Fiberglass fabrics weaving · Alabama

Phifer Kauloosa

Name: Phifer Kauloosa Workplace Safety Data
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Tuscaloosa, AL · ~1,419 workers · 5 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

Compiled by PlainSafetyScore · August 25, 2026

D
Poor Safety Record: 5.5
Avg TCR: 3.3
Industry avg: 0
Fatalities

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The verdict

Phifer Kauloosa runs at 166% of its industry's injury rate - more dangerous than the typical Fiberglass fabrics weaving workplace, earning a grade D.

Phifer Kauloosa: 5.5 TCR = 166% of Fiberglass fabrics weaving BLS 3.3 · 5y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Phifer Kauloosa safety composite

Phifer Kauloosa scores strongest on fatalities (safer than 50% of same-industry peers) and weakest on dart rate (safer than 13%), 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).

26/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR): F 5.49 per 100 workers

Safer than 22% of industry peers
DART rate: F 5.29 per 100 workers

Safer than 13% 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

Phifer Kauloosa: 4.7 → 6.3 TCR

Peak year 2020 @ 6.3 TCR · DART/TCR 0.96× in 2020

Phifer Kauloosa's TCR rose 1.5 from 4.7 in 2016 to 6.3 in 2020. In 2020, DART was 0.96× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 313210 · Tuscaloosa, AL ABOVE-IND · LARGE

Grade D · TCR 5.5 · 166% of ind

DART 5.3 DART
RANK #5/12
PHOTO Greenwood
BOOK 5y book
INJ 358 inj
SIZE ~1,419 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: Greenwood (0.1 TCR gap)

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Twitchell Tech

5.7
Specialty Fabr

5.6
This site

5.5
Greenwood

5.5
Innofa USA LLC

5.4

What this shows Phifer Kauloosa averages 5.5 TCR (166% of the Fiberglass fabrics weaving BLS benchmark).

Phifer Kauloosa TCR series: 2016=4.7 · 2017=6.1 · 2018=5.5 · 2019=4.9 · 2020=6.3 · BLS 3.3

Where Phifer Kauloosa falls in its industry

141 Fiberglass fabrics weaving establishments

Safer than 22% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 2.6.

Grade D

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to Alabama alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #5 safest of 12 Fiberglass fabrics weaving employers in Alabama.

Phifer Kauloosa (1,419 employees, TCR 5.5) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 136 employees and a TCR of 2.6

Phifer Kauloosa has more employees than the Fiberglass fabrics weaving median and a higher injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 2.6. 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
2020	6.3	5.3	71	7
2019	4.9	3.6	59	3
2018	5.5	3.6	76	5
2017	6.1	3.5	91	5
2016	4.7	3.8	61	2

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

313210 · AL · Tuscaloosa

141 Fiberglass fabrics weaving 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	Place	Metric
NAICS-TCR	Greenwood	GREENWOOD, SC	5.5 TCR
NAICS-TCR	Specialty Fabrics & Converting	HOGANSVILLE, GA	5.6 TCR
NAICS-TCR	Innofa USA LLC	EDEN, NC	5.4 TCR
NAICS-TCR	Twitchell Technical Products	DOTHAN, AL	5.7 TCR
STATE-SIZE	Pilgrim's Poultry Processing	GUNTERSVILLE	1,410 FTE
STATE-SIZE	1855-ALMOB1	MOBILE	1,399 FTE
STATE-SIZE	Supply Chain - Decatur	DECATUR	1,450 FTE
STATE-SIZE	Thompson Tractor Company Inc	BIRMINGHAM	1,452 FTE
CITY-NEAR	BFG3 Tuscaloosa Facility	Tuscaloosa	1,340 FTE
CITY-NEAR	McAbee Construction Inc	Tuscaloosa	680 FTE
CITY-NEAR	Tuscaloosa Processing	Tuscaloosa	526 FTE
CITY-NEAR	Tuscaloosa Plant	Tuscaloosa	498 FTE
NAT-TCR	Unity Point Health Trinity Rock Island	Rock Island, IL	5.5 TCR
NAT-TCR	Enterprise Rent-A-Car Midwest, LLC 62F3	Davenport, IA	5.5 TCR
NAT-TCR	CBO Seekonk	Seekonk, MA	5.5 TCR
NAT-TCR	0000000153 Quickchek Food Stores 153	Eatontown, NJ	5.5 TCR
NAT-SIZE	Medstar Southern Maryland Hospital	Clinton, MD	1,419 FTE
NAT-SIZE	JLG - McConnellsburg	Mcconnellsburg, PA	1,419 FTE
NAT-SIZE	County of Ventura Human Services Agency	Ventura, CA	1,418 FTE
NAT-SIZE	BlueStar Resort & Golf	Scottsdale, AZ	1,420 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, 2016. This is publicly available government data - not a legal determination of workplace conditions.

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Data sourced from official public datasets. See our methodology for details.