Coating metals and metal products for the trade · Alabama

North Birmingham

Birmingham, AL · ~17 workers · 9 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

F
Failing Safety Record
7.4
Avg TCR
3.3
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

North Birmingham runs at 224% of its industry's injury rate - far more dangerous than the typical Coating metals and metal products for the trade workplace, earning a grade F.

North Birmingham: 7.4 TCR = 224% of Coating metals and metal products for the trade BLS 3.3 · 9y Form 300A (see methodology below)

North Birmingham safety composite

North Birmingham scores strongest on dart rate (safer than 82% of same-industry peers) and weakest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 23%), 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).

D

51/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
F 7.4 per 100 workers

Safer than 23% of industry peers

DART rate
B 0 per 100 workers

Safer than 82% 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

−21.9

2016→2024

North Birmingham injury rate improved

North Birmingham's TCR fell 21.9 from 21.9 in 2016 to 0.0 in 2024. Peak filing year was 2016 at 21.9 TCR. In 2024, DART was 0× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2016=21.9 · 2017=10.5 · 2018=10.7 · 2019=5.1 · 2020=5.9 · 2021=5.5 · 2022=0.0 · 2023=6.9 · 2024=0.0

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 332812 · Birmingham, AL ABOVE-IND · SMALL

Grade F · TCR 7.4 · 224% of ind

  • DART 0.0 DART
  • RANK #20/22
  • PHOTO Superb IPC
  • BOOK 9y book
  • INJ 12 inj
  • SIZE ~17 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: Superb IPC (0.0 TCR gap)

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North Birmingham in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows North Birmingham averages 7.4 TCR (224% of the Coating metals and metal products for the trade BLS benchmark).

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

North Birmingham TCR series: 2016=21.9 · 2017=10.5 · 2018=10.7 · 2019=5.1 · 2020=5.9 · 2021=5.5 · 2022=0 · 2023=6.9 · 2024=0 · BLS 3.3

Where North Birmingham falls in its industry

646 Coating metals and metal produ establishments

Safer than 23% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 3.9.

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to Alabama alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #20 safest of 22 Coating metals and metal produ employers in Alabama.

North Birmingham (17 employees, TCR 7.4) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 58 employees and a TCR of 3.9 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 0200400600 0510152025 Average employees Total Case Rate North Birmingham
North Birmingham (17 employees, TCR 7.4) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 58 employees and a TCR of 3.9

North Birmingham has fewer employees than the Coating metals and metal products for th median and a higher injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 3.9. 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
2024 0.0 0.0 0 0 0
2023 6.9 6.9 1 0 0
2022 0.0 0.0 0 0 0
2021 5.5 5.5 1 0 0
2020 5.9 5.9 1 0 0
2019 5.1 5.1 1 0 0
2018 10.7 10.7 2 0 0
2017 10.5 10.5 2 0 0
2016 21.9 11.0 4 0 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

332812 · AL · Birmingham

646 Coating metals and metal products for the trade 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. Closest matches by relationship code are listed below.

Rel Establishment Metric
NAICS-TCR Superb IPC 7.4 TCR
NAICS-TCR Hartford Finishing Inc. East 7.4 TCR
NAICS-TCR Alliance Industries - Marinette 7.4 TCR
NAICS-TCR Atmosphere Annealing LLC, Canton Facility 7.4 TCR
STATE-SIZE DANFORD FARMS 17 FTE
STATE-SIZE Covington Electric Cooperative, Inc. - Enterprise Office 17 FTE
STATE-SIZE Bartletts Ferry Dam 17 FTE
STATE-SIZE 294 - Village Creek WWTP Improvements 17 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 Hanalei Bay Resort 7.4 TCR
NAT-TCR Millwood, Inc. Waterford 7.4 TCR
NAT-TCR Grimes 7.4 TCR
NAT-TCR Ves - Wr 7.4 TCR

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: 2024, 2023, 2022, 2021, 2020, 2019, 2018, 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.