Noncellulosic fibers and filaments manufacturing · Alabama

Hexcel-Decatur

Decatur, AL · ~203 workers · 2 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

A
Excellent Safety Record
1.3
Avg TCR
3.3
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

Hexcel-Decatur runs at 38% of its industry's injury rate - far safer than the typical Noncellulosic fibers and filaments manufacturing workplace, earning a grade A.

Hexcel-Decatur: 1.3 TCR = 38% of Noncellulosic fibers and filaments manufacturing BLS 3.3 · 2y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Hexcel-Decatur safety composite

Hexcel-Decatur scores strongest on dart rate (safer than 74% of same-industry peers) and weakest on fatalities (safer than 51%), 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).

C

67/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
C 1.25 per 100 workers

Safer than 71% of industry peers

DART rate
C 0.46 per 100 workers

Safer than 74% 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

−1.6

2020→2022

Hexcel-Decatur injury rate improved

Hexcel-Decatur's TCR fell 1.6 from 2.0 in 2020 to 0.5 in 2022. Peak filing year was 2020 at 2.0 TCR. In 2022, DART was 0.37× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2020=2.0 · 2022=0.5

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 325220 · Decatur, AL AT/BELOW-IND · MID

Grade A · TCR 1.3 · 38% of ind

  • DART 0.5 DART
  • RANK #3/4
  • PHOTO Fairfield Processing…
  • BOOK 2y book
  • INJ 5 inj
  • SIZE ~203 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: Fairfield Processing Corp (0.0 TCR gap)

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Hexcel-Decatur in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows Hexcel-Decatur averages 1.3 TCR (38% of the Noncellulosic fibers and filaments manufacturing BLS benchmark).

Source U.S. Department of Labor, OSHA Injury Tracking Application (Form 300A) As of 2026-09-26

Hexcel-Decatur TCR series: 2020=2 · 2022=0.5 · BLS 3.3

Where Hexcel-Decatur falls in its industry

68 Noncellulosic fibers and filam establishments

Safer than 71% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 2.0.

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to Alabama alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #3 safest of 4 Noncellulosic fibers and filam employers in Alabama.

Hexcel-Decatur (203 employees, TCR 1.3) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 167 employees and a TCR of 2.0 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 02,0004,0006,0008,000 051015 Average employees Total Case Rate Hexcel-Decatur
Hexcel-Decatur (203 employees, TCR 1.3) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 167 employees and a TCR of 2.0

Hexcel-Decatur has more employees than the Noncellulosic fibers and filaments manuf median and a lower injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 2.0. 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
2022 0.5 0.5 1 0 0
2020 2.0 1.5 4 0 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

325220 · AL · Decatur

68 Noncellulosic fibers and filaments manufacturing 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 Fairfield Processing Corp 1.3 TCR
NAICS-TCR Lenzing Fibers Inc. 1.2 TCR
NAICS-TCR FiberVisions Manufacturing Company 1.2 TCR
NAICS-TCR Propex Chattanooga 1.3 TCR
STATE-SIZE Matsu - Alabama 203 FTE
STATE-SIZE WM 2760 203 FTE
STATE-SIZE 1 203 FTE
STATE-SIZE Evonik Birmingham Laboratories 203 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 Flagstaff Maintenance North 1.3 TCR
NAT-TCR Witmer's Feed & Grain Inc 1.3 TCR
NAT-TCR CIF (Fort Hood) 1.3 TCR
NAT-TCR Philadelphia Hatchery 1.3 TCR
NAT-SIZE Houston Airport Marriott 203 FTE
NAT-SIZE Hardinger Transfer 203 FTE
NAT-SIZE Royal West Drywall, Inc. of Nevada 203 FTE
NAT-SIZE Newton Corning (NCP) 203 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: 2022, 2020. This is publicly available government data - not a legal determination of workplace conditions.

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Data sourced from official public datasets. See our methodology for details.