Sawdust and shavings (i.e., sawmill byproducts) manufacturing · Alabama

Sims Bark Brent

Brent, AL · ~22 workers · 4 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

B
Good Safety Record
2.1
Avg TCR
3.3
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

Sims Bark Brent runs at 65% of its industry's injury rate - safer than the typical Sawdust and shavings (i.e., sawmill byproducts) manufacturing workplace, earning a grade B.

Sims Bark Brent: 2.1 TCR = 65% of Sawdust and shavings (i.e., sawmill byproducts) manufacturing BLS 3.3 · 4y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Sims Bark Brent safety composite

Sims Bark Brent scores strongest on dart rate (safer than 86% of same-industry peers) and weakest on fatalities (safer than 53%), 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).

B

76/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
B 2.15 per 100 workers

Safer than 82% of industry peers

DART rate
B 0 per 100 workers

Safer than 86% of industry peers

Fatalities
D 0

Safer than 53% 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

−0.9

2016→2019

Sims Bark Brent injury rate improved

Sims Bark Brent's TCR fell 0.9 from 3.3 in 2016 to 2.4 in 2019. Peak filing year was 2016 at 3.3 TCR. In 2019, DART was 0× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2016=3.3 · 2017=2.9 · 2018=0.0 · 2019=2.4

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 321113 · Brent, AL AT/BELOW-IND · SMALL

Grade B · TCR 2.1 · 65% of ind

  • DART 0.0 DART
  • RANK #20/56
  • PHOTO McKay Hardwoods
  • BOOK 4y book
  • INJ 3 inj
  • SIZE ~22 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: McKay Hardwoods (0.0 TCR gap)

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Sims Bark Brent in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows Sims Bark Brent averages 2.1 TCR (65% of the Sawdust and shavings (i.e., sawmill byproducts) manufacturing BLS benchmark).

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

Sims Bark Brent TCR series: 2016=3.3 · 2017=2.9 · 2018=0 · 2019=2.4 · BLS 3.3

Where Sims Bark Brent falls in its industry

905 Sawdust and shavings (i.e., sa establishments

Safer than 82% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 5.2.

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to Alabama alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #20 safest of 56 Sawdust and shavings (i.e., sa employers in Alabama.

Sims Bark Brent (22 employees, TCR 2.1) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 69 employees and a TCR of 5.2 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 050100150200250 05101520 Average employees Total Case Rate Sims Bark Brent
Sims Bark Brent (22 employees, TCR 2.1) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 69 employees and a TCR of 5.2

Sims Bark Brent has fewer employees than the Sawdust and shavings (i.e., sawmill bypr median and a lower injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 5.2. 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
2019 2.4 0.0 1 0 0
2018 0.0 0.0 0 0 0
2017 2.9 0.0 1 0 0
2016 3.3 3.3 1 0 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

321113 · AL · Brent

905 Sawdust and shavings (i.e., sawmill byproducts) manufacturing employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 7,418 rated employers in Alabama with headcount on file · 5 employers in Brent, 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 McKay Hardwoods 2.1 TCR
NAICS-TCR J P Smith Lumber Co., Inc. 2.1 TCR
NAICS-TCR Bibb Co. Properties Woodbury 2.2 TCR
NAICS-TCR West Fraser Opelika 2.2 TCR
STATE-SIZE Koch Foods Breeder/Broiler 22 FTE
STATE-SIZE Koch Foods Live Haul Gadsden Alabama 22 FTE
STATE-SIZE M.A.D.H. GIN, INC. 22 FTE
STATE-SIZE Logan Martin Dam 22 FTE
CITY-NEAR Brent 740 FTE
CITY-NEAR BM1 365 FTE
CITY-NEAR WM 425 188 FTE
CITY-NEAR 425 156 FTE
NAT-TCR Houston Precast 2.1 TCR
NAT-TCR Los Angeles (LA) 2.1 TCR
NAT-TCR Priority Healthcare Distribution, Inc. Grove City OH 2.1 TCR
NAT-TCR USA Indianapolis 5773 W Washington St 2.1 TCR
NAT-SIZE Sims Bark Woodbury 22 FTE
NAT-SIZE Care Partners of Eau Claire, Birch Street 22 FTE
NAT-SIZE Electra Healthcare Center 22 FTE
NAT-SIZE FL117A 22 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: 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.