DCM · Alabama

Penske : 5315-00 Mercedes-DCM/Vance, AL

Vance, AL · ~116 workers · 3 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

A
Excellent Safety Record
1.3
Avg TCR
5.8
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

Penske : 5315-00 Mercedes-DCM/Vance, AL runs at 22% of its industry's injury rate - far safer than the typical DCM workplace, earning a grade A.

Penske : 5315-00 Mercedes-DCM/Vance, AL: 1.3 TCR = 22% of DCM BLS 5.8 · 3y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Penske : 5315-00 Mercedes-DCM/Vance, AL safety composite

Penske : 5315-00 Mercedes-DCM/Vance, AL scores strongest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 84% 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

66/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
B 1.3 per 100 workers

Safer than 84% of industry peers

DART rate
C 1.55 per 100 workers

Safer than 58% 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

Penske : 5315-00 Mercedes-DCM/Vance, AL: 0.0 → 2.3 TCR

Peak year 2018 @ 2.3 TCR · DART/TCR 1.19× in 2018

Penske : 5315-00 Mercedes-DCM/Vance, AL's TCR rose 2.3 from 0.0 in 2016 to 2.3 in 2018. In 2018, DART was 1.19× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 493110 · Vance, AL AT/BELOW-IND · MID

Grade A · TCR 1.3 · 22% of ind

  • DART 1.6 DART
  • RANK #18/102
  • PHOTO Houston Polymers Ter…
  • BOOK 3y book
  • INJ 5 inj
  • SIZE ~116 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: Houston Polymers Terminal (0.0 TCR gap)

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Penske : 5315-00 Mercedes-DCM/Vance, AL in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows Penske : 5315-00 Mercedes-DCM/Vance, AL averages 1.3 TCR (22% of the DCM BLS benchmark).

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

Penske : 5315-00 Mercedes-DCM/Vance, AL TCR series: 2016=0 · 2017=1.6 · 2018=2.3 · BLS 5.8

Where Penske : 5315-00 Mercedes-DCM/Vance, AL falls in its industry

9,477 DCM establishments

Safer than 84% 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 #18 safest of 102 DCM employers in Alabama.

Penske : 5315-00 Mercedes-DCM/Vance, AL (116 employees, TCR 1.3) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 92 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 01,0002,0003,0004,0005,000 051015 Average employees Total Case Rate Penske : 5315-00 Mercedes-DCM/Vance, AL
Penske : 5315-00 Mercedes-DCM/Vance, AL (116 employees, TCR 1.3) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 92 employees and a TCR of 3.5

Penske : 5315-00 Mercedes-DCM/Vance, AL has more employees than the DCM median and a lower 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
2018 2.3 1.6 3 0 0
2017 1.6 0.8 2 0 0
2016 0.0 0.0 0 0 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

493110 · AL · Vance

9,477 DCM 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 Houston Polymers Terminal 1.3 TCR
NAICS-TCR 50107 - CAPSTONE UNFI SC 1.3 TCR
NAICS-TCR Mooresville - 9440 South State Road 39 1.3 TCR
NAICS-TCR Branch 7074 - WP Glenn Ave 1.3 TCR
STATE-SIZE Young's Plant Farm, Inc. (Farm 2) 116 FTE
STATE-SIZE Ammons & Blackmon Construction, LLC 116 FTE
STATE-SIZE G & R Mineral Services 116 FTE
STATE-SIZE Persons Service Corporation 116 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 Penske : 4829-00 Whirlpool/Findlay, OH 1.3 TCR
NAT-TCR Ngl Water Solutions, LLC-Greeley 1.3 TCR
NAT-TCR ISLF - Westchester-Sunrise, LLC 1.3 TCR
NAT-TCR CTC 1.3 TCR
NAT-SIZE The Towers on Park Lane 116 FTE
NAT-SIZE Baltimore Container 116 FTE
NAT-SIZE Plant One 116 FTE
NAT-SIZE SunTreat 116 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: 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.