Lumber retailing yards · Alabama

Gobble-Fite Lumber Co., Inc.

Decatur, AL · ~46 workers · 5 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

D
Poor Safety Record
5.1
Avg TCR
3.4
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

Gobble-Fite Lumber Co., Inc. runs at 149% of its industry's injury rate - more dangerous than the typical Lumber retailing yards workplace, earning a grade D.

Gobble-Fite Lumber Co., Inc.: 5.1 TCR = 149% of Lumber retailing yards BLS 3.4 · 5y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Gobble-Fite Lumber Co., Inc. safety composite

Gobble-Fite Lumber Co., Inc. scores strongest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 51% of same-industry peers) and weakest on dart rate (safer than 34%), 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).

D

45/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
D 5.06 per 100 workers

Safer than 51% of industry peers

DART rate
F 4.64 per 100 workers

Safer than 34% 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%).

TCR Δ

−3.3

2016→2023

Gobble-Fite Lumber Co., Inc. injury rate improved

Gobble-Fite Lumber Co., Inc.'s TCR fell 3.3 from 10.3 in 2016 to 7.0 in 2023. Peak filing year was 2016 at 10.3 TCR. In 2023, DART was 0.92× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2016=10.3 · 2018=0.0 · 2020=7.4 · 2021=0.7 · 2023=7.0

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 444190 · Decatur, AL ABOVE-IND · SMALL

Grade D · TCR 5.1 · 149% of ind

  • DART 4.6 DART
  • RANK #5/16
  • PHOTO HOLMES LUMBER 167
  • BOOK 5y book
  • INJ 12 inj
  • SIZE ~46 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: HOLMES LUMBER 167 (0.0 TCR gap)

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Gobble-Fite Lumber Co., Inc. in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows Gobble-Fite Lumber Co., Inc. averages 5.1 TCR (149% of the Lumber retailing yards BLS benchmark).

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

Gobble-Fite Lumber Co., Inc. TCR series: 2016=10.3 · 2018=0 · 2020=7.4 · 2021=0.7 · 2023=7 · BLS 3.4

Where Gobble-Fite Lumber Co., Inc. falls in its industry

1,643 Lumber retailing yards establishments

Safer than 51% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 5.2.

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 16 Lumber retailing yards employers in Alabama.

Gobble-Fite Lumber Co., Inc. (46 employees, TCR 5.1) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 35 employees and a TCR of 5.2 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 050100150200 0510152025 Average employees Total Case Rate Gobble-Fite Lumber Co., Inc.
Gobble-Fite Lumber Co., Inc. (46 employees, TCR 5.1) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 35 employees and a TCR of 5.2

Gobble-Fite Lumber Co., Inc. has more employees than the Lumber retailing yards median and a lower injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 5.2. 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
2023 7.0 4.6 3 0 0
2021 0.7 0.5 3 0 0
2020 7.4 0.0 3 0 0
2018 0.0 0.0 0 0 0
2016 10.3 3.4 3 0 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

444190 · AL · Decatur

1,643 Lumber retailing yards 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 Metric
NAICS-TCR HOLMES LUMBER 167 5.1 TCR
NAICS-TCR 21 Denver Yard 5.0 TCR
NAICS-TCR CARTER LUMBER 239 5.0 TCR
NAICS-TCR Cancos Tile and Stone Showroom 5.0 TCR
STATE-SIZE Fairknoll Hatchery 46 FTE
STATE-SIZE Elkmont Vet Lab 46 FTE
STATE-SIZE Alabama Stone Co 46 FTE
STATE-SIZE Hillcrest 46 FTE
CITY-NEAR Supply Chain - Decatur 1,450 FTE
CITY-NEAR Decatur processing plant 885 FTE
CITY-NEAR ULA-Decatur 701 FTE
CITY-NEAR Decatur Fresh Plant 671 FTE
NAT-TCR LTI Contracting 5.1 TCR
NAT-TCR St. Joseph MO Refinery 5.1 TCR
NAT-TCR Pensacola / Tallahassee 5.1 TCR
NAT-TCR Efficient Machine Products 5.1 TCR
NAT-SIZE GetGo Transportation Co., LLC 46 FTE
NAT-SIZE Martin Machine and Welding Inc 46 FTE
NAT-SIZE B&B Electric Services, Inc. 46 FTE
NAT-SIZE Wieland Metal Services Foils, LLC 46 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: 2023, 2021, 2020, 2018, 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.