Department stores, discount · Alabama

Tuscaloosa Dirt Cheap

Name: Tuscaloosa Dirt Cheap Workplace Safety Data
Creator: PlainSafetyScore
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Tuscaloosa, AL · ~47 workers · 4 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

Compiled by PlainSafetyScore · August 25, 2026

A
Excellent Safety Record: 1.7
Avg TCR: 3.4
Industry avg: 0
Fatalities

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The verdict

Tuscaloosa Dirt Cheap runs at 49% of its industry's injury rate - far safer than the typical Department stores, discount workplace, earning a grade A.

Tuscaloosa Dirt Cheap: 1.7 TCR = 49% of Department stores, discount BLS 3.4 · 4y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Tuscaloosa Dirt Cheap safety composite

Tuscaloosa Dirt Cheap scores strongest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 90% of same-industry peers) and weakest on fatalities (safer than 50%), 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).

77/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR): A 1.68 per 100 workers

Safer than 90% of industry peers
DART rate: B 0 per 100 workers

Safer than 80% 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%).

Tuscaloosa Dirt Cheap held a steady TCR band

Tuscaloosa Dirt Cheap's TCR held near 0.0 from 0.0 in 2017 to 0.0 in 2023. Peak filing year was 2021 at 6.7 TCR. In 2023, DART was 0× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2017=0.0 · 2021=6.7 · 2022=0.0 · 2023=0.0

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 452112 · Tuscaloosa, AL AT/BELOW-IND · SMALL

Grade A · TCR 1.7 · 49% of ind

DART 0.0 DART
RANK #9/64
PHOTO Ross store 30
BOOK 4y book
INJ 1 inj
SIZE ~47 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: Ross store 30 (0.0 TCR gap)

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1.7
Ross store 30

1.7
Ross store 100

1.7
Ross store 750

1.7
Ross store 161

1.7

What this shows Tuscaloosa Dirt Cheap averages 1.7 TCR (49% of the Department stores, discount BLS benchmark).

Tuscaloosa Dirt Cheap TCR series: 2017=0 · 2021=6.7 · 2022=0 · 2023=0 · BLS 3.4

Where Tuscaloosa Dirt Cheap falls in its industry

4,991 Department stores, discount establishments

Safer than 90% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 4.4.

Grade A

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to Alabama alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #9 safest of 64 Department stores, discount employers in Alabama.

Tuscaloosa Dirt Cheap (47 employees, TCR 1.7) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 99 employees and a TCR of 4.4

Tuscaloosa Dirt Cheap has fewer employees than the Department stores, discount median and a lower injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 4.4. 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
2023	0.0	0.0	0
2022	0.0	0.0	0
2021	6.7	6.7	1
2017	0.0	0.0	0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

452112 · AL · Tuscaloosa

4,991 Department stores, discount employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 7,418 rated employers in Alabama with headcount on file · 151 employers in Tuscaloosa, AL · 4 cross-state NAT-TCR peers · 4 cross-state NAT-SIZE peers. Closest matches by relationship code are listed below.

Rel	Establishment	Place	Metric
NAICS-TCR	Ross store 30	SAN RAFAEL, CA	1.7 TCR
NAICS-TCR	Ross store 1005	TOLLESON, AZ	1.7 TCR
NAICS-TCR	Ross store 750	HELENA, MT	1.7 TCR
NAICS-TCR	Ross store 1612	ZEPHYRHILIS, FL	1.7 TCR
STATE-SIZE	Jasper Complex - APC	JASPER	47 FTE
STATE-SIZE	War Construction, Inc	TUSCALOOSA	47 FTE
STATE-SIZE	Southern Equipment & Crew, LLC	SYLACAUGA	47 FTE
STATE-SIZE	Ardent Mills Decatur	DECATUR	47 FTE
CITY-NEAR	Phifer Kauloosa	Tuscaloosa	1,419 FTE
CITY-NEAR	BFG3 Tuscaloosa Facility	Tuscaloosa	1,340 FTE
CITY-NEAR	McAbee Construction Inc	Tuscaloosa	680 FTE
CITY-NEAR	Tuscaloosa Processing	Tuscaloosa	526 FTE
NAT-TCR	John Deere Dubuque IA - DSI	Dubuque, IA	1.7 TCR
NAT-TCR	85-Infs-Ogden Ut	Ogden, UT	1.7 TCR
NAT-TCR	Major Products Co., Inc.	Little Ferry, NJ	1.7 TCR
NAT-TCR	Thayer Power and Communication Line Construction Co., LLC	Pataskala, OH	1.7 TCR
NAT-SIZE	Franklin Building Supply - Caldwell	Caldwell, ID	47 FTE
NAT-SIZE	Hattiesburg Treasure Hunt	Hattiesburg, MS	47 FTE
NAT-SIZE	Everett Concrete LLC	Post Falls, ID	47 FTE
NAT-SIZE	Litecrete, Inc	Miami, FL	47 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: 2023, 2022, 2021, 2017. 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.