Barge sections, prefabricated metal, manufacturing · Texas

BWJ Metalworks, LLC

Abilene, Tx, TX · ~39 workers · 2 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

F
Failing Safety Record
12.5
Avg TCR
3.3
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

BWJ Metalworks, LLC runs at 379% of its industry's injury rate - far more dangerous than the typical Barge sections, prefabricated metal, manufacturing workplace, earning a grade F.

BWJ Metalworks, LLC: 12.5 TCR = 379% of Barge sections, prefabricated metal, manufacturing BLS 3.3 · 2y Form 300A (see methodology below)

BWJ Metalworks, LLC safety composite

BWJ Metalworks, LLC scores strongest on fatalities (safer than 51% of same-industry peers) and weakest on dart rate (safer than 1%), 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

16/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
F 12.5 per 100 workers

Safer than 7% of industry peers

DART rate
F 20.5 per 100 workers

Safer than 1% 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

BWJ Metalworks, LLC: 4.5 → 20.5 TCR

Peak year 2021 @ 20.5 TCR · DART/TCR 1.64× in 2021

BWJ Metalworks, LLC's TCR rose 16.0 from 4.5 in 2020 to 20.5 in 2021. In 2021, DART was 1.64× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 332312 · Abilene, Tx, TX ABOVE-IND · SMALL

Grade F · TCR 12.5 · 379% of ind

  • DART 20.5 DART
  • RANK #178/182
  • PHOTO K and K Construction…
  • BOOK 2y book
  • INJ 9 inj
  • SIZE ~39 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: K and K Construction & Repair, Inc. (0.0 TCR gap)

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BWJ Metalworks, LLC in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows BWJ Metalworks, LLC averages 12.5 TCR (379% of the Barge sections, prefabricated metal, manufacturing BLS benchmark).

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

BWJ Metalworks, LLC TCR series: 2020=4.5 · 2021=20.5 · BLS 3.3

Where BWJ Metalworks, LLC falls in its industry

1,491 Barge sections, prefabricated establishments

Safer than 7% 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 #178 safest of 182 Barge sections, prefabricated employers in Texas.

BWJ Metalworks, LLC (39 employees, TCR 12.5) 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 BWJ Metalworks, LLC
BWJ Metalworks, LLC (39 employees, TCR 12.5) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 54 employees and a TCR of 4.6

BWJ Metalworks, LLC has fewer employees than the Barge sections, prefabricated metal, man 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
2021 20.5 20.5 7 0 0
2020 4.5 4.5 2 0 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

332312 · TX · Abilene, Tx

1,491 Barge sections, prefabricated metal, manufacturing employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 38,394 rated employers in Texas with headcount on file · 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 K and K Construction & Repair, Inc. 12.5 TCR
NAICS-TCR Meeco Sullivan - McAlester 12.5 TCR
NAICS-TCR Summit Utility Structures LLC 12.5 TCR
NAICS-TCR Nova Structural Steel Fabrication Shop 12.5 TCR
STATE-SIZE Descanso Dairy LLC 39 FTE
STATE-SIZE Dumas 39 FTE
STATE-SIZE Devon Energy - Wink TX 39 FTE
STATE-SIZE FAR SOUTH MINING LLC 39 FTE
NAT-TCR PHX - Maintenance 12.5 TCR
NAT-TCR Siembra Finca Ciclon LLC 12.5 TCR
NAT-TCR Lile Relocation- Vancouver Branch 12.5 TCR
NAT-TCR Oiremoc LLC 12.5 TCR
NAT-SIZE Shackleford 39 FTE
NAT-SIZE Eastside Machine Co 39 FTE
NAT-SIZE EJ 39 FTE
NAT-SIZE Presque Isle Store 39 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.