Fittings and unions, rigid plastics pipe, manufacturing · Alabama

Vulcan Plastics

Athens, AL · ~69 workers · 3 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

F
Failing Safety Record
14.0
Avg TCR
3.3
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

Vulcan Plastics runs at 424% of its industry's injury rate - far more dangerous than the typical Fittings and unions, rigid plastics pipe, manufacturing workplace, earning a grade F.

Vulcan Plastics: 14.0 TCR = 424% of Fittings and unions, rigid plastics pipe, manufacturing BLS 3.3 · 3y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Vulcan Plastics safety composite

Vulcan Plastics scores strongest on fatalities (safer than 51% of same-industry peers) and weakest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 2%), 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

19/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
F 13.98 per 100 workers

Safer than 2% of industry peers

DART rate
F 5.27 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%).

TCR Δ

−12.5

2017→2019

Vulcan Plastics injury rate improved

Vulcan Plastics's TCR fell 12.5 from 19.1 in 2017 to 6.6 in 2019. Peak filing year was 2017 at 19.1 TCR. In 2019, DART was 0.38× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2017=19.1 · 2018=16.3 · 2019=6.6

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 326122 · Athens, AL ABOVE-IND · SMALL

Grade F · TCR 14.0 · 424% of ind

  • DART 5.3 DART
  • RANK #7/7
  • PHOTO MERIDIAN PRECISION
  • BOOK 3y book
  • INJ 35 inj
  • SIZE ~69 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: MERIDIAN PRECISION (0.0 TCR gap)

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Vulcan Plastics in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows Vulcan Plastics averages 14.0 TCR (424% of the Fittings and unions, rigid plastics pipe, manufacturing BLS benchmark).

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

Vulcan Plastics TCR series: 2017=19.1 · 2018=16.3 · 2019=6.6 · BLS 3.3

Where Vulcan Plastics falls in its industry

332 Fittings and unions, rigid pla establishments

Safer than 2% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 3.7.

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to Alabama alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #7 safest of 7 Fittings and unions, rigid pla employers in Alabama.

Vulcan Plastics (69 employees, TCR 14.0) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 69 employees and a TCR of 3.7 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 0100200300400500 05101520 Average employees Total Case Rate Vulcan Plastics
Vulcan Plastics (69 employees, TCR 14.0) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 69 employees and a TCR of 3.7

Vulcan Plastics has more employees than the Fittings and unions, rigid plastics pipe median and a higher injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 3.7. 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
2019 6.6 5.3 5 0 0
2018 16.3 7.5 13 0 0
2017 19.1 11.3 17 0 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

326122 · AL · Athens

332 Fittings and unions, rigid plastics pipe, manufacturing employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 7,418 rated employers in Alabama with headcount on file · 57 employers in Athens, 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 MERIDIAN PRECISION 14.0 TCR
NAICS-TCR Blue Diamond Industries Aubrey 13.4 TCR
NAICS-TCR Duraline 13.2 TCR
NAICS-TCR Bellingham, WA 15.0 TCR
STATE-SIZE CCI CS - Restone Arsenal 69 FTE
STATE-SIZE Madison Electric, Inc. 69 FTE
STATE-SIZE American Fire Protection LLC 69 FTE
STATE-SIZE CRANEWORKS, INC - BHAM 69 FTE
CITY-NEAR Steelcase - Athens 757 FTE
CITY-NEAR Browns Ferry Nuclear Plant 457 FTE
CITY-NEAR WM 661 428 FTE
CITY-NEAR 661 382 FTE
NAT-TCR Brookdale Paramus 14.0 TCR
NAT-TCR Logan Airport (Malog) 14.0 TCR
NAT-TCR 6975-1L13 14.0 TCR
NAT-TCR Quality Hardwoods Inc 14.0 TCR
NAT-SIZE Comm HVAC NA and EMEA : SVC-MD/PA District : SVC-Harrisburg PA-USA 69 FTE
NAT-SIZE GEHC : Issaquah WA (API), LS 69 FTE
NAT-SIZE Amh -200 69 FTE
NAT-SIZE White Water 69 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: 2019, 2018, 2017. This is publicly available government data - not a legal determination of workplace conditions.

Read our methodology - how this data is sourced, computed, and verified.

Data sourced from official public datasets. See our methodology for details.