Copper and copper-based shapes (e.g., cake, ingot, slag, wire bar) made from purchased metal or scrap · Alabama

GD Copper, (U.S.A.), Inc.

Pine Hill, AL · ~378 workers · 3 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

F
Failing Safety Record
7.6
Avg TCR
3.3
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

GD Copper, (U.S.A.), Inc. runs at 231% of its industry's injury rate - far more dangerous than the typical Copper and copper-based shapes (e.g., cake, ingot, slag, wire bar) made from purchased metal or scrap workplace, earning a grade F.

GD Copper, (U.S.A.), Inc.: 7.6 TCR = 231% of Copper and copper-based shapes (e.g., cake, ingot, slag, wire bar) made from purchased metal or scrap BLS 3.3 · 3y Form 300A (see methodology below)

GD Copper, (U.S.A.), Inc. safety composite

GD Copper, (U.S.A.), Inc. scores strongest on fatalities (safer than 51% of same-industry peers) and weakest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 17%), 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

27/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
F 7.63 per 100 workers

Safer than 17% of industry peers

DART rate
F 4.29 per 100 workers

Safer than 20% 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

−2.6

2016→2018

GD Copper, (U.S.A.), Inc. injury rate improved

GD Copper, (U.S.A.), Inc.'s TCR fell 2.6 from 8.9 in 2016 to 6.3 in 2018. Peak filing year was 2016 at 8.9 TCR. In 2018, DART was 0.56× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2016=8.9 · 2017=7.7 · 2018=6.3

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 331420 · Pine Hill, AL ABOVE-IND · MID

Grade F · TCR 7.6 · 231% of ind

  • DART 4.3 DART
  • RANK #5/5
  • PHOTO ESSEX FURUKAWA FORT …
  • BOOK 3y book
  • INJ 81 inj
  • SIZE ~378 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: ESSEX FURUKAWA FORT WAYNE MAGNET WIRE PLANT (0.1 TCR gap)

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GD Copper, (U.S.A.), Inc. in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows GD Copper, (U.S.A.), Inc. averages 7.6 TCR (231% of the Copper and copper-based shapes (e.g., cake, ingot, slag, wire bar) made from purchased metal or scrap BLS benchmark).

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

GD Copper, (U.S.A.), Inc. TCR series: 2016=8.9 · 2017=7.7 · 2018=6.3 · BLS 3.3

Where GD Copper, (U.S.A.), Inc. falls in its industry

198 Copper and copper-based shapes establishments

Safer than 17% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 3.7.

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 5 Copper and copper-based shapes employers in Alabama.

GD Copper, (U.S.A.), Inc. (378 employees, TCR 7.6) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 113 employees and a TCR of 3.7 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 0200400600 051015 Average employees Total Case Rate GD Copper, (U.S.A.), Inc.
GD Copper, (U.S.A.), Inc. (378 employees, TCR 7.6) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 113 employees and a TCR of 3.7

GD Copper, (U.S.A.), Inc. has more employees than the Copper and copper-based shapes (e.g., ca median and a higher 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
2018 6.3 4.3 24 1 0
2017 7.7 5.8 26 3 0
2016 8.9 6.0 31 0 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

331420 · AL · Pine Hill

198 Copper and copper-based shapes (e.g., cake, ingot, slag, wire bar) made from purchased metal or scrap employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 7,418 rated employers in Alabama with headcount on file · 5 employers in Pine Hill, 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 ESSEX FURUKAWA FORT WAYNE MAGNET WIRE PLANT 7.7 TCR
NAICS-TCR The Electric Materials Company 7.5 TCR
NAICS-TCR Therm-O-Link of Texas 7.5 TCR
NAICS-TCR California Metal-X 7.4 TCR
STATE-SIZE Southwire Florence Plant 378 FTE
STATE-SIZE WM 660 378 FTE
STATE-SIZE 734 378 FTE
STATE-SIZE Hamilton Home Builders 377 FTE
CITY-NEAR International Paper - Pine Hill Mill 453 FTE
CITY-NEAR International Paper Pine Hill Mill 449 FTE
CITY-NEAR Pine Hill Mill 445 FTE
CITY-NEAR BM9 34 FTE
NAT-TCR Sodexo at Newton Public Schools 7.6 TCR
NAT-TCR Holland - SI 7.6 TCR
NAT-TCR 4795-PD-AGS-AUGUSTA-PD 7.6 TCR
NAT-TCR Pitt Ohio - West Middlesex 7.6 TCR
NAT-SIZE Henrietta (Nyhen) 378 FTE
NAT-SIZE Thornburg (Patho) 378 FTE
NAT-SIZE Space Systems Group Gilbert 378 FTE
NAT-SIZE Kline Construction Co., Inc. 378 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, 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.