Hotels (except Casino Hotels) and Motels · Alabama

Sonesta ES Suites Birmingham

Birmingham, AL · ~15 workers · 5 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

D
Poor Safety Record
5.0
Avg TCR
3.0
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

Sonesta ES Suites Birmingham runs at 167% of its industry's injury rate - more dangerous than the typical Hotels (except Casino Hotels) and Motels workplace, earning a grade D.

Sonesta ES Suites Birmingham: 5.0 TCR = 167% of Hotels (except Casino Hotels) and Motels BLS 3.0 · 5y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Sonesta ES Suites Birmingham safety composite

Sonesta ES Suites Birmingham scores strongest on dart rate (safer than 78% of same-industry peers) and weakest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 47%), 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

59/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
D 5.01 per 100 workers

Safer than 47% of industry peers

DART rate
B 0 per 100 workers

Safer than 78% of industry peers

Fatalities
D 0

Safer than 50% 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%).

Sonesta ES Suites Birmingham held a steady TCR band

Sonesta ES Suites Birmingham's TCR held near 0.0 from 0.0 in 2017 to 0.0 in 2021. Peak filing year was 2018 at 11.5 TCR. In 2021, DART was 0× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2017=0.0 · 2018=11.5 · 2019=5.7 · 2020=7.8 · 2021=0.0

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 721110 · Birmingham, AL ABOVE-IND · SMALL

Grade D · TCR 5.0 · 167% of ind

  • DART 0.0 DART
  • RANK #65/102
  • PHOTO The Candler Hotel
  • BOOK 5y book
  • INJ 4 inj
  • SIZE ~15 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: The Candler Hotel (0.0 TCR gap)

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Sonesta ES Suites Birmingham in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows Sonesta ES Suites Birmingham averages 5.0 TCR (167% of the Hotels (except Casino Hotels) and Motels BLS benchmark).

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

Sonesta ES Suites Birmingham TCR series: 2017=0 · 2018=11.5 · 2019=5.7 · 2020=7.8 · 2021=0 · BLS 3.0

Where Sonesta ES Suites Birmingham falls in its industry

9,342 Hotels (except Casino Hotels) establishments

Safer than 47% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 4.8.

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to Alabama alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #65 safest of 102 Hotels (except Casino Hotels) employers in Alabama.

Sonesta ES Suites Birmingham (15 employees, TCR 5.0) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 48 employees and a TCR of 4.8 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 0100200300 05101520 Average employees Total Case Rate Sonesta ES Suites Birmingham
Sonesta ES Suites Birmingham (15 employees, TCR 5.0) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 48 employees and a TCR of 4.8

Sonesta ES Suites Birmingham has fewer employees than the Hotels (except Casino Hotels) and Motels median and a higher injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 4.8. 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 0.0 0.0 0 0 0
2020 7.8 0.0 1 0 0
2019 5.7 0.0 1 0 0
2018 11.5 5.8 2 0 0
2017 0.0 0.0 0 0 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

721110 · AL · Birmingham

9,342 Hotels (except Casino Hotels) and Motels 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. Closest matches by relationship code are listed below.

Rel Establishment Metric
NAICS-TCR The Candler Hotel 5.0 TCR
NAICS-TCR Embassy Suites Kennesaw 5.0 TCR
NAICS-TCR Nativo Lodge 5.0 TCR
NAICS-TCR 122 THE OSPREY AT BEAVER CREEK 5.0 TCR
STATE-SIZE PRT Atmore 15 FTE
STATE-SIZE Carrville Gin Company, Inc. 15 FTE
STATE-SIZE Bama Boring & Contracting 15 FTE
STATE-SIZE Glass, Inc. Foley 15 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 42121f - Norwich Pec 5.0 TCR
NAT-TCR 49321r - Tualatin Pec 5.0 TCR
NAT-TCR Joseph Campione, LLC North Plant 5.0 TCR
NAT-TCR Ferry Cap and Set Screw 5.0 TCR

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: 2021, 2020, 2019, 2018, 2017. 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.