Pipe, metal, merchant wholesalers · Alabama

Ryerson - Birmingham

Name: Ryerson - Birmingham Workplace Safety Data
Creator: PlainSafetyScore
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Birmingham, AL · ~35 workers · 7 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

Compiled by PlainSafetyScore · August 25, 2026

F
Failing Safety Record: 4.4
Avg TCR: 2.2
Industry avg: 0
Fatalities

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The verdict

Ryerson - Birmingham runs at 201% of its industry's injury rate - far more dangerous than the typical Pipe, metal, merchant wholesalers workplace, earning a grade F.

Ryerson - Birmingham: 4.4 TCR = 201% of Pipe, metal, merchant wholesalers BLS 2.2 · 7y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Ryerson - Birmingham safety composite

Ryerson - Birmingham scores strongest on fatalities (safer than 51% of same-industry peers) and weakest on dart rate (safer than 8%), 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).

32/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR): D 4.42 per 100 workers

Safer than 42% of industry peers
DART rate: F 7.8 per 100 workers

Safer than 8% 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%).

Rising injury rate

Ryerson - Birmingham: 5.7 → 7.8 TCR

Peak year 2022 @ 7.8 TCR · DART/TCR 1.76× in 2022

Ryerson - Birmingham's TCR rose 2.1 from 5.7 in 2016 to 7.8 in 2022. In 2022, DART was 1.76× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 423510 · Birmingham, AL ABOVE-IND · SMALL

Grade F · TCR 4.4 · 201% of ind

DART 7.8 DART
RANK #30/44
PHOTO Ryerson
BOOK 7y book
INJ 10 inj
SIZE ~35 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: Ryerson (0.0 TCR gap)

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Forks Distribu

4.5
Ryerson-4007

4.5
This site

4.4
Ryerson

4.4
Acra Cast

4.4

What this shows Ryerson - Birmingham averages 4.4 TCR (201% of the Pipe, metal, merchant wholesalers BLS benchmark).

Ryerson - Birmingham TCR series: 2016=5.7 · 2017=7.8 · 2018=2.5 · 2019=0 · 2020=3.6 · 2021=3.6 · 2022=7.8 · BLS 2.2

Where Ryerson - Birmingham falls in its industry

1,299 Pipe, metal, merchant wholesal establishments

Safer than 42% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 3.7.

Grade F

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to Alabama alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #30 safest of 44 Pipe, metal, merchant wholesal employers in Alabama.

Ryerson - Birmingham (35 employees, TCR 4.4) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 45 employees and a TCR of 3.7

Ryerson - Birmingham has fewer employees than the Pipe, metal, merchant wholesalers median and a higher injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 3.7. 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
2022	7.8	7.8	2
2021	3.6	3.6	1
2020	3.6	3.6	1
2019	0.0	0.0	0
2018	2.5	0.0	1
2017	7.8	7.8	3
2016	5.7	2.9	2

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

423510 · AL · Birmingham

1,299 Pipe, metal, merchant wholesalers 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 · 4 cross-state NAT-SIZE peers. Closest matches by relationship code are listed below.

Rel	Establishment	Place	Metric
NAICS-TCR	Ryerson	SHELBYVILLE, KY	4.4 TCR
NAICS-TCR	Acra Cast	BAY CITY, MI	4.4 TCR
NAICS-TCR	Forks Distribution Center	EASTON, PA	4.5 TCR
NAICS-TCR	Ryerson-4007	ELGIN, IL	4.5 TCR
STATE-SIZE	Western Division Jasper Business Office	JASPER	35 FTE
STATE-SIZE	2020 Osha form	ANDALUSIA	35 FTE
STATE-SIZE	Ozark Safety Services, LLC	MONTGOMERY	35 FTE
STATE-SIZE	Newell & Bush, Inc.	MONTGOMERY	35 FTE
CITY-NEAR	USD	Birmingham	9,165 FTE
CITY-NEAR	CLASSIC FOODS	Birmingham	9,165 FTE
CITY-NEAR	Corporate	Birmingham	8,650 FTE
CITY-NEAR	BIRMINGHAM PACKERS	Birmingham	8,650 FTE
NAT-TCR	Humanscale-Piscataway	Piscataway, NJ	4.4 TCR
NAT-TCR	Case Makes	Osgood, IN	4.4 TCR
NAT-TCR	HG793	Cedar Falls, IA	4.4 TCR
NAT-TCR	Big Y Foods, Inc. Newtown	Newtown, CT	4.4 TCR
NAT-SIZE	HG374	Olathe, KS	35 FTE
NAT-SIZE	MAHEC Dental Health Center	Asheville, NC	35 FTE
NAT-SIZE	Mospn - Springfield	Springfield, MO	35 FTE
NAT-SIZE	Meridian Health Pediatrics	Muncie, IN	35 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: 2022, 2021, 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.