Industrial building (except warehouses) construction, general contractors · Alabama
G.A. West & Co
Creola, AL · ~1,200 workers · 7 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.
- A
- Excellent Safety Record
- 0.5
- Avg TCR
- 2.9
- Industry avg
- 1
- Fatality
The verdict
G.A. West & Co runs at 16% of its industry's injury rate - far safer than the typical Industrial building (except warehouses) construction, general contractors workplace, earning a grade A.
G.A. West & Co: 0.5 TCR = 16% of Industrial building (except warehouses) construction, general contractors BLS 2.9 · 7y Form 300A (see methodology below)
G.A. West & Co safety composite
G.A. West & Co scores strongest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 83% of same-industry peers) and weakest on fatalities (safer than 1%), 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).
49/100
Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures
- Total Case Rate (TCR)
- B 0.46 per 100 workers
Safer than 83% of industry peers
- DART rate
- D 0.18 per 100 workers
Safer than 45% of industry peers
- Fatalities
- F 1
Safer than 1% 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%).
G.A. West & Co held a steady TCR band
G.A. West & Co's TCR held near 0.1 from 0.4 in 2018 to 0.5 in 2024. Peak filing year was 2021 at 0.7 TCR. In 2024, DART was 0.39× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).
2018=0.4 · 2019=0.5 · 2020=0.4 · 2021=0.7 · 2022=0.2 · 2023=0.5 · 2024=0.5
OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard
Establishment book 236210 · Creola, AL AT/BELOW-IND · LARGE
Grade A · TCR 0.5 · 16% of ind
- DART 0.2 DART
- RANK #6/33
- PHOTO GEM Industrial Inc. …
- BOOK 7y book
- INJ 40 inj
- SIZE ~1,200 FTE
Nearest TCR peer: GEM Industrial Inc. - Ineos (0.0 TCR gap)
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G.A. West & Co in the TCR neighbourhood
Average Total Case Rate among this establishment and nearest same-industry peers
- This site
G.A. West & Co
0.5 TCR
- GEM Industrial
GEM Industrial Inc. - Ineos
0.5 TCR
- TEC Industrial
TEC Industrial (Tennessee Electric)
0.5 TCR
- Mid-Tec, Inc
Mid-Tec, Inc
0.5 TCR
- 5468-Longview
5468-Longview Power
0.5 TCR
What this shows G.A. West & Co averages 0.5 TCR (16% of the Industrial building (except warehouses) construction, general contractors BLS benchmark).
G.A. West & Co TCR series: 2018=0.4 · 2019=0.5 · 2020=0.4 · 2021=0.7 · 2022=0.2 · 2023=0.5 · 2024=0.5 · BLS 2.9
Where G.A. West & Co falls in its industry
924 Industrial building (except wa establishmentsSafer than 83% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 1.6.
Narrower to Alabama alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #6 safest of 33 Industrial building (except wa employers in Alabama.
G.A. West & Co has more employees than the Industrial building (except warehouses) median and a lower injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 1.6. 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 | 0.5 | 0.2 | 8 | 0 | 1 |
| 2023 | 0.5 | 0.2 | 7 | 0 | 0 |
| 2022 | 0.2 | 0.1 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| 2021 | 0.7 | 0.5 | 11 | 0 | 0 |
| 2020 | 0.4 | 0.1 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| 2019 | 0.5 | 0.2 | 5 | 0 | 0 |
| 2018 | 0.4 | 0.3 | 4 | 0 | 0 |
OSHA ITA peer cross-reference
Establishment peer ledger
236210 · AL · Creola
924 Industrial building (except warehouses) construction, general contractors employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 7,418 rated employers in Alabama with headcount on file · 11 employers in Creola, 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 | GEM Industrial Inc. - Ineos | 0.5 TCR |
| NAICS-TCR | TEC Industrial (Tennessee Electric) | 0.5 TCR |
| NAICS-TCR | Mid-Tec, Inc | 0.5 TCR |
| NAICS-TCR | 5468-Longview Power | 0.5 TCR |
| STATE-SIZE | Enterprise processing plant | 1,200 FTE |
| STATE-SIZE | New South Express, LLC | 1,192 FTE |
| STATE-SIZE | 0580 - Huntsville AL DC | 1,209 FTE |
| STATE-SIZE | 4701-736 | 1,210 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | Filters Now, LLC | 122 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | Ashton & Co. Inc | 101 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | Freudenberg Filtration Technologies (Filters Now) Creola, Alabama | 67 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | LSB Contracting, LLC | 66 FTE |
| NAT-TCR | Atlanta Regional Distribution Center | 0.5 TCR |
| NAT-TCR | SC - SPARTANBURG - 6135 Anderson Mill Rd | 0.5 TCR |
| NAT-TCR | Otis Elevator Company- OECF Bristol Research Center | 0.5 TCR |
| NAT-TCR | Advance Concrete Products | 0.5 TCR |
| NAT-SIZE | Sound Transit | 1,200 FTE |
| NAT-SIZE | JBS | 1,200 FTE |
| NAT-SIZE | Ashland City | 1,200 FTE |
| NAT-SIZE | SCAN Health Plan | 1,200 FTE |
Rel codes: NAICS-TCR · STATE-SIZE · CITY-NEAR · NAT-TCR/NAT-SIZE cross-state. Read with this employer →
Read our methodology - how this data is sourced, computed, and verified.