Scrap materials (e.g., automotive, industrial) merchant wholesalers · Alabama

Steel City - BHM

Birmingham, AL · ~55 workers · 3 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

D
Poor Safety Record
4.2
Avg TCR
2.2
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

Steel City - BHM runs at 189% of its industry's injury rate - more dangerous than the typical Scrap materials (e.g., automotive, industrial) merchant wholesalers workplace, earning a grade D.

Steel City - BHM: 4.2 TCR = 189% of Scrap materials (e.g., automotive, industrial) merchant wholesalers BLS 2.2 · 3y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Steel City - BHM safety composite

Steel City - BHM scores strongest on fatalities (safer than 51% of same-industry peers) and weakest on dart rate (safer than 38%), 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

45/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
D 4.16 per 100 workers

Safer than 48% of industry peers

DART rate
D 2.82 per 100 workers

Safer than 38% 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%).

Rising injury rate

Steel City - BHM: 1.8 → 4.2 TCR

Peak year 2017 @ 6.4 TCR · DART/TCR 0.68× in 2018

Steel City - BHM's TCR rose 2.4 from 1.8 in 2016 to 4.2 in 2018. Peak filing year was 2017 at 6.4 TCR. In 2018, DART was 0.68× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 423930 · Birmingham, AL ABOVE-IND · SMALL

Grade D · TCR 4.2 · 189% of ind

  • DART 2.8 DART
  • RANK #15/21
  • PHOTO Southern Metal Proce…
  • BOOK 3y book
  • INJ 8 inj
  • SIZE ~55 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: Southern Metal Processing (0.0 TCR gap)

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Steel City - BHM in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows Steel City - BHM averages 4.2 TCR (189% of the Scrap materials (e.g., automotive, industrial) merchant wholesalers BLS benchmark).

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

Steel City - BHM TCR series: 2016=1.8 · 2017=6.4 · 2018=4.2 · BLS 2.2

Where Steel City - BHM falls in its industry

1,126 Scrap materials (e.g., automot establishments

Safer than 48% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 4.0.

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to Alabama alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #15 safest of 21 Scrap materials (e.g., automot employers in Alabama.

Steel City - BHM (55 employees, TCR 4.2) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 39 employees and a TCR of 4.0 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 020406080100 0246810 Average employees Total Case Rate Steel City - BHM
Steel City - BHM (55 employees, TCR 4.2) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 39 employees and a TCR of 4.0

Steel City - BHM has more employees than the Scrap materials (e.g., automotive, indus median and a higher injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 4.0. 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
2018 4.2 2.8 3 0 0
2017 6.4 0.0 4 0 0
2016 1.8 0.0 1 0 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

423930 · AL · Birmingham

1,126 Scrap materials (e.g., automotive, industrial) merchant wholesalers 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 · 4 cross-state NAT-SIZE peers. Closest matches by relationship code are listed below.

Rel Establishment Metric
NAICS-TCR Southern Metal Processing 4.2 TCR
NAICS-TCR ERI Fresno 2860 4.2 TCR
NAICS-TCR PADNOS Alpine Division 4.2 TCR
NAICS-TCR Scrap Metal Services LLC (Blue Island) 4.2 TCR
STATE-SIZE GP Egg Depot (Elkmont) 55 FTE
STATE-SIZE South Alabama Electric Cooperative 55 FTE
STATE-SIZE Covington Electric Cooperative Inc. - Sanford Office 55 FTE
STATE-SIZE The Stewart/Perry Company, Inc. 55 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 Smyth Companies LLC 4.2 TCR
NAT-TCR 001 TRC Corporate Office 4.2 TCR
NAT-TCR 1484 - Houma 4.2 TCR
NAT-TCR Autoneum 4.2 TCR
NAT-SIZE KVB Enertec 55 FTE
NAT-SIZE Crown Equipment Corporation TR 55 FTE
NAT-SIZE P15 - Condor 55 FTE
NAT-SIZE Recology Western Oregon - Valley 55 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.

Read our methodology - how this data is sourced, computed, and verified.

Data sourced from official public datasets. See our methodology for details.