Steel manufacturing · Alabama

USS Fairfield Works - Tubular

Name: USS Fairfield Works - Tubular Workplace Safety Data
Creator: PlainSafetyScore
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Fairfield, AL · ~705 workers · 3 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

Compiled by PlainSafetyScore · August 25, 2026

B
Good Safety Record: 1.7
Avg TCR: 3.3
Industry avg: 0
Fatalities

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The verdict

USS Fairfield Works - Tubular runs at 52% of its industry's injury rate - safer than the typical Steel manufacturing workplace, earning a grade B.

USS Fairfield Works - Tubular: 1.7 TCR = 52% of Steel manufacturing BLS 3.3 · 3y Form 300A (see methodology below)

USS Fairfield Works - Tubular safety composite

USS Fairfield Works - Tubular scores strongest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 66% of same-industry peers) and weakest on dart rate (safer than 52%), 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).

58/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR): C 1.72 per 100 workers

Safer than 66% of industry peers
DART rate: D 0.91 per 100 workers

Safer than 52% of industry peers
Fatalities: D 0

Safer than 53% 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

−1.0

2016→2018

USS Fairfield Works - Tubular injury rate improved

USS Fairfield Works - Tubular's TCR fell 1.0 from 2.6 in 2016 to 1.6 in 2018. Peak filing year was 2016 at 2.6 TCR. In 2018, DART was 0.53× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2016=2.6 · 2017=1.0 · 2018=1.6

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 331110 · Fairfield, AL AT/BELOW-IND · MID

Grade B · TCR 1.7 · 52% of ind

DART 0.9 DART
RANK #10/17
PHOTO Cleveland-Cliffs - I…
BOOK 3y book
INJ 35 inj
SIZE ~705 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: Cleveland-Cliffs - Indiana Harbor (0.0 TCR gap)

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Levy Environme

1.8
This site

1.7
Cleveland-Clif

1.7
Steel Dynamics

1.7
Edgar Thomson

1.7

What this shows USS Fairfield Works - Tubular averages 1.7 TCR (52% of the Steel manufacturing BLS benchmark).

USS Fairfield Works - Tubular TCR series: 2016=2.6 · 2017=1 · 2018=1.6 · BLS 3.3

Where USS Fairfield Works - Tubular falls in its industry

416 Steel manufacturing establishments

Safer than 66% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 2.7.

Grade B

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to Alabama alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #10 safest of 17 Steel manufacturing employers in Alabama.

USS Fairfield Works - Tubular (705 employees, TCR 1.7) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 155 employees and a TCR of 2.7

USS Fairfield Works - Tubular has more employees than the Steel manufacturing median and a lower 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
2018	1.6	0.9	12	0
2017	1.0	0.5	8	0
2016	2.6	1.2	15	2

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

331110 · AL · Fairfield

416 Steel manufacturing employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 7,418 rated employers in Alabama with headcount on file · 9 employers in Fairfield, 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	Cleveland-Cliffs - Indiana Harbor	EAST CHICAGO, IN	1.7 TCR
NAICS-TCR	Steel Dynamics Flat Roll Group - Butler	BUTLER, IN	1.7 TCR
NAICS-TCR	Edgar Thomson Plant	BRADDOCK, PA	1.7 TCR
NAICS-TCR	Levy Environmental Services Company dba Columbia City Mill Services	COLUMBIA CITY, IN	1.8 TCR
STATE-SIZE	Koch Foods	COLLINSVILLE	703 FTE
STATE-SIZE	Koch Foods of AL Kill	MONTGOMERY	708 FTE
STATE-SIZE	Gestamp McCalla	MCCALLA	701 FTE
STATE-SIZE	ULA-Decatur	DECATUR	701 FTE
CITY-NEAR	Fairfield Tubular Operations	Fairfield	745 FTE
CITY-NEAR	Fairfield Tubular Steel Operations	Fairfield	192 FTE
CITY-NEAR	HarbisonWalker International	Fairfield	110 FTE
CITY-NEAR	0882 FAIRFIELD	Fairfield	89 FTE
NAT-TCR	Main Office	South San Francisco, CA	1.7 TCR
NAT-TCR	Chicago-Scs (Ilcst)	Carol Stream, IL	1.7 TCR
NAT-TCR	Scs Mira Loma Ii - 4037 (Camlm)	Mira Loma, CA	1.7 TCR
NAT-TCR	Milestone AV Technologies - DaLite Blue Ash	Cincinnati, OH	1.7 TCR
NAT-SIZE	IL-Elwood-Transloading	Elwood, IL	705 FTE
NAT-SIZE	North America Fulfillment Centers (FCs) : STL6	Edwardsville, IL	705 FTE
NAT-SIZE	Plainsboro	Plainsboro, NJ	705 FTE
NAT-SIZE	Amzl : Dmi2	Miami Gardens, FL	705 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: 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.