Machine shops · Texas

Byford Machine-Tool, Inc.

Valley Mills, TX · ~26 workers · 9 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

D
Poor Safety Record
6.4
Avg TCR
3.3
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

Byford Machine-Tool, Inc. runs at 194% of its industry's injury rate - more dangerous than the typical Machine shops workplace, earning a grade D.

Byford Machine-Tool, Inc.: 6.4 TCR = 194% of Machine shops BLS 3.3 · 9y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Byford Machine-Tool, Inc. safety composite

Byford Machine-Tool, Inc. scores strongest on dart rate (safer than 75% of same-industry peers) and weakest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 21%), 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

47/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
F 6.4 per 100 workers

Safer than 21% of industry peers

DART rate
B 0 per 100 workers

Safer than 75% of industry peers

Fatalities
D 0

Safer than 50% 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

−13.0

2016→2024

Byford Machine-Tool, Inc. injury rate improved

Byford Machine-Tool, Inc.'s TCR fell 13.0 from 13.0 in 2016 to 0.0 in 2024. Peak filing year was 2017 at 14.4 TCR. In 2024, DART was 0× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2016=13.0 · 2017=14.4 · 2018=12.3 · 2019=0.0 · 2020=4.0 · 2021=7.7 · 2022=3.0 · 2023=3.2 · 2024=0.0

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 332710 · Valley Mills, TX ABOVE-IND · SMALL

Grade D · TCR 6.4 · 194% of ind

  • DART 0.0 DART
  • RANK #96/108
  • PHOTO Chant Engineering Co…
  • BOOK 9y book
  • INJ 16 inj
  • SIZE ~26 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: Chant Engineering Co Inc. (0.0 TCR gap)

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Byford Machine-Tool, Inc. in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows Byford Machine-Tool, Inc. averages 6.4 TCR (194% of the Machine shops BLS benchmark).

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

Byford Machine-Tool, Inc. TCR series: 2016=13 · 2017=14.4 · 2018=12.3 · 2019=0 · 2020=4 · 2021=7.7 · 2022=3 · 2023=3.2 · 2024=0 · BLS 3.3

Where Byford Machine-Tool, Inc. falls in its industry

1,821 Machine shops establishments

Safer than 21% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 3.5.

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to Texas alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #96 safest of 108 Machine shops employers in Texas.

Byford Machine-Tool, Inc. (26 employees, TCR 6.4) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 48 employees and a TCR of 3.5 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 050100150200250 051015 Average employees Total Case Rate Byford Machine-Tool, Inc.
Byford Machine-Tool, Inc. (26 employees, TCR 6.4) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 48 employees and a TCR of 3.5

Byford Machine-Tool, Inc. has fewer employees than the Machine shops median and a higher injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 3.5. 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 0.0 0.0 0 0 0
2023 3.2 3.2 1 0 0
2022 3.0 0.0 1 0 0
2021 7.7 3.8 2 0 0
2020 4.0 0.0 1 0 0
2019 0.0 0.0 0 0 0
2018 12.3 9.2 4 0 0
2017 14.4 3.6 4 0 0
2016 13.0 13.0 3 0 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

332710 · TX · Valley Mills

1,821 Machine shops 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 Chant Engineering Co Inc. 6.4 TCR
NAICS-TCR Tri-State Machine 6.4 TCR
NAICS-TCR Environmental Mfg. & Supply, Inc. 6.4 TCR
NAICS-TCR ATI Cast Products Salem Operations 6.4 TCR
STATE-SIZE Belding Farms 26 FTE
STATE-SIZE Friona Industries, L.P. 26 FTE
STATE-SIZE Keeling Cattle Feeders 26 FTE
STATE-SIZE Descanso Dairy, LLC 26 FTE
CITY-NEAR Store #80 23 FTE
NAT-TCR 3143,8422,652 Memphis TN 6.4 TCR
NAT-TCR Regency Hospital of Columbus LLC (d/b/a Select Specialty Hospital - Columbus South) 6.4 TCR
NAT-TCR H&P Lumber and Materials, Inc 6.4 TCR
NAT-TCR Walnut Hill Shop n Save 6.4 TCR
NAT-SIZE Jeffrey Ellis Carl Cabinetmakers 26 FTE
NAT-SIZE W.E. Slitt Company 26 FTE
NAT-SIZE Gene Ray Electric Co. Inc. 26 FTE
NAT-SIZE Linkletter & Sons Inc. 26 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, 2021, 2020, 2019, 2018, 2017, 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.