Department stores, discount · Alabama

Phenix City Dirt Cheap

Phenix City, AL · ~37 workers · 3 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

D
Poor Safety Record
5.3
Avg TCR
3.4
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

Phenix City Dirt Cheap runs at 155% of its industry's injury rate - more dangerous than the typical Department stores, discount workplace, earning a grade D.

Phenix City Dirt Cheap: 5.3 TCR = 155% of Department stores, discount BLS 3.4 · 3y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Phenix City Dirt Cheap safety composite

Phenix City Dirt Cheap scores strongest on dart rate (safer than 80% of same-industry peers) and weakest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 41%), 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

57/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
D 5.27 per 100 workers

Safer than 41% of industry peers

DART rate
B 0 per 100 workers

Safer than 80% 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

−15.8

2021→2023

Phenix City Dirt Cheap injury rate improved

Phenix City Dirt Cheap's TCR fell 15.8 from 15.8 in 2021 to 0.0 in 2023. Peak filing year was 2021 at 15.8 TCR. In 2023, DART was 0× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2021=15.8 · 2022=0.0 · 2023=0.0

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 452112 · Phenix City, AL ABOVE-IND · SMALL

Grade D · TCR 5.3 · 155% of ind

  • DART 0.0 DART
  • RANK #40/64
  • PHOTO 0990 - Lancaster
  • BOOK 3y book
  • INJ 2 inj
  • SIZE ~37 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: 0990 - Lancaster (0.0 TCR gap)

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Phenix City Dirt Cheap in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows Phenix City Dirt Cheap averages 5.3 TCR (155% of the Department stores, discount BLS benchmark).

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

Phenix City Dirt Cheap TCR series: 2021=15.8 · 2022=0 · 2023=0 · BLS 3.4

Where Phenix City Dirt Cheap falls in its industry

4,991 Department stores, discount establishments

Safer than 41% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 4.4.

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to Alabama alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #40 safest of 64 Department stores, discount employers in Alabama.

Phenix City Dirt Cheap (37 employees, TCR 5.3) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 99 employees and a TCR of 4.4 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 0100200300400 051015 Average employees Total Case Rate Phenix City Dirt Cheap
Phenix City Dirt Cheap (37 employees, TCR 5.3) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 99 employees and a TCR of 4.4

Phenix City Dirt Cheap has fewer employees than the Department stores, discount median and a higher injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 4.4. 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
2023 0.0 0.0 0 0 0
2022 0.0 0.0 0 0 0
2021 15.8 15.8 2 0 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

452112 · AL · Phenix City

4,991 Department stores, discount employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 7,418 rated employers in Alabama with headcount on file · 52 employers in Phenix City, 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 0990 - Lancaster 5.3 TCR
NAICS-TCR 2306 - Marina 5.3 TCR
NAICS-TCR 2781 - Chicago West Loop 5.3 TCR
NAICS-TCR 2249 - Ansonia 5.3 TCR
STATE-SIZE Gordo Hatchery 37 FTE
STATE-SIZE TRI CREEK FOREST PRODUCTS 37 FTE
STATE-SIZE M&M Goldeneye 37 FTE
STATE-SIZE Mobile Division Schillinger Crew Headquarters 37 FTE
CITY-NEAR Alatrade - Phenix City 801 FTE
CITY-NEAR Alatrade Foods Inc - Phenix City 552 FTE
CITY-NEAR 1284 391 FTE
CITY-NEAR WM 1284 377 FTE
NAT-TCR Ashford Hall 5.3 TCR
NAT-TCR Goodwin House Bailey's Crossroads 5.3 TCR
NAT-TCR Darwill Mccook 5.3 TCR
NAT-TCR BHD/JV Charter Oak Bridge 5.3 TCR
NAT-SIZE Meridian Dirt Cheap 37 FTE
NAT-SIZE Hammond Dirt Cheap 37 FTE
NAT-SIZE Palos Fire Protection District 37 FTE
NAT-SIZE Construction 37 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: 2023, 2022, 2021. 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.