Fabricated structural metal manufacturing · Texas

BWJ Metalworks, LLC

Abilene, TX · ~67 workers · 5 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

F
Failing Safety Record
7.5
Avg TCR
3.3
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

BWJ Metalworks, LLC runs at 227% of its industry's injury rate - far more dangerous than the typical Fabricated structural metal manufacturing workplace, earning a grade F.

BWJ Metalworks, LLC: 7.5 TCR = 227% of Fabricated structural metal manufacturing BLS 3.3 · 5y 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 12%), 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

27/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
F 7.48 per 100 workers

Safer than 25% of industry peers

DART rate
F 6.43 per 100 workers

Safer than 12% 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%).

BWJ Metalworks, LLC held a steady TCR band

BWJ Metalworks, LLC's TCR held near 0.2 from 8.3 in 2018 to 8.0 in 2024. Peak filing year was 2023 at 14.0 TCR. In 2024, DART was 0.86× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2018=8.3 · 2019=5.9 · 2022=1.2 · 2023=14.0 · 2024=8.0

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

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

Grade F · TCR 7.5 · 227% of ind

  • DART 6.4 DART
  • RANK #158/182
  • PHOTO Parker Welding & Fab…
  • BOOK 5y book
  • INJ 45 inj
  • SIZE ~67 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: Parker Welding & Fabrication, 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 7.5 TCR (227% of the Fabricated structural 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: 2018=8.3 · 2019=5.9 · 2022=1.2 · 2023=14 · 2024=8 · BLS 3.3

Where BWJ Metalworks, LLC falls in its industry

1,491 Fabricated structural metal ma establishments

Safer than 25% 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 #158 safest of 182 Fabricated structural metal ma employers in Texas.

BWJ Metalworks, LLC (67 employees, TCR 7.5) 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 (67 employees, TCR 7.5) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 54 employees and a TCR of 4.6

BWJ Metalworks, LLC has more employees than the Fabricated structural metal manufacturin 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
2024 8.0 6.4 5 0 0
2023 14.0 10.8 13 0 0
2022 1.2 1.1 12 0 0
2019 5.9 3.5 5 0 0
2018 8.3 1.6 10 0 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

332312 · TX · Abilene

1,491 Fabricated structural metal manufacturing employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 38,394 rated employers in Texas with headcount on file · 238 employers in Abilene, 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 Parker Welding & Fabrication, Inc. 7.5 TCR
NAICS-TCR Dura-Bond Steel 7.5 TCR
NAICS-TCR Hi-Tec Industries OK LLC 7.5 TCR
NAICS-TCR METAL-WELD SPECIALTIES, INC 7.5 TCR
STATE-SIZE Complex 2 67 FTE
STATE-SIZE Post Recycling 67 FTE
STATE-SIZE PT ARTH SABINE 67 FTE
STATE-SIZE Tolar - Northern District 67 FTE
CITY-NEAR HENDRICK MEDICAL CENTER 3,025 FTE
CITY-NEAR Hendrick Medical Center South 777 FTE
CITY-NEAR Lauren Engineers & Constructors, Inc. 588 FTE
CITY-NEAR Abilene CCD 573 FTE
NAT-TCR Honolulu International Airport - HNL Cargo 7.5 TCR
NAT-TCR LaGrange 7.5 TCR
NAT-TCR SSI Lubricants LLC 7.5 TCR
NAT-TCR P.N. Fire & Burglar Alarm Co., Inc. 7.5 TCR
NAT-SIZE Foundry 67 FTE
NAT-SIZE 30231 - CAPSTONE Kroger Denver CO 67 FTE
NAT-SIZE Spring Lake 67 FTE
NAT-SIZE Mccurley Integrity Subaru, LLC 67 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: 2024, 2023, 2022, 2019, 2018. 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.