Fabricated structural metal manufacturing · Texas

Central Texas Iron Works, Inc.

Waco, TX · ~172 workers · 2 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

C
Average Safety Record
3.3
Avg TCR
3.3
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

Central Texas Iron Works, Inc. runs at 98% of its industry's injury rate - about level with the typical Fabricated structural metal manufacturing workplace, earning a grade C.

Central Texas Iron Works, Inc.: 3.3 TCR = 98% of Fabricated structural metal manufacturing BLS 3.3 · 2y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Central Texas Iron Works, Inc. safety composite

Central Texas Iron Works, Inc. scores strongest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 64% of same-industry peers) and weakest on dart rate (safer than 48%), 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).

C

55/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
C 3.25 per 100 workers

Safer than 64% of industry peers

DART rate
D 1.8 per 100 workers

Safer than 48% 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

−1.7

2016→2018

Central Texas Iron Works, Inc. injury rate improved

Central Texas Iron Works, Inc.'s TCR fell 1.7 from 4.1 in 2016 to 2.4 in 2018. Peak filing year was 2016 at 4.1 TCR. In 2018, DART was 0.55× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2016=4.1 · 2018=2.4

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 332312 · Waco, TX AT/BELOW-IND · MID

Grade C · TCR 3.3 · 98% of ind

  • DART 1.8 DART
  • RANK #102/182
  • PHOTO Steele Solutions Inc.
  • BOOK 2y book
  • INJ 11 inj
  • SIZE ~172 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: Steele Solutions Inc. (0.0 TCR gap)

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Central Texas Iron Works, Inc. in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows Central Texas Iron Works, Inc. averages 3.3 TCR (98% 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

Central Texas Iron Works, Inc. TCR series: 2016=4.1 · 2018=2.4 · BLS 3.3

Where Central Texas Iron Works, Inc. falls in its industry

1,491 Fabricated structural metal ma establishments

Safer than 64% 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 #102 safest of 182 Fabricated structural metal ma employers in Texas.

Central Texas Iron Works, Inc. (172 employees, TCR 3.3) 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 Central Texas Iron Works, Inc.
Central Texas Iron Works, Inc. (172 employees, TCR 3.3) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 54 employees and a TCR of 4.6

Central Texas Iron Works, Inc. has more employees than the Fabricated structural metal manufacturin median and a lower 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
2018 2.4 1.8 4 0 0
2016 4.1 2.9 7 0 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

332312 · TX · Waco

1,491 Fabricated structural metal manufacturing employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 38,394 rated employers in Texas with headcount on file · 314 employers in Waco, 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 Steele Solutions Inc. 3.3 TCR
NAICS-TCR FabArc Steel Supply Co., Inc. 3.3 TCR
NAICS-TCR W&W|AFCO Steel Nash 3.2 TCR
NAICS-TCR Barker Steel - South Deerfield, MA 3.2 TCR
STATE-SIZE Don Oppliger Companies 172 FTE
STATE-SIZE Champion Energy Services 172 FTE
STATE-SIZE 7174-XOM Beaumont 172 FTE
STATE-SIZE Boyer, Inc. 172 FTE
CITY-NEAR Baylor Scott & White Medical Center - Hillcrest 1,512 FTE
CITY-NEAR Amazon.com Services LLC - AUS3 1,468 FTE
CITY-NEAR 1855-TXWAC1 1,407 FTE
CITY-NEAR L3Harris AS IAS Waco 1,400 FTE
NAT-TCR Metro Green Recycling 1 3.3 TCR
NAT-TCR RCX Iowa 3.3 TCR
NAT-TCR Quality Mold Inc 3.3 TCR
NAT-TCR LSC Communications Menasha Print 3.3 TCR
NAT-SIZE Wayne Medical Center 172 FTE
NAT-SIZE Columbus Museum of Art 172 FTE
NAT-SIZE Renishaw Inc 172 FTE
NAT-SIZE Transcontinental Robbie 172 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: 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.