Pet food, dog and cat, manufacturing · Alabama
Sunshine Mills Red Bay, AL
Red Bay, AL · ~243 workers · 9 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.
- D
- Poor Safety Record
- 5.5
- Avg TCR
- 3.9
- Industry avg
- 0
- Fatalities
The verdict
Sunshine Mills Red Bay, AL runs at 141% of its industry's injury rate - more dangerous than the typical Pet food, dog and cat, manufacturing workplace, earning a grade D.
Sunshine Mills Red Bay, AL: 5.5 TCR = 141% of Pet food, dog and cat, manufacturing BLS 3.9 · 9y Form 300A (see methodology below)
Sunshine Mills Red Bay, AL safety composite
Sunshine Mills Red Bay, AL scores strongest on fatalities (safer than 51% of same-industry peers) and weakest on dart rate (safer than 16%), 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).
30/100
Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures
- Total Case Rate (TCR)
- F 5.49 per 100 workers
Safer than 28% of industry peers
- DART rate
- F 5.15 per 100 workers
Safer than 16% 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
Sunshine Mills Red Bay, AL: 6.9 → 9.2 TCR
Peak year 2024 @ 9.2 TCR · DART/TCR 0.94× in 2024
Sunshine Mills Red Bay, AL's TCR rose 2.2 from 6.9 in 2016 to 9.2 in 2024. In 2024, DART was 0.94× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).
OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard
Establishment book 311111 · Red Bay, AL ABOVE-IND · MID
Grade D · TCR 5.5 · 141% of ind
- DART 5.2 DART
- RANK #4/6
- PHOTO Fairview Mills, Fair…
- BOOK 9y book
- INJ 130 inj
- SIZE ~243 FTE
Nearest TCR peer: Fairview Mills, Fairview (0.0 TCR gap)
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Sunshine Mills Red Bay, AL in the TCR neighbourhood
Average Total Case Rate among this establishment and nearest same-industry peers
- Ohio Pet Foods
Ohio Pet Foods Inc.
5.6 TCR
- This site
Sunshine Mills Red Bay, AL
5.5 TCR
- Fairview Mills
Fairview Mills, Fairview
5.5 TCR
- Harbor Drive
Harbor Drive
5.5 TCR
- Red Collar Pet
Red Collar Pet Food San Bernardino
5.3 TCR
What this shows Sunshine Mills Red Bay, AL averages 5.5 TCR (141% of the Pet food, dog and cat, manufacturing BLS benchmark).
Sunshine Mills Red Bay, AL TCR series: 2016=6.9 · 2017=7.5 · 2018=1.7 · 2019=5.5 · 2020=6.1 · 2021=3.8 · 2022=4.4 · 2023=4.4 · 2024=9.2 · BLS 3.9
Where Sunshine Mills Red Bay, AL falls in its industry
302 Pet food, dog and cat, manufac establishmentsSafer than 28% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 3.3.
Narrower to Alabama alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #4 safest of 6 Pet food, dog and cat, manufac employers in Alabama.
Sunshine Mills Red Bay, AL has more employees than the Pet food, dog and cat, manufacturing median and a higher injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 3.3. 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 | 9.2 | 5.2 | 24 | 1 | 0 |
| 2023 | 4.4 | 3.1 | 12 | 2 | 0 |
| 2022 | 4.4 | 2.0 | 12 | 1 | 0 |
| 2021 | 3.8 | 2.3 | 9 | 1 | 0 |
| 2020 | 6.1 | 2.5 | 16 | 1 | 0 |
| 2019 | 5.5 | 1.4 | 16 | 0 | 0 |
| 2018 | 1.7 | 1.7 | 5 | 0 | 0 |
| 2017 | 7.5 | 2.1 | 20 | 1 | 0 |
| 2016 | 6.9 | 3.1 | 16 | 4 | 0 |
OSHA ITA peer cross-reference
Establishment peer ledger
311111 · AL · Red Bay
302 Pet food, dog and cat, manufacturing employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 7,418 rated employers in Alabama with headcount on file · 16 employers in Red Bay, 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 | Fairview Mills, Fairview | 5.5 TCR |
| NAICS-TCR | Harbor Drive | 5.5 TCR |
| NAICS-TCR | Ohio Pet Foods Inc. | 5.6 TCR |
| NAICS-TCR | Red Collar Pet Food San Bernardino | 5.3 TCR |
| STATE-SIZE | General Dynamics Ordnance & Tactical Systems | 243 FTE |
| STATE-SIZE | WM 1462 | 243 FTE |
| STATE-SIZE | SODEXO AT AUBURN UNIVERSITY EVS | 243 FTE |
| STATE-SIZE | Huntsville Rehabilitation Foundation, Inc. | 243 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | Tiffin Motor Homes, Inc | 975 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | Tiffin Motorhomes Inc | 949 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | Sunshine Homes Inc | 283 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | Tiffin Motorhomes Inc. Service | 256 FTE |
| NAT-TCR | Massey Services 46 | 5.5 TCR |
| NAT-TCR | Villa Rica | 5.5 TCR |
| NAT-TCR | Marberry Machine | 5.5 TCR |
| NAT-TCR | Wellstar Paulding Hospital | 5.5 TCR |
| NAT-SIZE | Remco, Inc. - Allentown | 243 FTE |
| NAT-SIZE | Nampa | 243 FTE |
| NAT-SIZE | Fairhaven Christian Retirement Center | 243 FTE |
| NAT-SIZE | Caniff Service Center | 243 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.