Refrigeration equipment and supplies, commercial-type, merchant wholesalers · Alabama

Thermo King of Birmingham

Birmingham, AL · ~17 workers · 6 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

F
Failing Safety Record
12.9
Avg TCR
2.2
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

Thermo King of Birmingham runs at 589% of its industry's injury rate - far more dangerous than the typical Refrigeration equipment and supplies, commercial-type, merchant wholesalers workplace, earning a grade F.

Thermo King of Birmingham: 12.9 TCR = 589% of Refrigeration equipment and supplies, commercial-type, merchant wholesalers BLS 2.2 · 6y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Thermo King of Birmingham safety composite

Thermo King of Birmingham scores strongest on fatalities (safer than 50% of same-industry peers) and weakest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 0%), 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

17/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
F 12.95 per 100 workers

Safer than 0% of industry peers

DART rate
F 6.58 per 100 workers

Safer than 12% 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

−6.5

2018→2024

Thermo King of Birmingham injury rate improved

Thermo King of Birmingham's TCR fell 6.5 from 19.6 in 2018 to 13.2 in 2024. Peak filing year was 2022 at 55.2 TCR. In 2024, DART was 0.51× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2018=19.6 · 2019=16.7 · 2020=0.0 · 2022=55.2 · 2023=15.3 · 2024=13.2

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 423740 · Birmingham, AL ABOVE-IND · SMALL

Grade F · TCR 12.9 · 589% of ind

  • DART 6.6 DART
  • RANK P0
  • PHOTO Thermo King Michigan…
  • BOOK 6y book
  • INJ 11 inj
  • SIZE ~17 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: Thermo King Michigan, Inc. (1.7 TCR gap)

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Thermo King of Birmingham in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows Thermo King of Birmingham averages 12.9 TCR (589% of the Refrigeration equipment and supplies, commercial-type, merchant wholesalers BLS benchmark).

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

Thermo King of Birmingham TCR series: 2018=19.6 · 2019=16.7 · 2020=0 · 2022=55.2 · 2023=15.3 · 2024=13.2 · BLS 2.2

Where Thermo King of Birmingham falls in its industry

65 Refrigeration equipment and su establishments

Safer than 0% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 2.7.

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers
Thermo King of Birmingham (17 employees, TCR 12.9) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 37 employees and a TCR of 2.7 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 050100150200250 051015 Average employees Total Case Rate Thermo King of Birmingham
Thermo King of Birmingham (17 employees, TCR 12.9) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 37 employees and a TCR of 2.7

Thermo King of Birmingham has fewer employees than the Refrigeration equipment and supplies, co median and a higher injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 2.7. 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 13.2 6.6 2 0 0
2023 15.3 7.6 2 0 0
2022 55.2 18.4 3 0 0
2020 0.0 0.0 0 0 0
2019 16.7 8.3 2 0 0
2018 19.6 0.0 2 0 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

423740 · AL · Birmingham

65 Refrigeration equipment and supplies, commercial-type, 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. Closest matches by relationship code are listed below.

Rel Establishment Metric
NAICS-TCR Thermo King Michigan, Inc. 11.2 TCR
NAICS-TCR Vittitow Refrigeration, Inc. 10.9 TCR
NAICS-TCR LAK47 10.3 TCR
NAICS-TCR PH 8.4 TCR
STATE-SIZE DANFORD FARMS 17 FTE
STATE-SIZE Covington Electric Cooperative, Inc. - Enterprise Office 17 FTE
STATE-SIZE Bartletts Ferry Dam 17 FTE
STATE-SIZE 294 - Village Creek WWTP Improvements 17 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 Green Acres Healthcare Center 12.9 TCR
NAT-TCR Girard Wood Products Puyallup 12.9 TCR
NAT-TCR Greystone Healthcare Center 12.9 TCR
NAT-TCR Nijiya Market - MV 12.9 TCR

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, 2022, 2020, 2019, 2018. 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.