Employer · Alabama

S04998 - WM of Alabama - Birmingham

Birmingham, AL · ~92 workers · 9 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

F
Failing Safety Record
6.4
Avg TCR
2.6
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

S04998 - WM of Alabama - Birmingham runs at 247% of its industry's injury rate - far more dangerous than the typical industry workplace, earning a grade F.

S04998 - WM of Alabama - Birmingham: 6.4 TCR = 247% of industry BLS 2.6 · 9y Form 300A (see methodology below)

S04998 - WM of Alabama - Birmingham safety composite

S04998 - WM of Alabama - Birmingham scores strongest on fatalities (safer than 52% of same-industry peers) and weakest on dart rate (safer than 27%), 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).

D

37/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
D 6.43 per 100 workers

Safer than 36% of industry peers

DART rate
F 5.91 per 100 workers

Safer than 27% 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

S04998 - WM of Alabama - Birmingham: 3.5 → 7.6 TCR

Peak year 2018 @ 16.0 TCR · DART/TCR 0.92× in 2024

S04998 - WM of Alabama - Birmingham's TCR rose 4.1 from 3.5 in 2016 to 7.6 in 2024. Peak filing year was 2018 at 16.0 TCR. In 2024, DART was 0.92× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

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

Grade F · TCR 6.4 · 247% of ind

  • DART 5.9 DART
  • RANK #40/50
  • PHOTO County Waste LLC 1
  • BOOK 9y book
  • INJ 49 inj
  • SIZE ~92 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: County Waste LLC 1 (0.0 TCR gap)

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S04998 - WM of Alabama - Birmingham in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows S04998 - WM of Alabama - Birmingham averages 6.4 TCR (247% of the industry BLS benchmark).

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

S04998 - WM of Alabama - Birmingham TCR series: 2016=3.5 · 2017=2.3 · 2018=16 · 2019=1.1 · 2020=6.3 · 2021=9.3 · 2022=6.2 · 2023=5.6 · 2024=7.6 · BLS 2.6

Where S04998 - WM of Alabama - Birmingham falls in its industry

2,322 industry establishments

Safer than 36% 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 #40 safest of 50 industry employers in Alabama.

S04998 - WM of Alabama - Birmingham (92 employees, TCR 6.4) 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 S04998 - WM of Alabama - Birmingham
S04998 - WM of Alabama - Birmingham (92 employees, TCR 6.4) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 55 employees and a TCR of 5.1

S04998 - WM of Alabama - Birmingham has more 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 7.6 5.9 9 0 0
2023 5.6 4.6 6 0 0
2022 6.2 5.2 6 0 0
2021 9.3 8.1 8 0 0
2020 6.3 6.3 6 0 0
2019 1.1 0.0 1 0 0
2018 16.0 0.0 8 7 0
2017 2.3 1.1 2 0 0
2016 3.5 3.5 3 0 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

562111 · AL · Birmingham

2,322 industry 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 Metric
NAICS-TCR County Waste LLC 1 6.4 TCR
NAICS-TCR S04045 - WM of Dallas 6.4 TCR
NAICS-TCR AAW - New Haven 6.4 TCR
NAICS-TCR County Waste LLC 6 6.4 TCR
STATE-SIZE Birmingham Division Metro Central Crew Headquarters 92 FTE
STATE-SIZE Weaver Environmental Services 92 FTE
STATE-SIZE Huhtamaki-Andalusia 92 FTE
STATE-SIZE 2a USA Inc 92 FTE
CITY-NEAR USD 9,165 FTE
CITY-NEAR CLASSIC FOODS 9,165 FTE
CITY-NEAR Corporate 8,650 FTE
CITY-NEAR BIRMINGHAM PACKERS 8,650 FTE
NAT-TCR Dgdg 3, LLC 6.4 TCR
NAT-TCR Casa Blanca Cattle Company 6.4 TCR
NAT-TCR ESCO - Webster 6.4 TCR
NAT-TCR OAT Documentos 6.4 TCR
NAT-SIZE S04060 - WM of TN - Knoxville 92 FTE
NAT-SIZE MTS Indianapolis 92 FTE
NAT-SIZE Rancho Pacific Electric, Inc. 92 FTE
NAT-SIZE Trader Joe's 0715 Woodbury 92 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.

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