Distribution of natural gas · Alabama

Gadsden Operations Center

Gadsden, AL · ~30 workers · 9 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

F
Failing Safety Record
3.9
Avg TCR
1.2
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

Gadsden Operations Center runs at 323% of its industry's injury rate - far more dangerous than the typical Distribution of natural gas workplace, earning a grade F.

Gadsden Operations Center: 3.9 TCR = 323% of Distribution of natural gas BLS 1.2 · 9y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Gadsden Operations Center safety composite

Gadsden Operations Center scores strongest on fatalities (safer than 50% of same-industry peers) and weakest on dart rate (safer than 20%), 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)
F 3.87 per 100 workers

Safer than 31% of industry peers

DART rate
F 3.91 per 100 workers

Safer than 20% of industry peers

Fatalities
D 0

Safer than 50% 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

Gadsden Operations Center: 0.0 → 3.9 TCR

Peak year 2019 @ 17.0 TCR · DART/TCR 1.01× in 2024

Gadsden Operations Center's TCR rose 3.9 from 0.0 in 2016 to 3.9 in 2024. Peak filing year was 2019 at 17.0 TCR. In 2024, DART was 1.01× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 221210 · Gadsden, AL ABOVE-IND · SMALL

Grade F · TCR 3.9 · 323% of ind

  • DART 3.9 DART
  • RANK #6/13
  • PHOTO Chillum Station
  • BOOK 9y book
  • INJ 10 inj
  • SIZE ~30 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: Chillum Station (0.0 TCR gap)

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Gadsden Operations Center in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows Gadsden Operations Center averages 3.9 TCR (323% of the Distribution of natural gas BLS benchmark).

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

Gadsden Operations Center TCR series: 2016=0 · 2017=7 · 2018=0 · 2019=17 · 2020=3.4 · 2021=3.4 · 2022=0 · 2023=0 · 2024=3.9 · BLS 1.2

Where Gadsden Operations Center falls in its industry

1,153 Distribution of natural gas establishments

Safer than 31% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 2.6.

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to Alabama alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #6 safest of 13 Distribution of natural gas employers in Alabama.

Gadsden Operations Center (30 employees, TCR 3.9) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 56 employees and a TCR of 2.6 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 05101520 Average employees Total Case Rate Gadsden Operations Center
Gadsden Operations Center (30 employees, TCR 3.9) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 56 employees and a TCR of 2.6

Gadsden Operations Center has fewer employees than the Distribution of natural gas median and a higher injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 2.6. 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 3.9 3.9 1 0 0
2023 0.0 0.0 0 0 0
2022 0.0 0.0 0 0 0
2021 3.4 3.4 1 0 0
2020 3.4 0.0 1 0 0
2019 17.0 6.8 5 0 0
2018 0.0 0.0 0 0 0
2017 7.0 7.0 2 0 0
2016 0.0 0.0 0 0 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

221210 · AL · Gadsden

1,153 Distribution of natural gas 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 Chillum Station 3.9 TCR
NAICS-TCR Rockford 3.9 TCR
NAICS-TCR AGLC Cumming Service Center 3.9 TCR
NAICS-TCR Roanoke Gas Company 3.9 TCR
STATE-SIZE PDSI 30 FTE
STATE-SIZE Elkmont GP Hatchery 30 FTE
STATE-SIZE Albertville Hatchery 30 FTE
STATE-SIZE Sowega Cotton Gin & Warehouse, LLC Hartford 30 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 LYCON Inc. 3.9 TCR
NAT-TCR Keystone Heights District Office 3.9 TCR
NAT-TCR Clinton Electric, Inc. 3.9 TCR
NAT-TCR Superior Battery Mfg. 3.9 TCR
NAT-SIZE Hammerquist Casalegno LLC 30 FTE
NAT-SIZE Adamstown Location 30 FTE
NAT-SIZE The Expediting Co., Inc. ORD 30 FTE
NAT-SIZE Harper Corp of America WI 30 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, 2022, 2021, 2020, 2019, 2018, 2017, 2016. This is publicly available government data - not a legal determination of workplace conditions.
Data sourced from official public datasets. See our methodology for details.