Cotton ginning · Texas

Associated Cotton Growers

Crosbyton, TX · ~15 workers · 7 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

D
Poor Safety Record
6.0
Avg TCR
4.5
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

Associated Cotton Growers runs at 133% of its industry's injury rate - more dangerous than the typical Cotton ginning workplace, earning a grade D.

Associated Cotton Growers: 6.0 TCR = 133% of Cotton ginning BLS 4.5 · 7y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Associated Cotton Growers safety composite

Associated Cotton Growers scores strongest on dart rate (safer than 70% of same-industry peers) and weakest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 36%), 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

52/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
D 6 per 100 workers

Safer than 36% of industry peers

DART rate
C 0 per 100 workers

Safer than 70% 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

−12.7

2017→2024

Associated Cotton Growers injury rate improved

Associated Cotton Growers's TCR fell 12.7 from 12.7 in 2017 to 0.0 in 2024. Peak filing year was 2018 at 23.6 TCR. In 2024, DART was 0× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2017=12.7 · 2018=23.6 · 2019=0.0 · 2020=0.0 · 2021=5.7 · 2022=0.0 · 2024=0.0

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 115111 · Crosbyton, TX ABOVE-IND · SMALL

Grade D · TCR 6.0 · 133% of ind

  • DART 0.0 DART
  • RANK #59/95
  • PHOTO Quarterway Cotton Gr…
  • BOOK 7y book
  • INJ 7 inj
  • SIZE ~15 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: Quarterway Cotton Growers, LLC (0.0 TCR gap)

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Associated Cotton Growers in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows Associated Cotton Growers averages 6.0 TCR (133% of the Cotton ginning BLS benchmark).

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

Associated Cotton Growers TCR series: 2017=12.7 · 2018=23.6 · 2019=0 · 2020=0 · 2021=5.7 · 2022=0 · 2024=0 · BLS 4.5

Where Associated Cotton Growers falls in its industry

194 Cotton ginning establishments

Safer than 36% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 4.1.

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to Texas alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #59 safest of 95 Cotton ginning employers in Texas.

Associated Cotton Growers (15 employees, TCR 6.0) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 27 employees and a TCR of 4.1 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 102030405060 0102030 Average employees Total Case Rate Associated Cotton Growers
Associated Cotton Growers (15 employees, TCR 6.0) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 27 employees and a TCR of 4.1

Associated Cotton Growers has fewer employees than the Cotton ginning median and a higher injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 4.1. 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
2024 0.0 0.0 0 0 0
2022 0.0 0.0 0 0 0
2021 5.7 0.0 1 0 0
2020 0.0 0.0 0 0 0
2019 0.0 0.0 0 0 0
2018 23.6 23.6 3 0 0
2017 12.7 12.7 3 0 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

115111 · TX · Crosbyton

194 Cotton ginning employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 38,394 rated employers in Texas with headcount on file · 3 employers in Crosbyton, TX · 4 cross-state NAT-TCR peers. Closest matches by relationship code are listed below.

Rel Establishment Metric
NAICS-TCR Quarterway Cotton Growers, LLC 6.0 TCR
NAICS-TCR Citizens Shallowater Coop Gin 6.0 TCR
NAICS-TCR United Agricultural- Danevang 6.1 TCR
NAICS-TCR Liberty Coop Gin 6.1 TCR
STATE-SIZE Farmers Cooperative Gin 15 FTE
STATE-SIZE Wells Farmers Cooperative gin 15 FTE
STATE-SIZE Hwy 67 Gin Co., Inc. 15 FTE
STATE-SIZE Ross Gin 15 FTE
CITY-NEAR Crosbyton Nursing & Rehabilitation 35 FTE
CITY-NEAR 065-CROSBYTON 20 FTE
NAT-TCR Harris Masonry, Inc 6.0 TCR
NAT-TCR Diamond Plastics Corporation Muncie 6.0 TCR
NAT-TCR CAS016 6.0 TCR
NAT-TCR Superior Asphalt, Inc. 6.0 TCR

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: 2024, 2022, 2021, 2020, 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.