Ammunition boxes, wood, manufacturing · Alabama

Summerford Pallet Company - AL

Ashford, AL · ~53 workers · 4 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

F
Failing Safety Record
18.5
Avg TCR
3.3
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

Summerford Pallet Company - AL runs at 561% of its industry's injury rate - far more dangerous than the typical Ammunition boxes, wood, manufacturing workplace, earning a grade F.

Summerford Pallet Company - AL: 18.5 TCR = 561% of Ammunition boxes, wood, manufacturing BLS 3.3 · 4y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Summerford Pallet Company - AL safety composite

Summerford Pallet Company - AL scores strongest on fatalities (safer than 50% of same-industry peers) and weakest on dart rate (safer than 2%), 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).

F

14/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
F 18.5 per 100 workers

Safer than 3% of industry peers

DART rate
F 19.94 per 100 workers

Safer than 2% 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%).

Rising injury rate

Summerford Pallet Company - AL: 11.2 → 22.1 TCR

Peak year 2018 @ 29.0 TCR · DART/TCR 1.08× in 2024

Summerford Pallet Company - AL's TCR rose 10.9 from 11.2 in 2016 to 22.1 in 2024. Peak filing year was 2018 at 29.0 TCR. In 2024, DART was 1.08× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 321920 · Ashford, AL ABOVE-IND · SMALL

Grade F · TCR 18.5 · 561% of ind

  • DART 19.9 DART
  • RANK #19/19
  • PHOTO Palleton of Fremont
  • BOOK 4y book
  • INJ 37 inj
  • SIZE ~53 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: Palleton of Fremont (0.0 TCR gap)

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Summerford Pallet Company - AL in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows Summerford Pallet Company - AL averages 18.5 TCR (561% of the Ammunition boxes, wood, manufacturing BLS benchmark).

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

Summerford Pallet Company - AL TCR series: 2016=11.2 · 2018=29 · 2023=11.6 · 2024=22.1 · BLS 3.3

Where Summerford Pallet Company - AL falls in its industry

952 Ammunition boxes, wood, manufa establishments

Safer than 3% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 6.3.

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to Alabama alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #19 safest of 19 Ammunition boxes, wood, manufa employers in Alabama.

Summerford Pallet Company - AL (53 employees, TCR 18.5) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 51 employees and a TCR of 6.3 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 0100200300400500 0510152025 Average employees Total Case Rate Summerford Pallet Company - AL
Summerford Pallet Company - AL (53 employees, TCR 18.5) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 51 employees and a TCR of 6.3

Summerford Pallet Company - AL has more employees than the Ammunition boxes, wood, manufacturing median and a higher injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 6.3. 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 22.1 19.9 10 0 0
2023 11.6 7.8 6 0 0
2018 29.0 16.3 16 0 0
2016 11.2 11.2 5 0 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

321920 · AL · Ashford

952 Ammunition boxes, wood, manufacturing employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 7,418 rated employers in Alabama with headcount on file · 4 employers in Ashford, 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 Palleton of Fremont 18.5 TCR
NAICS-TCR Philpac Corporation 18.4 TCR
NAICS-TCR Kane Logistics - Norwood 18.6 TCR
NAICS-TCR Knox County Association for Remarkable Citizens - Dove Manufacturing Plant 1 18.6 TCR
STATE-SIZE Shoreline Growers 53 FTE
STATE-SIZE Ambassador Sanitation Management @ Wayne Farms Decatur 53 FTE
STATE-SIZE Franklin 53 FTE
STATE-SIZE Birmingham Division Patton Chapel 53 FTE
CITY-NEAR Summerford Pallet Company 69 FTE
CITY-NEAR Summerford Truck Line 64 FTE
CITY-NEAR 010390-ASHFORD PO 19 FTE
NAT-TCR AAA Club Alliance Topeka KS Fleet 18.5 TCR
NAT-TCR Accessories of Minnesota 18.5 TCR
NAT-TCR Apex Express Logistics, LLC 18.5 TCR
NAT-TCR Northwest Building Components 18.5 TCR
NAT-SIZE Chatham 53 FTE
NAT-SIZE Smf Sacramento International Airport 53 FTE
NAT-SIZE Hibbs ElectroMechanical Inc 53 FTE
NAT-SIZE Downs Care and Rehabilitation 53 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, 2018, 2016. This is publicly available government data - not a legal determination of workplace conditions.
Data sourced from official public datasets. See our methodology for details.