Distribution of natural gas · Alabama

Southern Directional

Alabaster, AL · ~63 workers · 2 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

D
Poor Safety Record
2.2
Avg TCR
1.2
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

Southern Directional runs at 184% of its industry's injury rate - more dangerous than the typical Distribution of natural gas workplace, earning a grade D.

Southern Directional: 2.2 TCR = 184% of Distribution of natural gas BLS 1.2 · 2y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Southern Directional safety composite

Southern Directional scores strongest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 57% of same-industry peers) and weakest on dart rate (safer than 41%), 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).

D

50/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
C 2.21 per 100 workers

Safer than 57% of industry peers

DART rate
D 1.81 per 100 workers

Safer than 41% 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%).

TCR Δ

−0.8

2017→2023

Southern Directional injury rate improved

Southern Directional's TCR fell 0.8 from 2.6 in 2017 to 1.8 in 2023. Peak filing year was 2017 at 2.6 TCR. In 2023, DART was 0.82× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2017=2.6 · 2023=1.8

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 221210 · Alabaster, AL ABOVE-IND · SMALL

Grade D · TCR 2.2 · 184% of ind

  • DART 1.8 DART
  • RANK #4/13
  • PHOTO MANHATTAN SC
  • BOOK 2y book
  • INJ 3 inj
  • SIZE ~63 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: MANHATTAN SC (0.0 TCR gap)

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Southern Directional in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows Southern Directional averages 2.2 TCR (184% of the Distribution of natural gas BLS benchmark).

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

Southern Directional TCR series: 2017=2.6 · 2023=1.8 · BLS 1.2

Where Southern Directional falls in its industry

1,153 Distribution of natural gas establishments

Safer than 57% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 2.6.

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to Alabama alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #4 safest of 13 Distribution of natural gas employers in Alabama.

Southern Directional (63 employees, TCR 2.2) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 56 employees and a TCR of 2.6 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 0200400600800 05101520 Average employees Total Case Rate Southern Directional
Southern Directional (63 employees, TCR 2.2) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 56 employees and a TCR of 2.6

Southern Directional has more employees than the Distribution of natural gas median and a lower injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 2.6. 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
2023 1.8 1.8 1 0 0
2017 2.6 2.6 2 0 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

221210 · AL · Alabaster

1,153 Distribution of natural gas employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 7,418 rated employers in Alabama with headcount on file · 57 employers in Alabaster, 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 MANHATTAN SC 2.2 TCR
NAICS-TCR Cascade Natural Gas Yakima District Office-Operations-Field 2.2 TCR
NAICS-TCR SEMCO Energy Gas Company - Headquarters 2.2 TCR
NAICS-TCR UniSource Energy Services (Gas) 2.2 TCR
STATE-SIZE Central Generation 63 FTE
STATE-SIZE BESDB Fairhope 63 FTE
STATE-SIZE ABRAMSON LLC 63 FTE
STATE-SIZE McShan Lumber Company 63 FTE
CITY-NEAR 724 SHELBY BAPTIST MEDICAL CENTER 828 FTE
CITY-NEAR Region 052 532 FTE
CITY-NEAR WM 423 313 FTE
CITY-NEAR 423 310 FTE
NAT-TCR Select Frame Shop Inc 2.2 TCR
NAT-TCR Edlen Electrical Exhibition Services- LV/CORP/MB 2.2 TCR
NAT-TCR Standard Drywall, Inc. - Lakeside CA 2.2 TCR
NAT-TCR CORE Construction Services of Illinois, Inc. 2.2 TCR
NAT-SIZE Comax Manufacturing Corporation dba Comax Flavors 63 FTE
NAT-SIZE Tremron - Fmyp 63 FTE
NAT-SIZE Eaton Middle School 63 FTE
NAT-SIZE South Plant 63 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: 2023, 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.