Electric power generation, wind · Texas

Buffalo Gap

Merkel, TX · ~34 workers · 6 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

D
Poor Safety Record
2.3
Avg TCR
1.2
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

Buffalo Gap runs at 191% of its industry's injury rate - more dangerous than the typical Electric power generation, wind workplace, earning a grade D.

Buffalo Gap: 2.3 TCR = 191% of Electric power generation, wind BLS 1.2 · 6y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Buffalo Gap safety composite

Buffalo Gap scores strongest on fatalities (safer than 52% of same-industry peers) and weakest on dart rate (safer than 9%), 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

29/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
F 2.29 per 100 workers

Safer than 33% of industry peers

DART rate
F 5.69 per 100 workers

Safer than 9% 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

Buffalo Gap: 0.0 → 5.7 TCR

Peak year 2023 @ 5.7 TCR · DART/TCR 2.48× in 2023

Buffalo Gap's TCR rose 5.7 from 0.0 in 2016 to 5.7 in 2023. In 2023, DART was 2.48× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 221115 · Merkel, TX ABOVE-IND · SMALL

Grade D · TCR 2.3 · 191% of ind

  • DART 5.7 DART
  • RANK #16/22
  • PHOTO AES Clean Energy Pal…
  • BOOK 6y book
  • INJ 5 inj
  • SIZE ~34 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: AES Clean Energy Palm Springs (0.1 TCR gap)

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Buffalo Gap in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows Buffalo Gap averages 2.3 TCR (191% of the Electric power generation, wind BLS benchmark).

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

Buffalo Gap TCR series: 2016=0 · 2018=0 · 2019=0 · 2021=3.2 · 2022=4.8 · 2023=5.7 · BLS 1.2

Where Buffalo Gap falls in its industry

64 Electric power generation, win establishments

Safer than 33% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 1.4.

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to Texas alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #16 safest of 22 Electric power generation, win employers in Texas.

Buffalo Gap (34 employees, TCR 2.3) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 39 employees and a TCR of 1.4 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 01,0002,0003,000 02468 Average employees Total Case Rate Buffalo Gap
Buffalo Gap (34 employees, TCR 2.3) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 39 employees and a TCR of 1.4

Buffalo Gap has fewer employees than the Electric power generation, wind median and a higher injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 1.4. 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
2023 5.7 5.7 2 0 0
2022 4.8 0.0 2 0 0
2021 3.2 3.2 1 0 0
2019 0.0 0.0 0 0 0
2018 0.0 0.0 0 0 0
2016 0.0 0.0 0 0 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

221115 · TX · Merkel

64 Electric power generation, wind employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 38,394 rated employers in Texas with headcount on file · 5 employers in Merkel, 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 AES Clean Energy Palm Springs 2.4 TCR
NAICS-TCR Mesquite Star 2.1 TCR
NAICS-TCR Shiloh 2.6 TCR
NAICS-TCR Crystal Lake 2.0 TCR
STATE-SIZE SOUTHWEST FEED YARD 34 FTE
STATE-SIZE Bartlett Cattle Company, L.P. - Tulia 34 FTE
STATE-SIZE Pineywoods 34 FTE
STATE-SIZE TXP 34 FTE
CITY-NEAR Taylor Electric Cooperative 88 FTE
CITY-NEAR Independent Wind Solutions LLC. 56 FTE
CITY-NEAR Merkel 28 FTE
CITY-NEAR Spring Market #725 19 FTE
NAT-TCR Machesney Park Campus 2.3 TCR
NAT-TCR Interfor Port Angeles 2.3 TCR
NAT-TCR DoubleTree by Hilton Columbia, SC 2.3 TCR
NAT-TCR Claro's Upland 2.3 TCR
NAT-SIZE Custom Cabinet Specialties 34 FTE
NAT-SIZE Crain Brothers, Inc 34 FTE
NAT-SIZE Langlois Roofing Inc. 34 FTE
NAT-SIZE Forest Hatchery 34 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: 2023, 2022, 2021, 2019, 2018, 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.