Metals service centers · Alabama

Friedman Decatur

Name: Friedman Decatur Workplace Safety Data
Creator: PlainSafetyScore
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Decatur, AL · ~24 workers · 2 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

Compiled by PlainSafetyScore · August 25, 2026

C
Average Safety Record: 2.3
Avg TCR: 2.2
Industry avg: 0
Fatalities

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The verdict

Friedman Decatur runs at 103% of its industry's injury rate - about level with the typical Metals service centers workplace, earning a grade C.

Friedman Decatur: 2.3 TCR = 103% of Metals service centers BLS 2.2 · 2y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Friedman Decatur safety composite

Friedman Decatur scores strongest on dart rate (safer than 81% 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).

70/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR): C 2.27 per 100 workers

Safer than 72% of industry peers
DART rate: B 0 per 100 workers

Safer than 81% 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

−4.5

2023→2024

Friedman Decatur injury rate improved

Friedman Decatur's TCR fell 4.5 from 4.5 in 2023 to 0.0 in 2024. Peak filing year was 2023 at 4.5 TCR. In 2024, DART was 0× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2023=4.5 · 2024=0.0

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 423510 · Decatur, AL ABOVE-IND · SMALL

Grade C · TCR 2.3 · 103% of ind

DART 0.0 DART
RANK #13/44
PHOTO Chicago Tube and Iro…
BOOK 2y book
INJ 1 inj
SIZE ~24 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: Chicago Tube and Iron Company Romeoville Fabrication (0.0 TCR gap)

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Chicago Tube a

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Heidtman Steel

2.3
Universal Stee

2.3
Copper and Bra

2.3

What this shows Friedman Decatur averages 2.3 TCR (103% of the Metals service centers BLS benchmark).

Friedman Decatur TCR series: 2023=4.5 · 2024=0 · BLS 2.2

Where Friedman Decatur falls in its industry

1,299 Metals service centers establishments

Safer than 72% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 3.7.

Grade C

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to Alabama alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #13 safest of 44 Metals service centers employers in Alabama.

Friedman Decatur (24 employees, TCR 2.3) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 45 employees and a TCR of 3.7

Friedman Decatur has fewer employees than the Metals service centers median and a lower injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 3.7. 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
2024	0.0	0.0	0	0	0
2023	4.5	4.5	1	0	0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

423510 · AL · Decatur

1,299 Metals service centers employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 7,418 rated employers in Alabama with headcount on file · 239 employers in Decatur, 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	Chicago Tube and Iron Company Romeoville Fabrication	ROMEOVILLE, IL	2.3 TCR
NAICS-TCR	Heidtman Steel Products Inc.-Butler Sheet	BUTLER, IN	2.3 TCR
NAICS-TCR	Universal Steel	CLEVELAND, OH	2.3 TCR
NAICS-TCR	Copper and Brass Sales - Fresno	FRESNO, CA	2.3 TCR
STATE-SIZE	Young's Plant Farm, Inc. (Farm 1)	AUBURN	24 FTE
STATE-SIZE	Cherokee Gin & Cotton Company	CENTRE	24 FTE
STATE-SIZE	Snead Growout	CULLMAN	24 FTE
STATE-SIZE	Morgan Energy Center	DECATUR	24 FTE
CITY-NEAR	Supply Chain - Decatur	Decatur	1,450 FTE
CITY-NEAR	Decatur processing plant	Decatur	885 FTE
CITY-NEAR	ULA-Decatur	Decatur	701 FTE
CITY-NEAR	Decatur Fresh Plant	Decatur	671 FTE
NAT-TCR	1901, Inc.	Madison, WI	2.3 TCR
NAT-TCR	Magnolia Place	Rogers, AR	2.3 TCR
NAT-TCR	Landis Construction Company, LLC	New Orleans, LA	2.3 TCR
NAT-TCR	Keckley Company	Skokie, IL	2.3 TCR
NAT-SIZE	Signal Hill	Signal Hill, CA	24 FTE
NAT-SIZE	Store 7589 - Garland TX - Sout	Garland, TX	24 FTE
NAT-SIZE	Rifle	Rifle, CO	24 FTE
NAT-SIZE	SHENANDOAH	Woodstock, VA	24 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: 2024, 2023. 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.