Bulk storage tanks, heavy gauge metal, manufacturing · New Mexico

Big Ass Tanks

Artesia, NM · ~88 workers · 2 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

B
Good Safety Record
2.4
Avg TCR
3.3
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

Big Ass Tanks runs at 71% of its industry's injury rate - safer than the typical Bulk storage tanks, heavy gauge metal, manufacturing workplace, earning a grade B.

Big Ass Tanks: 2.4 TCR = 71% of Bulk storage tanks, heavy gauge metal, manufacturing BLS 3.3 · 2y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Big Ass Tanks safety composite

Big Ass Tanks scores strongest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 65% of same-industry peers) and weakest on dart rate (safer than 42%), 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

53/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
C 2.35 per 100 workers

Safer than 65% of industry peers

DART rate
D 1.95 per 100 workers

Safer than 42% 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

−0.8

2020→2021

Big Ass Tanks injury rate improved

Big Ass Tanks's TCR fell 0.8 from 2.7 in 2020 to 1.9 in 2021. Peak filing year was 2020 at 2.7 TCR. In 2021, DART was 0.83× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2020=2.7 · 2021=1.9

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 332420 · Artesia, NM AT/BELOW-IND · SMALL

Grade B · TCR 2.4 · 71% of ind

  • DART 1.9 DART
  • RANK #1/5
  • PHOTO Tarsco Bolted Tank
  • BOOK 2y book
  • INJ 6 inj
  • SIZE ~88 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: Tarsco Bolted Tank (0.0 TCR gap)

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Big Ass Tanks in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows Big Ass Tanks averages 2.4 TCR (71% of the Bulk storage tanks, heavy gauge metal, manufacturing BLS benchmark).

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

Big Ass Tanks TCR series: 2020=2.7 · 2021=1.9 · BLS 3.3

Where Big Ass Tanks falls in its industry

355 Bulk storage tanks, heavy gaug establishments

Safer than 65% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 3.6.

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to New Mexico alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #1 safest of 5 Bulk storage tanks, heavy gaug employers in New Mexico.

Big Ass Tanks (88 employees, TCR 2.4) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 63 employees and a TCR of 3.6 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 051015 Average employees Total Case Rate Big Ass Tanks
Big Ass Tanks (88 employees, TCR 2.4) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 63 employees and a TCR of 3.6

Big Ass Tanks has more employees than the Bulk storage tanks, heavy gauge metal, m median and a lower injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 3.6. 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
2021 1.9 1.9 4 0 0
2020 2.7 2.7 2 0 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

332420 · NM · Artesia

355 Bulk storage tanks, heavy gauge metal, manufacturing employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 2,241 rated employers in New Mexico with headcount on file · 39 employers in Artesia, NM · 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 Tarsco Bolted Tank 2.4 TCR
NAICS-TCR BWX Technologies 2.4 TCR
NAICS-TCR Bulldog Steel Products Inc. 2.4 TCR
NAICS-TCR Permian Tank & Manufacturing, Inc. - Odessa Steel 2.4 TCR
STATE-SIZE CAPITOL FORD 88 FTE
STATE-SIZE Unit # 2093 88 FTE
STATE-SIZE B76 RIO RANCHO CENTER 88 FTE
STATE-SIZE U of NM - La Posada 88 FTE
CITY-NEAR Artesia General Hospital 410 FTE
CITY-NEAR HollyFrontier Navajo Refining LLC 404 FTE
CITY-NEAR HF Sinclair Navajo Refining LLC Artesia Refinery 351 FTE
CITY-NEAR HES Artesia, NM (North Yard) 325 FTE
NAT-TCR Bobrick Washroom Equipment, Inc. 2.4 TCR
NAT-TCR Easley & Rivers, Inc. - WV 2.4 TCR
NAT-TCR Vetsource Oregon 2.4 TCR
NAT-TCR Dept. of Health & Social Services (93) 2.4 TCR
NAT-SIZE Pittsburgh Glass Works, LLC - Berea 88 FTE
NAT-SIZE Molded Fiber Glass Companies/Texas LP 88 FTE
NAT-SIZE Superior Health and Rehab 88 FTE
NAT-SIZE 1915-1100X 88 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: 2021, 2020. 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.