General freight trucking, local · Alabama

J&M Tank Lines

Birmingham, AL · ~491 workers · 6 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

B
Good Safety Record
2.3
Avg TCR
4.5
Industry avg
1
Fatality
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The verdict

J&M Tank Lines runs at 52% of its industry's injury rate - safer than the typical General freight trucking, local workplace, earning a grade B.

J&M Tank Lines: 2.3 TCR = 52% of General freight trucking, local BLS 4.5 · 6y Form 300A (see methodology below)

J&M Tank Lines safety composite

J&M Tank Lines scores strongest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 80% of same-industry peers) and weakest on fatalities (safer than 1%), 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

55/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
B 2.32 per 100 workers

Safer than 80% of industry peers

DART rate
C 1.78 per 100 workers

Safer than 64% of industry peers

Fatalities
F 1

Safer than 1% 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

−1.3

2016→2024

J&M Tank Lines injury rate improved

J&M Tank Lines's TCR fell 1.3 from 3.1 in 2016 to 1.8 in 2024. Peak filing year was 2019 at 3.9 TCR. In 2024, DART was 0.77× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2016=3.1 · 2018=1.9 · 2019=3.9 · 2020=1.7 · 2023=1.6 · 2024=1.8

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 484110 · Birmingham, AL AT/BELOW-IND · MID

Grade B · TCR 2.3 · 52% of ind

  • DART 1.8 DART
  • RANK #14/69
  • PHOTO Pitt Ohio - Cleveland
  • BOOK 6y book
  • INJ 89 inj
  • SIZE ~491 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: Pitt Ohio - Cleveland (0.0 TCR gap)

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J&M Tank Lines in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows J&M Tank Lines averages 2.3 TCR (52% of the General freight trucking, local BLS benchmark).

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

J&M Tank Lines TCR series: 2016=3.1 · 2018=1.9 · 2019=3.9 · 2020=1.7 · 2023=1.6 · 2024=1.8 · BLS 4.5

Where J&M Tank Lines falls in its industry

2,784 General freight trucking, loca establishments

Safer than 80% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 4.7.

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to Alabama alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #14 safest of 69 General freight trucking, loca employers in Alabama.

J&M Tank Lines (491 employees, TCR 2.3) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 47 employees and a TCR of 4.7 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 0200400600800 051015 Average employees Total Case Rate J&M Tank Lines
J&M Tank Lines (491 employees, TCR 2.3) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 47 employees and a TCR of 4.7

J&M Tank Lines has more employees than the General freight trucking, local median and a lower injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 4.7. 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 1.8 1.8 11 0 0
2023 1.6 1.4 10 0 0
2020 1.7 1.6 12 0 0
2019 3.9 2.6 25 2 1
2018 1.9 1.7 11 0 0
2016 3.1 3.1 20 0 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

484110 · AL · Birmingham

2,784 General freight trucking, local 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 Pitt Ohio - Cleveland 2.3 TCR
NAICS-TCR Darling Ingredients - Alton 2.3 TCR
NAICS-TCR TRANSPORTATION 2.3 TCR
NAICS-TCR Arizona Trucking & Materials 2.3 TCR
STATE-SIZE INFIRMARY HEALTH SYSTEM 491 FTE
STATE-SIZE Gadsden Plant 489 FTE
STATE-SIZE Mando America Corporation 493 FTE
STATE-SIZE Gestamp Alabama 494 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 Homewood Suites Somerset 2.3 TCR
NAT-TCR Southdale Phys Bldg IAM RX 2.3 TCR
NAT-TCR Ogden Ut Sales Center 2.3 TCR
NAT-TCR ELKHORN 2.3 TCR
NAT-SIZE R Construction Civil, LLC 491 FTE
NAT-SIZE FedEx Supply Chain Cummins MDC2 491 FTE
NAT-SIZE Nucor Steel Gallatin 491 FTE
NAT-SIZE Foothill Presbyterian Hospital 491 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, 2020, 2019, 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.