Bricks (i.e., common, face, glazed, hollow, vitrified), clay, manufacturing · Alabama

Meridian Bricks- Bessemer 166

Bessemer, AL · ~53 workers · 4 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

A
Excellent Safety Record
0.4
Avg TCR
3.3
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

Meridian Bricks- Bessemer 166 runs at 12% of its industry's injury rate - far safer than the typical Bricks (i.e., common, face, glazed, hollow, vitrified), clay, manufacturing workplace, earning a grade A.

Meridian Bricks- Bessemer 166: 0.4 TCR = 12% of Bricks (i.e., common, face, glazed, hollow, vitrified), clay, manufacturing BLS 3.3 · 4y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Meridian Bricks- Bessemer 166 safety composite

Meridian Bricks- Bessemer 166 scores strongest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 99% of same-industry peers) and weakest on fatalities (safer than 50%), 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

71/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
A 0.39 per 100 workers

Safer than 99% of industry peers

DART rate
C 1.57 per 100 workers

Safer than 55% 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%).

Rising injury rate

Meridian Bricks- Bessemer 166: 0.0 → 1.6 TCR

Peak year 2020 @ 1.6 TCR · DART/TCR 4.03× in 2020

Meridian Bricks- Bessemer 166's TCR rose 1.6 from 0.0 in 2017 to 1.6 in 2020. In 2020, DART was 4.03× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 327120 · Bessemer, AL AT/BELOW-IND · SMALL

Grade A · TCR 0.4 · 12% of ind

  • DART 1.6 DART
  • RANK #1/17
  • PHOTO Certech Inc.
  • BOOK 4y book
  • INJ 1 inj
  • SIZE ~53 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: Certech Inc. (0.0 TCR gap)

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Meridian Bricks- Bessemer 166 in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows Meridian Bricks- Bessemer 166 averages 0.4 TCR (12% of the Bricks (i.e., common, face, glazed, hollow, vitrified), clay, manufacturing BLS benchmark).

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

Meridian Bricks- Bessemer 166 TCR series: 2017=0 · 2018=0 · 2019=0 · 2020=1.6 · BLS 3.3

Where Meridian Bricks- Bessemer 166 falls in its industry

307 Bricks (i.e., common, face, gl establishments

Safer than 99% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 3.7.

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to Alabama alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #1 safest of 17 Bricks (i.e., common, face, gl employers in Alabama.

Meridian Bricks- Bessemer 166 (53 employees, TCR 0.4) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 57 employees and a TCR of 3.7 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 Meridian Bricks- Bessemer 166
Meridian Bricks- Bessemer 166 (53 employees, TCR 0.4) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 57 employees and a TCR of 3.7

Meridian Bricks- Bessemer 166 has fewer employees than the Bricks (i.e., common, face, glazed, holl median and a lower injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 3.7. 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
2020 1.6 1.6 1 0 0
2019 0.0 0.0 0 0 0
2018 0.0 0.0 0 0 0
2017 0.0 0.0 0 0 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

327120 · AL · Bessemer

307 Bricks (i.e., common, face, glazed, hollow, vitrified), clay, manufacturing employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 7,418 rated employers in Alabama with headcount on file · 116 employers in Bessemer, 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 Certech Inc. 0.4 TCR
NAICS-TCR DAL-ITALIA LLCC 0.4 TCR
NAICS-TCR VacuForm Incorporated 0.3 TCR
NAICS-TCR STONEPEAK CERAMICS, INC. CORPORATE OFFICE 0.5 TCR
STATE-SIZE Shoreline Growers 53 FTE
STATE-SIZE Ambassador Sanitation Management @ Wayne Farms Decatur 53 FTE
STATE-SIZE Franklin 53 FTE
STATE-SIZE Birmingham Division Patton Chapel 53 FTE
CITY-NEAR Amazon.com Services LLC - BHM1 4,102 FTE
CITY-NEAR Bessemer, DC 768 FTE
CITY-NEAR Blox LLC 581 FTE
CITY-NEAR US PIPE - BHM-DIP 559 FTE
NAT-TCR CBI, LLC. Gulf Coast Region 0.4 TCR
NAT-TCR Washington Penn Plastic Co., Inc. - LaFayette Division 0.4 TCR
NAT-TCR Gray Construction - Lexington 0.4 TCR
NAT-TCR DeltaHawk Engines, Inc. 0.4 TCR
NAT-SIZE Meridian Bricks-Augusta 015-Meridian Bricks 53 FTE
NAT-SIZE GranVida Senior Living and Memory Care 53 FTE
NAT-SIZE Superior Residences at Cala Hills 53 FTE
NAT-SIZE Midwest Medical Transport Company - Omaha Station 53 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: 2020, 2019, 2018, 2017. This is publicly available government data - not a legal determination of workplace conditions.
Data sourced from official public datasets. See our methodology for details.