Explosives manufacturing · Texas
Austin Star Detonator Company
Brownsville, TX · ~88 workers · 9 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.
- B
- Good Safety Record
- 2.5
- Avg TCR
- 3.3
- Industry avg
- 0
- Fatalities
The verdict
Austin Star Detonator Company runs at 74% of its industry's injury rate - safer than the typical Explosives manufacturing workplace, earning a grade B.
Austin Star Detonator Company: 2.5 TCR = 74% of Explosives manufacturing BLS 3.3 · 9y Form 300A (see methodology below)
Austin Star Detonator Company safety composite
Austin Star Detonator Company scores strongest on fatalities (safer than 52% of same-industry peers) and weakest on dart rate (safer than 31%), 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).
43/100
Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures
- Total Case Rate (TCR)
- D 2.45 per 100 workers
Safer than 47% of industry peers
- DART rate
- F 1.99 per 100 workers
Safer than 31% of industry peers
- Fatalities
- D 0
Safer than 52% 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
Austin Star Detonator Company: 0.0 → 2.0 TCR
Peak year 2018 @ 4.1 TCR · DART/TCR 0.81× in 2024
Austin Star Detonator Company's TCR rose 2.0 from 0.0 in 2016 to 2.0 in 2024. Peak filing year was 2018 at 4.1 TCR. In 2024, DART was 0.81× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).
OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard
Establishment book 325920 · Brownsville, TX AT/BELOW-IND · SMALL
Grade B · TCR 2.5 · 74% of ind
- DART 2.0 DART
- RANK #5/6
- PHOTO Hanley Industries
- BOOK 9y book
- INJ 11 inj
- SIZE ~88 FTE
Nearest TCR peer: Hanley Industries (0.0 TCR gap)
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Austin Star Detonator Company in the TCR neighbourhood
Average Total Case Rate among this establishment and nearest same-industry peers
- Teledyne RISI
Teledyne RISI Inc.
2.6 TCR
- This site
Austin Star Detonator Company
2.5 TCR
- Hanley Industr
Hanley Industries
2.4 TCR
- Maxam North Am
Maxam North America Inc
2.4 TCR
- BAE Systems
BAE Systems
2.4 TCR
What this shows Austin Star Detonator Company averages 2.5 TCR (74% of the Explosives manufacturing BLS benchmark).
Austin Star Detonator Company TCR series: 2016=0 · 2017=2.1 · 2018=4.1 · 2019=3.7 · 2020=4 · 2021=0 · 2022=4 · 2023=2.1 · 2024=2 · BLS 3.3
Where Austin Star Detonator Company falls in its industry
78 Explosives manufacturing establishmentsSafer than 47% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 2.4.
Narrower to Texas alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #5 safest of 6 Explosives manufacturing employers in Texas.
Austin Star Detonator Company has more employees than the Explosives manufacturing median and a higher injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 2.4. 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 | Illnesses | Fatalities |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 2.0 | 2.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 2023 | 2.1 | 2.1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 2022 | 4.0 | 4.0 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| 2021 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2020 | 4.0 | 4.0 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| 2019 | 3.7 | 3.7 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| 2018 | 4.1 | 4.1 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| 2017 | 2.1 | 2.1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 2016 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
OSHA ITA peer cross-reference
Establishment peer ledger
325920 · TX · Brownsville
78 Explosives manufacturing employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 38,394 rated employers in Texas with headcount on file · 155 employers in Brownsville, 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 | Hanley Industries | 2.4 TCR |
| NAICS-TCR | Maxam North America Inc | 2.4 TCR |
| NAICS-TCR | BAE Systems | 2.4 TCR |
| NAICS-TCR | Teledyne RISI Inc. | 2.6 TCR |
| STATE-SIZE | F AND B HOLDINGS LLC DBA LONE STAR CITRUS GROWERS | 88 FTE |
| STATE-SIZE | Puirty Texas | 88 FTE |
| STATE-SIZE | Falcon Energy Services | 88 FTE |
| STATE-SIZE | NAES : Sandy Creek | 88 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | Brownsville, TX | 2,161 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | 4701-769 | 802 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | HCA Valley Regional Medical Center | 764 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | Valley Regional Medical Center | 759 FTE |
| NAT-TCR | Smail Company, Inc. | 2.5 TCR |
| NAT-TCR | Shelton High School | 2.5 TCR |
| NAT-TCR | Falkner Farms | 2.5 TCR |
| NAT-TCR | Crown Lift Trucks Cincinnati | 2.5 TCR |
| NAT-SIZE | Midwest Tool and Cutlery Company | 88 FTE |
| NAT-SIZE | Tell City Waupaca | 88 FTE |
| NAT-SIZE | Jacksonville Lift Truck RPC | 88 FTE |
| NAT-SIZE | Braskem Pittsburgh I&T Facility | 88 FTE |
Rel codes: NAICS-TCR · STATE-SIZE · CITY-NEAR · NAT-TCR/NAT-SIZE cross-state. Read with this employer →
Read our methodology - how this data is sourced, computed, and verified.