Automotive mirrors, framed, manufacturing · Alabama

Metalsa Tuscaloosa

Tuscaloosa, AL · ~145 workers · 3 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

A
Excellent Safety Record
2.7
Avg TCR
5.4
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

Metalsa Tuscaloosa runs at 49% of its industry's injury rate - far safer than the typical Automotive mirrors, framed, manufacturing workplace, earning a grade A.

Metalsa Tuscaloosa: 2.7 TCR = 49% of Automotive mirrors, framed, manufacturing BLS 5.4 · 3y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Metalsa Tuscaloosa safety composite

Metalsa Tuscaloosa scores strongest on dart rate (safer than 89% of same-industry peers) and weakest on fatalities (safer than 51%), 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

68/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
C 2.67 per 100 workers

Safer than 60% of industry peers

DART rate
B 0 per 100 workers

Safer than 89% 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%).

TCR Δ

−3.9

2016→2019

Metalsa Tuscaloosa injury rate improved

Metalsa Tuscaloosa's TCR fell 3.9 from 4.6 in 2016 to 0.7 in 2019. Peak filing year was 2016 at 4.6 TCR. In 2019, DART was 0× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2016=4.6 · 2018=2.7 · 2019=0.7

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 336390 · Tuscaloosa, AL AT/BELOW-IND · MID

Grade A · TCR 2.7 · 49% of ind

  • DART 0.0 DART
  • RANK #10/36
  • PHOTO Tenneco Automotive
  • BOOK 3y book
  • INJ 12 inj
  • SIZE ~145 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: Tenneco Automotive (0.0 TCR gap)

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Metalsa Tuscaloosa in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows Metalsa Tuscaloosa averages 2.7 TCR (49% of the Automotive mirrors, framed, manufacturing BLS benchmark).

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

Metalsa Tuscaloosa TCR series: 2016=4.6 · 2018=2.7 · 2019=0.7 · BLS 5.4

Where Metalsa Tuscaloosa falls in its industry

772 Automotive mirrors, framed, ma establishments

Safer than 60% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 3.2.

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to Alabama alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #10 safest of 36 Automotive mirrors, framed, ma employers in Alabama.

Metalsa Tuscaloosa (145 employees, TCR 2.7) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 154 employees and a TCR of 3.2 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 02004006008001,000 051015 Average employees Total Case Rate Metalsa Tuscaloosa
Metalsa Tuscaloosa (145 employees, TCR 2.7) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 154 employees and a TCR of 3.2

Metalsa Tuscaloosa has fewer employees than the Automotive mirrors, framed, manufacturin median and a lower injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 3.2. 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 0.7 0.0 1 0 0
2018 2.7 0.0 4 0 0
2016 4.6 2.0 7 0 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

336390 · AL · Tuscaloosa

772 Automotive mirrors, framed, manufacturing employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 7,418 rated employers in Alabama with headcount on file · 151 employers in Tuscaloosa, 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 Tenneco Automotive 2.7 TCR
NAICS-TCR PHA Alabama 2.7 TCR
NAICS-TCR Piston Automotive 2.7 TCR
NAICS-TCR Dometic Corp - Greenbrier 2.7 TCR
STATE-SIZE Pettus Plumbing & Piping, Inc. 145 FTE
STATE-SIZE Huntsman Advanced Materials - McIntosh, Alabama 145 FTE
STATE-SIZE FMC - Mobile Site 145 FTE
STATE-SIZE Tarkett USA d.b.a. Tandus Centiva 145 FTE
CITY-NEAR Phifer Kauloosa 1,419 FTE
CITY-NEAR BFG3 Tuscaloosa Facility 1,340 FTE
CITY-NEAR McAbee Construction Inc 680 FTE
CITY-NEAR Tuscaloosa Processing 526 FTE
NAT-TCR EMD Millipore 2.7 TCR
NAT-TCR New Garden 2.7 TCR
NAT-TCR Prairie Trail Elementary School 2.7 TCR
NAT-TCR Northeastern 1 and 2 Plant 2.7 TCR
NAT-SIZE PuraCap Caribe 145 FTE
NAT-SIZE Faf Lax 145 FTE
NAT-SIZE Alside Window Company - Fife 145 FTE
NAT-SIZE Weston 145 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, 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.