Metal scrap and waste merchant wholesalers · Alabama

SA Recycling, Birmingham-Non Ferrous

Name: SA Recycling, Birmingham-Non Ferrous Workplace Safety Data
Creator: PlainSafetyScore
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Birmingham, AL · ~29 workers · 2 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

Compiled by PlainSafetyScore · August 25, 2026

B
Good Safety Record: 1.7
Avg TCR: 2.2
Industry avg: 0
Fatalities

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The verdict

SA Recycling, Birmingham-Non Ferrous runs at 76% of its industry's injury rate - safer than the typical Metal scrap and waste merchant wholesalers workplace, earning a grade B.

SA Recycling, Birmingham-Non Ferrous: 1.7 TCR = 76% of Metal scrap and waste merchant wholesalers BLS 2.2 · 2y Form 300A (see methodology below)

SA Recycling, Birmingham-Non Ferrous safety composite

SA Recycling, Birmingham-Non Ferrous scores strongest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 80% of same-industry peers) and weakest on dart rate (safer than 33%), 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).

56/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR): B 1.67 per 100 workers

Safer than 80% of industry peers
DART rate: F 3.33 per 100 workers

Safer than 33% 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

SA Recycling, Birmingham-Non Ferrous: 0.0 → 3.3 TCR

Peak year 2024 @ 3.3 TCR · DART/TCR 1.99× in 2024

SA Recycling, Birmingham-Non Ferrous's TCR rose 3.3 from 0.0 in 2023 to 3.3 in 2024. In 2024, DART was 1.99× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 423930 · Birmingham, AL AT/BELOW-IND · SMALL

Grade B · TCR 1.7 · 76% of ind

DART 3.3 DART
RANK #5/21
PHOTO Alter Metal Recyclin…
BOOK 2y book
INJ 1 inj
SIZE ~29 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: Alter Metal Recycling - Z NF Recovery (0.0 TCR gap)

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What this shows SA Recycling, Birmingham-Non Ferrous averages 1.7 TCR (76% of the Metal scrap and waste merchant wholesalers BLS benchmark).

SA Recycling, Birmingham-Non Ferrous TCR series: 2023=0 · 2024=3.3 · BLS 2.2

Where SA Recycling, Birmingham-Non Ferrous falls in its industry

1,126 Metal scrap and waste merchant establishments

Safer than 80% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 4.0.

Grade B

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 21 Metal scrap and waste merchant employers in Alabama.

SA Recycling, Birmingham-Non Ferrous (29 employees, TCR 1.7) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 39 employees and a TCR of 4.0

SA Recycling, Birmingham-Non Ferrous has fewer employees than the Metal scrap and waste merchant wholesale median and a lower injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 4.0. 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	3.3	3.3	1	0	0
2023	0.0	0.0	0	0	0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

423930 · AL · Birmingham

1,126 Metal scrap and waste 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	Alter Metal Recycling - Z NF Recovery	DAVENPORT, IA	1.7 TCR
NAICS-TCR	Green Line Polymers--Pandora	PANDORA, OH	1.6 TCR
NAICS-TCR	Attalla	ATTALLA, AL	1.7 TCR
NAICS-TCR	CMC Recycling Athens	ATHENS, GA	1.7 TCR
STATE-SIZE	Grand Bay	GRAND BAY	29 FTE
STATE-SIZE	Mid Star Wood Haulers	TOXEY	29 FTE
STATE-SIZE	Oak Grove - APC	SYLACAUGA	29 FTE
STATE-SIZE	Gardendale Crew Headquarters - APC	GARDENDALE	29 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	BEI Construction Inc	Alameda, CA	1.7 TCR
NAT-TCR	Church & Dwight Co., Inc.	Harrisonville, MO	1.7 TCR
NAT-TCR	OC	Cerritos, CA	1.7 TCR
NAT-TCR	Woodland Place	Spartanburg, SC	1.7 TCR
NAT-SIZE	ARC Industries Bixby Center	Groveport, OH	29 FTE
NAT-SIZE	Womack Sanitation	Arcadia, FL	29 FTE
NAT-SIZE	Calumet Missouri	Louisiana, MO	29 FTE
NAT-SIZE	Brookdale Crown Point	Jacksonville, FL	29 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. This is publicly available government data - not a legal determination of workplace conditions.

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