Structural steel, fabricated, manufacturing · Alabama

Southern Metal Fabricators, Inc.

Albertville, AL · ~44 workers · 9 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

C
Average Safety Record
3.6
Avg TCR
3.3
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

Southern Metal Fabricators, Inc. runs at 108% of its industry's injury rate - about level with the typical Structural steel, fabricated, manufacturing workplace, earning a grade C.

Southern Metal Fabricators, Inc.: 3.6 TCR = 108% of Structural steel, fabricated, manufacturing BLS 3.3 · 9y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Southern Metal Fabricators, Inc. safety composite

Southern Metal Fabricators, Inc. scores strongest on dart rate (safer than 82% 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 3.58 per 100 workers

Safer than 60% of industry peers

DART rate
B 0 per 100 workers

Safer than 82% 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%).

Southern Metal Fabricators, Inc. held a steady TCR band

Southern Metal Fabricators, Inc.'s TCR held near 0.0 from 0.0 in 2016 to 0.0 in 2024. Peak filing year was 2021 at 13.2 TCR. In 2024, DART was 0× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2016=0.0 · 2017=2.1 · 2018=6.7 · 2019=3.4 · 2020=0.0 · 2021=13.2 · 2022=0.0 · 2023=6.9 · 2024=0.0

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 332312 · Albertville, AL ABOVE-IND · SMALL

Grade C · TCR 3.6 · 108% of ind

  • DART 0.0 DART
  • RANK #23/61
  • PHOTO Victory Steel Co.
  • BOOK 9y book
  • INJ 15 inj
  • SIZE ~44 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: Victory Steel Co. (0.0 TCR gap)

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Southern Metal Fabricators, Inc. in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows Southern Metal Fabricators, Inc. averages 3.6 TCR (108% of the Structural steel, fabricated, manufacturing BLS benchmark).

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

Southern Metal Fabricators, Inc. TCR series: 2016=0 · 2017=2.1 · 2018=6.7 · 2019=3.4 · 2020=0 · 2021=13.2 · 2022=0 · 2023=6.9 · 2024=0 · BLS 3.3

Where Southern Metal Fabricators, Inc. falls in its industry

1,491 Structural steel, fabricated, establishments

Safer than 60% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 4.6.

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to Alabama alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #23 safest of 61 Structural steel, fabricated, employers in Alabama.

Southern Metal Fabricators, Inc. (44 employees, TCR 3.6) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 54 employees and a TCR of 4.6 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 0100200300400 05101520 Average employees Total Case Rate Southern Metal Fabricators, Inc.
Southern Metal Fabricators, Inc. (44 employees, TCR 3.6) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 54 employees and a TCR of 4.6

Southern Metal Fabricators, Inc. has fewer employees than the Structural steel, fabricated, manufactur median and a lower injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 4.6. 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
2024 0.0 0.0 0 0 0
2023 6.9 4.6 3 0 0
2022 0.0 0.0 0 0 0
2021 13.2 0.0 5 0 0
2020 0.0 0.0 0 0 0
2019 3.4 1.7 2 0 0
2018 6.7 3.4 4 0 0
2017 2.1 0.0 1 0 0
2016 0.0 0.0 0 0 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

332312 · AL · Albertville

1,491 Structural steel, fabricated, manufacturing employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 7,418 rated employers in Alabama with headcount on file · 69 employers in Albertville, 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 Victory Steel Co. 3.6 TCR
NAICS-TCR Diamond Iron Works 3.6 TCR
NAICS-TCR Ambassador Steel-Waukesha Wisconsin 3.6 TCR
NAICS-TCR Page Steel Inc 3.6 TCR
STATE-SIZE SIMCO Construction, Inc. 44 FTE
STATE-SIZE C&C Contractors LLC 44 FTE
STATE-SIZE Asphalt Services, Inc. 44 FTE
STATE-SIZE Turner at Olin Chlor Alkali Products McIntosh AL 44 FTE
CITY-NEAR Albertville processing plant 910 FTE
CITY-NEAR Albertville Plant 890 FTE
CITY-NEAR Alatrade Foods Inc - Albertville 711 FTE
CITY-NEAR Alatrade - Albertville 685 FTE
NAT-TCR Emerald Place 3.6 TCR
NAT-TCR Production EIN 91-0917126 3.6 TCR
NAT-TCR The Fresh Market 114 3.6 TCR
NAT-TCR The Fresh Market 122 3.6 TCR
NAT-SIZE Batliner Recycling 44 FTE
NAT-SIZE Kleen Air Service Corporation 44 FTE
NAT-SIZE RSI of Florida, LLC 44 FTE
NAT-SIZE R+L Carriers - LEX 44 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: 2024, 2023, 2022, 2021, 2020, 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.