Food Service · Alabama

Mercedes-Benz U.S. Plant 2 (Vance)**

Vance, AL · ~29 workers · 3 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

F
Failing Safety Record
22.8
Avg TCR
3.0
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

Mercedes-Benz U.S. Plant 2 (Vance)** runs at 760% of its industry's injury rate - far more dangerous than the typical Food Service workplace, earning a grade F.

Mercedes-Benz U.S. Plant 2 (Vance)**: 22.8 TCR = 760% of Food Service BLS 3.0 · 3y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Mercedes-Benz U.S. Plant 2 (Vance)** safety composite

Mercedes-Benz U.S. Plant 2 (Vance)** scores strongest on fatalities (safer than 50% of same-industry peers) and weakest on total case rate (tcr) (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

15/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
F 22.79 per 100 workers

Safer than 1% of industry peers

DART rate
F 10.77 per 100 workers

Safer than 6% 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

−10.8

2017→2019

Mercedes-Benz U.S. Plant 2 (Vance)** injury rate improved

Mercedes-Benz U.S. Plant 2 (Vance)**'s TCR fell 10.8 from 32.4 in 2017 to 21.5 in 2019. Peak filing year was 2017 at 32.4 TCR. In 2019, DART was 0.47× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2017=32.4 · 2018=14.5 · 2019=21.5

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 722310 · Vance, AL ABOVE-IND · SMALL

Grade F · TCR 22.8 · 760% of ind

  • DART 10.8 DART
  • RANK #76/77
  • PHOTO OHIO WESLEYAN UNIVER…
  • BOOK 3y book
  • INJ 19 inj
  • SIZE ~29 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: OHIO WESLEYAN UNIVERSITY** (0.0 TCR gap)

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Mercedes-Benz U.S. Plant 2 (Vance)** in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows Mercedes-Benz U.S. Plant 2 (Vance)** averages 22.8 TCR (760% of the Food Service BLS benchmark).

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

Mercedes-Benz U.S. Plant 2 (Vance)** TCR series: 2017=32.4 · 2018=14.5 · 2019=21.5 · BLS 3.0

Where Mercedes-Benz U.S. Plant 2 (Vance)** falls in its industry

6,952 Food Service establishments

Safer than 1% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 3.5.

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to Alabama alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #76 safest of 77 Food Service employers in Alabama.

Mercedes-Benz U.S. Plant 2 (Vance)** (29 employees, TCR 22.8) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 43 employees and a TCR of 3.5 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 0510152025 Average employees Total Case Rate Mercedes-Benz U.S. Plant 2 (Vance)**
Mercedes-Benz U.S. Plant 2 (Vance)** (29 employees, TCR 22.8) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 43 employees and a TCR of 3.5

Mercedes-Benz U.S. Plant 2 (Vance)** has fewer employees than the Food Service median and a higher injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 3.5. 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
2019 21.5 10.8 6 0 0
2018 14.5 7.2 4 0 0
2017 32.4 18.0 9 0 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

722310 · AL · Vance

6,952 Food Service employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 7,418 rated employers in Alabama with headcount on file · 27 employers in Vance, 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 OHIO WESLEYAN UNIVERSITY** 22.8 TCR
NAICS-TCR ARBOR - GRAYSLAKE CCCSD 46 22.8 TCR
NAICS-TCR SODEXO AT AF DYESS BACKFILL 22.8 TCR
NAICS-TCR SIENA COLLEGE** 22.8 TCR
STATE-SIZE Grand Bay 29 FTE
STATE-SIZE Mid Star Wood Haulers 29 FTE
STATE-SIZE Oak Grove - APC 29 FTE
STATE-SIZE Gardendale Crew Headquarters - APC 29 FTE
CITY-NEAR Mercedes Benz US. International 6,181 FTE
CITY-NEAR Lear Corporation - Tuscaloosa 765 FTE
CITY-NEAR Brose Tuscaloosa` 751 FTE
CITY-NEAR Ard Logistics, LLC 563 FTE
NAT-TCR Stericycle - Middletown,CT 22.8 TCR
NAT-TCR Bickford of Rockford 22.8 TCR
NAT-TCR 6962-SWY-0025-0025-01455 22.8 TCR
NAT-TCR HDN Hayden Steamboat- Yampa Valley Airport 22.8 TCR
NAT-SIZE Trumbull Country Club Food & Beverage (Warre** 29 FTE
NAT-SIZE Dome Corporation of North America 29 FTE
NAT-SIZE Mundy Maintenance, Services and Operations LLC Job #32311 29 FTE
NAT-SIZE Turley Residential Center 29 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. 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.