Fabricated structural metal manufacturing · Texas

Abilene Towers & Hevy Industries

Abilene, TX · ~128 workers · 4 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

D
Poor Safety Record
6.0
Avg TCR
3.3
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

Abilene Towers & Hevy Industries runs at 182% of its industry's injury rate - more dangerous than the typical Fabricated structural metal manufacturing workplace, earning a grade D.

Abilene Towers & Hevy Industries: 6.0 TCR = 182% of Fabricated structural metal manufacturing BLS 3.3 · 4y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Abilene Towers & Hevy Industries safety composite

Abilene Towers & Hevy Industries scores strongest on fatalities (safer than 51% of same-industry peers) and weakest on dart rate (safer than 35%), 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).

D

39/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
D 6.02 per 100 workers

Safer than 36% of industry peers

DART rate
D 2.92 per 100 workers

Safer than 35% 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%).

Rising injury rate

Abilene Towers & Hevy Industries: 5.3 → 7.0 TCR

Peak year 2018 @ 8.1 TCR · DART/TCR 0.49× in 2019

Abilene Towers & Hevy Industries's TCR rose 1.7 from 5.3 in 2016 to 7.0 in 2019. Peak filing year was 2018 at 8.1 TCR. In 2019, DART was 0.49× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 332312 · Abilene, TX ABOVE-IND · MID

Grade D · TCR 6.0 · 182% of ind

  • DART 2.9 DART
  • RANK #146/182
  • PHOTO HC Composites LLC
  • BOOK 4y book
  • INJ 41 inj
  • SIZE ~128 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: HC Composites LLC (0.0 TCR gap)

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Abilene Towers & Hevy Industries in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows Abilene Towers & Hevy Industries averages 6.0 TCR (182% of the Fabricated structural metal manufacturing BLS benchmark).

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

Abilene Towers & Hevy Industries TCR series: 2016=5.3 · 2017=3.6 · 2018=8.1 · 2019=7 · BLS 3.3

Where Abilene Towers & Hevy Industries falls in its industry

1,491 Fabricated structural metal ma establishments

Safer than 36% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 4.6.

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to Texas alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #146 safest of 182 Fabricated structural metal ma employers in Texas.

Abilene Towers & Hevy Industries (128 employees, TCR 6.0) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 54 employees and a TCR of 4.6 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 0100200300400 05101520 Average employees Total Case Rate Abilene Towers & Hevy Industries
Abilene Towers & Hevy Industries (128 employees, TCR 6.0) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 54 employees and a TCR of 4.6

Abilene Towers & Hevy Industries has more employees than the Fabricated structural metal manufacturin median and a higher injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 4.6. 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 7.0 2.9 12 0 0
2018 8.1 5.6 13 0 0
2017 3.6 1.2 5 1 0
2016 5.3 4.0 11 1 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

332312 · TX · Abilene

1,491 Fabricated structural metal manufacturing employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 38,394 rated employers in Texas with headcount on file · 238 employers in Abilene, TX · 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 HC Composites LLC 6.0 TCR
NAICS-TCR Universal Steel of NC LLC 6.0 TCR
NAICS-TCR SL Chasse Steel 6.0 TCR
NAICS-TCR Pro Fab Custom Fabrication and Welding Inc. 6.0 TCR
STATE-SIZE Glen Flora 128 FTE
STATE-SIZE North Alamo Water Supply Corporation 128 FTE
STATE-SIZE AUS1-DWH-AUSTIN DIVISION 128 FTE
STATE-SIZE CSA Construction Inc. 128 FTE
CITY-NEAR HENDRICK MEDICAL CENTER 3,025 FTE
CITY-NEAR Hendrick Medical Center South 777 FTE
CITY-NEAR Lauren Engineers & Constructors, Inc. 588 FTE
CITY-NEAR Abilene CCD 573 FTE
NAT-TCR JR Simplot Company-SGS Aberdeen 6.0 TCR
NAT-TCR Permalok, a Northwest Pipe Company 6.0 TCR
NAT-TCR Fire Department 6.0 TCR
NAT-TCR 6962-Swy 0029 2301 6.0 TCR
NAT-SIZE 232 - Overland Park 128 FTE
NAT-SIZE 267 - Waldorf 128 FTE
NAT-SIZE 303 - Wendover 128 FTE
NAT-SIZE 310 - Short Pump 128 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, 2016. 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.