Employer · Alabama

S04156 - WM of AL - Opelika

Opelika, AL · ~42 workers · 9 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

F
Failing Safety Record
6.2
Avg TCR
2.6
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

S04156 - WM of AL - Opelika runs at 239% of its industry's injury rate - far more dangerous than the typical industry workplace, earning a grade F.

S04156 - WM of AL - Opelika: 6.2 TCR = 239% of industry BLS 2.6 · 9y Form 300A (see methodology below)

S04156 - WM of AL - Opelika safety composite

S04156 - WM of AL - Opelika scores strongest on fatalities (safer than 52% of same-industry peers) and weakest on dart rate (safer than 6%), 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).

F

30/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
D 6.22 per 100 workers

Safer than 37% of industry peers

DART rate
F 13.35 per 100 workers

Safer than 6% of industry peers

Fatalities
D 0

Safer than 52% 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

S04156 - WM of AL - Opelika: 0.0 → 13.3 TCR

Peak year 2018 @ 23.9 TCR · DART/TCR 2.15× in 2024

S04156 - WM of AL - Opelika's TCR rose 13.3 from 0.0 in 2016 to 13.3 in 2024. Peak filing year was 2018 at 23.9 TCR. In 2024, DART was 2.15× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 562111 · Opelika, AL ABOVE-IND · SMALL

Grade F · TCR 6.2 · 239% of ind

  • DART 13.3 DART
  • RANK #38/50
  • PHOTO Stericycle - Kent,WA
  • BOOK 9y book
  • INJ 16 inj
  • SIZE ~42 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: Stericycle - Kent,WA (0.0 TCR gap)

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S04156 - WM of AL - Opelika in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows S04156 - WM of AL - Opelika averages 6.2 TCR (239% of the industry BLS benchmark).

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

S04156 - WM of AL - Opelika TCR series: 2016=0 · 2017=0 · 2018=23.9 · 2019=0 · 2020=10.3 · 2021=4.4 · 2022=2.1 · 2023=1.9 · 2024=13.3 · BLS 2.6

Where S04156 - WM of AL - Opelika falls in its industry

2,322 industry establishments

Safer than 37% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 5.1.

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to Alabama alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #38 safest of 50 industry employers in Alabama.

S04156 - WM of AL - Opelika (42 employees, TCR 6.2) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 55 employees and a TCR of 5.1 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 05101520 Average employees Total Case Rate S04156 - WM of AL - Opelika
S04156 - WM of AL - Opelika (42 employees, TCR 6.2) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 55 employees and a TCR of 5.1

S04156 - WM of AL - Opelika has fewer employees than the industry median and a higher injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 5.1. 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 13.3 13.3 6 0 0
2023 1.9 1.9 1 0 0
2022 2.1 2.1 1 0 0
2021 4.4 2.2 2 0 0
2020 10.3 10.3 4 0 0
2019 0.0 0.0 0 0 0
2018 23.9 0.0 2 6 0
2017 0.0 0.0 0 0 0
2016 0.0 0.0 0 0 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

562111 · AL · Opelika

2,322 industry employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 7,418 rated employers in Alabama with headcount on file · 87 employers in Opelika, 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 Stericycle - Kent,WA 6.2 TCR
NAICS-TCR ShelterClean Sun Valley Route Svc 6.2 TCR
NAICS-TCR Mold Zero LLC 6.2 TCR
NAICS-TCR GFL Environmental USA Inc. - Sterling Heights 6.2 TCR
STATE-SIZE Troy Hatchery 42 FTE
STATE-SIZE Southern Division Auburn Crew Headquarters 42 FTE
STATE-SIZE Tuscaloosa Operations Center 42 FTE
STATE-SIZE LEE BUILDERS, INC 42 FTE
CITY-NEAR 6095 849 FTE
CITY-NEAR WM 6095 843 FTE
CITY-NEAR Mando America Corporation 493 FTE
CITY-NEAR Hanwha Advanced Materials America LLC. Opelika 470 FTE
NAT-TCR Byron Independent School District 6.2 TCR
NAT-TCR 1070 El Paso 6.2 TCR
NAT-TCR Stericycle - Kent,WA 6.2 TCR
NAT-TCR Franklin Blvd Nursing Home, Inc. 6.2 TCR
NAT-SIZE Otten Brothers Nursery & Landscaping, Inc. 42 FTE
NAT-SIZE S03053 - Monroe Hauling 42 FTE
NAT-SIZE Champion Estates Assisted Living 42 FTE
NAT-SIZE S04199 - Raleigh Hauling 42 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: 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.