Blast furnace slag processing · Alabama

TMS Axis

Axis, AL · ~192 workers · 6 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

A
Excellent Safety Record
1.0
Avg TCR
3.3
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

TMS Axis runs at 31% of its industry's injury rate - far safer than the typical Blast furnace slag processing workplace, earning a grade A.

TMS Axis: 1.0 TCR = 31% of Blast furnace slag processing BLS 3.3 · 6y Form 300A (see methodology below)

TMS Axis safety composite

TMS Axis scores strongest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 82% of same-industry peers) and weakest on dart rate (safer than 37%), 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).

C

58/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
B 1.01 per 100 workers

Safer than 82% of industry peers

DART rate
D 1.63 per 100 workers

Safer than 37% 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

TMS Axis: 1.0 → 1.6 TCR

Peak year 2022 @ 1.6 TCR · DART/TCR 1.61× in 2022

TMS Axis's TCR rose 0.7 from 1.0 in 2016 to 1.6 in 2022. In 2022, DART was 1.61× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 327992 · Axis, AL AT/BELOW-IND · MID

Grade A · TCR 1.0 · 31% of ind

  • DART 1.6 DART
  • RANK P82
  • PHOTO Cormetech Cleveland
  • BOOK 6y book
  • INJ 13 inj
  • SIZE ~192 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: Cormetech Cleveland (0.0 TCR gap)

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TMS Axis in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows TMS Axis averages 1.0 TCR (31% of the Blast furnace slag processing BLS benchmark).

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

TMS Axis TCR series: 2016=1 · 2017=1.3 · 2018=1.3 · 2019=0.4 · 2021=0.4 · 2022=1.6 · BLS 3.3

Where TMS Axis falls in its industry

97 Blast furnace slag processing establishments

Safer than 82% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 1.9.

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers
TMS Axis (192 employees, TCR 1.0) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 41 employees and a TCR of 1.9 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 TMS Axis
TMS Axis (192 employees, TCR 1.0) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 41 employees and a TCR of 1.9

TMS Axis has more employees than the Blast furnace slag processing median and a lower injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 1.9. 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
2022 1.6 1.6 4 0 0
2021 0.4 0.0 1 0 0
2019 0.4 0.4 1 0 0
2018 1.3 0.8 3 0 0
2017 1.3 0.9 3 0 0
2016 1.0 0.5 1 1 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

327992 · AL · Axis

97 Blast furnace slag processing employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 7,418 rated employers in Alabama with headcount on file · 12 employers in Axis, 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 Cormetech Cleveland 1.0 TCR
NAICS-TCR Harsco Sarver 1.0 TCR
NAICS-TCR Harsco Metals & Minerals 1.0 TCR
NAICS-TCR Levy Environmental Services Company - Fulton 1.1 TCR
STATE-SIZE MAAS Aviation Brookley Inc 192 FTE
STATE-SIZE Polymer Industries - Henagar 192 FTE
STATE-SIZE Fairfield Tubular Steel Operations 192 FTE
STATE-SIZE Berg Spiral pipe 192 FTE
CITY-NEAR SSAB Mobile 612 FTE
CITY-NEAR Lenzing Fibers Inc. 210 FTE
CITY-NEAR Amvac Chemical Corporation 173 FTE
CITY-NEAR Amvac Chemical Axis Alabama Site 153 FTE
NAT-TCR Fox Negaunee 1.0 TCR
NAT-TCR Tech Group Grand Rapids Inc 1.0 TCR
NAT-TCR buybuy Baby Willowbrook 1.0 TCR
NAT-TCR MS-Cafe 37* 1.0 TCR
NAT-SIZE 1238 - Louisville Ky Whse 192 FTE
NAT-SIZE Kings County Medical Group 192 FTE
NAT-SIZE 1359-Duke Midwest Region 192 FTE
NAT-SIZE CNC Software, Inc. 192 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: 2022, 2021, 2019, 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.