Motor vehicle parts, used, merchant wholesalers · Alabama

Lkq Birmingham

Trafford, AL · ~63 workers · 2 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

F
Failing Safety Record
16.9
Avg TCR
2.2
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

Lkq Birmingham runs at 770% of its industry's injury rate - far more dangerous than the typical Motor vehicle parts, used, merchant wholesalers workplace, earning a grade F.

Lkq Birmingham: 16.9 TCR = 770% of Motor vehicle parts, used, merchant wholesalers BLS 2.2 · 2y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Lkq Birmingham safety composite

Lkq Birmingham scores strongest on fatalities (safer than 50% of same-industry peers) and weakest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 6%), 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

18/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
F 16.94 per 100 workers

Safer than 6% of industry peers

DART rate
F 12.56 per 100 workers

Safer than 8% of industry peers

Fatalities
D 0

Safer than 50% 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

−2.5

2016→2017

Lkq Birmingham injury rate improved

Lkq Birmingham's TCR fell 2.5 from 18.2 in 2016 to 15.7 in 2017. Peak filing year was 2016 at 18.2 TCR. In 2017, DART was 0.74× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2016=18.2 · 2017=15.7

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 423140 · Trafford, AL ABOVE-IND · SMALL

Grade F · TCR 16.9 · 770% of ind

  • DART 12.6 DART
  • RANK #6/6
  • PHOTO Buffalo Engine Compo…
  • BOOK 2y book
  • INJ 22 inj
  • SIZE ~63 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: Buffalo Engine Components, Inc. (0.2 TCR gap)

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Lkq Birmingham in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows Lkq Birmingham averages 16.9 TCR (770% of the Motor vehicle parts, used, merchant wholesalers BLS benchmark).

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

Lkq Birmingham TCR series: 2016=18.2 · 2017=15.7 · BLS 2.2

Where Lkq Birmingham falls in its industry

235 Motor vehicle parts, used, mer establishments

Safer than 6% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 6.9.

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to Alabama alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #6 safest of 6 Motor vehicle parts, used, mer employers in Alabama.

Lkq Birmingham (63 employees, TCR 16.9) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 37 employees and a TCR of 6.9 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 050100150200 0510152025 Average employees Total Case Rate Lkq Birmingham
Lkq Birmingham (63 employees, TCR 16.9) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 37 employees and a TCR of 6.9

Lkq Birmingham has more employees than the Motor vehicle parts, used, merchant whol median and a higher injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 6.9. 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
2017 15.7 12.6 10 0 0
2016 18.2 18.2 12 0 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

423140 · AL · Trafford

235 Motor vehicle parts, used, merchant wholesalers employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 7,418 rated employers in Alabama with headcount on file · 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 Buffalo Engine Components, Inc. 16.8 TCR
NAICS-TCR 1725 LKQ 17.3 TCR
NAICS-TCR 1771 3274 LKQ Lincoln 17.3 TCR
NAICS-TCR 1106 LKQ Melborne-106-Main Plant 18.1 TCR
STATE-SIZE Central Generation 63 FTE
STATE-SIZE Southern Directional 63 FTE
STATE-SIZE BESDB Fairhope 63 FTE
STATE-SIZE ABRAMSON LLC 63 FTE
CITY-NEAR 1130 LKQ BIRMINGHAM 60 FTE
NAT-TCR Tualatin (Ortua) 16.9 TCR
NAT-TCR Nampa Center (Idnam) 16.9 TCR
NAT-TCR 00394-SR74 16.9 TCR
NAT-TCR Slayton JR/SR High School 16.9 TCR
NAT-SIZE Potosi Manor Inc 63 FTE
NAT-SIZE N and R of Platte City Inc 63 FTE
NAT-SIZE Piper Plastic Illinois 63 FTE
NAT-SIZE Woodward Printing Services/GIL Shopping News 63 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: 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.