Motor vehicle interior systems (e.g., headliners, panels, seats, trims) manufacturing · Alabama

IAC Cottondale

Cottondale, AL · ~400 workers · 2 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

A
Excellent Safety Record
1.0
Avg TCR
5.4
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

IAC Cottondale runs at 19% of its industry's injury rate - far safer than the typical Motor vehicle interior systems (e.g., headliners, panels, seats, trims) manufacturing workplace, earning a grade A.

IAC Cottondale: 1.0 TCR = 19% of Motor vehicle interior systems (e.g., headliners, panels, seats, trims) manufacturing BLS 5.4 · 2y Form 300A (see methodology below)

IAC Cottondale safety composite

IAC Cottondale scores strongest on dart rate (safer than 90% 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).

B

79/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
B 1.01 per 100 workers

Safer than 87% of industry peers

DART rate
A 0 per 100 workers

Safer than 90% 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

−2.0

2023→2024

IAC Cottondale injury rate improved

IAC Cottondale's TCR fell 2.0 from 2.0 in 2023 to 0.0 in 2024. Peak filing year was 2023 at 2.0 TCR. In 2024, DART was 0× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2023=2.0 · 2024=0.0

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 336360 · Cottondale, AL AT/BELOW-IND · MID

Grade A · TCR 1.0 · 19% of ind

  • DART 0.0 DART
  • RANK #4/37
  • PHOTO Autoneum North Ameri…
  • BOOK 2y book
  • INJ 11 inj
  • SIZE ~400 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: Autoneum North America Novi Tech Center (0.0 TCR gap)

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IAC Cottondale in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows IAC Cottondale averages 1.0 TCR (19% of the Motor vehicle interior systems (e.g., headliners, panels, seats, trims) manufacturing BLS benchmark).

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

IAC Cottondale TCR series: 2023=2 · 2024=0 · BLS 5.4

Where IAC Cottondale falls in its industry

384 Motor vehicle interior systems establishments

Safer than 87% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 3.3.

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to Alabama alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #4 safest of 37 Motor vehicle interior systems employers in Alabama.

IAC Cottondale (400 employees, TCR 1.0) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 245 employees and a TCR of 3.3 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 01,0002,0003,000 051015 Average employees Total Case Rate IAC Cottondale
IAC Cottondale (400 employees, TCR 1.0) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 245 employees and a TCR of 3.3

IAC Cottondale has more employees than the Motor vehicle interior systems (e.g., he median and a lower injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 3.3. 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 0.0 0.0 0 0 0
2023 2.0 1.1 11 2 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

336360 · AL · Cottondale

384 Motor vehicle interior systems (e.g., headliners, panels, seats, trims) manufacturing employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 7,418 rated employers in Alabama with headcount on file · 11 employers in Cottondale, 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 Autoneum North America Novi Tech Center 1.0 TCR
NAICS-TCR IAC Montgomery 1.0 TCR
NAICS-TCR Viam Manufacturing, Inc. 1.0 TCR
NAICS-TCR Safran Seats USA 1.0 TCR
STATE-SIZE Southwire Florence 400 FTE
STATE-SIZE Bessemer Plant 400 FTE
STATE-SIZE 991 400 FTE
STATE-SIZE Lear Corporation - Montgomery 402 FTE
CITY-NEAR Inteva Products Cottondale Operations 285 FTE
CITY-NEAR Lear Corporation - Tuscaloosa 2 143 FTE
CITY-NEAR 016 TA Tuscaloosa 91 FTE
CITY-NEAR ARCH Tuscaloosa 85 FTE
NAT-TCR The Scotts Company - Carrollton 1.0 TCR
NAT-TCR HVAC Services Inc 1.0 TCR
NAT-TCR Pro Products LLC 1.0 TCR
NAT-TCR Piketon Nursing Center 1.0 TCR
NAT-SIZE Mayfield Consumer Products 400 FTE
NAT-SIZE Cloverdale Foods 400 FTE
NAT-SIZE MDT1 400 FTE
NAT-SIZE Ocean Spray Cranberries, Inc. 400 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. 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.