Paperboard and paperboard products (except office supplies) merchant wholesalers · Alabama

Joe Piper, Inc.

Birmingham, AL · ~73 workers · 9 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

F
Failing Safety Record
4.7
Avg TCR
2.2
Industry avg
1
Fatality
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The verdict

Joe Piper, Inc. runs at 214% of its industry's injury rate - far more dangerous than the typical Paperboard and paperboard products (except office supplies) merchant wholesalers workplace, earning a grade F.

Joe Piper, Inc.: 4.7 TCR = 214% of Paperboard and paperboard products (except office supplies) merchant wholesalers BLS 2.2 · 9y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Joe Piper, Inc. safety composite

Joe Piper, Inc. scores strongest on dart rate (safer than 52% 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).

F

29/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
F 4.71 per 100 workers

Safer than 27% of industry peers

DART rate
D 1.6 per 100 workers

Safer than 52% 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

−1.0

2016→2024

Joe Piper, Inc. injury rate improved

Joe Piper, Inc.'s TCR fell 1.0 from 4.2 in 2016 to 3.2 in 2024. Peak filing year was 2021 at 11.3 TCR. In 2024, DART was 0.34× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2016=4.2 · 2017=6.7 · 2018=4.8 · 2019=2.6 · 2020=2.5 · 2021=11.3 · 2022=5.5 · 2023=1.6 · 2024=3.2

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 424130 · Birmingham, AL ABOVE-IND · SMALL

Grade F · TCR 4.7 · 214% of ind

  • DART 1.6 DART
  • RANK P27
  • PHOTO RJ Schinner Branch 15
  • BOOK 9y book
  • INJ 25 inj
  • SIZE ~73 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: RJ Schinner Branch 15 (0.0 TCR gap)

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Joe Piper, Inc. in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows Joe Piper, Inc. averages 4.7 TCR (214% of the Paperboard and paperboard products (except office supplies) merchant wholesalers BLS benchmark).

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

Joe Piper, Inc. TCR series: 2016=4.2 · 2017=6.7 · 2018=4.8 · 2019=2.6 · 2020=2.5 · 2021=11.3 · 2022=5.5 · 2023=1.6 · 2024=3.2 · BLS 2.2

Where Joe Piper, Inc. falls in its industry

290 Paperboard and paperboard prod establishments

Safer than 27% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 2.9.

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers
Joe Piper, Inc. (73 employees, TCR 4.7) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 49 employees and a TCR of 2.9 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 0100200300400 05101520 Average employees Total Case Rate Joe Piper, Inc.
Joe Piper, Inc. (73 employees, TCR 4.7) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 49 employees and a TCR of 2.9

Joe Piper, Inc. has more employees than the Paperboard and paperboard products (exce median and a higher injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 2.9. 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
2024 3.2 1.6 2 0 0
2023 1.6 1.6 1 0 0
2022 5.5 1.8 2 1 1
2021 11.3 11.3 4 0 0
2020 2.5 2.5 2 0 0
2019 2.6 2.6 2 0 0
2018 4.8 3.6 4 0 0
2017 6.7 6.7 5 0 0
2016 4.2 1.4 3 0 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

424130 · AL · Birmingham

290 Paperboard and paperboard products (except office supplies) merchant wholesalers 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 RJ Schinner Branch 15 4.7 TCR
NAICS-TCR APT-Knoxville 4.8 TCR
NAICS-TCR WAXIE - Ontario 4.8 TCR
NAICS-TCR Illinois Division 4.8 TCR
STATE-SIZE GGP Hatchery/Egg Depot (Elkmont) 73 FTE
STATE-SIZE Trussville Crew Headquarters 73 FTE
STATE-SIZE Trussville Crew Headquarters - APC 73 FTE
STATE-SIZE KBB Electrical Contractors LLC 73 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 Store 079 4.7 TCR
NAT-TCR Bi-Metallix Vishay Dale Electronics 4.7 TCR
NAT-TCR Copley at Stoughton 4.7 TCR
NAT-TCR 2024 Coborn's Huron -SD 4.7 TCR
NAT-SIZE Summit Point 73 FTE
NAT-SIZE Store 015 73 FTE
NAT-SIZE Dee Zee Stamping 73 FTE
NAT-SIZE Store 047 73 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, 2022, 2021, 2020, 2019, 2018, 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.