Truck bodies assembling on purchased chassis · Alabama
Knapheide Truck Equipment Co Midsouth
Birmingham, AL · ~28 workers · 9 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.
- D
- Poor Safety Record
- 4.3
- Avg TCR
- 3.3
- Industry avg
- 0
- Fatalities
The verdict
Knapheide Truck Equipment Co Midsouth runs at 129% of its industry's injury rate - more dangerous than the typical Truck bodies assembling on purchased chassis workplace, earning a grade D.
Knapheide Truck Equipment Co Midsouth: 4.3 TCR = 129% of Truck bodies assembling on purchased chassis BLS 3.3 · 9y Form 300A (see methodology below)
Knapheide Truck Equipment Co Midsouth safety composite
Knapheide Truck Equipment Co Midsouth scores strongest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 63% of same-industry peers) and weakest on dart rate (safer than 14%), 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).
43/100
Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures
- Total Case Rate (TCR)
- C 4.26 per 100 workers
Safer than 63% of industry peers
- DART rate
- F 6.36 per 100 workers
Safer than 14% 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%).
Rising injury rate
Knapheide Truck Equipment Co Midsouth: 4.4 → 6.4 TCR
Peak year 2017 @ 11.7 TCR · DART/TCR 1.49× in 2024
Knapheide Truck Equipment Co Midsouth's TCR rose 2.0 from 4.4 in 2016 to 6.4 in 2024. Peak filing year was 2017 at 11.7 TCR. In 2024, DART was 1.49× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).
OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard
Establishment book 336211 · Birmingham, AL ABOVE-IND · SMALL
Grade D · TCR 4.3 · 129% of ind
- DART 6.4 DART
- RANK #10/16
- PHOTO CMCF
- BOOK 9y book
- INJ 11 inj
- SIZE ~28 FTE
Nearest TCR peer: CMCF (0.0 TCR gap)
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Knapheide Truck Equipment Co Midsouth in the TCR neighbourhood
Average Total Case Rate among this establishment and nearest same-industry peers
- This site
Knapheide Truck Equipment Co Midsouth
4.3 TCR
- CMCF
CMCF
4.3 TCR
- Oilmen's Truck
Oilmen's Truck Tanks
4.3 TCR
- Rolltechs Spec
Rolltechs Specialty Vehicles, LLC
4.3 TCR
- MG MPE
MG MPE
4.2 TCR
What this shows Knapheide Truck Equipment Co Midsouth averages 4.3 TCR (129% of the Truck bodies assembling on purchased chassis BLS benchmark).
Knapheide Truck Equipment Co Midsouth TCR series: 2016=4.4 · 2017=11.7 · 2018=2.3 · 2019=3.1 · 2020=3.4 · 2021=3.5 · 2022=3.7 · 2023=0 · 2024=6.4 · BLS 3.3
Where Knapheide Truck Equipment Co Midsouth falls in its industry
470 Truck bodies assembling on pur establishmentsSafer than 63% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 5.5.
Narrower to Alabama alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #10 safest of 16 Truck bodies assembling on pur employers in Alabama.
Knapheide Truck Equipment Co Midsouth has fewer employees than the Truck bodies assembling on purchased cha median and a lower injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 5.5. 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 | 6.4 | 6.4 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| 2023 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2022 | 3.7 | 3.7 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 2021 | 3.5 | 0.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 2020 | 3.4 | 3.4 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 2019 | 3.1 | 3.1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 2018 | 2.3 | 0.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 2017 | 11.7 | 3.9 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| 2016 | 4.4 | 0.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
OSHA ITA peer cross-reference
Establishment peer ledger
336211 · AL · Birmingham
470 Truck bodies assembling on purchased chassis 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 | CMCF | 4.3 TCR |
| NAICS-TCR | Oilmen's Truck Tanks | 4.3 TCR |
| NAICS-TCR | MG MPE | 4.2 TCR |
| NAICS-TCR | Rolltechs Specialty Vehicles, LLC | 4.3 TCR |
| STATE-SIZE | Hillabee Plant | 28 FTE |
| STATE-SIZE | Hillabee | 28 FTE |
| STATE-SIZE | Southeast Division Headland Office | 28 FTE |
| STATE-SIZE | W.K. Upchurch Construction Co., Inc. | 28 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 | Cedar Valley Cheese | 4.3 TCR |
| NAT-TCR | GL 7113 USS Triton | 4.3 TCR |
| NAT-TCR | GL 7122 USS Pearl Harbor | 4.3 TCR |
| NAT-TCR | Branson Lakes | 4.3 TCR |
| NAT-SIZE | HLC Trucking Co | 28 FTE |
| NAT-SIZE | Ephrata Store | 28 FTE |
| NAT-SIZE | Lemoyne Store | 28 FTE |
| NAT-SIZE | Louis L. Buttermark & Sons, Inc. | 28 FTE |
Rel codes: NAICS-TCR · STATE-SIZE · CITY-NEAR · NAT-TCR/NAT-SIZE cross-state. Read with this employer →
Read our methodology - how this data is sourced, computed, and verified.