Welding positioners (i.e., jigs) manufacturing · Alabama

SSAB Wear Solutions

Name: SSAB Wear Solutions Workplace Safety Data
Creator: PlainSafetyScore
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Tuscaloosa, AL · ~54 workers · 3 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

Compiled by PlainSafetyScore · August 25, 2026

C
Average Safety Record: 3.5
Avg TCR: 3.3
Industry avg: 0
Fatalities

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The verdict

SSAB Wear Solutions runs at 105% of its industry's injury rate - about level with the typical Welding positioners (i.e., jigs) manufacturing workplace, earning a grade C.

SSAB Wear Solutions: 3.5 TCR = 105% of Welding positioners (i.e., jigs) manufacturing BLS 3.3 · 3y Form 300A (see methodology below)

SSAB Wear Solutions safety composite

SSAB Wear Solutions scores strongest on dart rate (safer than 74% of same-industry peers) and weakest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 48%), 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).

58/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR): D 3.46 per 100 workers

Safer than 48% of industry peers
DART rate: C 0 per 100 workers

Safer than 74% 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%).

TCR Δ

−4.0

2016→2018

SSAB Wear Solutions injury rate improved

SSAB Wear Solutions's TCR fell 4.0 from 6.1 in 2016 to 2.1 in 2018. Peak filing year was 2016 at 6.1 TCR. In 2018, DART was 0× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2016=6.1 · 2017=2.3 · 2018=2.1

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 333514 · Tuscaloosa, AL ABOVE-IND · SMALL

Grade C · TCR 3.5 · 105% of ind

DART 0.0 DART
RANK P48
PHOTO Gage Pattern & Model…
BOOK 3y book
INJ 4 inj
SIZE ~54 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: Gage Pattern & Model, Inc. (0.0 TCR gap)

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What this shows SSAB Wear Solutions averages 3.5 TCR (105% of the Welding positioners (i.e., jigs) manufacturing BLS benchmark).

SSAB Wear Solutions TCR series: 2016=6.1 · 2017=2.3 · 2018=2.1 · BLS 3.3

Where SSAB Wear Solutions falls in its industry

387 Welding positioners (i.e., jig establishments

Safer than 48% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 3.4.

Grade C

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

SSAB Wear Solutions (54 employees, TCR 3.5) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 56 employees and a TCR of 3.4

SSAB Wear Solutions has fewer employees than the Welding positioners (i.e., jigs) manufac median and a higher injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 3.4. 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
2018	2.1	0.0	1	0
2017	2.3	2.3	1	0
2016	6.1	2.0	2	1

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

333514 · AL · Tuscaloosa

387 Welding positioners (i.e., jigs) manufacturing employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 7,418 rated employers in Alabama with headcount on file · 151 employers in Tuscaloosa, AL · 4 cross-state NAT-TCR peers · 4 cross-state NAT-SIZE peers. Closest matches by relationship code are listed below.

Rel	Establishment	Place	Metric
NAICS-TCR	Gage Pattern & Model, Inc.	MADISON HEIGHTS, MI	3.5 TCR
NAICS-TCR	Heise Industries, Inc	EAST BERLIN, CT	3.5 TCR
NAICS-TCR	CTI Elk Grove	ELK GROVE, IL	3.5 TCR
NAICS-TCR	Dienamic Tooling Systems	LENOIR CITY, TN	3.5 TCR
STATE-SIZE	Rembrandt Foods Abbeville Operations	ABBEVILLE	54 FTE
STATE-SIZE	Western Division Jasper Complex	JASPER	54 FTE
STATE-SIZE	North Alabama Electric Cooperative	STEVENSON	54 FTE
STATE-SIZE	CCI Construction Services, LLC	REDSTONE ARSENAL	54 FTE
CITY-NEAR	Phifer Kauloosa	Tuscaloosa	1,419 FTE
CITY-NEAR	BFG3 Tuscaloosa Facility	Tuscaloosa	1,340 FTE
CITY-NEAR	McAbee Construction Inc	Tuscaloosa	680 FTE
CITY-NEAR	Tuscaloosa Processing	Tuscaloosa	526 FTE
NAT-TCR	Woodgrain Nampa Doors	Nampa, ID	3.5 TCR
NAT-TCR	Harmony Pointe Nursing Center	Lakewood, CO	3.5 TCR
NAT-TCR	Shopko Hometown #616 (Sister Bay, WI)	Sister Bay, WI	3.5 TCR
NAT-TCR	Compassionate Care Hospice of Brookfield	Brookfield, WI	3.5 TCR
NAT-SIZE	OCY - CBCC Stoughton	Stoughton, MA	54 FTE
NAT-SIZE	Parkway Products Ft. Collins Colorado	Fort Collins, CO	54 FTE
NAT-SIZE	United Structural Products LLC	Atlanta, GA	54 FTE
NAT-SIZE	Pratt Industries (Target Container) , Inc	Ocala, FL	54 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: 2018, 2017, 2016. 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.