Erecting structural steel · Alabama

Harpole Steel Buildings INC.

Birmingham, AL · ~30 workers · 2 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

F
Failing Safety Record
7.3
Avg TCR
2.8
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

Harpole Steel Buildings INC. runs at 260% of its industry's injury rate - far more dangerous than the typical Erecting structural steel workplace, earning a grade F.

Harpole Steel Buildings INC.: 7.3 TCR = 260% of Erecting structural steel BLS 2.8 · 2y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Harpole Steel Buildings INC. safety composite

Harpole Steel Buildings INC. scores strongest on dart rate (safer than 80% of same-industry peers) and weakest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 23%), 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

50/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
F 7.29 per 100 workers

Safer than 23% of industry peers

DART rate
B 0 per 100 workers

Safer than 80% of industry peers

Fatalities
D 0

Safer than 53% 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

−6.6

2016→2017

Harpole Steel Buildings INC. injury rate improved

Harpole Steel Buildings INC.'s TCR fell 6.6 from 10.6 in 2016 to 4.0 in 2017. Peak filing year was 2016 at 10.6 TCR. In 2017, DART was 0× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2016=10.6 · 2017=4.0

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 238120 · Birmingham, AL ABOVE-IND · SMALL

Grade F · TCR 7.3 · 260% of ind

  • DART 0.0 DART
  • RANK #6/7
  • PHOTO Flex Erect, LLC
  • BOOK 2y book
  • INJ 4 inj
  • SIZE ~30 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: Flex Erect, LLC (0.0 TCR gap)

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Harpole Steel Buildings INC. in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows Harpole Steel Buildings INC. averages 7.3 TCR (260% of the Erecting structural steel BLS benchmark).

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

Harpole Steel Buildings INC. TCR series: 2016=10.6 · 2017=4 · BLS 2.8

Where Harpole Steel Buildings INC. falls in its industry

705 Erecting structural steel establishments

Safer than 23% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 3.9.

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 7 Erecting structural steel employers in Alabama.

Harpole Steel Buildings INC. (30 employees, TCR 7.3) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 58 employees and a TCR of 3.9 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 050100150200250 0246810 Average employees Total Case Rate Harpole Steel Buildings INC.
Harpole Steel Buildings INC. (30 employees, TCR 7.3) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 58 employees and a TCR of 3.9

Harpole Steel Buildings INC. has fewer employees than the Erecting structural steel median and a higher injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 3.9. 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
2017 4.0 0.0 1 0 0
2016 10.6 7.1 3 0 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

238120 · AL · Birmingham

705 Erecting structural steel employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 7,418 rated employers in Alabama with headcount on file · 840 employers in Birmingham, 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 Flex Erect, LLC 7.3 TCR
NAICS-TCR Erectors - 01 7.3 TCR
NAICS-TCR Bass Mechanical 7.3 TCR
NAICS-TCR Saugus Construction Corporation 7.3 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 USD 9,165 FTE
CITY-NEAR CLASSIC FOODS 9,165 FTE
CITY-NEAR Corporate 8,650 FTE
CITY-NEAR BIRMINGHAM PACKERS 8,650 FTE
NAT-TCR 0198 - North Austin, Tx 7.3 TCR
NAT-TCR Salude - The Art of Rceovery 7.3 TCR
NAT-TCR Watertown (Sdwat) 7.3 TCR
NAT-TCR Palmyra (Mopal) 7.3 TCR
NAT-SIZE Rai Mx Dca 30 FTE
NAT-SIZE 0011 - Stockton, Ca 30 FTE
NAT-SIZE 0006 - Hesperia, Ca 30 FTE
NAT-SIZE 0005 - Bakersfield, CA 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: 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.