Tube (e.g., heavy riveted, lock joint, seamless, welded) made from purchased iron or steel · Alabama

Independence Tube Decatur

Name: Independence Tube Decatur Workplace Safety Data
Creator: PlainSafetyScore
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Decatur, AL · ~87 workers · 4 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

Compiled by PlainSafetyScore · August 25, 2026

B
Good Safety Record: 2.2
Avg TCR: 3.3
Industry avg: 0
Fatalities

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The verdict

Independence Tube Decatur runs at 67% of its industry's injury rate - safer than the typical Tube (e.g., heavy riveted, lock joint, seamless, welded) made from purchased iron or steel workplace, earning a grade B.

Independence Tube Decatur: 2.2 TCR = 67% of Tube (e.g., heavy riveted, lock joint, seamless, welded) made from purchased iron or steel BLS 3.3 · 4y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Independence Tube Decatur safety composite

Independence Tube Decatur scores strongest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 78% of same-industry peers) and weakest on dart rate (safer than 49%), 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).

61/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR): B 2.21 per 100 workers

Safer than 78% of industry peers
DART rate: D 1.76 per 100 workers

Safer than 49% 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

−0.8

2016→2019

Independence Tube Decatur injury rate improved

Independence Tube Decatur's TCR fell 0.8 from 2.6 in 2016 to 1.8 in 2019. Peak filing year was 2016 at 2.6 TCR. In 2019, DART was 0.8× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2016=2.6 · 2017=2.4 · 2018=2.0 · 2019=1.8

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 331210 · Decatur, AL AT/BELOW-IND · SMALL

Grade B · TCR 2.2 · 67% of ind

DART 1.8 DART
RANK #7/19
PHOTO Plymouth Tube Co
BOOK 4y book
INJ 5 inj
SIZE ~87 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: Plymouth Tube Co (0.0 TCR gap)

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2.3
This site

2.2
Plymouth Tube

2.2
Webco VAF

2.1
Wilborn Steel

2.1

What this shows Independence Tube Decatur averages 2.2 TCR (67% of the Tube (e.g., heavy riveted, lock joint, seamless, welded) made from purchased iron or steel BLS benchmark).

Independence Tube Decatur TCR series: 2016=2.6 · 2017=2.4 · 2018=2 · 2019=1.8 · BLS 3.3

Where Independence Tube Decatur falls in its industry

329 Tube (e.g., heavy riveted, loc establishments

Safer than 78% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 4.3.

Grade B

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to Alabama alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #7 safest of 19 Tube (e.g., heavy riveted, loc employers in Alabama.

Independence Tube Decatur (87 employees, TCR 2.2) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 99 employees and a TCR of 4.3

Independence Tube Decatur has fewer employees than the Tube (e.g., heavy riveted, lock joint, s median and a lower injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 4.3. 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
2019	1.8	1.8	1	1
2018	2.0	2.0	2	0
2017	2.4	1.2	2	0
2016	2.6	0.0	0	2

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

331210 · AL · Decatur

329 Tube (e.g., heavy riveted, lock joint, seamless, welded) made from purchased iron or steel 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	Place	Metric
NAICS-TCR	Plymouth Tube Co	SALISBURY, MD	2.2 TCR
NAICS-TCR	Webco VAF	RENO, PA	2.1 TCR
NAICS-TCR	Hanil USA	TALLASSEE, AL	2.3 TCR
NAICS-TCR	Wilborn Steel Co., Ltd.	SAN ANTONIO, TX	2.1 TCR
STATE-SIZE	Tuscaloosa Snow Mills Complex	TUSCALOOSA	87 FTE
STATE-SIZE	Anniston Complex - APC	ANNISTON	87 FTE
STATE-SIZE	Conecuh Sausage Company, Inc.	EVERGREEN	87 FTE
STATE-SIZE	Excel Interior Door LLC	HARTSELLE	87 FTE
CITY-NEAR	Supply Chain - Decatur	Decatur	1,450 FTE
CITY-NEAR	Decatur processing plant	Decatur	885 FTE
CITY-NEAR	ULA-Decatur	Decatur	701 FTE
CITY-NEAR	Decatur Fresh Plant	Decatur	671 FTE
NAT-TCR	Delaware North Companies, Inc. - Boston	Boston, MA	2.2 TCR
NAT-TCR	South Salt Lake City	South Salt Lake City, UT	2.2 TCR
NAT-TCR	PSC Metals, Inc. - Barberton	Barberton, OH	2.2 TCR
NAT-TCR	Best Supply Columbus	Columbus, OH	2.2 TCR
NAT-SIZE	Customer Response Center	St. Louis, MO	87 FTE
NAT-SIZE	Houston West Energy Corridor	Houston, TX	87 FTE
NAT-SIZE	SLP Lighting Center	Sullivan, MO	87 FTE
NAT-SIZE	Covanta Essex Company	Newark, NJ	87 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: 2019, 2018, 2017, 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.