Ambulance services, air or ground · Alabama
Shoals Ambulance
Florence, AL · ~500 workers · 3 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.
- F
- Failing Safety Record
- 12.6
- Avg TCR
- 3.8
- Industry avg
- 0
- Fatalities
The verdict
Shoals Ambulance runs at 331% of its industry's injury rate - far more dangerous than the typical Ambulance services, air or ground workplace, earning a grade F.
Shoals Ambulance: 12.6 TCR = 331% of Ambulance services, air or ground BLS 3.8 · 3y Form 300A (see methodology below)
Shoals Ambulance safety composite
Shoals Ambulance scores strongest on dart rate (safer than 68% of same-industry peers) and weakest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 29%), 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).
48/100
Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures
- Total Case Rate (TCR)
- F 12.57 per 100 workers
Safer than 29% of industry peers
- DART rate
- C 2.21 per 100 workers
Safer than 68% 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
Shoals Ambulance: 5.7 → 7.4 TCR
Peak year 2020 @ 24.7 TCR · DART/TCR 0.18× in 2021
Shoals Ambulance's TCR rose 1.7 from 5.7 in 2019 to 7.4 in 2021. Peak filing year was 2020 at 24.7 TCR. In 2021, DART was 0.18× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).
OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard
Establishment book 621910 · Florence, AL ABOVE-IND · MID
Grade F · TCR 12.6 · 331% of ind
- DART 2.2 DART
- RANK #12/15
- PHOTO Positive Mobility In…
- BOOK 3y book
- INJ 67 inj
- SIZE ~500 FTE
Nearest TCR peer: Positive Mobility Inc DBA Positive Medical Transport (0.0 TCR gap)
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Shoals Ambulance in the TCR neighbourhood
Average Total Case Rate among this establishment and nearest same-industry peers
- This site
Shoals Ambulance
12.6 TCR
- Positive Mobil
Positive Mobility Inc DBA Positive Medical Transport
12.6 TCR
- A220 - EMS Cha
A220 - EMS Chambersburg
12.6 TCR
- Buncombe Count
Buncombe County-Emergency Services
12.6 TCR
- San Mateo ALS
San Mateo ALS Operations
12.6 TCR
What this shows Shoals Ambulance averages 12.6 TCR (331% of the Ambulance services, air or ground BLS benchmark).
Shoals Ambulance TCR series: 2019=5.7 · 2020=24.7 · 2021=7.4 · BLS 3.8
Where Shoals Ambulance falls in its industry
976 Ambulance services, air or gro establishmentsSafer than 29% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 8.3.
Narrower to Alabama alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #12 safest of 15 Ambulance services, air or gro employers in Alabama.
Shoals Ambulance has more employees than the Ambulance services, air or ground median and a higher injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 8.3. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2021 | 7.4 | 2.2 | 10 | 0 | 0 |
| 2020 | 24.7 | 5.7 | 42 | 1 | 0 |
| 2019 | 5.7 | 0.8 | 15 | 0 | 0 |
OSHA ITA peer cross-reference
Establishment peer ledger
621910 · AL · Florence
976 Ambulance services, air or ground employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 7,418 rated employers in Alabama with headcount on file · 112 employers in Florence, 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 | Positive Mobility Inc DBA Positive Medical Transport | 12.6 TCR |
| NAICS-TCR | A220 - EMS Chambersburg | 12.6 TCR |
| NAICS-TCR | Buncombe County-Emergency Services | 12.6 TCR |
| NAICS-TCR | San Mateo ALS Operations | 12.6 TCR |
| STATE-SIZE | INTUITIVE RESEARCH AND TECHNOLOGY | 501 FTE |
| STATE-SIZE | Tuscaloosa Plant | 498 FTE |
| STATE-SIZE | Essity Professional Hygiene Barton | 498 FTE |
| STATE-SIZE | 8100 Debone Koch Foods of AL | 497 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | Florence | 6,258 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | North Alabama Medical Center | 1,596 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | Southwire Florence | 400 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | American Wholesale Book Company | 393 FTE |
| NAT-TCR | Maple Park Village | 12.6 TCR |
| NAT-TCR | Houston & Harris PCS, Inc. | 12.6 TCR |
| NAT-TCR | North Florida Shipyards, Inc. | 12.6 TCR |
| NAT-TCR | Lawry's Carvery-South Coast Plaza | 12.6 TCR |
| NAT-SIZE | Danone North America | 500 FTE |
| NAT-SIZE | Health One Buffalo | 500 FTE |
| NAT-SIZE | Wegmans Fairmount 039 | 500 FTE |
| NAT-SIZE | Original Tommy's | 500 FTE |
Rel codes: NAICS-TCR · STATE-SIZE · CITY-NEAR · NAT-TCR/NAT-SIZE cross-state. Read with this employer →
Read our methodology - how this data is sourced, computed, and verified.