Commercial building construction general contractors · Alabama

Shades Mountain Water Treatment Plant Improvements

Birmingham, AL · ~28 workers · 2 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

A
Excellent Safety Record
1.4
Avg TCR
2.9
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

Shades Mountain Water Treatment Plant Improvements runs at 50% of its industry's injury rate - far safer than the typical Commercial building construction general contractors workplace, earning a grade A.

Shades Mountain Water Treatment Plant Improvements: 1.4 TCR = 50% of Commercial building construction general contractors BLS 2.9 · 2y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Shades Mountain Water Treatment Plant Improvements safety composite

Shades Mountain Water Treatment Plant Improvements scores strongest on dart rate (safer than 73% of same-industry peers) and weakest on fatalities (safer than 51%), 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).

C

65/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
C 1.44 per 100 workers

Safer than 67% of industry peers

DART rate
C 0 per 100 workers

Safer than 73% 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%).

TCR Δ

−2.9

2019→2020

Shades Mountain Water Treatment Plant Improvements injury rate improved

Shades Mountain Water Treatment Plant Improvements's TCR fell 2.9 from 2.9 in 2019 to 0.0 in 2020. Peak filing year was 2019 at 2.9 TCR. In 2020, DART was 0× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2019=2.9 · 2020=0.0

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 236220 · Birmingham, AL AT/BELOW-IND · SMALL

Grade A · TCR 1.4 · 50% of ind

  • DART 0.0 DART
  • RANK #35/64
  • PHOTO Meyer & Najem, Inc.
  • BOOK 2y book
  • INJ 1 inj
  • SIZE ~28 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: Meyer & Najem, Inc. (0.0 TCR gap)

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Shades Mountain Water Treatment Plant Improvements in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows Shades Mountain Water Treatment Plant Improvements averages 1.4 TCR (50% of the Commercial building construction general contractors BLS benchmark).

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

Shades Mountain Water Treatment Plant Improvements TCR series: 2019=2.9 · 2020=0 · BLS 2.9

Where Shades Mountain Water Treatment Plant Improvements falls in its industry

4,692 Commercial building constructi establishments

Safer than 67% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 2.3.

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to Alabama alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #35 safest of 64 Commercial building constructi employers in Alabama.

Shades Mountain Water Treatment Plant Improvements (28 employees, TCR 1.4) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 55 employees and a TCR of 2.3 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 0100200300400500 02468 Average employees Total Case Rate Shades Mountain Water Treatment Plant Improvements
Shades Mountain Water Treatment Plant Improvements (28 employees, TCR 1.4) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 55 employees and a TCR of 2.3

Shades Mountain Water Treatment Plant Improvements has fewer employees than the Commercial building construction general median and a lower injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 2.3. 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
2020 0.0 0.0 0 0 0
2019 2.9 0.0 1 0 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

236220 · AL · Birmingham

4,692 Commercial building construction general contractors 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 Meyer & Najem, Inc. 1.4 TCR
NAICS-TCR Dick Anderson Construction 1.4 TCR
NAICS-TCR BDI Cosntruciton Company 1.4 TCR
NAICS-TCR Corporate 1.4 TCR
STATE-SIZE Hillabee Plant 28 FTE
STATE-SIZE Hillabee 28 FTE
STATE-SIZE Southeast Division Headland Office 28 FTE
STATE-SIZE W.K. Upchurch Construction Co., Inc. 28 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 LSC Communications 1.4 TCR
NAT-TCR Classic Wines of California 1.4 TCR
NAT-TCR Departamento De Desarrollo Cultural - Administracion 14214 00 1.4 TCR
NAT-TCR Blue Ridge HealthCare Medical Group, Inc. 1.4 TCR
NAT-SIZE 4765-PITCW9820 28 FTE
NAT-SIZE 2541 Tampa Florida 28 FTE
NAT-SIZE Dominion Senior Living of Bristol 28 FTE
NAT-SIZE Crystal Geyser Water Company 28 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. This is publicly available government data - not a legal determination of workplace conditions.
Data sourced from official public datasets. See our methodology for details.