% of Fossil Fuel Electric Power Generation BLS 1.2 · 2y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Fossil Generation Gadsden Steam Plant safety composite

Fossil Generation Gadsden Steam Plant scores strongest on fatalities (safer than 51% of same-industry peers) and weakest on dart rate (safer than 16%), 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).

F

32/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
D 2.05 per 100 workers

Safer than 35% of industry peers

DART rate
F 2.05 per 100 workers

Safer than 16% 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

Fossil Generation Gadsden Steam Plant: 0.0 → 4.1 TCR

Peak year 2017 @ 4.1 TCR · DART/TCR 1× in 2017

Fossil Generation Gadsden Steam Plant's TCR rose 4.1 from 0.0 in 2016 to 4.1 in 2017. In 2017, DART was 1× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 221112 · Gadsden, AL ABOVE-IND · SMALL

Grade D · TCR 2.0 · 171% of ind

  • DART 2.0 DART
  • RANK #25/28
  • PHOTO Handley Station
  • BOOK 2y book
  • INJ 2 inj
  • SIZE ~51 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: Handley Station (0.0 TCR gap)

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Fossil Generation Gadsden Steam Plant in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows Fossil Generation Gadsden Steam Plant averages 2.0 TCR (171% of the Fossil Fuel Electric Power Generation BLS benchmark).

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

Fossil Generation Gadsden Steam Plant TCR series: 2016=0 · 2017=4.1 · BLS 1.2

Where Fossil Generation Gadsden Steam Plant falls in its industry

846 Fossil Fuel Electric Power Gen establishments

Safer than 35% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 1.5.

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to Alabama alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #25 safest of 28 Fossil Fuel Electric Power Gen employers in Alabama.

Fossil Generation Gadsden Steam Plant (51 employees, TCR 2.0) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 59 employees and a TCR of 1.5 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 0200400600800 051015 Average employees Total Case Rate Fossil Generation Gadsden Steam Plant
Fossil Generation Gadsden Steam Plant (51 employees, TCR 2.0) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 59 employees and a TCR of 1.5

Fossil Generation Gadsden Steam Plant has fewer employees than the Fossil Fuel Electric Power Generation median and a higher injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 1.5. 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
2017 4.1 2.0 2 0 0
2016 0.0 0.0 0 0 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

221112 · AL · Gadsden

846 Fossil Fuel Electric Power Generation 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 Metric
NAICS-TCR Handley Station 2.0 TCR
NAICS-TCR 300A 2.0 TCR
NAICS-TCR Miller Steam Plant 2.0 TCR
NAICS-TCR Rocky Mountain Energy Center 2.0 TCR
STATE-SIZE M&M Calvert 51 FTE
STATE-SIZE 409 51 FTE
STATE-SIZE AFS Mobile 51 FTE
STATE-SIZE Sunbelt Glass, LLC 51 FTE
CITY-NEAR Goodyear Gadsden Alabama 1,531 FTE
CITY-NEAR Gadsden Regional Medical Center 1,285 FTE
CITY-NEAR Koch Foods Gadsden Processing Plant 1,247 FTE
CITY-NEAR Koch Foods Gadsden Plant 850 FTE
NAT-TCR 0043 - Orem, Ut 2.0 TCR
NAT-TCR 0004 - Visalia, Ca 2.0 TCR
NAT-TCR 42641e - Salisbury Bin 2.0 TCR
NAT-TCR P6 - Allentown 2.0 TCR
NAT-SIZE N and R of Maysville LLC 51 FTE
NAT-SIZE N and R of Nevada LLC 51 FTE
NAT-SIZE N and R of Seymour Inc 51 FTE
NAT-SIZE 84- Middletown 51 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.

Read our methodology - how this data is sourced, computed, and verified.

Data sourced from official public datasets. See our methodology for details.