Industrial supplies (except disposable plastics, paper) merchant wholesalers · Alabama
SouthernCarlson - Muscle Shoals
Muscle Shoals, AL · ~29 workers · 6 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.
- D
- Poor Safety Record
- 4.3
- Avg TCR
- 2.2
- Industry avg
- 0
- Fatalities
The verdict
SouthernCarlson - Muscle Shoals runs at 197% of its industry's injury rate - more dangerous than the typical Industrial supplies (except disposable plastics, paper) merchant wholesalers workplace, earning a grade D.
SouthernCarlson - Muscle Shoals: 4.3 TCR = 197% of Industrial supplies (except disposable plastics, paper) merchant wholesalers BLS 2.2 · 6y Form 300A (see methodology below)
SouthernCarlson - Muscle Shoals safety composite
SouthernCarlson - Muscle Shoals scores strongest on dart rate (safer than 75% of same-industry peers) and weakest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 27%), 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).
50/100
Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures
- Total Case Rate (TCR)
- F 4.34 per 100 workers
Safer than 27% of industry peers
- DART rate
- B 0 per 100 workers
Safer than 75% 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
−2.8
2016→2022
SouthernCarlson - Muscle Shoals injury rate improved
SouthernCarlson - Muscle Shoals's TCR fell 2.8 from 2.8 in 2016 to 0.0 in 2022. Peak filing year was 2021 at 8.2 TCR. In 2022, DART was 0× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).
2016=2.8 · 2018=7.6 · 2019=3.5 · 2020=3.9 · 2021=8.2 · 2022=0.0
OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard
Establishment book 423840 · Muscle Shoals, AL ABOVE-IND · SMALL
Grade D · TCR 4.3 · 197% of ind
- DART 0.0 DART
- RANK #11/16
- PHOTO Ace-Tex
- BOOK 6y book
- INJ 7 inj
- SIZE ~29 FTE
Nearest TCR peer: Ace-Tex (0.0 TCR gap)
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SouthernCarlson - Muscle Shoals in the TCR neighbourhood
Average Total Case Rate among this establishment and nearest same-industry peers
- Applied Lithia
Applied Lithia Springs Distribution Center
4.4 TCR
- Shenandoah Ind
Shenandoah Industrial Rubber Company
4.4 TCR
- This site
SouthernCarlson - Muscle Shoals
4.3 TCR
- Ace-Tex
Ace-Tex
4.3 TCR
- Kee Safety, In
Kee Safety, Inc.
4.3 TCR
What this shows SouthernCarlson - Muscle Shoals averages 4.3 TCR (197% of the Industrial supplies (except disposable plastics, paper) merchant wholesalers BLS benchmark).
SouthernCarlson - Muscle Shoals TCR series: 2016=2.8 · 2018=7.6 · 2019=3.5 · 2020=3.9 · 2021=8.2 · 2022=0 · BLS 2.2
Where SouthernCarlson - Muscle Shoals falls in its industry
589 Industrial supplies (except di establishmentsSafer than 27% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 2.5.
Narrower to Alabama alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #11 safest of 16 Industrial supplies (except di employers in Alabama.
SouthernCarlson - Muscle Shoals has fewer employees than the Industrial supplies (except disposable p median and a higher injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 2.5. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2021 | 8.2 | 8.2 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| 2020 | 3.9 | 3.9 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 2019 | 3.5 | 3.5 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 2018 | 7.6 | 7.6 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| 2016 | 2.8 | 2.8 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
OSHA ITA peer cross-reference
Establishment peer ledger
423840 · AL · Muscle Shoals
589 Industrial supplies (except disposable plastics, paper) merchant wholesalers employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 7,418 rated employers in Alabama with headcount on file · 63 employers in Muscle Shoals, 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 | Ace-Tex | 4.3 TCR |
| NAICS-TCR | Applied Lithia Springs Distribution Center | 4.4 TCR |
| NAICS-TCR | Shenandoah Industrial Rubber Company | 4.4 TCR |
| NAICS-TCR | Kee Safety, Inc. | 4.3 TCR |
| STATE-SIZE | Grand Bay | 29 FTE |
| STATE-SIZE | Mid Star Wood Haulers | 29 FTE |
| STATE-SIZE | Oak Grove - APC | 29 FTE |
| STATE-SIZE | Gardendale Crew Headquarters - APC | 29 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | North American Lighting - Muscle Shoals | 1,616 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | NAL MUSCLE SHOALS PLANT | 1,610 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | North American Lighting - Alabama | 1,488 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | Constellium Muscle Shoals LLC - Alloys Operations | 1,113 FTE |
| NAT-TCR | ODO-ODFL | 4.3 TCR |
| NAT-TCR | East Hartford High School | 4.3 TCR |
| NAT-TCR | 494 - Asheville | 4.3 TCR |
| NAT-TCR | 506 - South Elgin | 4.3 TCR |
| NAT-SIZE | Brunswick Electric Membership Cooperative - 2 | 29 FTE |
| NAT-SIZE | Clock Mobility | 29 FTE |
| NAT-SIZE | Easypak LLC | 29 FTE |
| NAT-SIZE | GRB-ODFL | 29 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.